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Renal Regeneration Lab

Associate Professor Sharon Ricardo

Senior Research Fellow and Group Leader

Associate Professor Sharon Ricardo

Telephone:
+61 - 3 9905 0671 (Office)

Facsimile:
+61 - 3 9905 0680

Phone:
+61 - 3 9905 0671





Contact
Monash Immunology and Stem Cell
Laboratories (MISCL)
STRIP1, Level 3
Monash University
Clayton 3800
Laboratory phone: 03 9905 0695

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Lab members

Associate Professor Sharon Ricardo - Senior Research Fellow and Group Leader
Samy Sakkal - Research Assistant

Postgraduate students

Anita Cochrane - PhD student
Maliha Alikhan – PhD student
Elizabeth Verghese – PhD student
Christina Jones - PhD student
Timothy Williams - PhD student
Adrian D'Arcy - Masters student

Honours student

Andrea Wise

Recent Publication Highlights (2005-present)

  1. Cochrane AL, Kett MM, Samuel CS, Campanale NV, Anderson WP, Hume DA, Little MH, Bertram JF, and Ricardo S.D. Renal structural and functional repair in a mouse model of reversal of ureteral obstruction. J Am Soc Nephrol 16(12):3623-30, 2005. (Impact factor 7.2.)
  2. Ricardo S.D, and Deane J. Review: Stem Cells in Renal Repair and Remodeling. Nephrology 10(2): 276-282, 2005. (Impact factor 1.10)
  3. Kramer AB, Ricardo S.D, Kelly DJ, Waanders F, van Goor H, Navis G. Modulation of osteopontin in proteinuria-induced renal interstitial fibrosis. J Pathol 207:483-492, 2005. (Impact factor 6.21)
  4. Guo M, Ricardo S.D, Deane JA, Shi M, Cullen-McEwen L, Bertram JF. A stereological study of the renal glomerular vasculature in the db/db mouse model of diabetic nephropathy. J Anatomy 207:813-821, 2005. (Impact factor 2.50)
  5. Gillard A, Scarff k, Loveland K, Ricardo S.D and Bird PI. Modulation and redistribution of Proteinase Inhibitor 8 (Serpinb8) expression during kidney regeneration. Am J Nephrol 26:34-42, 2006. (Impact factor 2.90)
  6. Challen GA, Bertoncello I, Deane JA, Ricardo S.D, Little MH. The kidneys side population reveals multi-lineage potential and renal functional capacity but also cellular heterogeneity. J Am Soc Nephrol 17(7):1896-912, 2006. (Impact factor 7.40)
  7. Li J, Deane JA, Campanale NV, Bertram JF, Ricardo S.D. Blockade of p38 MAPK and TGF- 1/Smad Signaling Pathways Rescues Bone Marrow-derived Peritubular Capillary Endothelial Cells in Adriamycin-induced Nephrosis. J Am Soc Nephrol 17(10):2799-2811, 2006. (Impact factor 7.40)
  8. Li J, Campanale NV, Bertram JF, Ricardo S.D. p38 MAPK and TGF- /Smad Signaling Pathways co-ordinate Renal Fibrosis in Adriamycin-induced Nephrosis. Am J Pathol 169(5):1527-1540, 2006. (Impact factor 5.92)
  9. Li J, Deane JA, Campanale NV, Bertram JF, and Ricardo S.D. Modulation of the contribution of bone marrow-derived cells to renal repair and the development of interstitial fibrosis. Stem Cells 25(3):697-706, 2007. (Impact factor 7.92)
  10. Verghese E, Weidenfeld R, Bertram JF, Ricardo S.D, Deane JA. Renal cilia display length alterations following tubular injury and are present early in epithelial repair. Nephrol Dialysis and Transplantation (Advanced access published Oct 25) 2007 (Impact factor 3.15)
  11. Rae F, Woods K, Sasmono T, Campanale N, Taylor D, Ovchinnikov D, Grimmond SM, Hume DA, Ricardo S.D, and  Little MH. Characterisation and trophic functions of murine embryonic macrophages based upon the use of a CSF-IR-EGFP transgenic reporter. Dev Biol 308(1):232-246, 2007. (Impact factor 5.23)
  12. Deane JA and Ricardo S.D. Review: Polycystic Kidney Disease and the Renal Cilium. Nephrology 12:559-64, 2007. (Impact factor 1.10).
  13. Wang L, Weidenfeld R, Verghese L, Ricardo S.D. and Deane JA. Alterations in renal cilium length during transient complete ureteral obstruction in the mouse. Journal of Anatomy (accepted 22-02-08), 2008 (Impact factor 2.5).
  14. Ricardo S.D., H van Goor. Eddy A.A. Invited Review: Beyond the Dark Side of the Renal Macrophage (In Press). J Clin Invest, 2008 (Impact factor 15.75).
  15. Ricardo S.D., H van Goor. Eddy A.A. Invited Review: Macrophage diversity in renal injury and repair. J Clin Invest 118(11); 3522-3530, 2008
lab members

Renal Lab Members

L to R, Back Row: Maliha Alikhan, Samy Sakkal, Andrea Wise, Christina Jones, Adrian D'Arcy, Timothy Williams
Front Row: Elizabeth Verghese and Sharon Ricardo (Lab Head)