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  1. Food for thought: why is there more airway smooth muscle in asthma?

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, November 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Brian Oliver

  2. Molecular and Immunological Mechanisms Underlying the Various Pharmacological Properties of the Potent Bioflavonoid, Rutin

    Article • Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets, December 2020, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Dinesh Kumar Chellappan, Dr Gaurav Gupta, Brian Oliver, Conjoint Professor Peter Wark, Dr Alan Hsu, Phil Hansbro

  3. Evidence from a mouse model on the dangers of thirdhand electronic cigarette exposure during early life

    Article • ERJ Open Research, April 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Brian Oliver

  4. Dietary Fatty Acids Amplify Inflammatory Responses to Infection through p38 MAPK Signaling

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, May 2019, American Thoracic Society

    Brian Oliver

  5. Heightened response to e-cigarettes in COPD

    Article • ERJ Open Research, February 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Brian Oliver

  6. Short-chain fatty acids increase TNFα-induced inflammation in primary human lung mesenchymal cells through the activation of p38 MAPK

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, January 2019, American Physiological Society

    Brian Oliver

  7. Dietary ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid arachidonic acid increases inflammation, but inhibits ECM protein expression in COPD

    Article • November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brian Oliver

  8. Modulation of neural regulators of energy homeostasis, and of inflammation, in the pups of mice exposed to e-cigarettes

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, September 2018, Elsevier

    Brian Oliver

  9. Heat or Burn? Impacts of Intrauterine Tobacco Smoke and E-Cigarette Vapor Exposure on the Offspring’s Health Outcome

    Article • Toxics, August 2018, MDPI AG

    Brian Oliver

  10. L-Carnitine and extendin-4 improve outcomes following moderate brain contusion injury

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brian Oliver

  11. Dietary omega-6, but not omega-3, polyunsaturated or saturated fatty acids increase inflammation in primary lung mesenchymal cells

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, June 2018, American Physiological Society

    Brian Oliver

  12. MitoQ supplementation prevent long-term impact of maternal smoking on renal development, oxidative stress and mitochondrial density in male mice offspring

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brian Oliver

  13. Maternal E-Cigarette Exposure in Mice Alters DNA Methylation and Lung Cytokine Expression in Offspring

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, March 2018, American Thoracic Society

    Brian Oliver, Dr Pawan Sharma

  14. Evidence of Biomass Smoke Exposure as a Causative Factor for the Development of COPD

    Article • Toxics, December 2017, MDPI AG

    Brian Oliver

  15. Airway remodelling and inflammation in asthma are dependent on the extracellular matrix protein fibulin-1c

    Article • The Journal of Pathology, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr Jane E Bourke, Gang Liu, Brian Oliver, Conjoint Professor Peter Wark

  16. Effect of long-term maternal smoking on the offspring’s lung health

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, August 2017, American Physiological Society

    Dr Pawan Sharma, Brian Oliver

  17. Autophagy and airway fibrosis: Is there a link?

    Article • F1000Research, April 2017, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Deepak Deshpande, Anudeep Kota, Brian Oliver, Dr Pawan Sharma, Mehra Haghi

  18. Maternal L-Carnitine Supplementation Improves Brain Health in Offspring from Cigarette Smoke Exposed Mothers

    Article • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, February 2017, Frontiers

    Brian Oliver

  19. Periostin as a marker of mucosal remodelling in chronic rhinosinusitis

    Article • Rhinology Journal, January 2017, Rhinology

    Brian Oliver

  20. The effect of non-specific tight junction modulators on the transepithelial transport of poorly permeable drugs across airway epithelial cells

    Article • Journal of Drug Targeting, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Brian Oliver

  21. Moderate traumatic brain injury is linked to acute behaviour deficits and long term mitochondrial alterations

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, October 2016, Wiley

    Brian Oliver

  22. Translational Aspects of the Human Respiratory Virome

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, September 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Brian Oliver

  23. Biomass Smoke Exposure Enhances Rhinovirus-Induced Inflammation in Primary Lung Fibroblasts

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, August 2016, MDPI AG

    Brian Oliver

  24. Fibulin-1 regulates the pathogenesis of tissue remodeling in respiratory diseases

    Article • JCI Insight, June 2016, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Brian Oliver, Conjoint Professor Peter Wark

  25. Theophylline Represses IL-8 Secretion from Airway Smooth Muscle Cells Independently of Phosphodiesterase Inhibition. Novel Role as a Protein Phosphatase 2A Activator

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, June 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Brian Oliver

  26. Time-Based Measurement of Personal Mite Allergen Bioaerosol Exposure over 24 Hour Periods

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2016, PLOS

    Brian Oliver

  27. Impact of maternal cigarette smoke exposure on brain inflammation and oxidative stress in male mice offspring

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brian Oliver

  28. Asthma: Airways That Are Hyperactive by Design

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, March 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Brian Oliver

  29. Effect of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate on Cyclo-Oxygenase-2 Expression, Prostaglandin E2Secretion, and β2-Adrenergic Receptor Desensitization

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, January 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Brian Oliver

  30. Evaluation of Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy Size and Freezing Time: A Prognostic Animal Study

    Article • Respiration, January 2016, Karger Publishers

    Brian Oliver

  31. IL-17A increases TNF-α-induced COX-2 protein stability and augments PGE2secretion from airway smooth muscle cells: impact on β2-adrenergic receptor desensitization

    Article • Allergy, December 2015, Wiley

    Brian Oliver

  32. Differential deposition of fibronectin by asthmatic bronchial epithelial cells

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, November 2015, American Physiological Society

    Brian Oliver

  33. Differential neutrophil activation in viral infections: Enhanced TLR-7/8-mediated CXCL8 release in asthma

    Article • Respirology, October 2015, Wiley

    Brian Oliver

  34. Absence of back to school peaks in human rhinovirus detections and respiratory symptoms in a cohort of children with asthma

    Article • Journal of Medical Virology, September 2015, Wiley

    Brian Oliver

  35. Using multiple online databases to help identify microRNAs regulating the airway epithelial cell response to a virus-like stimulus

    Article • Respirology, August 2015, Wiley

    Brian Oliver

  36. Doxycycline reduces the migration of tuberous sclerosis complex‐2 null cells ‐ effects on RhoA‐ GTP ase and focal adhesion kinase

    Article • Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, August 2015, Wiley

    Brian Oliver

  37. Mono- and Cocultures of Bronchial and Alveolar Epithelial Cells Respond Differently to Proinflammatory Stimuli and Their Modulation by Salbutamol and Budesonide

    Article • Molecular Pharmaceutics, July 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Brian Oliver

  38. Inhibitors of Phosphodiesterase 4, but Not Phosphodiesterase 3, Increase β2-Agonist–Induced Expression of Antiinflammatory Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Phosphatase 1 in Airway Smooth Muscle Cells

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, May 2015, American Thoracic Society

    Brian Oliver

  39. Fibulin1C peptide induces cell attachment and extracellular matrix deposition in lung fibroblasts

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brian Oliver

  40. Do We Really Need to Keep Redesigning β2-agonists for the Management of Asthma?

    Article • Current Drug Delivery, March 2015, Bentham Science Publishers

    Brian Oliver

  41. Rhinoviruses significantly affect day-to-day respiratory symptoms of children with asthma

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, March 2015, Elsevier

    Associate Professor Brett G Toelle, Brian Oliver

  42. A ‘soft spot’ for drug transport: modulation of cell stiffness using fatty acids and its impact on drug transport in lung model

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Wojciech Chrzanowski, Brian Oliver

  43. Viral infections and asthma: an inflammatory interface?

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2014, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Brian Oliver

  44. A Quantitative Proteomic Approach to Identify Significantly Altered Protein Networks in the Serum of Patients with Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2014, PLOS

    Brian Oliver

  45. TLR2 activation causes tachyphylaxis to β2-agonistsin vitroandex vivo:modelling bacterial exacerbation

    Article • Allergy, July 2014, Wiley

    Brian Oliver

  46. Effects of cigarette smoke extract on human airway smooth muscle cells in COPD

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, June 2014, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Brian Oliver

  47. LF-15 & T7, Synthetic Peptides Derived from Tumstatin, Attenuate Aspects of Airway Remodelling in a Murine Model of Chronic OVA-Induced Allergic Airway Disease

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2014, PLOS

    Brian Oliver

  48. The Nucleotide-Binding Domain and Leucine-Rich Repeat Protein–3 Inflammasome Is Not Activated in Airway Smooth Muscle Upon Toll-Like Receptor–2 Ligation

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, October 2013, American Thoracic Society

    Brian Oliver

  49. Airway smooth muscle CXCR3 ligand production: regulation by JAK-STAT1 and intracellular Ca2+

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, June 2013, American Physiological Society

    Brian Oliver

  50. A new short-term mouse model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identifies a role for mast cell tryptase in pathogenesis

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, March 2013, Elsevier

    Brian Oliver, Conjoint Professor Peter Wark

  51. Characterising the Mechanism of Airway Smooth Muscle β2 Adrenoceptor Desensitization by Rhinovirus Infected Bronchial Epithelial Cells

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2013, PLOS

    Brian Oliver

  52. Emerging mediators of airway smooth muscle dysfunction in asthma

    Article • Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, February 2013, Elsevier

    Brian Oliver

  53. Inhibition of phosphodiesterase 4 modulates cytokine induction from toll like receptor activated, but not rhinovirus infected, primary human airway smooth muscle

    Article • Respiratory Research, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brian Oliver

  54. Lamstatin - a novel inhibitor of lymphangiogenesis derived from collagen IV

    Article • Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, December 2012, Wiley

    Brian Oliver

  55. Comments on Point:Counterpoint: Alterations in airway smooth muscle phenotype do/do not cause airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, September 2012, American Physiological Society

    Brian Oliver

  56. Prostaglandins but not leukotrienes alter extracellular matrix protein deposition and cytokine release in primary human airway smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, August 2012, American Physiological Society

    Brian Oliver

  57. The phosphoinositide 3′-kinase p110δ modulates contractile protein production and IL-6 release in human airway smooth muscle

    Article • Journal of Cellular Physiology, April 2012, Wiley

    Dr Thomas TRIAN, Brian Oliver

  58. CombinedHaemophilus influenzaerespiratory infection and allergic airways disease drives chronic infection and features of neutrophilic asthma

    Article • Thorax, March 2012, BMJ

    Brian Oliver

  59. TGF-β enhances deposition of perlecan from COPD airway smooth muscle

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, February 2012, American Physiological Society

    Brian Oliver

  60. β2-Agonists upregulate PDE4 mRNA but not protein or activity in human airway smooth muscle cells from asthmatic and nonasthmatic volunteers

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, February 2012, American Physiological Society

    Brian Oliver

  61. Beyond the Immune System: The Role of Resident Cells in Asthma and COPD

    Article • Journal of Allergy, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Brian Oliver

  62. Is low dose inhaled corticosteroid therapy as effective for inflammation and remodeling in asthma? A randomized, parallel group study

    Article • Respiratory Research, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brian Oliver

  63. Matrix Proteins from Smoke-Exposed Fibroblasts Are Pro-proliferative

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, January 2012, American Thoracic Society

    Brian Oliver

  64. What can in vitro models of COPD tell us?

    Article • Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, October 2011, Elsevier

    Brian Oliver

  65. Doxycycline inhibits matrix metalloproteinase-2 secretion from TSC2-null mouse embryonic fibroblasts and lymphangioleiomyomatosis cells

    Article • British Journal of Pharmacology, August 2011, Wiley

    Brian Oliver

  66. Rhinovirus infection induces extracellular matrix protein deposition in asthmatic and nonasthmatic airway smooth muscle cells

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, June 2011, American Physiological Society

    Brian Oliver

  67. β2-Agonist Induced cAMP Is Decreased in Asthmatic Airway Smooth Muscle Due to Increased PDE4D

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2011, PLOS

    Dr Thomas TRIAN, Brian Oliver

  68. Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Isoform-Specific Effects in Airway Mesenchymal Cell Function

    Article • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, February 2011, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Brian Oliver

  69. Effects of β2 Agonists, Corticosteroids, and Novel Therapies on Rhinovirus-Induced Cytokine Release and Rhinovirus Replication in Primary Airway Fibroblasts

    Article • Journal of Allergy, January 2011, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Brian Oliver

  70. Fibulin-1 Is Increased in Asthma – A Novel Mediator of Airway Remodeling?

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2010, PLOS

    Brian Oliver

  71. Rhinovirus-Induced Exacerbations of Asthma

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, August 2010, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Thomas TRIAN, Brian Oliver

  72. Differential expression of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ and cyclin D1 does not affect proliferation of asthma- and non-asthma-derived airway smooth muscle cells

    Article • Respirology, February 2010, Wiley

    Brian Oliver

  73. Molecular Mechanisms of Combination Therapy With Inhaled Corticosteroids and Long-Acting β-Agonists

    Article • CHEST Journal, October 2009, Elsevier

    Brian Oliver

  74. Exhalation of respiratory viruses by breathing, coughing, and talking

    Article • Journal of Medical Virology, September 2009, Wiley

    Brian Oliver

  75. Dimethylfumarate inhibits NF-κB function at multiple levels to limit airway smooth muscle cell cytokine secretion

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, August 2009, American Physiological Society

    Brian Oliver

  76. Pulmonary Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling-1 Induced by IL-13 Regulates Allergic Asthma Phenotype

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, June 2009, American Thoracic Society

    Brian Oliver

  77. Rhinovirus exposure impairs immune responses to bacterial products in human alveolar macrophages

    Article • Thorax, June 2008, BMJ

    Brian Oliver, Conjoint Professor Peter Wark

  78. A New Method for Sampling and Detection of Exhaled Respiratory Virus Aerosols

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, January 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Brian Oliver

  79. Airway Smooth Muscle and Asthma

    Article • Allergology International, January 2006, Japanese Society of Allergology

    Brian Oliver

  80. Whole blood endotoxin responsiveness in patients with chronic heart failure: the importance of serum lipoproteins

    Article • European Journal of Heart Failure, May 2005, Wiley

    Brian Oliver

  81. Expression of mRNAs for DNA methyltransferases and methyl-CpG-binding proteins in the human female germ line, preimplantation embryos, and embryonic stem cells

    Article • Molecular Reproduction and Development, January 2004, Wiley

    Brian Oliver

  82. Regulation of protease-activated receptor-1 in mononuclear cells by neutrophil proteases

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, March 2003, Elsevier

    Brian Oliver

  83. Effect of acute and chronic inflammatory stimuli on expression of protease-activated receptors 1 and 2 in alveolar macrophages

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, February 2003, Elsevier

    Brian Oliver

  84. Isolation, characterization and expression of the human Factor In the Germline alpha (FIGLA) gene in ovarian follicles and oocytes

    Article • Molecular Human Reproduction, December 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Brian Oliver

  85. Article • The Histochemical Journal, January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brian Oliver