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Honorary Associate Professor Patricia Armati

Honorary Associate Professor
Medicine, Central Clinical School

M02 - Mallet Street Campus
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

T:+61 2 9351 2062
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Research interests

Associate Professor Patricia Armati is also Founder, Co-Director and Vice President of the Nerve Research Foundation. She is a Board member of the Internation Peripheral Nerve Society and the Institute of Neuromuscular Researc, Westmead Childrens Hospital. She is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System. Her research Interests are Neuroscience, particularly glial cells, developmental neuroscience, tissue culture models and genetic analysis related particularly to Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimers disease and peripheral neuropathies. She is also interested in laser therapy for neuropathic pain

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Keywords

Neurosciences; Nervous system diseases; Inflammation

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Publications

2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

2008

  
  • Owe-Young, R., Webster, N., Mukhtar, M., Pomerantz, R., Smythe, G., Walker, D., Armati, P., Crowe, S., Brew, B. Kynurenine pathway metabolism in human blood-brain-barrier cells: implications for immune tolerance & neurotoxicity. Journal of neurochemistry. 2008; 105:1346-1357. [Abstract]
  • Jufas, N., Roediger, B., Armati, P. A microwave technique for double indirect immunostaining of human brain tissue cultures with mouse monoclonal antibodies. Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM / official publication of the Society for Applied Immunohistochemistry. 2008; 16:83-86. [Abstract]
  • Arthur, A., Armati, P., Bye, C., , S., Heard, R., Stewart, G., Pollard, J., Booth, D. Genes implicated in multiple sclerosis pathogenesis from consilience of genotyping and expression profiles in relapse and remission. BMC Medical Genetics. 2008; 9:17. [Abstract]

2007

  
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  • Chow, R., David, M., Armati, P. 830 nm laser irradiation induces varicosity formation, reduces mitochondrial membrane potential and blocks fast axonal flow in small and medium diameter rat dorsal root ganglion neurons: implications for the analgesic effects of 830 nm laser. Journal of the peripheral nervous system : JPNS. 2007; 12:28-39. [Abstract]
  • Mathey, E., Armati, P. Introduction to the Schwann cell. In: The Biology of Schwann Cells. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press 2007. p. 1-12.
  • Armati, P., Linington, C., Pollard, J., Rasband, M., Willison, H., Mathey, E., Williams, K. Neurofascin: A target for antibody mediated axonal injury in peripheral neuropathies. JOURNAL OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. 2007; 12:56-56. [Abstract]

2006

  
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  • Mandadi, S., Tominaga, T., Numazaki, M., Murayama, N., Saito, N., Armati, P., Roufogalis, B., Tominaga, M. Increased sensitivity of desensitized TRPV1 by PMA occurs through PKCepsilon-mediated phosphorylation at S800. Pain. 2006; 123:106-16. [Abstract]
  • Lynch, G., Turville, S., Carter, B., Sloane, A., Chan, A., Muljadi, N., Li, S., Low, L., Armati, P., Raison, R., Zoellner, H., Williamson, P., Cunningham, A., Church, W. Marked differences in the structures and protein associations of lymphocyte and monocyte CD4: resolution of a novel CD4 isoform. Immunology and cell biology. 2006; 84:154-65. [Abstract]
  • Nelson, J., Armati, P. The nervous system. In: Marsupials. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press 2006. p. 159-185.
  • Cisternas, P., Armati, P. The immunolymphatic system. In: Marsupials. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press 2006. p. 186-198.

2005

  
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  • Booth, D., Arthur, A., Teutsch, S., Bye, C., Rubio, J., Armati, P., Pollard, J., Heard, R., Stewart, G., , T. Gene expression and genotyping studies implicate the interleukin 7 receptor in the pathogenesis of primary progressive multiple sclerosis. Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany). 2005; 83:822-30. [Abstract]

2004

  
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  • Hansford, L., Thomas, W., Keating, J., Burkhart, C., Peaston, A., Norris, M., Haber, M., Armati, P., Weiss, W., Marshall, G. Mechanisms of embryonal tumor initiation: distinct roles for MycN expression and MYCN amplification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2004; 101:12664-9. [Abstract]
  • Mandadi, S., Numazaki, M., Tominaga, M., Bhat, M., Armati, P., Roufogalis, B. Activation of protein kinase C reverses capsaicin-induced calcium-dependent desensitization of TRPV1 ion channels. Cell calcium. 2004; 35:471-8. [Abstract]
  • Mathey, E., Pollard, J., Armati, P. In situ hybridization for cytokines in human tissue biopsies. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2004; 249:41-6. [Abstract]

2003

  
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  • Wanigasekara, Y., Armati, P., Roufogalis, B. Ca2+-ATPase isoforms are expressed in neuroprotection in rat, but not human, neurons. Neuroreport. 2003; 14:2421-2424. [Abstract]
  • Tuch, B., Scott, H., Armati, P., Tabiin, M., Wang, L. Use of human fetal tissue for biomedical research in Australia, 1994-2002. The Medical journal of Australia. 2003; 179:547-550. [Abstract]
  • Roediger, B., Armati, P. Oxidative stress induces axonal beading in cultured human brain tissue. Neurobiology of disease. 2003; 13:222-229. [Abstract]
  • Guillemin, G., Croitoru-Lamoury, J., Dormont, D., Armati, P., Brew, B. Quinolinic acid upregulates chemokine production and chemokine receptor expression in astrocytes. Glia. 2003; 41:371-381. [Abstract]
  • Guillemin, G., Smith, D., Smythe, G., Armati, P., Brew, B. Expression of the kynurenine pathway enzymes in human microglia and macrophages. In: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology: Developments in Tryptophan and Serotonin Metabolism. United States: Springer New York LLC 2003. p. 105-112.