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Professor Ronald Trent
Professor of Medical Molecular Genetics
Medicine, Central Clinical School
Medicine, Central Clinical School
Ron is focussed on understanding the complex interactions that occur between genes and the environment and so lead to the important non-Mendelian genetic disorders that occur in the community.
Neurosciences and Mental Health, Healthy Ageing, Lifespan
Selected publications
Publications
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Books
- Trent, R. (2005). Molecular Medicine. Burlington, Massachusetts: Academic Press. [More Information]
Book Chapters
- Yu, B., Trent, R. (2010). Genetics of Athletic Performance. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, (pp. 1-8).
- Trent, R. (2007). NHMRC Human Genetics Advisory Committee. In Mark Stranger (Eds.), Human Biotechnology and Public Trust: Trends, Perceptions and Regulation, (pp. 247-252). Australia: University of Tasmania - Centre for Law and Genetics.
Journals
- Cheong, P., Goodwin, A., Trent, R., Yu, B. (2024). Germline potential should not be overlooked for cancer variants identified in tumour-only somatic mutation testing. Pathology, 56(4), 468-472. [More Information]
- Willcox, D., Canova, M., Halliburton, C., Hibbitt, O., Norris, S., Penna, A., Perkins, A., Pilowsky, E., Rushton, S., Trent, R., Berman, Y., et al (2023). Making good on the promise of genomics in healthcare: the NSW Health perspective. Australian Health Review, 47(6), 631-633. [More Information]
- Watts, G., Sullivan, D., Hare, D., Kostner, K., Horton, A., Bell, D., Brett, T., Trent, R., Poplawski, N., Martin, A., Srinivasan, S., Chow, C., et al (2021). Essentials of a new clinical practice guidance on familial hypercholesterolaemia for physicians. Internal Medicine Journal, 51(5), 769-779. [More Information]
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Conferences
- Huang, Q., Trevena, L., Kidd, M., Trent, R., Callen, J. (2002). The impact of the human genetic research on primary care: a summary of general practitioners on genetic counselling and testing in general practice. Research from the Ground Up, : British Medical Journal Publishing Group.
Reference Works
- Trent, R., Yu, B., Caramins, M. (2004). Introduction of molecular genetics and genomics into clinical practice. In Fuchs J, Podda M, Goethe JW (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Diagnostic Genomics and Proteomics. (pp. 676-681). New York: Marcel Dekker.
- Trent, R., Caramins, M., Yu, B. (2004). Separation techniques – Capillary electrophoresis. In Fuchs J and Podda M, Goethe JW (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Diagnostic Genomics and Proteomics. (pp. 210-215). New York: Marcel Dekker.
Research Reports
- Trent, R., Otlowski, M., Ralston, M., Lonsdale, L., Young, M., Suthers, G., Griffiths, P., Delatycki, M., Christodoulou, J., Barlow-Stewart, K. (2010). Medical Genetic Testing: Information for health professionals, NHMRC Publication reference: E99, (pp. vi - 94). Canberra, Australia: Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council.
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2024
- Cheong, P., Goodwin, A., Trent, R., Yu, B. (2024). Germline potential should not be overlooked for cancer variants identified in tumour-only somatic mutation testing. Pathology, 56(4), 468-472. [More Information]
2023
- Willcox, D., Canova, M., Halliburton, C., Hibbitt, O., Norris, S., Penna, A., Perkins, A., Pilowsky, E., Rushton, S., Trent, R., Berman, Y., et al (2023). Making good on the promise of genomics in healthcare: the NSW Health perspective. Australian Health Review, 47(6), 631-633. [More Information]
2021
- Watts, G., Sullivan, D., Hare, D., Kostner, K., Horton, A., Bell, D., Brett, T., Trent, R., Poplawski, N., Martin, A., Srinivasan, S., Chow, C., et al (2021). Essentials of a new clinical practice guidance on familial hypercholesterolaemia for physicians. Internal Medicine Journal, 51(5), 769-779. [More Information]
- Watts, G., Sullivan, D., Hare, D., Kostner, K., Horton, A., Bell, D., Brett, T., Trent, R., Poplawski, N., Martin, A., Srinivasan, S., Chow, C., et al (2021). Integrated Guidance for Enhancing the Care of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Australia. Heart, Lung, and Circulation, 30(3), 324-349. [More Information]
- Watts, G., Sullivan, D., Hare, D., Kostner, K., Horton, A., Bell, D., Brett, T., Trent, R., Poplawski, N., Martin, A., Srinivasan, S., Chow, C., et al (2021). Synopsis of an integrated guidance for enhancing the care of familial hypercholesterolaemia: an Australian perspective. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 6, 100151. [More Information]
2016
- Fukuda, Y., Cheong, P., Lynch, J., Brighton, C., Frase, S., Kargas, V., Rampersaud, E., Wang, Y., Sankaran, V., Yu, B., Trent, R., et al (2016). The severity of hereditary porphyria is modulated by the porphyrin exporter and Lan antigen ABCB6. Nature Communications, 7, 1-9. [More Information]
2015
- Yu, B., O'Toole, S., Trent, R. (2015). Somatic DNA mutation analysis in targeted therapy of solid tumours. Translational Pediatrics, 4(2), 125-138. [More Information]
2014
- Hinchcliffe, M., Le, H., Fimmel, A., Molloy, L., Freeman, L., Sullivan, D., Trent, R. (2014). Diagnostic validation of a familial hypercholesterolaemia cohort provides a model for using targeted next generation DNA sequencing in the clinical setting. Pathology, 46(1), 60-68. [More Information]
- Trent, R. (2014). Direct-to-consumer DNA genetic testing and the GP. Australian Family Physician, 43(7), 436-439. [More Information]
2013
- Pamphlett, R., Cheong, P., Trent, R., Yu, B. (2013). Can ALS-Associated C9orf72 Repeat Expansions be Diagnosed on a Blood DNA Test Alone? PloS One, 8(7), 1-6. [More Information]
- Ramos, E., Latourelle, J., Gillis, T., Mysore, J., Squitieri, F., Di Pardo, A., Di Donato, S., Gellera, C., Hayden, M., Morrison, P., Trent, R., McCusker, E., et al (2013). Candidate glutamatergic and dopaminergic pathway gene variants do not influence Huntington's disease motor onset. Neurogenetics, 14(3-4), 173-179. [More Information]
- Trent, R. (2013). Direct-to-consumer genetic testing - clinical considerations. Medical Journal of Australia, 198(9), 496-498. [More Information]
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2012
- Lee, J., Ramos, E., Lee, J., Gillis, T., Mysore, J., Hayden, M., Warby, S., Morrison, P., Nance, M., Ross, C., Trent, R., McCusker, E., et al (2012). CAG repeat expansion in Huntington disease determines age at onset in a fully dominant fashion. Neurology, 78(10), 690-695. [More Information]
- Lee, J., Gillis, T., Mysore, J., Ramos, E., Myers, R., Hayden, M., Morrison, P., Nance, M., Ross, C., Margolis, R., Trent, R., et al (2012). Common SNP-Based Haplotype Analysis of the 4p16.3 Huntington Disease Gene Region. American Journal of Human Genetics, 90(3), 434-444. [More Information]
- Poursoltana, P., Currey, N., Pangon, L., van Kralingen, C., Selinger, C., Mahar, A., Cooper, W., Kennedy, C., McCaughan, B., Trent, R., et al (2012). Loss of heterozygosity of the Mutated in Colorectal Cancer gene is not associated with promoter methylation in non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer, 77(2), 272-276. [More Information]
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2011
- Watts, G., Sullivan, D., Poplawski, N., van Bockxmeer, F., Hamilton-Craig, I., Clifton, P., O'Brien, R., Bishop, W., George, P., Barter, P., Freeman, L., Krass, I., Trent, R., et al (2011). Familial hypercholesterolaemia: A model of care for Australasia. Atherosclerosis Supplements, 12(2), 221-263. [More Information]
2010
- Wollstein, A., Lao, O., Becker, C., Brauer, S., Trent, R., Nurnberg, P., Stoneking, M., Kayser, M. (2010). Demographic History of Oceania Inferred from Genome-wide Data. Current Biology, 20(22), 1983-1992. [More Information]
- Luquin, N., Yu, B., Trent, R., Pamphlett, R. (2010). DHPLC can be used to detect low-level mutations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 11(40210), 76-82. [More Information]
- Yu, B., Trent, R. (2010). Genetics of Athletic Performance. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, (pp. 1-8).
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2009
- Morahan, J., Morahan, J., Yu, B., Yu, B., Trent, R., Trent, R., Pamphlett, R., Pamphlett, R. (2009). A genome-wide analysis of brain DNA methylation identifies new candidate genes for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 10(5-6), 418-429. [More Information]
- Luquin, N., Yu, B., Saunderson, R., Trent, R., Pamphlett, R. (2009). Genetic variants in the promoter of TARDBP in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neuromuscular Disorders, 19(10), 696-700. [More Information]
- Trent, R., Yu, B. (2009). The future of genetic research in exercise science and sports medicine. Medicine and Sport Science, 54, 187-195. [More Information]
2008
- Luquin, N., Yu, B., Trent, R., Morahan, J., Pamphlett, R. (2008). An analysis of the entire SOD1 gene in sporadic ALS. Neuromuscular Disorders, 18(7), 545-552. [More Information]
- Le, H., Hinchcliffe, M., Yu, B., Trent, R. (2008). Computer-assisted reading of DNA sequences. Methods in molecular medicine, 141(Clinical Bioinformatics), 177-197. [More Information]
- Kayser, M., Lao, O., Saar, K., Brauer, S., Wang, X., Nurnberg, P., Trent, R., Stoneking, M. (2008). Genome-wide Analysis Indicates More Asian than Melanesian Ancestry of Polynesians. American Journal of Human Genetics, 82(1), 194-198. [More Information]
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2007
- Saunderson, R., Yu, B., Trent, R., Pamphlett, R. (2007). A comparison of the lengths of androgen receptor triplet repeats in brain and blood in motor neuron diseases. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 267, 125-128. [More Information]
- Saunderson, R., Yu, B., Trent, R., Pamphlett, R. (2007). Are enteroviral receptors different in sporadic motor neuron disease? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 8(1), 26-30. [More Information]
- Morahan, J., Yu, B., Trent, R., Pamphlett, R. (2007). Genetic susceptibility to environmental toxicants in ALS. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 144B (7), 885-890. [More Information]
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2006
- Morahan, J., Yu, B., Trent, R., Pamphlett, R. (2006). A gene-environment study of the paraoxonase 1 gene and pesticides in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. NeuroToxicology, 28(3), 532-540. [More Information]
- Morahan, J., Yu, B., Trent, R., Pamphlett, R. (2006). Are metallothionein genes silenced in ALS? Toxicology Letters, 168(1), 83-87. [More Information]
- Trent, R., Webster, B., Bowden, D., Gilbert, A., Ho, P., Lindeman, R., Lammi, A., Rowell, J., Hinchcliffe, M., Colley, A., et al (2006). Complex phenotypes in the haemoglobinopathies: recommendations on screening and DNA testing. Pathology, 38(6), 507-519. [More Information]
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2005
- Yu, B., Sawyer, N., Caramins, M., Yuan, Z., Saunderson, R., Pamphlett, R., Richmond, D., Jeremy, R., Trent, R. (2005). Denaturing high performance liquid chromatography: high throughput mutation screening in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and SNP genotyping in motor neurone disease. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 58(5), 479-485. [More Information]
- Kohonen-Corish, M., Daniel, J., Chan, C., Lin, B., Kwun, S., Dent, O., Dhillon, V., Trent, R., Chapuis, P., Bokey, E. (2005). Low Microsatellite Instability Is Associated With Poor Prognosis in Stage C Colon Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 23(10), 2318-2324. [More Information]
- Trent, R. (2005). Molecular Medicine. Burlington, Massachusetts: Academic Press. [More Information]
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2004
- Saunderson, R., Yu, B., Trent, R., Pamphlett, R. (2004). A Polymorphism In The Poliovirus Receptor Gene Differs In Motor Neuron Disease. NeuroReport, 15(2), 383-386. [More Information]
- Trent, R., Yu, B., Caramins, M. (2004). Challenges For Clinical Genetic DNA Testing. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 4(2), 201-208. [More Information]
- Djousse, L., Knowlton, B., Hayden, M., Almqvist, E., Brinkman, R., Ross, C., Margolis, R., Rosenblatt, A., Durr, A., Dode, C., Trent, R., et al (2004). Evidence For A Modifier Of Onset Age In Huntington Disease Linked To The Hd Gene In 4P16. Neurogenetics, 5, 109-14. [More Information]
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2003
- Li, J., Hayden, M., Almqvist, E., Brinkman, R., Durr, A., Dode, C., Morrison, P., Suchowersky, O., Ross, C., Margolis, R., Trent, R. (2003). A genome scan for modifiers of age at onset in Huntington Disease: The HD MAPS Study. American Journal of Human Genetics, 73(3), 682-687. [More Information]
- Caramins, M., Halliday, G., McCusker, E., Trent, R. (2003). Genetically confirmed clinical Huntington's disease with no observable cell loss. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 74(7), 968-970. [More Information]
- Djousse, L., Knowlton, B., Hayden, M., Almqvist, E., Brinkman, R., Ross, C., Margolis, R., Rosenblatt, A., Durr, A., Dode, C., Trent, R., et al (2003). Interaction of normal and expanded CAG repeat sizes influences age at onset of Huntington disease. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A, 119A (3), 279-282. [More Information]
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2002
- Brown, L., Singh, L., Sale, K., Yu, B., Trent, R., Fajer, P., Hambly, B. (2002). Functional and spectroscopic studies of a familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation in Motif X of cardiac myosin binding protein-C. European Biophysics Journal, 31(5), 400-408. [More Information]
- Huang, Q., Trevena, L., Kidd, M., Trent, R., Callen, J. (2002). The impact of the human genetic research on primary care: a summary of general practitioners on genetic counselling and testing in general practice. Research from the Ground Up, : British Medical Journal Publishing Group.
2001
- Dedic, J., Weiss, A., Yu, B., Trent, R., Katahira, J., Urban, Z. (2001). A novel elastin gene mutation (1281delC) in a family with supravalvular aortic stenosis: a mutation cluster within exon 20. Human Mutation, 17, 81-81.
2000
- Trent, R., He, H., Yu, B., Young, G., Bowden, D. (2000). DNA testing for haemochromatosis: diagnostic, predictive and screening implications. Pathology, 32, 274-279. [More Information]
- Rivory, L., Qin, H., Clarke, S., Eris, J., Duggin, G., Ray, E., Trent, R., Bishop, J. (2000). Frequency of cytochrome P450 3A4 variant genotype in transplant population and lack of association with cyclosporin clearance. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 56, 395-398.
- McCusker, E., Richards, F., Sillence, D., Wilson, M., Trent, R. (2000). Huntington's disease: neurological assessment of potential gene carriers presenting for predictive DNA testing. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience.
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Selected Grants
2016
- Defining the clinical role of topiramate in the treatment of alcohol dependence in Australia, Haber P, Morley K, Teesson M, Kranzler H, Trent R, Baillie A, Luquin N, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants
2009
- Systems biology: New generation DNA sequencing to functional analysis, Trent R, Waterhouse P, Dawes I, Paulsen I, Henry, R, Crossley P, Bergguist P, Janitz M, Arthur J, Reichardt J, Packer N, Yu B, Scott R, Wade C, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF)
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