Dr Zahied Johan

Research Associate: Tumour Microenvironment Laboratory

Centre for Cancer Biology

College of Health


Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Malay Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2009 - 2013 University of Adelaide Australia Doctor of Philosophy
2008 - 2008 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Health Sciences (Biotechnology)
2005 - 2007 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology)

Year Citation
2026 Boyle, S. T., Gallego-Ortega, D., Buckley, E. J., Cognard, E., Johan, M. Z., Esmaeili, Z., . . . Samuel, M. S. (2026). Compressive stress–driven Piezo1 activation and Rho-ROCK mechanotransduction promote tumor progression via epigenetic mechanical memory. Science Advances, 12(10), eaeb1271-1-eaeb1271-18.
DOI
2024 Johan, M. Z., Pyne, N. T., Kolesnikoff, N., Poltavets, V., Esmaeili, Z., Woodcock, J. M., . . . Samuel, M. S. (2024). Accelerated Closure of Diabetic Wounds by Efficient Recruitment of Fibroblasts upon Inhibiting a 14-3-3/ROCK Regulatory Axis. The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 144(11), 2562-2573.e4.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2022 Ebert, L. M., Vandyke, K., Johan, M. Z., DeNichilo, M., Tan, L. Y., Myo Min, K. K., . . . Bonder, C. S. (2022). Desmoglein-2 expression is an independent predictor of poor prognosis patients with multiple myeloma. Molecular Oncology, 16(6), 1221-1240.
DOI Scopus13 WoS15 Europe PMC13
2022 Tan, L. Y., Cockshell, M. P., Moore, E., Myo Min, K. K., Ortiz, M., Johan, M. Z., . . . Bonder, C. S. (2022). Vasculogenic mimicry structures in melanoma support the recruitment of monocytes. OncoImmunology, 11(1), e2043673-1-e2043673-18.
DOI Scopus21 WoS23 Europe PMC21
2020 Boyle, S. T., Johan, M. Z., & Samuel, M. S. (2020). Tumour-directed microenvironment remodelling at a glance. Journal of Cell Science, 133(24), jcs247783-1-jcs247783-9.
DOI Scopus15 WoS14 Europe PMC8
2019 Johan, M. Z., & Samuel, M. S. (2019). Rho–ROCK signaling regulates tumor-microenvironment interactions. Biochemical Society Transactions, 47(1), 101-108.
DOI Scopus52 WoS48 Europe PMC38
2019 Johan, M. Z., Ingman, W. V., Robertson, S. A., & Hull, M. L. (2019). Macrophages infiltrating endometriosis-like lesions exhibit progressive phenotype changes in a heterologous mouse model. Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 132, 1-8.
DOI Scopus34 WoS32 Europe PMC28
2018 Cazet, A., Hui, M., Elsworth, B., Wu, S., Roden, D., Chan, C., . . . Swarbrick, A. (2018). Targeting stromal remodeling and cancer stem cell plasticity overcomes chemoresistance in triple negative breast cancer. Nature Communications, 9(1), 2897N-1-2897N-18.
DOI Scopus364 WoS352 Europe PMC338
2016 Ebert, L. M., Tan, L. Y., Johan, M. Z., Min, K. K. M., Cockshell, M. P., Parham, K. A., . . . Bonder, C. S. (2016). A non-canonical role for desmoglein-2 in endothelial cells: implications for neoangiogenesis. Angiogenesis, 19(4), 463-486.
DOI Scopus42 WoS43 Europe PMC32
2016 Tan, L., Mintoff, C., Johan, M., Ebert, B., Fedele, C., Zhang, Y., . . . Ebert, L. (2016). Desmoglein 2 promotes vasculogenic mimicry in melanoma and is associated with poor clinical outcome. Oncotarget, 7(29), 46492-46508.
DOI Scopus47 WoS48 Europe PMC44
2015 McGuane, J. T., Watson, K. M., Zhang, J., Johan, M. Z., Wang, Z., Kuo, G., . . . Hull, M. L. (2015). Seminal plasma promotes lesion development in a xenograft model of endometriosis. American Journal of Pathology, 185(5), 1409-1422.
DOI Scopus14 WoS10 Europe PMC9
2012 Hull, M., Johan, M., Hodge, W., Robertson, S., & Ingman, W. (2012). Host-derived TGFB1 deficiency suppresses lesion development in a mouse model of endometriosis. American Journal of Pathology, 180(3), 880-887.
DOI Scopus78 WoS68 Europe PMC61

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2020 - 2025 Member Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology -

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