Laura Parry

Research Interests

Animal Physiology _ Systems Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Comparative Physiology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine Reproductive Biology

Prof Laura Parry

Pro Vice Chancellor, Research Performance

Research Performance and Research Structures

Research and Innovation

Date Position Institution name
2019 - ongoing Head, School of Biological Sciences The University of Adelaide
2015 - 2019 Professor in BioSciences University of Melbourne
2014 - 2019 Associate Dean Research & Industry University of Melbourne
2008 - ongoing Adjunct Associate Professor (Honorary) University of Florida College of Medicine

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2013 Teaching Award Top 10 (4th) Lecturer of the Year University of Melbourne Australia -
2011 Teaching Award Top 10 (10th) Lecturer of the Year, University of Melbourne University of Melbourne Australia -
2009 Teaching Award Australian Teaching & Learning Council Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning University of Melbourne Australia -
2009 Teaching Award The David White Award for Teaching Excellence University of Melbourne Australia -
2008 Teaching Award Lecturer of the Year University of Melbourne Australia -
2008 Teaching Award Faculty of Science Excellence in Teaching Award University of Melbourne Australia -
2007 Teaching Award Lecturer of the Year University of Melbourne Australia -
2007 Award Australian Academy of Sciences Travel Award to the USA University of Melbourne Australia -
2000 Fellowship Australian Research Council Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellowship Australia Research Council Australia -
1996 Fellowship Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Australian Research Council Australia -
1995 Fellowship Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Germany Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Germany -
1995 Award Society for the Study of Reproduction Trainee Travel Grant Society for the Study of Reproduction Canada -
1994 Award Travel Award, Journal of Reproduction & Fertility, UK Journal of Reproduction & Fertility, UK United Kingdom -
1990 Scholarship Ontario Graduate Scholarship University of Ontario Canada -

Date Institution name Country Title
2013 - 2013 University of Melbourne Australia Graduate Certificate in University Management (H1)
1992 University of Guelph Canada PhD
1988 University of Bristol United Kingdom M.Sc
1986 University of Bristol United Kingdom B.Sc. (Hons) Anatomical Sciences

Year Citation
2024 Devasia, A. G., Shanmugham, M., Ramasamy, A., Bellanger, S., Parry, L. J., & Leo, C. H. (2024). Therapeutic potential of relaxin or relaxin mimetics in managing cardiovascular complications of diabetes. Biochemical Pharmacology, 229, 13 pages.
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2023 Jelinic, M., Jackson, K. L., O'Sullivan, K., Singh, J., Giddy, T., Deo, M., . . . Qin, C. X. (2023). Endothelium-dependent relaxation is impaired in Schlager hypertensive (BPH/2J) mice by region-specific mechanisms in conductance and resistance arteries. Life Sciences, 320, 15 pages.
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2023 Leo, C. H., Ou, J. L. M., Ong, E. S., Qin, C. X., Ritchie, R. H., Parry, L. J., & Ng, H. H. (2023). Relaxin elicits renoprotective actions accompanied by increasing bile acid levels in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 162, 114578-1-114578-9.
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2022 Doan, T. N. A., Bianco-Miotto, T., Parry, L., & Winter, M. A. (2022). The role of Angiotensin II and relaxin in vascular adaptation to pregnancy.. Reproduction (Cambridge, England), 164(4), 87-99.
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2021 Prakoso, D., Lim, S. Y., Erickson, J. R., Wallace, R. S., Lees, J. G., Tate, M., . . . Ritchie, R. H. (2021). Fine-tuning the cardiac O-GlcNAcylation regulatory enzymes governs the functional and structural phenotype of the diabetic heart. Cardiovascular Research, 118(1), 212-225.
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2020 Qin, C. X., Anthonisz, J., Leo, C. H., Kahlberg, N., Velagic, A., Li, M., . . . Ritchie, R. H. (2020). Nitric oxide resistance, induced in the myocardium by diabetes, is circumvented by the nitric oxide redox sibling, nitroxyl. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, 32(1), 60-77.
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2020 Marshall, S. A., Qin, C. X., Jelinic, M., O sullivan, K., Deo, M., Walsh, J., . . . Leo, C. H. (2020). The novel small-molecule annexin-a1 mimetic, compound 17b, elicits vasoprotective actions in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(4), 21 pages.
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2020 Jelinic, M., Kahlberg, N., Leo, C. H., Ng, H. H., Rosli, S., Deo, M., . . . Qin, C. X. (2020). Annexin-A1 deficiency exacerbates pathological remodelling of the mesenteric vasculature in insulin-resistant, but not insulin-deficient, mice. British Journal of Pharmacology, 177(7), 1677-1691.
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2020 Prakoso, D., De Blasio, M. J., Tate, M., Kiriazis, H., Donner, D. G., Qian, H., . . . Ritchie, R. H. (2020). Enhanced cardiac phosphoinositide 3-kinase (p110α) using gene therapy attenuates cardiac remodeling in type 2 diabetic mice. American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 318(4), 840-852.
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2020 Hampel, U., Chinnery, H. R., Garreis, F., Paulsen, F., de Iongh, R., Bui, B. V., . . . Chen, H. L. (2020). Ocular Phenotype of Relaxin Gene Knockout (Rln-/-) Mice. Current Eye Research, 45(10), 1211-1221.
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2019 Jelinic, M., Marshall, S. A., Leo, C. H., Parry, L. J., & Tare, M. (2019). From pregnancy to cardiovascular disease: Lessons from relaxin-deficient animals to understand relaxin actions in the vascular system. Microcirculation, 26(2), e12464-1-e12464-8.
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2019 Leo, C. H., Jelinic, M., Ng, H. H., Parry, L. J., & Tare, M. (2019). Recent developments in relaxin mimetics as therapeutics for cardiovascular diseases. Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 45, 42-48.
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2019 Nguyen, T. P. H., Patrick, C. J., Parry, L. J., & Familari, M. (2019). Using proteomics to advance the search for potential biomarkers for preeclampsia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 14(4), e0214671.
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2019 Brownfoot, F. C., Hannan, N. J., Cannon, P., Nguyen, V., Hastie, R., Parry, L. J., . . . Kaitu'u-Lino, T. J. (2019). Sulfasalazine reduces placental secretion of antiangiogenic factors, up-regulates the secretion of placental growth factor and rescues endothelial dysfunction. EBioMedicine, 41, 636-648.
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2019 Marshall, S. A., Cox, A. G., Parry, L. J., & Wallace, E. M. (2019). Targeting the vascular dysfunction: Potential treatments for preeclampsia. Microcirculation, 26(4), 18 pages.
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2019 Leo, C. H., Ng, H. H., Marshall, S. A., Jelinic, M., Rupasinghe, T., Qin, C., . . . Parry, L. J. (2019). Relaxin reduces endothelium-derived vasoconstriction in hypertension: revealing new therapeutic insights. British Journal of Pharmacology, 177(1), 1-17.
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2018 Lappas, M., McCracken, S., McKelvey, K., Lim, R., James, J., Roberts, C. T., . . . Murthi, P. (2018). Formyl peptide receptor-2 is decreased in foetal growth restriction and contributes to placental dysfunction. Molecular human reproduction, 24(2), 94-109.
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2018 Marshall, S. A., McGuane, J. T., Soh, Y. M., Gehring, H. M., Simpson, E., & Parry, L. J. (2018). Abnormal extracellular matrix remodelling in the cervix of pregnant relaxin-deficient mice is not associated with reduced matrix metalloproteinase expression or activity. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 30(9), 1214-1224.
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2018 Jelinic, M., Marshall, S. A., Stewart, D., Unemori, E., Parry, L. J., & Leo, C. H. (2018). Peptide hormone relaxin: from bench to bedside. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 314(6), R753-R760.
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2018 Ng, H. H., Leo, C. H., Parry, L. J., & Ritchie, R. H. (2018). Relaxin as a therapeutic target for the cardiovascular complications of diabetes. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 9(MAY), 501-1-501-10.
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2018 Marshall, S. A., Hannan, N. J., Jelinic, M., Nguyen, T. P. H., Girling, J. E., & Parry, L. J. (2018). Animal models of preeclampsia: translational failings and why.. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 314(4), R499-R508.
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2018 Marshall, S. A., Hannan, N. J., Jelinic, M., Nguyen, T. P. H., Girling, J. E., & Parry, L. J. (2018). Animal models of preeclampsia: Translational failings and why. American Journal of Physiology Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 314(4), R499-R508.
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2018 Marshall, S. A., Senadheera, S. N., Jelinic, M., O'Sullivan, K., Parry, L. J., & Tare, M. (2018). Relaxin deficiency leads to uterine artery dysfunction during pregnancy in mice. Frontiers in Physiology, 9(MAR), 17 pages.
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2017 Bernasochi, G. B., Boon, W. C., Curl, C. L., Varma, U., Pepe, S., Tare, M., . . . Bell, J. R. (2017). Pericardial adipose and aromatase: A new translational target for aging, obesity and arrhythmogenesis?. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 111, 96-101.
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2017 Jelinic, M., Leo, C. H., Marshall, S. A., Senadheera, S. N., Parry, L. J., & Tare, M. (2017). Short-term (48 hours) intravenous serelaxin infusion has no effect on myogenic tone or vascular remodeling in rat mesenteric arteries. Microcirculation, 24(6), e12371-1-e12371-12.
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2017 Gwynne, R. M., Ly, K. D. K. N., Parry, L. J., & Bornstein, J. C. (2017). Calcium sensing receptors mediate local inhibitory reflexes evoked by L-Phenylalanine in guinea pig jejunum. Frontiers in Physiology, 8(DEC), 10 pages.
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2017 O'Sullivan, K. P., Marshall, S. A., Cullen, S., Saunders, T., Hannan, N. J., Senadheera, S. N., & Parry, L. J. (2017). Evidence of proteinuria, but no other characteristics of pre-eclampsia, in relaxin-deficient mice. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 29(8), 1477-1485.
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2017 Marshall, S. A., Leo, C. H., Girling, J. E., Tare, M., Beard, S., Hannan, N. J., & Parry, L. J. (2017). Relaxin treatment reduces angiotensin II-induced vasoconstriction in pregnancy and protects against endothelial dysfunction. Biology of Reproduction, 96(4), 895-906.
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2017 Marshall, S. A., O'Sullivan, K., Ng, H. H., Bathgate, R. A. D., Parry, L. J., Hossain, M. A., & Leo, C. H. (2017). B7-33 replicates the vasoprotective functions of human relaxin-2 (serelaxin). European Journal of Pharmacology, 807, 190-197.
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2017 Ng, H. H., Leo, C. H., Prakoso, D., Qin, C., Ritchie, R. H., & Parry, L. J. (2017). Serelaxin treatment reverses vascular dysfunction and left ventricular hypertrophy in a mouse model of Type 1 diabetes. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 39604.
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2017 Ng, H. H., Leo, C. H., O'Sullivan, K., Alexander, S. A., Davies, M. J., Schiesser, C. H., & Parry, L. J. (2017). 1,4-Anhydro-4-seleno-D-talitol (SeTal) protects endothelial function in the mouse aorta by scavenging superoxide radicals under conditions of acute oxidative stress. Biochemical Pharmacology, 128, 34-45.
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2017 Leo, C. H., Fernando, D. T., Tran, L., Ng, H. H., Marshall, S. A., & Parry, L. J. (2017). Serelaxin treatment reduces oxidative stress and increases aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 to attenuate nitrate tolerance. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 8(MAR), 11 pages.
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2017 Marshall, S. A., Senadheera, S. N., Parry, L. J., & Girling, J. E. (2017). The Role of Relaxin in Normal and Abnormal Uterine Function during the Menstrual Cycle and Early Pregnancy. Reproductive Sciences, 24(3), 342-354.
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2017 Onda, K., Tong, S., Beard, S., Binder, N., Muto, M., Senadheera, S. N., . . . Hannan, N. J. (2017). Proton pump inhibitors decrease soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 and soluble endoglin secretion, decrease hypertension, and rescue endothelial dysfunction. Hypertension, 69(3), 457-468.
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2017 Leo, C. H., Jelinic, M., Ng, H. H., Marshall, S. A., Novak, J., Tare, M., . . . Parry, L. J. (2017). Vascular actions of relaxin: nitric oxide and beyond. British Journal of Pharmacology, 174(10), 1002-1014.
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2016 Kahlberg, N., Qin, C. X., Anthonisz, J., Jap, E., Ng, H. H., Jelinic, M., . . . Leo, C. H. (2016). Adverse vascular remodelling is more sensitive than endothelial dysfunction to hyperglycaemia in diabetic rat mesenteric arteries. Pharmacological Research, 111, 325-335.
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2016 Leo, C. H., Jelinic, M., Ng, H. H., Tare, M., & Parry, L. J. (2016). Serelaxin: a novel therapeutic for vascular diseases. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 37(6), 498-507.
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2016 Ng, H. H., Leo, C. H., & Parry, L. J. (2016). Serelaxin (recombinant human relaxin-2) prevents high glucose-induced endothelial dysfunction by ameliorating prostacyclin production in the mouse aorta. Pharmacological Research, 107, 220-228.
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2016 Marshall, S. A., Ng, L., Unemori, E. N., Girling, J. E., & Parry, L. J. (2016). Relaxin deficiency results in increased expression of angiogenesis- and remodelling-related genes in the uterus of early pregnant mice but does not affect endometrial angiogenesis prior to implantation. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 14(1), 11-1-11-14.
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2016 Leo, C. H., Jelinic, M., Ng, H. H., Tare, M., & Parry, L. J. (2016). Time-dependent activation of prostacyclin and nitric oxide pathways during continuous i.v. infusion of serelaxin (recombinant human H2 relaxin). British Journal of Pharmacology, 173(6), 1005-1017.
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2016 Brownfoot, F. C., Hastie, R., Hannan, N. J., Cannon, P., Tuohey, L., Parry, L. J., . . . Tong, S. (2016). Metformin as a prevention and treatment for preeclampsia: effects on soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 and soluble endoglin secretion and endothelial dysfunction. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 214(3), 356.e1-356.e15.
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2016 Marshall, S. A., Leo, C. H., Senadheera, S. N., Girling, J. E., Tare, M., & Parry, L. J. (2016). Relaxin deficiency attenuates pregnancy-induced adaptation of the mesenteric artery to angiotensin II in mice. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 310(9), R847-R857.
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2016 Melville, J., Hunjan, S., McLean, F., Mantziou, G., Boysen, K., & Parry, L. J. (2016). Expression of a hindlimb-determining factor Pitx1 in the forelimb of the lizard Pogona vitticeps during morphogenesis. Open Biology, 6(10), 1-17.
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2016 Jelinic, M., Kahlberg, N., Parry, L. J., & Tare, M. (2016). Does serelaxin treatment alter passive mechanical wall properties in small resistance arteries?. Microcirculation, 23(8), 631-636.
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2016 Lam, M., Royce, S. G., Donovan, C., Jelinic, M., Parry, L. J., Samuel, C. S., & Bourke, J. E. (2016). Serelaxin elicits bronchodilation and enhances β-adrenoceptor-mediated airway relaxation. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 7(OCT), 1-12.
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2015 Jelinic, M., Tare, M., Conrad, K. P., & Parry, L. J. (2015). Differential effects of relaxin deficiency on vascular aging in arteries of male mice. Age, 37(4), 66-1-66-12.
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2015 Ng, H. H., Jelinic, M., Parry, L. J., & Leo, C. H. (2015). Increased superoxide production and altered nitric oxide-mediated relaxation in the aorta of young but not old male relaxin-deficient mice. American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 309(2), H285-H296.
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2014 Leo, C. H., Jelinic, M., Gooi, J. H., Tare, M., & Parry, L. J. (2014). A vasoactive role for endogenous relaxin in mesenteric arteries of male mice. PLoS ONE, 9(9), e107382-1-e107382-12.
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2014 Leo, C. H., Jelinic, M., Parkington, H. C., Tare, M., & Parry, L. J. (2014). Acute intravenous injection of serelaxin (recombinant human relaxin-2) causes rapid and sustained bradykinin-mediated vasorelaxation. Journal of the American Heart Association, 3(1), e000493-1-e000493-15.
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2014 Fung, C., Unterweger, P., Parry, L. J., Bornstein, J. C., & Foong, J. P. P. (2014). VPAC₁ receptors regulate intestinal secretion and muscle contractility by activating cholinergic neurons in guinea pig jejunum. American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 306(9), G748-G758.
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2014 Jelinic, M., Leo, C. H., Post Uiterweer, E. D., Sandow, S. L., Gooi, J. H., Wlodek, M. E., . . . Parry, L. J. (2014). Localization of relaxin receptors in arteries and veins, and region-specific increases in compliance and bradykinin-mediated relaxation after in vivo serelaxin treatment. FASEB Journal, 28(1), 275-287.
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2014 Edwards, A., Jones, S. M., Bird, F., & Parry, L. (2014). Enhancing learning through the use of animals in undergraduate biology teaching: The student voice. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 22(2), 35-54.
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2013 Gooi, J. H., Richardson, M. L., Jelinic, M., Girling, J. E., Wlodek, M. E., Tare, M., & Parry, L. J. (2013). Enhanced uterine artery stiffness in aged pregnant relaxin mutant mice is reversed with exogenous relaxin treatment1. Biology of Reproduction, 89(1), 18-1-18-11.
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2012 Soh, Y. M., Tiwari, A., Mahendroo, M., Conrad, K. P., & Parry, L. J. (2012). Relaxin regulates hyaluronan synthesis and aquaporins in the cervix of late pregnant mice. Endocrinology, 153(12), 6054-6064.
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2012 Mazzuca, M. Q., Tare, M., Parkington, H. C., Dragomir, N. M., Parry, L. J., & Wlodek, M. E. (2012). Uteroplacental insufficiency programmes vascular dysfunction in non-pregnant rats: compensatory adaptations in pregnancy. Journal of Physiology, 590(14), 3375-3388.
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2012 Vodstrcil, L. A., Tare, M., Novak, J., Dragomir, N., Ramirez, R. J., Wlodek, M. E., . . . Parry, L. J. (2012). Relaxin mediates uterine artery compliance during pregnancy and increases uterine blood flow. FASEB Journal, 26(10), 4035-4044.
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2012 Van Drongelen, J., Van Koppen, A., Pertijs, J., Gooi, J. H., Parry, L. J., Sweep, F. C. G. J., . . . Spaanderman, M. E. A. (2012). Impaired vascular responses to relaxin in diet-induced overweight female rats. Journal of Applied Physiology, 112(6), 962-969.
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2012 Gallo, L. A., Tran, M., Moritz, K. M., Mazzuca, M. Q., Parry, L. J., Westcott, K. T., . . . Wlodek, M. E. (2012). Cardio-renal and metabolic adaptations during pregnancy in female rats born small: implications for maternal health and second generation fetal growth. Journal of Physiology, 590(3), 617-629.
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2010 Gibbens, J., Parry, L. J., & Arnould, J. P. Y. (2010). Influences on fecundity in Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus). Journal of Mammalogy, 91(2), 510-518.
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2010 Vodstrcil, L. A., Shynlova, O., Westcott, K., Laker, R., Simpson, E., Wlodek, M. E., & Parry, L. J. (2010). Progesterone withdrawal, and not increased circulating relaxin, mediates the decrease in myometrial relaxin receptor (RXFP1) expression in late gestation in rats. Biology of Reproduction, 83(5), 825-832.
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2010 Vodstrcil, L. A., Shynlova, O., Verlander, J. W., Wlodek, M. E., & Parry, L. J. (2010). Decreased expression of the rat myometrial relaxin receptor (RXFP1) in late pregnancy is partially Mediated by the Presence of the conceptus. Biology of Reproduction, 83(5), 818-824.
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2010 Foong, J. P. P., Parry, L. J., Gwynne, R. M., & Bornstein, J. C. (2010). 5-HT₁A, SST₁, and SST₂ receptors mediate inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in the submucous plexus of the guinea pig ileum. American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 298(3), G384-1-G394-11.
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2010 Foong, J. P., Parry, L. J., & Bornstein, J. C. (2010). Activation of neuronal SST and SST receptors decreases neurogenic secretion in the guinea-pig jejunum.. Neurogastroenterology and Motility the Official Journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society, 22(11), 1209-e317.
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2009 Ganesan, A., Klonisch, T., McGuane, J. T., Feng, S., Agoulnik, A. I., & Parry, L. J. (2009). Normal prostate morphology in relaxin-mutant mice. Reproduction Fertility and Development, 21(3), 440-450.
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2009 Neal, K. B., Parry, L. J., & Bornstein, J. C. (2009). Strain-specific genetics, anatomy and function of enteric neural serotonergic pathways in inbred mice. Journal of Physiology, 587(3), 567-586.
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2009 Parry, L. J., Vodstrcil, L. A., Madden, A., Amir, S. H., Baldwin, K., Wlodek, M. E., & Nicholas, K. R. (2009). Normal mammary gland growth and lactation capacity in pregnant relaxin-deficient mice. Reproduction Fertility and Development, 21(4), 549-560.
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2007 Vodstrcil, L. A., Wlodek, M. E., & Parry, L. J. (2007). Effects of uteroplacental restriction on the relaxin-family receptors, Lgr7 and Lgr8, in the uterus of late pregnant rats. Reproduction Fertility and Development, 19(4), 530-538.
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2006 Novak, J., Parry, L. J., Matthews, J. E., Kerchner, L. J., Indovina, K., Hanley-Yanez, K., . . . Conrad, K. P. (2006). Evidence for local relaxin ligand-receptor expression and function in arteries. FASEB Journal, 20(13), 2352-2362.
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2005 Parry, L. J., McGuane, J. T., Gehring, H. M., Kostic, I. G. T., & Siebel, A. L. (2005). Mechanisms of relaxin action in the reproductive tract: Studies in the relaxin-deficient (Rlx-/-) mouse. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1041(1), 91-103.
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2005 McGuane, J. T., & Parry, L. J. (2005). Relaxin and the extracellular matrix: Molecular mechanisms of action and implications for cardiovascular disease. Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine, 7(21), 1-18.
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2005 McKenzie, J., Parry, L. J., Page, B., & Goldsworthy, S. D. (2005). Estimation of pregnancy rates and reproductive failure in New Zealand fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri). Journal of Mammalogy, 86(6), 1237-1246.
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2005 Fink, J. W., McLeod, B. J., Assinder, S. J., Parry, L. J., & Nicholson, H. D. (2005). Seasonal changes in mesotocin and localization of its receptor in the prostate of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). Biology of Reproduction, 72(2), 470-478.
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2005 Siebel, A. L., Bathgate, R. A. D., & Parry, L. J. (2005). Differential expression of mesotocin receptors in the uterus and ovary of the pregnant tammar wallaby. Reproduction, 129(5), 639-649.
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2004 Bond, C. P., Parry, L. J., Samuel, C. S., Gehring, H. M., Lederman, F. L., Rogers, P. A. W., & Summers, R. J. (2004). Increased expression of the relaxin receptor (LGR7) in human endometrium during the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 89(7), 3477-3485.
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2004 Masterson, R., Hewitson, T. D., Kelynack, K., Martic, M., Parry, L., Bathgate, R., . . . Becker, G. (2004). Relaxin down-regulates renal fibroblast function and promotes matrix remodelling in vitro. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 19(3), 544-552.
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2003 Siebel, A. L., Gehring, H. M., Reytomas, I. G. T., & Parry, L. J. (2003). Inhibition of oxytocin receptor and estrogen receptor-expression, but not relaxin receptors (LGR7), in the myometrium of late pregnant relaxin gene knockout mice. Endocrinology, 144(10), 4272-4275.
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2003 Du, X. J., Samuel, C. S., Gao, X. M., Zhao, L., Parry, L. J., & Tregear, G. W. (2003). Increased myocardial collagen and ventricular diastolic dysfunction in relaxin deficient mice: A gender-specific phenotype. Cardiovascular Research, 57(2), 395-404.
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2003 Samuel, C. S., Parry, L. J., & Summers, R. J. (2003). Physiological or pathological - A role for relaxin in the cardiovascular system?. Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 3(2), 152-158.
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2003 Samuel, C. S., Zhao, C., Bathgate, R. A. D., Bond, C. P., Burton, M. D., Parry, L. J., . . . Tregear, G. W. (2003). Relaxin deficiency in mice is associated with an age-related progression of pulmonary fibrosis.. FASEB Journal Official Publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 17(1), 121-123.
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2002 Siebel, A. L., Gehring, H. M., & Parry, L. J. (2002). Effects of fetectomy on oxytocin receptors in the myometrium of the tammar wallaby. Biology of Reproduction, 67(4), 1242-1249.
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2002 Bathgate, R. A. D., Siebel, A. L., Tovote, P., Claasz, A., Macris, M., Tregear, G. W., & Parry, L. J. (2002). Purification and characterization of relaxin from the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii): Bioactivity and expression in the corpus luteum. Biology of Reproduction, 67(1), 293-300.
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2002 Siebel, A. L., Gehring, H. M., Nave, C. D., Bathgate, R. A. D., Borchers, C. E., & Parry, L. J. (2002). Up-regulation of mesotocin receptors in the tammar wallaby myometrium is pregnancy-specific and independent of estrogen. Biology of Reproduction, 66(5), 1237-1243.
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2002 Bathgate, R. A. D., Samuel, C. S., Burazin, T. C. D., Layfield, S., Claasz, A. A., Reytomas, I. G. T., . . . Tregear, G. W. (2002). Human relaxin gene 3 (H3) and the equivalent mouse relaxin (M3) gene: Novel members of the relaxin peptide family. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277(2), 1148-1157.
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2000 Parry, L. J., Bathgate, R. A. D., & Ivell, R. (2000). Mammalian mesotocin: cDNA sequence and expression of an oxytocin-like gene in a macropodid marsupial, the tammar wallaby. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 118(2), 187-199.
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2000 Parry, L. J., & Bathgate, R. A. D. (2000). The role of oxytocin and regulation of uterine oxytocin receptors in pregnant marsupials. Experimental Physiology, 85 S(SPEC. ISS.), 91S-99S.
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1999 Thomas, M. L., Parry, L. J., Allan, R. A., & Elgar, M. A. (1999). Geographic affinity, cuticular hydrocarbons and colony recognition in the Australian meat ant Iridomyrmex purpureus. Naturwissenschaften, 86(2), 87-92.
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1999 Spiess, A. N., Balvers, M., Tena-Sempere, M., Huhtaniemi, I., Parry, L., & Ivell, R. (1999). Structure and expression of the rat relaxin-like factor (RLF) gene. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 54(4), 319-325.
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1998 Parry, L. J., Wilson, B. C., Poterski, R. S., & Summerlee, A. J. S. (1998). The cardiovascular effects of porcine relaxin in Brattleboro rats. Endocrine, 8(3), 317-322.
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1998 Parry, L. J., & Bathgate, R. A. D. (1998). Mesotocin receptor gene and protein expression in the prostate gland, but not testis, of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii. Biology of Reproduction, 59(5), 1101-1107.
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1997 Parry, L. J., Clark, J. M., & Renfree, M. B. (1997). Ultrastructural localization of relaxin in the corpus luteum of the pregnant and early lactating tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii. Cell and Tissue Research, 290(3), 615-622.
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1997 Parry, L. J., Rust, W., & Ivell, R. (1997). Marsupial relaxin: Complementary deoxyribonucleic acid sequence and gene expression in the female and male tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii. Biology of Reproduction, 57(1), 119-127.
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1997 Barth, S. W., Bathgate, R. A. D., Mess, A., Parry, L. J., Ivell, R., & Grossmann, R. (1997). Mesotocin gene expression in the diencephalon of domestic fowl: Cloning and sequencing of the MT cDNA and distribution of MT gene expressing neurons in the chicken hypothalamus. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 9(10), 777-787.
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1997 Parry, L. J., Bathgate, R. A. D., Shaw, G., Renfree, M. B., & Ivell, R. (1997). Evidence for a local fetal influence on myometrial oxytocin receptors during pregnancy in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Biology of Reproduction, 56(1), 200-207.
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1996 Parry, L. J., Guymer, F. J., Fletcher, T. P., & Renfree, M. B. (1996). Release of an oxytocic peptide at parturition in the marsupial, Macropus eugenii. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 107(2), 191-198.
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1996 Renfree, M. B., Parry, L. J., & Shaw, G. (1996). Infusion with an oxytocin receptor antagonist delays parturition in a marsupial. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 108(1), 131-137.
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1996 Bathgate, R. A. D., Parry, L. J., Fletcher, T. P., Shaw, G., Renfree, M. B., Gemmell, R. T., & Sernia, C. (1996). Comparative aspects of oxytocin-like hormones in marsupials. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 395, 639-655.
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1994 Parry, L. J., Poterski, R. S., & Summerlee, A. J. S. (1994). Effects of relaxin on blood pressure and the release of vasopressin and oxytocin in anesthetized rats during pregnancy and lactation. Biology of Reproduction, 50(3), 622-628.
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1994 Geddes, B. J., Parry, L. J., & Summerlee, A. J. S. (1994). Brain angiotensin-II partially mediates the effects of relaxin on vasopressin and oxytocin release in anesthetized rats. Endocrinology, 134(3), 1188-1192.
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1991 Parry, L. J., & Summerlee, A. J. S. (1991). Central angiotensin partially mediates the pressor action of relaxin in anesthetized rats. Endocrinology, 129(1), 47-52.
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1990 Parry, L. J., Poterski, R. S., Summerlee, A. J. S., & Jones, S. A. (1990). Mechanism of the Haemotensive Action of Porcine Relaxin in Anaesthetized Rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 2(1), 53-58.
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1989 Mumford, A. D., Parry, L. J., & Summerlee, A. J. S. (1989). Lesion of the subfornical organ affects the haemotensive response to centrally administered relaxin in anaesthetized rats. Journal of Endocrinology, 122(3), 747-755.
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Year Citation
2007 Parry, L. J., & Vodstrcil, L. A. (2007). Relaxin physiology in the female reproductive tract during pregnancy (Vol. 612). A. I. Agoulnik (Ed.), SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN.
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2014 Knox, B., Ladiges, P., Evans, B., & Saint, R. (2014). Biology An Australian Focus. In Unknown Book (pp. 1336 pages). McGraw-Hill Education Australia.

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2023 Lovell, E. A., Hosking, S. L., Fitzgerald, R. J., Nicholas, L. M., Parry, L. J., Robertson, S. A., & Care, A. S. (2023). Effect of Regulatory T Cell Depletion in Early Pregnancy on Postpartum Cardio- Metabolic Function in Mice. In REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES Vol. 30 (pp. 227A-228A). AUSTRALIA, Brisbane: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG.
2023 Lovell, E., Hosking, S., Groome, H., Parry, L., Robertson, S., & Care, A. (2023). MATERNAL C1Q DEFICIENCY LEADS TO IMPAIRED DECIDUAL VASCULAR REMODELLING, PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY AND REDUCED FETAL GROWTH. In PLACENTA Vol. 140 (pp. E30). NEW ZEALAND, Rotorua: W B SAUNDERS CO LTD.
2016 Qin, C. X., Anthonisz, J., Kahlberg, N., Leo, C. H., Jap, E., Parry, L. J., . . . Ritchie, R. (2016). Approaches for Overcoming Diabetes-Induced Cardiovascular Nitric Oxide Resistance. In FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE Vol. 100 (pp. S150-S151). ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
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2009 Familari, M., Vu, D., & Parry, L. J. (2009). Regulation of Rxfp2 (Lgr8) expression in the mouse fetal kidney by the transcription factor Pod1 (Tcf 21). In G. D. BryantGreenwood, C. A. Bagnell, & R. A. D. Bathgate (Eds.), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1160 (pp. 317-319). HI, Maui: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING.
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2009 Wilson, B. C., Burnett, D., Rappaport, R., Parry, L. J., & Fletcher, E. K. (2009). Relaxin-3 and RXFP3 expression, and steroidogenic actions in the ovary of teleost fish. In Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A Molecular and Integrative Physiology Vol. 153 (pp. 69-74). Univ Calgary, Calgary, CANADA: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
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2009 Yegorov, S., Good-Avila, S. V., Parry, L., & Wilson, B. C. (2009). Relaxin family genes in humans and teleosts: Bioinformatic analyses and expression of three RLN genes in teleosts. In G. D. BryantGreenwood, C. A. Bagnell, & R. A. D. Bathgate (Eds.), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1160 (pp. 42-44). Maui, HI: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
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2005 Gwyther, J., Gehring, H. M., & Parry, L. J. (2005). Effects of the sucking stimulus on relaxin receptor (LGR7) expression in the mammary apparatus of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). In O. D. Sherwood, P. A. Fields, & B. G. Steinetz (Eds.), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1041 (pp. 118-122). WY, Moran: NEW YORK ACAD SCIENCES.
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2005 Siebel, A. L., Gehring, H. M., Vodstrcil, L., & Parry, L. J. (2005). Oxytocin and estrogen receptor expression in the myometrium of pregnant relaxin-deficient (Rlx-/-) mice. In O. D. Sherwood, P. A. Fields, & B. G. Steinetz (Eds.), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1041 (pp. 104-109). Moran, WY: NEW YORK ACAD SCIENCES.
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2005 Bond, C. P., Parry, L. J., Samuel, C. S., Gehring, H. M., Lederman, F. L., Rogers, P. A. W., & Summers, R. J. (2005). Increased expression of the relaxin receptor (LGR7) in human endometrium during the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle. In O. D. Sherwood, P. A. Fields, & B. G. Steinetz (Eds.), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1041 (pp. 136-143). WY, Moran: NEW YORK ACAD SCIENCES.
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2004 Siebel, A. L., Gehring, H. M., & Parry, L. J. (2004). Steroid-independent regulation of uterine oxytocin receptors. In Journal of Neuroendocrinology Vol. 16 (pp. 398-402). JAPAN, Kyoto: WILEY.
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1998 Parry, L. J., Bathgate, R. A. D., & Ivell, R. (1998). Mesotocin gene expression and evidence of gene duplication in the tammar wallaby. In H. Vaudry, M. C. Tonon, E. W. Roubos, & A. deLoof (Eds.), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 839 (pp. 447-449). ROUEN, FRANCE: NEW YORK ACAD SCIENCES.
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1997 Ivell, R., Bathgate, R., Kimura, T., & Parry, L. (1997). Molecular biology of the oxytocin receptor: A comparative approach. In Biochemical Society Transactions Vol. 25 (pp. 1058-1066). BATH, ENGLAND: PORTLAND PRESS.
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2024 Lovell, E. A., Hosking, S. L., Wooldridge, A. L., De Poi, R. J., Nicholas, L. M., Parry, L. J., . . . Care, A. S. (2024). Maternal Regulatory T Cells Are an Early Pregnancy Determinant of Cardiometabolic Health in Adult Mouse Offspring. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI 2024), as published in Reproductive Sciences. Vancouver, BC, Canada: Springer.
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2020 Qin, C. X., Anthonisz, J., Huei, L. C., Kahlberg, N., Jap, E., Oodman, O. L. W., . . . Ritchie, R. H. (2020). Diabetes-induced myocardial NO<SUP>•</SUP> resistance, is circumvented by the nitric oxide (NO) redox sibling, nitroxyl, HNO. Poster session presented at the meeting of JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY. PEOPLES R CHINA, Beijing: ELSEVIER SCI LTD.
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Year Citation
2026 Arthurs, A. L., Lushington, C., Medina Garcia, D. L., Merriman, A. L., Mora-Roldan, G. A., Parry, L., . . . Roberts, C. T. (2026). Engineered trophoblast organoids recapitulate molecular and functional features of preeclampsia.
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2022 Co-Supervisor Immune cells in preeclampsia – a target for cardiovascular disease prevention? Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Evangeline Alice Ksenija Lovell
2022 Co-Supervisor Immune cells in preeclampsia a target for cardiovascular disease prevention? Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Evangeline Alice Ksenija Lovell

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