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 Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC6
2025 Hull, M. L., Gomez, R., Nothnick, W. B., Gruemmer, R., Burns, K. A., Johan, M. Z., . . . Vincent, K. (2025). WERF Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonisation Project for Experimental Models in Endometriosis Research (EPHect-EM-Heterologous): heterologous rodent models. Molecular Human Reproduction, 31(3), 18 pages.
DOI Scopus7 WoS8 Europe PMC3
2025 Hull, M. L., Gomez, R., Nothnick, W. B., Gruemmer, R., Burns, K. A., Johan, M. Z., . . . Bruner-Tran, K. L. (2025). WERF Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonisation Project for Experimental Models in Endometriosis Research (EPHect-EM-Heterologous): heterologous rodent models ( v0l 31, gaaf022 , 2025 ). MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION, 31(3), 1 page.
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 Scopus16 WoS17 Europe PMC16
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 Scopus23 WoS24 Europe PMC23
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 Scopus17 WoS16 Europe PMC13
2019 Johan, M. Z., & Samuel, M. S. (2019). Rho–ROCK signaling regulates tumor-microenvironment interactions. Biochemical Society Transactions, 47(1), 101-108.
DOI Scopus53 WoS49 Europe PMC45
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 PMC29
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 Scopus376 WoS363 Europe PMC371
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 Scopus45 WoS46 Europe PMC41
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 Scopus48 WoS49 Europe PMC48
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 Scopus15 WoS12 Europe PMC11
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 Scopus79 WoS69 Europe PMC65

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

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