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
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 Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
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 Scopus11 WoS12 Europe PMC11
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 Scopus18 WoS19 Europe PMC19
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 Scopus14 WoS13 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 Scopus50 WoS46 Europe PMC36
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 Scopus32 WoS30 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 Scopus354 WoS338 Europe PMC324
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 Scopus38 WoS39 Europe PMC30
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 Scopus46 WoS46 Europe PMC42
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 Scopus13 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 Scopus76 WoS66 Europe PMC58

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

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