Dr Dragana Odobasic - Researcher Profile

Biography

Dragana works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Research Fellow.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PHD)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2007

Publications

Journal Articles

Gan, P.Y., Summers, S.A., Ooi, J., O'Sullivan, K., Tan, D.S.Y., Muljadi, R.C.M., Odobasic, D., Kitching, A.R., Holdsworth, S.R., 2012, Mast cells contribute to peripheral tolerance and attenuate autoimmune vasculitis, Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology [P], vol 23, issue 12, American Society of Nephrology, United States, pp. 1955-1966.

Odobasic, D., Gan, P., Summers, S., Semple, T., Muljadi, R., Iwakura, Y., Kitching, A., Holdsworth, S., 2011, Interleukin-17A promotes early but attenuates established disease in crescentic glomerulonephritis in mice, American Journal Of Pathology [P], vol 179, issue 3, Elsevier Inc., United States, pp. 1188-1198.

Summers, S., Phoon, R., Odobasic, D., Dewage, L., Kitching, A., Holdsworth, S., 2011, Signal transducer and activation of transcription 6 (STAT6) regulates T helper type 1 (Th1) and Th17 nephritogenic immunity in experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis, Clinical And Experimental Immunology [P], vol 166, issue 2, Wiley Blackwell Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 227-234.

Summers, S., Steinmetz, O., Gan, P., Ooi, J., Odobasic, D., Kitching, A., Holdsworth, S., 2011, Toll-like receptor 2 induces Th17 myeloperoxidase autoimmunity while Toll-like receptor 9 drives Th1 autoimmunity in murine vasculitis, Arthritis & Rheumatism-Arthritis Care & Research [P], vol 63, issue 4, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., United States, pp. 1124-1135.

Summers, S.A., Hoi, A., Steinmetz, O., O'Sullivan, K., Ooi, J., Odobasic, D., Akira, S., Kitching, A.R., Holdsworth, S.R., 2010, TLR9 and TLR4 are required for the development of autoimmunity and lupus nephritis in pristane nephropathy, Journal Of Autoimmunity [P], vol 35, issue 4, Academic Press, United Kingdom, pp. 291-298.

Odobasic, D., Leech, M.T., Xue, J.R., Holdsworth, S.R., 2008, Distinct in vivo roles of CD80 and CD86 in the effector T-cell responses inducing antigen-induced arthritis, Immunology, vol 124, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 503-513.

Phoon, R.K.S., Kitching, A.R., Odobasic, D., Jones, L.K., Semple, T.J., Holdsworth, S.R., 2008, T-bet deficiency attenuates renal injury in experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, vol 19, issue 3, American Society of Nephrology, United States, pp. 477-485.

Odobasic, D., Kitching, A.R., Semple, T.J., Holdsworth, S.R., 2007, Endogenous myeloperoxidase promotes neutrophil-mediated renal injury, but attenuates T cell immunity inducing crescentic glomerulonephritis, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, vol 18, issue 3, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 760-770.

Ruth, A., Kitching, A.R., Kwan, R.Q., Odobasic, D., Ooi, J.D.K., Timoshanko, J.R., Hickey, M.J., Holdsworth, S.R., 2006, Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies and effector CD4+ cells play nonredundant roles in anti-myeloperoxidase crescentic glomerulonephritis, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, vol 17, issue 7, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, pp. 1940-1949.

Odobasic, D., Kitching, A.R., Semple, T.J., Holdsworth, S.R., 2006, Inducible co-stimulatory molecule ligand is protective during the induction and effector phases of crescentic glomerulonephritis, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, vol 17, issue 4, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, pp. 1044-1053.

Apostolopoulos, J., Ooi, J.D.K., Odobasic, D., Holdsworth, S.R., Kitching, A.R., 2006, The isolation and purification of biologically active recombinant and native autoantigens for the study of autoimmune disease, Journal of Immunological Methods, vol 308, issue 1-2, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 167-178.

Odobasic, D., Kitching, A.R., Tipping, P.G., Holdsworth, S.R., 2005, CD80 and CD86 costimulatory molecules regulate crescentic glomerulonephritis by different mechanisms, Kidney International, vol 68, issue 2, Blackwell Publishing, Inc., USA, pp. 584-594.

Odobasic, D., Kitching, A.R., Semple, T.J., Timoshanko, J.R., Tipping, P.G., Holdsworth, S.R., 2005, Glomerular expression of CD80 and CD86 is required for leukocyte accumulation and injury in crescentic glomerulonephritis, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, vol 16, issue 7, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, pp. 2012-2022.

Kitching, A.R., Turner, A.L., Wilson, G.R.A., Semple, T.J., Odobasic, D., Timoshanko, J.R., O'Sullivan, K.M., Tipping, P.G., Takeda, K., Akira, S., Holdsworth, S.R., 2005, IL-12p40 and IL-18 in crescentic glomerulonephritis: IL-12p40 is the key Th1-defining cytokine chain, whereas IL-18 promotes local inflammation and leukocyte recruitment, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, vol 16, issue 7, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, pp. 2023-2033.