Ms Kim O'Sullivan - Researcher Profile

Biography

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

Qualifications

ANATOMY & STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Institution: University of Otago

Year awarded: 2001

Publications

Journal Articles

Summers, S.A., Gan, P., Dewage, L.T., Ma, F., Ooi, J., O'Sullivan, K., Nikolic-Paterson, D.J., Kitching, A.R., Holdsworth, S.R., 2013, Mast cell activation and degranulation promotes renal fibrosis in experimental unilateral ureteric obstruction, Kidney International [P], vol 82, Nature Publishing Group, United Kingdom, pp. 676-685.

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.

Ooi, J., Snelgrove, S., Engel, D., Hochheiser, K., Ludwig-Portugall, I., Nozaki, Y., O'Sullivan, K., Hickey, M., Holdsworth, S., Kurts, C., Kitching, A., 2011, Endogenous foxp3{+} T-regulatory cells suppress anti-glomerular basement membrane nephritis, Kidney International [P], vol 79, issue 9, Nature Publishing Group, United Kingdom, United States, pp. 977-986.

Summers, S.A., van der Veen, B.S., O'Sullivan, K., Gan, P., Ooi, J., Heeringa, P., Satchell, S.C., Mathieson, P.W., Saleem, M.A., Visvanathan, K., Holdsworth, S.R., Kitching, A.R., 2010, Intrinsic renal cell and leukocyte-derived TLR4 aggravate experimental anti-MPO glomerulonephritis, Kidney International [P], vol 78, issue 12, Nature Publishing Group, United Kingdom, pp. 1263-1274.

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.

Gan, P., Steinmetz, O., Tan, D.S.Y., O'Sullivan, K., Ooi, J., Iwakura, Y., Kitching, A.R., Holdsworth, S.R., 2010, Th17 cells promote autoimmune anti-myeloperoxidase glomerulonephritis, Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology [P], vol 21, issue 6, American Society of Nephrology, United States, pp. 925-931.

Summers, S.A., Steinmetz, O., Ooi, J., Gan, P., O'Sullivan, K., Visvanathan, K., Akira, S., Kitching, A.R., Holdsworth, S.R., 2010, Toll-like receptor 9 enhances nephritogenic immunity and glomerular leukocyte recruitment, exacerbating experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis, American Journal Of Pathology [P], vol 177, issue 5, American Society for Investigative Pathology, United States, pp. 2234-2244.

Li, M., O'Sullivan, K., Jones, L.K., Lo, C., Semple, T.J., Kumanogoh, A., Kikutani, H., Holdsworth, S.R., Kitching, A.R., 2009, Endogenous CD100 promotes glomerular injury and macrophage recruitment in experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis, Immunology [E], vol 128, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., United Kingdom, pp. 114-122.

Jones, L., O'Sullivan, K., Semple, T.J., Kuligowski, M., Fukami, K., Ma, F., Nicolic-Paterson, D., Holdsworth, S.R., Kitching, A.R., 2009, IL-1RI deficiency ameliorates early experimental renal interstitial fibrosis, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation [P], vol 24, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 3024-3032.

Edgtton, K.L., Kausman, J.Y., Li, M., O'Sullivan, K., Lo, C., Hutchinson, P.E., Yagita, H., Holdsworth, S.R., Kitching, A.R., 2008, Intrarenal antigens activate CD4+ cells via co-stimulatory signals from dendritic cells, American Society of Nephrology. Journal, vol 19, issue 3, American Society of Nephrology, United States, pp. 515-526.

Li, M., O'Sullivan, K., Jones, L.K., Semple, T.J., Kumanogoh, A., Kikutani, H., Holdsworth, S.R., Kitching, A.R., 2006, CD100 enhances dendritic cell and CD4+ cell activation leading to pathogenetic humoral responses and immune complex glomerulonephritis, The Journal of Immunology, vol 177, issue 5, American Association of Immunologists, Bethesda USA, pp. 3406-3412.

Hoi, A., Hickey, M.J., Hall, P.H., Yamana, J., O'Sullivan, K., Santos, L.L., James, W.G.M., Kitching, A.R., Morand, E.F., 2006, Macrophage migration inhibitory factor deficiency attenuates macrophage recruitment, glomerulonephritis, and lethality in MRL/lpr mice, Journal of Immunology, vol 177, issue 8, American Association of Immunologists, Bethesda USA, pp. 5687-5696.

Dean, E.G., Wilson, G.R.A., Li, M., Edgtton, K.L., O'Sullivan, K., Hudson, B.G., Holdsworth, S.R., Kitching, A.R., 2005, Experimental autoimmune Goodpasture's disease: a pathogenetic role for both effector cells and antibody in injury, Kidney International, vol 67, issue 2, Blackwell Publishing, Inc., USA, pp. 566-575.

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.

Kitching, R., Turner, A.L., O'Sullivan, K., Dewerchin, M., Lijnen, R., 2003, Endogenous alpha2-antiplasmin does not enhance glomerular fibrin deposition or injury in glomerulonephritis, Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, vol 1, issue 9, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 1992-1999.