Dr Michael Azari - Researcher Profile

Biography

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

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2005

SCIENCE (HONS)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1995

APPSC(CHIROPRACTIC)

Institution: RMIT University

Year awarded: 1994

Publications

Book Chapters

Azari, M.F., Petratos, S., 2012, Myelin inhibitors of neurite outgrowth in spinal cord injury, in Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injury: Challenges and Developments, eds Cristina Morganti-Kossmann, Ramesh Raghupathi, Andrew Maas, Cambridge University Press, New York, USA, pp. 264-271.

Journal Articles

Petratos, S., Ozturk, E., Azari, M.F., Kenny, R., Lee, J.Y., Magee, K.A., Harvey, A.R., McDonald, C., Taghian, K., Moussa, L., Aui, P., Siatskas, C., Litwak, S.A., Fehlings, M.G., Strittmatter, S.M., Bernard, C.C., 2012, Limiting multiple sclerosis related axonopathy by blocking Nogo receptor and CRMP-2 phosphorylation, Brain [P], vol 135, issue Pt 6, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 1794-1818.

Azari, M., Mathias, L., Ozturk, E., Cram, D., Boyd, R., Petratos, S., 2010, Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Treatment of CNS Injury, Current Neuropharmacology [P], vol 8, Bentham Science Publishing Ltd, UAE, pp. 316-323.

Petratos, S., Azari, M.F., Ozturk, E., Papadopoulos, R., Bernard, C.C.A., 2010, Novel therapeutic targets for axonal degeneration in multiple sclerosis, Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology [P], vol 69, issue 4, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, pp. 323-334.

Azari, M.F., Ozturk, E., Profyris, C., Wang, S., Small, D.H., Bernard, C.C.A., Petratos, S., 2008, LIF treatment reduces Nogo-A deposits in spinal cord injury modulating Rho GTPase activity and CRMP-2 phosphorylation, Journal of Neurodegeneration & Regeneration, vol 1, issue 1, Weston Medical Publishing LLC, USA, pp. 23-29.

Small, D.H., Maksel, D.M., Kerr, M., Ng, J.H.P., Hou, X., Chu, C., Mehrani, H., Unabia, S., Azari, M.F., Loiacono, R., Aguilar, M.I., Chebib, M., 2007, The beta-amyloid protein of Alzheimer's disease binds to membrane lipids but does not bind to the alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, Journal of Neurochemistry, vol 101, issue 6, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford England UK, pp. 1527-1538.

Azari, M.F., Profyris, C., Karnezis, T., Bernard, C.C.A., Small, D.H., Cheema, S., Ozturk, E., Hatzinisiriou, I., Petratos, S., 2006, Leukemia inhibitory factor arrests oligodendrocyte death and demyelination in spinal cord injury, Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology, vol 65, issue 9, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia USA, pp. 914-929.

Azari, M.F., Profyris, C., Le Grande, M.R., Lopes, E.C., Hirst, J.J., Petratos, S., Cheema, S.S., 2005, Effects of intraperitoneal injection of Rofecoxib in a mouse model of ALS, European Journal of Neurology, vol 12, issue 5, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 357-364.

Azari, M.F., Karnezis, T., Bernard, C.C., Profyris, C., LeGrande, M.R., Zang, D.W., Cheema, S., Petratos, S., 2005, Incomplete Freund's adjuvant enhances locomotor performance following spinal cord injury, European Journal of Neurology, vol 12, issue 12, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford England, pp. 1004-1008.

Azari, M.F., Profyris, C., Zang, D.W., Petratos, S., Cheema, S., 2005, Induction of endogenous neural precursors in mouse models of spinal cord injury and disease, European Journal of Neurology, vol 12, issue 8, Blackwell Publishing, Oxon England, pp. 638-648.

Boyle, K., Azari, M.F., Profyris, C., Petratos, S., 2005, Molecular mechanisms in Schwann cell survival and death during peripheral nerve development, injury and disease, Neurotoxicity Research, vol 7, issue 1-2, FP Graham Publishing Co., Mountain Home USA, pp. 151-167.

Boyle, K., Azari, M.F., Cheema, S., Petratos, S., 2005, TNFalpha mediates Schwann cell death by upregulating p75NTR expression without sustained activation of NFkappaB, Neurobiology of Disease, vol 20, issue 2, Academic Press Inc. Elsevier Science, San Diego USA, pp. 412-427.

Profyris, C., Cheema, S.S., Zang, D., Azari, M.F., Boyle, K., Petratos, S., 2004, Degenerative and regenerative mechanisms governing spinal cord injury, Neurobiology of Disease, vol 15, issue 3, Academic Press Inc. Elsevier Science, San Diego USA, pp. 415-436.

Petratos, S., Gonzales, M.F., Azari, M.F., Marriott, M., Minichiello, R.A., Shipham, K., Profyris, C., Nicolaou, A.M., Boyle, K., Cheema, S.S., Kilpatrick, T.J., 2004, Expression of the low-affinity neurotrophin receptor, p75NTR, is upregulated by oligodendroglial progenitors adjacent to the subventricular zone in response to demyelination, GLIA, vol 48, issue 1, Wiley-Liss, Hoboken USA, pp. 64-75.

Azari, M.F., Lopes, E.C., Stubna, C., Turner, B.J., Zang, D.W., Nicola, N.A., Kurek, J., Cheema, S.S., 2003, Behavioural and anatomical effects of systemically administered leukemia inhibitory factor in the SOD1G93A G1H mouse model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Brain Research, vol 982, Elsevier, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 92-97.

Azari, M.F., Galle, A.A., Lopes, E., Kurek, J., Cheema, S., 2001, Leukemia inhibitory factor by systemic administration rescues spinal motor neurons in the SODI G93A murie model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Brain Research, vol 922, issue 2, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 144-147.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Oligodendrocytes derived from pluripotent stem cells: Myelination potential following injury.

Supervisors:

Azari, M (Main), Petratos, S (Associate), Boyd, R (Associate), Morganti-Kossmann, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cells in mamalian CNS injury.

Supervisors:

Azari, M (Joint), Boyd, R (Joint-co).