Child Health Research, Telethon Institute for (ICHR)

Books and Chapters

Blair, E. and Stanley, F.J. The epidemiology of the cerebral palsies, Fetal and Neonatal Neurology and Neurosurgery, eds M.I. Levene, F.A. Chervenak, M.J. Whittle, London, Churchill Livingstone, pp 791-798 (2001)

Bower, C. Neural tube defects and childhood brain tumours: the role of maternal vitamin supplementation, Vitamin Responsive Conditions in Paediatric Neurology, ed P Baxter, London, Mac Keith Press, pp 12-21 (2001)

Bruijnzeel-Koomen, C.A., Mudde, G. and Holt, P.G. Antigen presentation and IgE synthesis, Allergy, eds S.T. Holgate, M.K. Church, L.M. Lichtenstein, London, Mosby, pp 265-281 (2001)

Stanley, F.J. Child health since Federation, 2001 Year Book Australia, ed D Trewin, Canberra, Australian Bureau of Statistics, pp 368-400 (2001)

Thomas, J., Holt, P.G. and Stumbles, P.A. Identification and isolation of rodent lung dendritic cells, Methods in Molecular Medicine: Dendritic Cell Protocols, eds S.P. Robinson, A.J. Stagg, Totowa, N.J., Humana Press, 64: pp 73-83 (2001)

Vickers, B., Zubrick, S.R. and Silburn, S. The Clarkson school community profiling project, Mental Health Promotion Concepts and Practice: Young People, eds L Rowling, G Martin, L Walker, Sydney, McGraw Hill Australia, pp 142-158 (2001)

Journal Articles

Alessandri, L.M., Chambers, H.M., Blair, E. and Read, A. Perinatal and postneonatal mortality among Indigenous and non-indigenous infants born in Western Australia, 1980-1998, Medical Journal of Australia, 175: pp 185-189 (2001)

Basser, R.L. and Begley, C.G. Failing to live up to the fanfare? A personal perspective on obstacles to the clinical development of thrombopoietic agents, International Journal of Hematology, 74: pp 390-396 (2001)

Berend, N., Kellett, B., Kent, N., Sly, P.D., Bowerler, S., Burdon, J., Dennis, C., Gibson, P., James, A., Jenkins, C., Michell, C., Peters, M., Phillips, M., Rubinfeld, A., Ruffin, R., Scicchitano, R., Tarala, R., Thien, F., Thompson, P. and Zimmerman, P. Improved safety with equivalent asthma control in adults with chronic severe asthma on high-dose fluticasone propionate, Respirology, 6: pp 237-246 (2001)

Blair, E. Trends in cerebral palsy, Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 68: pp 433-438 (2001)

Blair, E., Watson, L., Badawi, N. and Stanley, F.J. Life expectancy among people with cerebral palsy in Western Australia, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 43: pp 508-515 (2001)

Blake, K.V., Gurrin, L.C., Beilin, L.J., Stanley, F.J., Landau, L.I. and Newnham, J.P. Placental weight and placental ratio as predictors of later blood pressure in childhood, Journal of Hypertension, 19: pp 697-702 (2001)

Bower, C. and Werler, M.M. Folate before pregnancy: are we doing enough? (Editorial), Medical Journal of Australia, 174: pp 619-620 (2001)

Bower, C., Ryan, A. and Rudy, E. Ascertainment of pregnancies terminated because of birth defects: Effect on completeness of adding a new source of data, Teratology, 63: pp 23-25 (2001)

Bowman, L.M. and Holt, P.G. Selective enhancement of systemic Th1 immunity in immunologically immature rats with an orally administered bacterial extract, Infection and Immunity, 69: pp 3719-3727 (2001)

Brennan, S., Cooper, D. and Sly, P.D. Directed neutrophil migration to IL-8 is increased in cystic fibrosis: a study of the effect of erythromycin, Thorax, 56: pp 62-64 (2001)

Carter, T.L., Reaman, G.H. and Kees, U.R. INK4A/ARF deletions are acquired at relapse in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a paired study on 25 patients using real-time polymerase chain reaction, British Journal of Haematology, 113: pp 323-328 (2001)

Carter, T.L., Watt, P.M., Kumar, R., Burton, P.R., Reaman, G.H., Sather, H.N., Baker, D.L. and Kees, U.R. Hemizygous p16INK4A deletion in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia predicts independent risk of relapse, Blood, 97: pp 572-574 (2001)

Creaney, G.L., McLaren, B.M., Stevenson, S., Musk, A.W., Robinson, B.W.S., Lake, R.A. and De klerk, N. p53 autoantibodies in patients with malignant mesothelioma: stability through disease progression, British Journal of Cancer, 84: pp 52-56 (2001)

Ellaway, C.J., Peat, J., Williams, K., Leonard, H. and Christodoulou, J. Medium-term open label trial of L-carnitine in Rett syndrome, Brain and Development, 23:Suppl 1, pp S85-S89 (2001)

Ellaway, C.J., Badawi, N., Raffaele, L., Christodoulou, J. and Leonard, H. A case of multiple congenital anomalies in association with Rett syndrome confirmed by MECP2 mutation screening, Clinical Dysmorphology, 10: pp 185-188 (2001)

Epton, M.J., Dilworth, R.J., Smith, W. and Thomas, W.R. Sensitisation to the lipid-binding apolipophorin allergen Der p 14 and the peptide Mag-1, International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, 124: pp 57-60 (2001)

Fyfe, S., Leonard, H., Gelmi, R., Tassell, A. and Strack, R. Using the internet to pilot a questionnaire on childhood disability in Rett syndrome, Child: Care, Health and Development, 27: pp 535-543 (2001)

Giele, H., Giele, C., Bower, C. and Allison, M. The incidence and epidemiology of congenital upper limb anomalies: A total population study, Journal of Hand Surgery - American Volume, 26A: pp 628-634 (2001)

Glasser, S.W., Burhans, M.S., Korfhagen, T.R., Na, C-L., Sly, P.D., Ross, G.F., Ikegami, M. and Whitsett, J.A. Altered stability of pulmonary surfactant in SP-C-deficient mice, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 98: pp 6366-6371 (2001)

Grant, S.L., Douglas, A.M., Goss, G.A. and Begley, G. Oncostatin M and leukemia inhibitory factor regulate the growth of normal human breast epithelial cells, Growth Factors, 19: pp 153-162 (2001)

Habre, W., Petak, F., Sly, P.D., Hantos, Z. and Morel, D.R. Protective effects of volatile agents against methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction in rats, Anesthesiology, 94: pp 348-353 (2001)

Habre, W., Asztalos, T., Sly, P.D. and Petak, F. Viscosity and density of common anaesthetic gases: implications for flow measurements, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 87: pp 602-607 (2001)

Hall, G.L., Hantos, Z. and Sly, P.D. Altered respiratory tissue mechanics in asymptomatic wheezy infants, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 164: pp 1387-1391 (2001)

Hall, G.L., Hantos, Z., Wildhaber, J.H., Petak, F. and Sly, P.D. Methacholine responsiveness in infants assessed with low frequency forced oscillation and forced expiration techniques, Thorax, 56: pp 42-47 (2001)

Holt, P.G. Dendritic cells as sentinel cells in asthma, Clinical and Experimental Allergy Reviews, 1: pp 77-79 (2001)

Holt, P.G. Dendritic cell ontogeny as an aetiological factor in respiratory tract diseases in early life, Thorax, 56: pp 419-420 (2001)

Jahnsen, F.L., Moloney, E.D., Hogan, T., Upham, J.W., Burke, C.M. and Holt, P.G. Rapid dendritic cell recruitment to the bronchial mucosa of patients with atopic asthma in response to local allergen challenge, Thorax, 56: pp 823-826 (2001)

Jarnicki, A.G., Tsuji, T. and Thomas, W.R. Inhibition of mucosal and systemic T(h)2-type immune responses by intranasal peptides containing a dominant T cell epitope of the allergen Der p 1, International Immunology, 13: pp 1223-1231 (2001)

Jecker, P., McWilliam, A., Marsh, A., Holt, P.G., Mann, W.J., Pabst, R. and Westermann, J. Acute laryngotracheitis in the rat induced by Sendai virus: The influx of six different types of immunocompetent cells into the laryngeal mucosa differs strongly between the subglottic and the glottic compartment, Laryngoscope, 111: pp 1645-1651 (2001)

Kees, U.R., Watt, P.M., Kumar, R., Baker, D.L., Reaman, G.H., Sather, H.N. and Burton, P.R. Response: p16(INK4A) gene deletion in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Blood, 97: pp 4003-4004 (2001)

Kovar, J., Waddell, B.J., Sly, P.D. and Willet, K.E. Sex differences in response to steroids in preterm sheep lungs are not explained by glucocorticoid receptor number or binding affinity, Pediatric Pulmonology, 32: pp 8-13 (2001)

Kramer, B.W., Moss, T.J., Willet, K.E., Newnham, J.P., Sly, P.D., Kallapur, S.G., Ikegami, M. and Jobe, A.H. Dose and time response after intraamniotic endotoxin in preterm lambs, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 164: pp 982-988 (2001)

Lee, P.T., Holt, P.G. and McWilliam, A.S. Ontogeny of rat pulmonary alveolar macrophage function: Evidence for a selective deficiency in IL-10 and nitric oxide production by newborn alveolar macrophages, Cytokine, 15: pp 53-57 (2001)

Lee, P.T., Holt, P.G. and McWilliam, A.S. Failure of MHC class II expression in neonatal alveolar macrophages: potential role of class II transactivator, European Journal of Immunology, 31: pp 2347-2356 (2001)

Leonard, H., Silberstein, J., Falk, R., Houwink-Manville, I., Ellaway, C., Raffaele, L.S., Engerstrom, I.W. and Schanen, C. Occurrence of Rett syndrome in boys, Journal of Child Neurology, 16: pp 333-338 (2001)

Lombardi, E., Sly, P.D., Concutelli, G., Novembre, E., Veneruso, G., Frongia, G., Bernardini, R. and Vierucci, A. Reference values of interrupter respiratory resistance in healthy preschool white children, Thorax, 56: pp 691-695 (2001)

Lumley, J., Watson, L., Watson, M. and Bower, C. Modelling the potential impact of population-wide periconceptional folate/multivitamin supplementation on multiple births, British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 108: pp 937-942 (2001)

Macaubas, C. and Holt, P.G. Regulation of cytokine production in T-cell responses to inhalant allergen: GATA-3 expression distinguishes between Th1-and Th2-polarized immunity, International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, 124: pp 176-179 (2001)

Milech, N., Kees, U.R. and Watt, P.M. Novel alternative PBX3 isoforms in leukemia cells with distinct interaction specificities, Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 32: pp 275-280 (2001)

O'Brien, R.M. and Thomas, W.R. CD8 T cell responses to allergens and peptides in humans, International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, 124: pp 213-215 (2001)

Palmer, L.J., Cookson, W.O.C.M., James, A.L., Musk, A.W. and Burton, P.R. Gibbs sampling-based segregation analysis of asthma-associated quantitative traits in a population-based sample of nuclear families, Genetic Epidemiology, 20: pp 356-372 (2001)

Palmer, L.J., Barnes, K.C., Burton, P.R., Chen, H., Cookson, W.O.C.M., Deichmann, K.A., Elston, R.C., Holloway, J.W., Jacobs, K.B., Laitinen, T. and Wjst, M. Meta-analysis for linkage to asthma and atopy in the chromosome 5q31-33 candidate region, Human Molecular Genetics, 10: pp 891-899 (2001)

Pillow, J.J., Hall, G.L., Willet, K.E., Jobe, A.H., Hantos, Z. and Sly, P.D. Effects of gestation and antenatal steroid on airway and tissue mechanics in newborn lambs, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 163: pp 1158-1163 (2001)

Pillow, J.J., Korfhagen, T.R., Ikegami, M. and Sly, P.D. Overexpression of TGF-alpha increases lung tissue hysteresivity in transgenic mice, Journal of Applied Physiology, 91: pp 2730-2734 (2001)

Rowe, J., Macaubas, C., Monger, T., Holt, B.J., Harvey, J., Poolman, J.T., Loh, R., Sly, P.D. and Holt, P.G. Heterogeneity in diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine-specific cellular immunity during infancy: Relationship to variations in the kinetics of postnatal maturation of systemic Th1 function, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 184: pp 80-88 (2001)

Rudin, A., Macaubas, C., Wee, C., Holt, B.J., Sly, P.D. and Holt, P.G. "Bystander" amplification of PBMC cytokine responses to seasonal allergen in polysensitized atopic children, Allergy, 56: pp 1042-1048 (2001)

Sawyer, M.G., Arney, F.M., Baghurst, P.A., Clarke, J.J., Graetz, B.W., Kosky, R.J., Nurcombe, B., Patton, G.C., Prior, M.R., Raphael, B., Rey, J.M., Whaites, L.C. and Zubrick, S.R. The mental health of young people in Australia: key findings from the child and adolescent component of the national survey of mental health and well-being, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 35: pp 806-814 (2001)

Scalfaro, P., Pillow, J.J., Sly, P.D. and Cotting, J. Reliable tidal volume estimates at the airway opening with an infant monitor during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, Critical Care Medicine, 29: pp 1925-1930 (2001)

Scalfaro, P., Sly, P.D., Sims, C. and Habre, W. Salbutamol prevents the increase of respiratory resistance caused by tracheal intubation during sevoflurane anesthesia in asthmatic children, Anesthesia and Analgesia, 93: pp 898-902 (2001)

Sly, P.D. and Flack, F. Is home monitoring of lung function worthwhile for children with asthma?, Thorax, 56: pp 164-165 (2001)

Sly, P.D., Stick, S.M., Franklin, P., Rumchev, K. and Holt, P.G. The impact of the indoor environment on the development of allergic sensitization and asthma in children, Australasian Epidemiologist, 8:1, pp 27-32 (2001)

Smith, A.M., Benjamin, D.C., Hozic, N., Derewenda, U., Smith, W.A., Thomas, W.R., Gafvelin, G., van Hage-Hamsten, M. and Chapman, M.D. The molecular basis of antigenic cross-reactivity between the group 2 mite allergens, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 107: pp 977-984 (2001)

Smith, A.M., Benjamin, D.C., Derewenda, U., Thomas, W.R., Chapman, M.D. and Smith, W.A. Sequence polymorphisms and antibody binding to the group 2 dust mite allergens, International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, 124: pp 61-63 (2001)

Smith, W.A., Hales, B.J., Jarnicki, A.G. and Thomas, W.R. c: Environmental Der p 1 and Der p 2 sequence polymorphisms, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 107: pp 985-992 (2001)

Stanley, F. A unique new way of working: towards a National Partnership for Developmental Health and Wellbeing, Family Matters, 0:58, pp 64-67 (2001)

Stanley, F., Blair, E. and Alberman, E. Birth events and cerebral palsy: facts were not presented clearly (letter), British Medical Journal, 322: p 50 (2001)

Stapleton, D.R., Gurrin, L.C., Silburn, S.R., Sherriff, J.L., Sly, P.D. and Zubrick, S.R. The effect of 'Go and Grow with CF' on nutrition and pancreatic enzyme knowledge of children with cystic fibrosis, Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 58: pp 164-168 (2001)

Stapleton, D.R., Kerr, D., Gurrin, L.C., Sherriff, J.L. and Sly, P.D. Height and weight fail to detect early signs of malnutrition in children with cystic fibrosis, Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 33: pp 319-325 (2001)

Steenland, K., 't Mannetje, A., Boffetta, P., Stayner, L., Attfield, M., Chen, J., Dosemeci, M., de Klerk, N., Hnizdo, E., Koskela, R-S. and Checkoway, H. Pooled exposure-response analyses and risk assessment for lung cancer in 10 cohorts of silica-exposed workers: an IARC multicentre study, Cancer Causes and Control, 12: pp 773-784 (2001)

Stevens, M., Holman, C.D.J., Bennett, N. and de Klerk, N. Preventing falls in the elderly: outcome evaluation of a randomized controlled trial, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 49: pp 1448-1455 (2001)

Stumbles, P.A., Strickland, D.H., Pimm, C.L., Proksch, S.F., Marsh, A.M., McWilliam, A.S., Bosco, A., Tobagus, I., Thomas, J.A., Napoli, S., Proudfoot, A.E.I., Wells, T.N.C. and Holt, P.G. Regulation of dendritic cell recruitment into resting and inflamed airway epithelium: Use of alternative chemokine receptors as a function of inducing stimulus, Journal of Immunology, 167: pp 228-234 (2001)

Tulic, M.K., Knight, D.A., Holt, P.G. and Sly, P.D. Lipopolysaccharide inhibits the late-phase response to allergen by altering nitric oxide synthase activity and interleukin-10, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, 24: pp 640-646 (2001)

van Neerven, R.J.J., van Roomen, C.P.A.A., Thomas, W.R., de Boer, M., Knol, E.F. and Davis, F.M. Humanized anti-IgE mAb Hu-901 prevents the activation of allergen-specific T cells, International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, 124: pp 400-402 (2001)

Whitman, S.P., Strout, M.P., Freud, A.G., Marcucci, G., Zeleznik-Le, N.J., Mrozek, K., Theil, K.S., Kees, U.R., Bloomfield, C.D. and Caligiuri, M.A. The partial non-tandem duplication of the MLL gene is a novel rearrangement that generates three distinct fusion transcripts in a B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line, Cancer Research, 61: pp 59-63 (2001)

Willet, K.E., Jobe, A.H., Ikegami, M., Kovar, J. and Sly, P.D. Lung morphometry after repetitive antenatal glucocorticoid treatment in preterm sheep, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 163: pp 1437-1443 (2001)