User profiles for "author:M Fernando"

Mario Fernando

- Verified email at uow.edu.au - Cited by 4474

Malindu (Mal) E Fernando

- Verified email at my.jcu.edu.au - Cited by 1362

[HTML][HTML] Defining the role of the MHC in autoimmunity: a review and pooled analysis

MMA Fernando, CR Stevens, EC Walsh… - PLoS …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is one of the most extensively studied regions
in the human genome because of the association of variants at this locus with autoimmune …

Biomechanical characteristics of peripheral diabetic neuropathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of findings from the gait cycle, muscle activity and dynamic …

M Fernando, R Crowther, P Lazzarini, K Sangla… - Clinical …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Diabetic peripheral neuropathy is an important cause of foot ulceration and limb
loss. This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the effect of diabetic peripheral …

Vascular pathologies and cognition in a population-based cohort of elderly people

MS Fernando, PG Ince - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2004 - Elsevier
The MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (CFAS) is a prospective longitudinal study of
a population-based cohort of elderly people in six UK sites, evaluated using psychometric …

[HTML][HTML] First-line erlotinib versus gemcitabine/cisplatin in patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer: analyses from the phase III …

YL Wu, C Zhou, CK Liam, G Wu, X Liu, Z Zhong, S Lu… - Annals of oncology, 2015 - Elsevier
Background The phase III, randomized, open-label ENSURE study (NCT01342965)
evaluated first-line erlotinib versus gemcitabine/cisplatin (GP) in patients from China …

Transformational leadership and work engagement: The mediating effect of meaning in work

M Yasin Ghadi, M Fernando, P Caputi - Leadership & Organization …, 2013 - emerald.com
Purpose–This paper reports the findings of a study examining the relationship between
transformational leadership and work engagement through the mediating role of meaning in …

White matter lesions in an unselected cohort of the elderly: molecular pathology suggests origin from chronic hypoperfusion injury

MS Fernando, JE Simpson, F Matthews, C Brayne… - Stroke, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—“Incidental” MRI white matter (WM) lesions, comprising
periventricular lesions (PVLs) and deep subcortical lesions (DSCLs), are common in the …

[BOOK][B] The republic unsettled: Muslim French and the contradictions of secularism

ML Fernando - 2014 - books.google.com
In 1989 three Muslim schoolgirls from a Paris suburb refused to remove their Islamic
headscarves in class. The headscarf crisis signaled an Islamic revival among the children of …

Newcastle disease virus selectively kills human tumor cells

KW Reichard, RM Lorence, CJ Cascino… - Journal of Surgical …, 1992 - Elsevier
Newcastle disease virus (NDV), strain 73-T, has previously been shown to be cytolytic to
mouse tumor cells. In this study, we have evaluated the ability of NDV to replicate in and kill …

Extreme genetic risk for type 1A diabetes

TA Aly, A Ide, MM Jahromi, JM Barker… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Type 1A diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disorder the risk of which is increased by specific
HLA DR/DQ alleles [eg, DRB1* 03-DQB1* 0201 (DR3) or DRB1* 04-DQB1* 0302 (DR4)] …

[HTML][HTML] The pro-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin-6, enhances the polarization of alternatively activated macrophages

MR Fernando, JL Reyes, J Iannuzzi, G Leung… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Macrophages are important innate immune cells that are associated with two distinct
phenotypes: a pro-inflammatory (or classically activated) subset with prototypic macrophage …