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Smith, Tanya, Zaidi, Aeliya, Brown, Charlotte Victoria Maynard, Pino-Chavez, Gilda, Bowen, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-0435, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Fraser, Donald ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0102-9342, Chavez, Rafael and Khalid, Usman 2024. Robust rat and mouse models of bilateral renal ischemia reperfusion injury. In Vivo 38 (3) , pp. 1049-1057. 10.21873/invivo.13538
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Brown, Charlotte V. M., Pino-Chavez, Gilda, Zaidi, Aeliya, Grigorieva, Irina, Woods, Emma, Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496, Chavez, Rafael, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978 and Khalid, Usman 2024. Protective effect of ischaemic preconditioning on acute and chronic renal damage following ischaemia reperfusion injury: characterisation of fibrosis development after inflammation resolution. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology 17 (4) , pp. 151-164. 10.62347/MFJG1164
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Cetin, Esra, Mazzarino, Morgane, González-Mateo, Guadalupe T., Kopytina, Valeria, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Fraser, Donald ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0102-9342, López-Cabrera, Manuel, Labéta, Mario O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-6983 and Raby, Anne-Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5354-5835 2023. Calprotectin blockade inhibits long-term vascular pathology following peritoneal dialysis-associated bacterial infection. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 13 , 1285193. 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1285193
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Grigorieva, Irina, Woods, Emma L., Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496, Bowen, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-0435 and Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978 2023. Hyaluronan in kidney fibrosis. Passi, Alberto, ed. Hyaluronan: Structure, Biology and Biotechnology, Vol. 14. Biology of Extracellular Matrix, Springer, pp. 77-97. (10.1007/978-3-031-30300-5_5)

Woods, Emma L., Grigorieva, Irina V., Midgley, Adam C., Brown, Charlotte V.M., Lu, Yueh-an, Phillips, Aled O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113, Bowen, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-0435, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978 and Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496 2021. CD147 mediates the CD44s-dependent differentiation of myofibroblasts driven by transforming growth factor-β1. Journal of Biological Chemistry 297 (3) , 100987. 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100987
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Midgley, Adam C., Woods, Emma, Jenkins, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8500-9044, Brown, Charlotte, Khalid, Usman, Chavez, Rafael, Hascall, Vincent, Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496, Phillips, Aled O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 and Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978 2020. Hyaluronidase-2 regulates RhoA signalling, myofibroblast contractility and other key pro-fibrotic myofibroblast functions. American Journal of Pathology 190 (6) , pp. 1236-1255. 10.1016/j.ajpath.2020.02.012
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Huang, Danfei, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Nie, Shao-Ping, Midgley, Adam C., Wang, Junqiao, Cui, Steve W., Xie, Mingyong, Phillips, Glyn O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 and Phillips, Aled O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2018. Cordyceps Sinensis: anti-fibrotic and inflammatory effects of a cultured polysaccharide extract. Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre 14 , pp. 2-8. 10.1016/j.bcdf.2017.07.012
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Midgley, Adam C., Oltean, Sebastian, Hascall, Vincent, Woods, Emma L., Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496, Phillips, Aled O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 and Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978 2017. Nuclear hyaluronidase 2 drives alternative splicing of CD44 pre-mRNA to determine profibrotic or antifibrotic cell phenotype. Science Signaling 10 (506) , eaao1822. 10.1126/scisignal.aao1822
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Johnson, Faye, Phillips, Dafydd, Talabani, Bnar, Wonnacott, Alexa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0968-4248, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978 and Phillips, Aled ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2016. The impact of acute kidney injury in diabetes mellitus. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostatis 21 (6) , pp. 506-511. 10.1111/nep.12649

Martin, John, Midgley, Adam, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Woods, Emma, Bowen, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-0435, Phillips, Aled O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 and Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496 2016. Tumour necrosis factor-stimulated gene (TSG)-6-mediated interactions with the inter-alpha-inhibitor heavy chain 5 facilitate TGF beta1-dependent fibroblast to myofibroblast differentiation. Journal of Biological Chemistry 291 , pp. 13789-13801. 10.1074/jbc.M115.670521
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Midgley, Adam C., Druggal, Lucy, Jenkins, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8500-9044, Hascall, Vincent, Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496, Phillips, Aled O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 and Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978 2015. Hyaluronan regulates bone morphogenetic protein-7-dependent prevention and reversal of myofibroblast phenotype. Journal of Biological Chemistry 290 (18) , pp. 11218-11234. 10.1074/jbc.M114.625939
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Bowen, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-0435, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Williams, Aled ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6800-8135, Newbury, Lucy, Sauter, Matthias and Sitter, Thomas 2015. Regulation of synthesis and roles of hyaluronan in peritoneal dialysis. BioMed Research International 2015 , 427038. 10.1155/2015/427038
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Wonnacott, Alexa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0968-4248, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Amphlett, Bethan, Talabani, Bnar and Phillips, Aled ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2014. Epidemiology and outcomes in community-acquired versus hospital-acquired AKI. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 9 (6) , pp. 1007-1014. 10.2215/CJN.07920713

Talabani, Bnar, Zouwail, Soha, Pyart, Rhodri, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Riley, Stephen and Phillips, Aled ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2014. Epidemiology and outcome of community-acquired acute kidney injury. Nephrology 19 (5) , pp. 282-287. 10.1111/nep.12221

Yao, Xiaolin, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Fang, Yapeng, Martin, John, Midgley, Adam, Pan, Ming-Ming, Liu, Bi-Cheng, Cui, Steve W., Phillips, Glyn O. and Phillips, Aled ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2014. Cordyceps sinensis: in vitro anti-fibrotic bioactivity of natural and cultured preparations. Food Hydrocolloids 35 , pp. 444-452. 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2013.06.023

Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Wonnacott, Alexa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0968-4248, Amphlett, Bethan and Phillips, Aled ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2014. How good are we at managing acute kidney injury in hospital? Clinical Kidney Journal 7 (2) , pp. 144-150. 10.1093/ckj/sfu010
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Phillips, L.A., Phillips, Bethan, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Russell, J., Zouwail, S., Riley, Stephen and Phillips, Aled ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2014. The long-term impact of eGFR reporting on referral patterns. European Journal of Internal Medicine 25 (1) , pp. 97-101. 10.1016/j.ejim.2013.08.001

Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Martin, John, Luo, Dong Dong, Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496 and Phillips, Aled Owain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2013. Interleukin-1β induces hyaluronan and CD44-dependent cell protrusions that facilitate fibroblast-monocyte binding. American Journal of Pathology 182 (6) , pp. 2223-2240. 10.1016/j.ajpath.2013.02.038

Wonnacott, Alexa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0968-4248, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Roberts, Gareth Wyn, Donovan, Kieron, Riley, Stephen George and Phillips, Aled Owain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2012. Applying estimated glomerular filtration rate to an ageing population: are we in danger of becoming ageist? European Journal of Internal Medicine 23 (8) , pp. 705-710. 10.1016/j.ejim.2012.08.012

Bommayya, Girish, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Krupa, Aleksandra, Phillips, Aled Owain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 and Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496 2011. Tumour necrosis factor-stimulated gene (TSG)-6 controls epithelial–mesenchymal transition of proximal tubular epithelial cells. International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 43 (12) , pp. 1739-1746. 10.1016/j.biocel.2011.08.009

Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Luo, Dong Dong, Simpson, Russell M. L., Martin, John, Wells, Alan, Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496 and Phillips, Aled Owain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2011. Hyaluronan facilitates transforming growth factor-β1-dependent proliferation via CD44 and epidermal growth factor receptor interaction. Journal of Biological Chemistry 286 (20) , pp. 17618-17630. 10.1074/jbc.M111.226563

Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978 and Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496 2011. Fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in renal fibrosis. International Journal of Experimental Pathology 92 (3) , pp. 158-167. 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2011.00764.x

Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Don, K, Shah, Nilesh, Donovan, Kieron, Riley, Stephen George and Phillips, Aled Owain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2010. Impact of chronic kidney disease management in primary care. QJM 104 (1) , pp. 27-34. 10.1093/qjmed/hcq151

Simpson, Russell M. L., Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Thomas, David William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7319-5820, Stephens, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-4996, Bowen, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-0435, Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496 and Phillips, Aled Owain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2009. Age-related changes in pericellular hyaluronan organization leads to impaired dermal fibroblast to myofibroblast differentiation. American Journal of Pathology 175 (5) , pp. 1915-1928. 10.2353/ajpath.2009.090045

Webber, Jason P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4772-3014, Jenkins, Robert Hywel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8500-9044, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Phillips, Aled Owain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 and Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496 2009. Modulation of TGFβ1-dependent myofibroblast differentiation by hyaluronan. American Journal of Pathology 175 (1) , pp. 148-160. 10.2353/ajpath.2009.080837

Webber, Jason P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4772-3014, Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496 and Phillips, Aled Owain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2009. Hyaluronan orchestrates transforming growth factor-β1-dependent maintenance of myofibroblast phenotype. Journal of Biological Chemistry 284 (14) , pp. 9083-9092. 10.1074/jbc.M806989200

Simpson, Russell M.L., Stephens, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-4996, Thomas, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7319-5820, Webber, J. P., Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496 and Phillips, Aled Owain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2009. Age related changes in pericellular hyaluronan leads to impaired dermal fibroblast to myofibroblast differentiation. International Journal of Experimental Pathology 90 (2) , A128-A129.

Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Thomas, David William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7319-5820, Stephens, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-4996, Enoch, Stuart, Martin, John, Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496 and Phillips, Aled Owain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 2008. Hyaluronan facilitates transforming growth factor-β1-mediated fibroblast proliferation. Journal of Biological Chemistry 283 (10) , pp. 6530-6545. 10.1074/jbc.M704819200

Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496, Phillips, Aled Owain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113, Thomas, David William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7319-5820 and Stephens, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-4996 2008. Hyaluronan facilitates TGF beta 1 mediated myofibroblastic differentiation [Abstract]. Wound Repair and Regeneration 16 (2) , A12. 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2008.00371.x

Meran, Soma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3978, Thomas, David William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7319-5820, Stephens, Philip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0840-4996, Martin, John, Bowen, Timothy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-0435, Phillips, Aled Owain ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-7113 and Steadman, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-2496 2007. Involvement of hyaluronan in regulation of fibroblast phenotype. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 282 (35) , pp. 25687-25697. 10.1074/jbc.M700773200

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