Prof Malcolm Smith

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Location: School of Medicine (3D:309)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Research and supervision

Publications

Refereed journal articles
Marchant, C., Smith, M.D., Proudman, S., Haynes, D.R. and Bartold, P.M. (2013). Effect of Porphyromonas Gingivalis on Citrullination of Proteins by Macrophages In Vitro. Journal of Periodontology. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1902/jop.2012.120103.
Petersons, C.J., Mangelsdorf, B.L., Jenkins, A.B., Poljak, A., Smith, M.D., Greenfield, J., et al. (2013). Effects of low-dose prednisolone on hepatic and peripheral insulin sensitivity, insulin secretion and abdominal adiposity in patients with inflammatory rheumatologic disease. Diabetes Care.
Russo, P.A.J., Wiese, M.D., Smith, M.D., Ahern, M.J., Barbara, J.A.J. and Shanahan, E.M. (2013). Leflunomide for inflammatory arthritis in end-stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis: A pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetic study. Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 47(3), p.e15. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1345/aph.1R542.
Burt, M.G., Willenberg, V.M., Petersons, C.J., Smith, M.D., Ahern, M.J. and Stranks, S.N. (2012). Screening for diabetes in patients with inflammatory rheumatological disease administered long-term prednisolone: a cross-sectional study. Rheumatology, 51(6), pp.1112-1119. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kes003.
Chen-Xu, M., Topless, R., McKinney, C., Merriman, M., Phillips-Green, A., Dalbeth, N., et al. (2012). Replication of association of the interleukin 23 receptor rs1343151 variant with rheumatoid arthritis in Caucasian sample sets. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 71(1), pp.155-157. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200591.
Kenna, T.J., Davidson, S.I., Duan, R., Bradbury, L.A., McFarlane, J., Smith, M.D., et al. (2012). Enrichment of circulating interleukin-17-secreting interleukin-23 receptor-positive [gamma]/[delta] T cells in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 64(5), pp.1420-1429. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.33507.
Crotti, T.N., Dharmapatni, A.A., Alias, E., Zannettino, A.C., Smith, M.D. and Haynes, D. (2012). The immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) - related factors are increased in synovial tissue and vasculature of rheumatoid arthritic joints. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 14(6), p.R245. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar4088.
Graf, S.W., Hakendorf, P.H., Lester, S., Patterson, K.A., Walker, J.G., Smith, M.D., et al. (2012). South Australian Scleroderma Register: autoantibodies as predictive biomarkers of phenotype and outcome. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 15(1), pp.102-109. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-185X.2011.01688.x.
Hissaria, P., Lester, S., Hakendorf, P., Woodman, R., Patterson, K., Hill, C., et al. (2011). Survival in scleroderma: results from the population based South Australian register. Internal Medicine Journal, 41(5), pp.381-390. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02281.x.
Ngo, D.T., Stafford, I., Sverdlov, A.L., Qi, W., Wuttke, R.D., Zhang, Y., et al. (2011). Ramipril retards development of aortic valve stenosis in a rabbit model: Mechanistic considerations. British Journal of Pharmacology, 162(3), pp.722-732. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01084.x.

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Refereed journal articles
Russo, P.A.J., Wiese, M.D., Smith, M.D., Ahern, M.J., Barbara, J.A.J. and Shanahan, E.M. (2013). Leflunomide for inflammatory arthritis in end-stage renal disease on peritoneal dialysis: A pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetic study. Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 47(3), p.e15. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1345/aph.1R542.
Marchant, C., Smith, M.D., Proudman, S., Haynes, D.R. and Bartold, P.M. (2013). Effect of Porphyromonas Gingivalis on Citrullination of Proteins by Macrophages In Vitro. Journal of Periodontology. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1902/jop.2012.120103.
Petersons, C.J., Mangelsdorf, B.L., Jenkins, A.B., Poljak, A., Smith, M.D., Greenfield, J., et al. (2013). Effects of low-dose prednisolone on hepatic and peripheral insulin sensitivity, insulin secretion and abdominal adiposity in patients with inflammatory rheumatologic disease. Diabetes Care.
Graf, S.W., Hakendorf, P.H., Lester, S., Patterson, K.A., Walker, J.G., Smith, M.D., et al. (2012). South Australian Scleroderma Register: autoantibodies as predictive biomarkers of phenotype and outcome. International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, 15(1), pp.102-109. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-185X.2011.01688.x.
Crotti, T.N., Dharmapatni, A.A., Alias, E., Zannettino, A.C., Smith, M.D. and Haynes, D. (2012). The immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) - related factors are increased in synovial tissue and vasculature of rheumatoid arthritic joints. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 14(6), p.R245. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar4088.
Chen-Xu, M., Topless, R., McKinney, C., Merriman, M., Phillips-Green, A., Dalbeth, N., et al. (2012). Replication of association of the interleukin 23 receptor rs1343151 variant with rheumatoid arthritis in Caucasian sample sets. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 71(1), pp.155-157. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200591.
Burt, M.G., Willenberg, V.M., Petersons, C.J., Smith, M.D., Ahern, M.J. and Stranks, S.N. (2012). Screening for diabetes in patients with inflammatory rheumatological disease administered long-term prednisolone: a cross-sectional study. Rheumatology, 51(6), pp.1112-1119. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kes003.
Kenna, T.J., Davidson, S.I., Duan, R., Bradbury, L.A., McFarlane, J., Smith, M.D., et al. (2012). Enrichment of circulating interleukin-17-secreting interleukin-23 receptor-positive [gamma]/[delta] T cells in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 64(5), pp.1420-1429. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.33507.
Aguilar Salegio, E., Pollard, A.N., Smith, M.D. and Zhou, X.-F. (2011). Macrophage presence is essential for the regeneration of ascending afferent fibres following a conditioning sciatic nerve lesion in adult rats. BMC Neuroscience, 12, p.11. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-12-11.
Hissaria, P., Lester, S., Hakendorf, P., Woodman, R., Patterson, K., Hill, C., et al. (2011). Survival in scleroderma: results from the population based South Australian register. Internal Medicine Journal, 41(5), pp.381-390. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02281.x.
Ngo, D.T., Stafford, I., Sverdlov, A.L., Qi, W., Wuttke, R.D., Zhang, Y., et al. (2011). Ramipril retards development of aortic valve stenosis in a rabbit model: Mechanistic considerations. British Journal of Pharmacology, 162(3), pp.722-732. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01084.x.
Aguilar, E., Pollard, A.N., Smith, M.D. and Zhou, X.-F. (2010). Sciatic nerve conditioning lesion increases macrophage response but it does not promote the regeneration of injured optic nerves. Brain Research, 1361, pp.12-22. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2010.09.015.
Hollis-Moffat, J.E., Chen-Xu, M., Topless, R., Dalbeth, N., Gow, P.J., Harrison, A.A., et al. (2010). Only one independent genetic association with rheumatoid arthritis within the KIAA1109-TENR-IL2-IL21 locus in Caucasian sample sets: confirmation of association of rs6822844 with rheumatoid arthritis at a genome-wide level of significance. Arthritis Research and Therapy, 12(3). [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar3053.
Smith, M.D., Weedon, H.M., Papangelis, V., Walker, J.G., Roberts-Thomson, P.J. and Ahern, M.J. (2010). Apoptosis in the rheumatoid arthritis synovial membrane: modulation by disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug treatment. Rheumatology, 49(5), pp.862-875. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kep467.
Shulten, P.J., Thomas, J.M., Miller, M.D., Smith, M.D. and Ahern, M.J. (2009). The role of diet in the management of gout: a comparison of knowledge and attitudes to current evidence. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 22(1), pp.3-11. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-277X.2008.00928.x.
Hissaria, P., Cai, F.Z.J., Ahern, M.J., Smith, M.D., Gillis, D. and Roberts-Thomson, P.J. (2008). Wegener's granulomatosis: epidemiological and clinical features in a South Australian study. Internal Medicine Journal, 38(10), pp.776-780.
Haynes, D., Crotti, T.N., Weedon, H.M., Slavotinek, J.P., Au, V., Coleman, M., et al. (2008). Modulation of RANKL and osteoprotegerin expression in synovial tissue from patients with rheumatoid arthritis in response to disease-modifying antirheumatic drug treatment and correlation with radiologic putcome. Arthritis and Rheumatism-Arthritis Care and Research, 59(7), pp.911-920. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.23818.
Ahern, M.J., Campbell, D.G., Weedon, H.M., Papangelis, V. and Smith, M.D. (2008). Effect of intra-articular infliximab on synovial membrane pathology in a patient with a seronegative spondyloarthropathy. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 67(9), pp.1339-1342. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.2008.090910.
Ngo, D.T., Stafford, I., Kelly, D.J., Sverdlov, A.L., Wuttke, R.D., Weedon, H.M., et al. (2008). Vitamin D2 supplementation induces the development of aortic stenosis in rabbits: Interactions with endothelial function and thioredoxin-interacting protein. European Journal of Pharmacology, 590(1-3), pp.290-296. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.05.051.
Vergunst, C.E., Gerlag, D.M., Lopatinskaya, L., Klareskog, L., Smith, M.D., Van den Bosch, F., et al. (2008). Modulation of CCR2 in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. Arthritis and Rheumatism-Arthritis Care and Research, 58(7), pp.1931-1939. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.23591.
Shanahan, E.M., Smith, M.D., Roberts-Thomson, P.J., Esterman, A.J. and Ahern, M.J. (2008). The effect of rheumatoid arthritis on personal income in Australia. Internal Medicine Journal, 38(7), pp.575-579. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01546.x.
Shanahan, E.M., Smith, M.D., Roberts-Thomson, P.J., Esterman, A.J. and Ahern, M.J. (2008). Influence of rheumatoid arthritis on work participation in Australia. Internal Medicine Journal, 38(3), pp.166-173. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01432.x.
Huynh, O.A., Hampartzoumian, T., Arm, J.P., Hunt, J., Borges, L., Ahern, M.J., et al. (2007). Down-regulation of leucocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor expression in the synovium of rheumatoid arthritis patients after treatment with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs. Rheumatology, 46(5), pp.742-751. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kel405.
Bresnihan, B., Gerlag, D.M., Rooney, T., Smeets, T.J.M., Wijbrandts, C.A., Boyle, D., et al. (2007). Synovial macrophages as a biomarker of response to therapeutic intervention in rheumatoid arthritis: Standardization and consistency across centers. Journal of Rheumatology, 34(3), pp.620-622.
Hyzy, M.D., Slavotinek, J.P. and Smith, M.D. (2007). Role of ultrasound in assessment of early rheumatoid arthritis. Australasian Radiology, 51(2), pp.120-126. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01677.x.
Roberts-Thomson, P.J., Cox, S.R., Walker, J.G., Dugar, M., Ahern, M.J. and Smith, M.D. (2007). Diagnostic utility of nailfold capillaroscopy. APLAR Journal of Rheumatology, 10(4), pp.275-279. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-8077.2007.00306.x.
Walker, J.G., Ahern, M.J., Coleman, M., Weedon, H.M., Papangelis, V., Beroukas, D., et al. (2007). Characterisation of a dendritic cell subset in synovial tissue which strongly expresses Jak/STAT transcription factors from patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 66(8), pp.992-999. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.2006.060822.
Roberts-Thomson, P.J., Walker, J.G., Lu, T.Y., Esterman, A.J., Hakendorf, P.H., Smith, M.D., et al. (2006). Scleroderma in South Australia: further epidemiological observations supporting a stochastic explanation. Internal Medicine Journal, 36(8), pp.489-497. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01125.x.
Roberts-Thomson, A.J., Massy-Westropp, N., Smith, M.D., Ahern, M.J., Highton, J. and Roberts-Thomson, P.J. (2006). The use of the hand anatomic index to assess deformity and impaired function in systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology International, 26(5), pp.439-444. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00296-005-0058-3.
Smith, M.D. and Ahern, M.J. (2006). Pharmaceutical benefits scheme criteria for the use of tumour necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis in Australia: are they evidence based? Internal Medicine Journal, 36(2), pp.72-76. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01004.x.
Walker, J.G., Ahern, M.J., Coleman, M., Weedon, H.M., Papangelis, V., Beroukas, D., et al. (2006). Expression of Jak3, STAT1, STAT4, and STAT6 in inflammatory arthritis: unique Jak3 and STAT4 expression in dendritic cells in seropositive rheumatoid arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 65(2), pp.149-156. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.2005.037929.
Walker, J.G., Ahern, M.J., Coleman, M., Weedon, H.M., Papangelis, V., Beroukas, D., et al. (2006). Changes in synovial tissue Jak-STAT expression in rheumatoid arthritis in response to successful DMARD treatment. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 65(12), pp.1558-1564. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.2005.050385.
Smith, M.D., Baeten, D., Ulfgren, A.-K., McInnes, I.B., Fitzgerald, O., Bresnihan, B., et al. (2006). Standardisation of synovial tissue infiltrate analysis: how far have we come? how much further do we need to go? Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 65(1), pp.93-100. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.2005.036905.
Bresnihan, B., Baeten, D., Firestein, G.S., Fitzgerald, O.M., Gerlag, D.M., Haringman, J.J., et al. (2005). Synovial Tissue Analysis in Clinical Trials. Journal of Rheumatology, 32(12), pp.2481-2484.
Cox, S.R., Walker, J., Coleman, M., Rischmueller, M., Proudman, S., Smith, M.D., et al. (2005). Isolated pulmonary hypertension in scleroderma. Internal Medicine Journal, 35(1), pp.28-33. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2004.00646.x.
Walker, J., Stirling, J.W., Beroukas, D., Dharmapatni, K., Haynes, D., Smith, M.D., et al. (2005). Histopathological and ultrastructural features of dermal telangiectasias in systemic sclerosis. Pathology, 37(3), pp.220-225. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00313020500033262.
Walker, J.G. and Smith, M.D. (2005). The Jak-STAT Pathway in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Journal of Rheumatology, 32(9), pp.1650-1653. [online]. Available from: http://www.jrheum.org/content/32/9/1650.full.pdf.
Zurauskas, J., Beroukas, D., Walker, J., Smith, M.D., Ahern, M.J. and Roberts-Thomson, P.J. (2005). Scleroderma in Australian Aborigines. Internal Medicine Journal, 35(1), pp.60-62. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2004.00729.x.
Crotti, T.N., Smith, M.D., Findlay, D.M., Zreiqat, H., Ahern, M.J., Weedon, H.M., et al. (2004). Factors regulating osteoclast formation in human tissues adjacent to peri-implant bone loss: expression of receptor activator NFkB, RANK ligand and osteoprotegerin. Biomaterials, 25(4), pp.565-573. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0142-9612(03)00556-8.
Kraan, M.C., Haringman, J.J., Weedon, H.M., Barg, E.C., Smith, M.D., Ahern, M.J., et al. (2004). T cells, fibroblast-like synoviocytes, and granzyme B+ cytotoxic cells are associated with joint damage in patients with recent onset rheumatoid arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 63(5), pp.483-488. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.2003.009225.
Roberts-Thomson, P.J., Male, D.A., Walker, J.G., Cox, S.R., Shen, X., Smith, M.D., et al. (2004). Genomic instability in scleroderma. Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology, 22, pp.153-158.
Shanahan, E.M., Smith, M.D., Wetherall, M., Lott, C.W., Slavotinek, J.P., Fitzgerald, O.M., et al. (2004). Suprascapular nerve block in chronic shoulder pain: are the radiologists better? Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 63(9), pp.1035-1040. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.2003.015909.
Smith, M.D. (2004). An alternate hypothesis regarding radiologic damage to synovial tissue: comment on the editorial by Kirwan. Arthritis and Rheumatism-Arthritis Care and Research, 50(11), pp.3735-3736. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.20753.
Smith, M.D. (2004). Comment on review on T cells in bone biology. Rheumatology, 43(10), pp.1314-1314. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keh269.
Smith, M.D. (2004). Escalated conventional therapy for rheumatoid arthritis patients. Rheumatology, 43(9), pp.1199-1200. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keh276.
Smith, M.D. (2004). Immunohistochemistry of normal synovium. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 63(11), pp.1531-1534. [online]. Available from: http://ard.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/63/11/1532.
Smith, M.D. (2004). Reply. Rheumatology, 43(3), pp.397-397. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keh035.
Smith, M.D. and Walker, J.G. (2004). Apoptosis a relevant therapeutic target in rheumatoid arthritis? Rheumatology, 43(4), pp.405-407. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keh084.
Walker, J.G., Ahern, M.J., Smith, M.D., Coleman, M., Pile, K.D., Rischmueller, M., et al. (2003). Scleroderma renal crisis: poor outcome despite aggressive antihypertensive treatment. Internal Medicine Journal, 33(5-6), pp.216-220. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1445-5994.2003.00358.x.
Smith, M.D., Wetherall, M., Darby, T.A., Esterman, A.J., Slavotinek, J.P., Roberts-Thomson, P., et al. (2003). A randomized placebo-controlled trial of arthroscopic lavage versus lavage plus intra-articular corticosteroids in the management of symptomatic osteoarthritis of the knee. Rheumatology, 42, pp.1477-1485.
Smith, M.D., Barg, E., Weedon, H.M., Papengelis, V., Smeets, T., Tak, P.P., et al. (2003). Microarchitecture and protective mechanisms in synovial tissue from clinically and arthroscopically normal knee joints. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 62(4), pp.303-307. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.62.4.303.
Smith, M.D. (2003). Etanercept treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in the "real world". Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 62(1), pp.95-96. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.62.1.95.
Smeets, T.J.M., Barg, E.C., Kraan, M.C., Smith, M.D., Breedveld, F.C. and Tak, P.P. (2003). Analysis of the cell infiltrate and expression of proinflammatory cytokines and matrix metalloproteinases in arthroscopic synovial biopsies: comparison with synovial samples from patients with end stage, destructive rheumatoid arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 62(7), pp.635-638. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.62.7.635.
Cox, S.R., Ahern, M.J., Smith, M.D., Slavotinek, J.P., Walker, J.G., Smith, A.J.F., et al. (2003). Rheumatological presentations of anticoagulation related hemorrhages. APLAR Journal of Rheumatology, 6(2), pp.145-149. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.0219-0494.2003.00038.x.
Katrib, A., Smith, M.D., Ahern, M.J., Slavotinek, J.P., Stafford, L., Cuello, C., et al. (2003). Reduced chemokine and matrix metalloproteinase expression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis achieving remission. Journal of Rheumatology, 30(1), pp.10-21.
Haynes, D., Barg, E., Crotti, T.N., Holding, C., Weedon, H.M., Atkins, G.J., et al. (2003). Osteoprotegerin expression in synovial tissue from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathies and osteoarthritis and normal controls. Rheumatology, 42(1), pp.123-134. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keg047.
Crotti, T.N., Smith, M.D., Hirsch, R., Soukoulis, S., Weedon, H.M., Capone, M., et al. (2003). Receptor activator NF kB ligand (RANKL) and osteoprotegerin (OPG) protein expression in periodontitis. Journal of Periodontal Research, 38(4), pp.380-387.
Crotti, T.N., Ahern, M.J., Lange, K.M., Weedon, H.M., Coleman, M., Roberts-Thomson, P.J., et al. (2003). Variability of RANKL and osteoprotegerin staining in synovial tissue from patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: quantification using color video image analysis. Journal of Rheumatology, 30(11), pp.2319-2324.
Shanahan, E.M., Ahern, M.J., Smith, M.D., Wetherall, M., Bresnihan, B. and Fitzgerald, O. (2003). Suprascapular nerve block (using bupivacaine and methyprednisolene acetate) in chronic shoulder pain. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 62(5), pp.400-406. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.62.5.400.
Smith, M.D., Ahern, M.J., Walker, J.G., Shanahan, E.M. and Roberts-Thomson, P.J. (2002). Relationship of length of clinical rotation to achievement of skills necessary for clinical management of musculoskeletal disease - Reply. Journal of Rheumatology, 29(11), pp.2467-2468. [online]. Available from: http://jrheum.org/content/29/11/2467.full.pdf+html.
Smith, M.D. and Non-Flinders Author, . (2002). Rheumatoid arthritis: new insights into the role of synovial inflammation in joint destruction. Modern Rheumatology, 12, pp.293-298. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s101650200051.
Smith, M.D. (2002). Was it a case of Takayasu arteritis? Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 61(7), p.669. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.61.7.669.
Roberts-Thomson, P.J., Mould, T.L., Walker, J.G., Smith, M.D. and Ahern, M.J. (2002). Clinical utility of telangiectasia of hands in scleroderma and other rheumatic disorders. Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology, 20(1), pp.7-12.
Roberts-Thomson, P.J., Jones, M.E., Walker, J.G., Macfarlane, J.G., Smith, M.D. and Ahern, M.J. (2002). Stochastic processes in the causation of rheumatic disease. Journal of Rheumatology, 29(12), pp.2628-2634.
Roberts-Thomson, P.J., Hakendorf, P.H., Smith, M.D., Ahern, M.J. and Non-Flinders Author, . (2002). Microchimerism in systemic sclerosis: comment on the article by Johnson et al. Arthritis and Rheumatism-Arthritis Care and Research, 46(9), pp.2538-2538. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.10640.
Morand, E.F., Leech, M., Weedon, H.M., Metz, C., Bucala, R. and Smith, M.D. (2002). Macrophage migration inhibitory factor in rheumatoid arthritis: clinical correlations. Rheumatology, 41(5), pp.558-562. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/41.5.558.
Goldblatt, F.M., Hill, W.R., Ahern, M.J. and Smith, M.D. (2002). Shortness of breath in systemic lupus erythematosus: a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 61(7), pp.588-590. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.61.7.588.
Crotti, T.N., Smith, M.D., Weedon, H.M., Ahern, M.J., Findlay, D.M., Kraan, M., et al. (2002). Receptor activator NF-(kappa)b ligand (RANKL) expression in synovial tissue from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathy, osteoarthritis, and from normal patients: semiquantitative and quantitative analysis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 61(12), pp.1047-1054. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.61.12.1047.
Brown, D.A., Bausking, A.R., Fairlie, W.D., Smith, M.D., Liu, T., Xu, N., et al. (2002). Antibody-Based Approach to High-Volume Genotyping for MIC-1 Polymorphism. Biotechniques, 33(1), pp.118-126. [online]. Available from: http://www.biotechniques.com/article.asp?id=71200221.
Smith, M.D., Walker, J.G., Schultz, D.W., Ash, J.K., Roberts-Thomson, P.J., Shanahan, E.M., et al. (2002). Teaching clinical skills in musculoskeletal medicine: the use of structured clinical instruction modules. Journal of Rheumatology, 29(4), pp.813-817.
Ahern, M.J., Smith, M.D., Chua, H. and Youssef, P. (2002). Breast implants and illness: a model of psychological illness. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 61(7), pp.659-659. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.61.7.659.
Kraan, M., Patel, D.D., Haringman, J.J., Smith, M.D., Weedon, H.M., Ahern, M.J., et al. (2001). The development of clinical signs of rheumatoid synovial inflammation is associated with increased synthesis of the chemokine CXCL8 (interleukin-8). Arthritis Research and Therapy, 3(1), pp.65-71. [online]. Available from: http://arthritis-research.com/content/3/1/065.
Young, L., Katrib, A., Cuello, C., Yollmer-Conna, U., Bertouch, J.V., Roberts-Thomson, P., et al. (2001). Effects of intraarticular glucocorticoids on macrophage infiltration and mediators of joint damage in osteoarthritis synovial membranes. Arthritis and Rheumatism-Arthritis Care and Research, 44(2), pp.343-350.
Wong, P.K.K., Cuello, C., Bertouch, J.V., Roberts-Thomson, P.J., Ahern, M.J., Smith, M.D., et al. (2001). Effects of pulse methylprednisolone on macrophage chemotactic protein-1 and macrophage inflammatory protein-1a in rheumatoid synovium. Journal of Rheumatology, 28, pp.2634-2636.
Smith, M.D., Slavotinek, J.P., Au, Y., Weedon, H.M., Parker, A.F., Coleman, M., et al. (2001). Successful treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is associated with a reduction in synovial membrane cytokines and cell adhesion molecule expression. Rheumatology, 40, pp.965-977.
Smith, M.D., Ross, W.J. and Ahern, M.J. (2001). Missing a therapeutic window of opportunity:  An audit of patients attending a tertiary teaching hospital with potentially osteoporotic hip and wrist fractures. Journal of Rheumatology, 28(11), pp.2504-2508.
Smith, M.D., Kraan, M., Slavotinek, J.P., Au, Y., Weedon, H.M., Parker, A.F., et al. (2001). Treatment-induced remission in rheumatoid arthritis patients is characterized by a reduction in macrophage content of synovial biopsies. Rheumatology, 40, pp.367-374.
Smith, M.D., Cheah, S.P., Taylor, K. and Ahern, M.J. (2001). Prevention of corticosteroid induced osteoporosis in inpatients recently discharged from a tertiary teaching hospital. Journal of Rheumatology, 28(3), pp.566-570.
Smeets, T., Kraan, M., Galjaard, S., Youssef, P., Smith, M.D. and Tak, P.P. (2001). Analysis of the cell infiltrate and expression of matrix metalloproteinases and granzyme B in paired synovial biopsy specimens from the cartilage-pannus junction in patients with RA. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 60, pp.561-565.
Roberts-Thomson, P.J., Jones, M.E., Hakendorf, P.H., Kencarna Dharmapatni, A.A.S.S., Walker, J.G., Mcfarlane, J.G., et al. (2001). Scleroderma in South Australia: epidemiological observations of possible pathogenic significance. Internal Medicine Journal, 31, pp.220-229.
Pettit, A.R., Weedon, H.M., Ahern, M.J., Zehntner, S., Frazer, I.H., Slavotinek, J.P., et al. (2001). Association of clinical, radiological and synovial immunopathological responses to anti-rheumatic treatment in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology, 40(11), pp.1243-1255. [online]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/40.11.1243<

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  • Rheumatology arthritis, metabolic bone disease, inflammatory muscle conditions, connective tissue disorders, soft tissue rheumatism
  • Inflammation Research tissue biopsies, cytokives, cell adhesion molecules, apoptosis, intracellular signalling
  • Teaching medical students, physiotherapy, science students, musculoskeletal medicine, clinical skills

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  • Arthritis
  • Medical Education
  • Muscles
  • Rheumatology


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