The Role of Heparan Sulfate in Inflammation, and the Development of Biomimetics as Anti-Inflammatory Strategies

by Farrugia, Brooke L., Lord, Megan S., Melrose, James, Whitelock, John M.
Published in J Histochem Cytochem (2018)

Can We Produce Heparin/Heparan Sulfate Biomimetics Using “Mother-Nature” as the Gold Standard?

by Farrugia, Brooke L., Lord, Megan S., Melrose, James, Whitelock, John M.
Published in Molecules (2015)

Mast Cells Produce a Unique Chondroitin Sulfate Epitope

by Farrugia, Brooke L., Whitelock, John M., O’Grady, Robert, Caterson, Bruce, Lord, Megan S.
Published in J Histochem Cytochem (2015)

Platelet Factor 4 Binds to Vascular Proteoglycans and Controls Both Growth Factor Activities and Platelet Activation

by Lord, Megan S., Cheng, Bill, Farrugia, Brooke L., McCarthy, Simon, Whitelock, John M.
Published in J Biol Chem (2017)

In situ formation of poly(vinyl alcohol)–heparin hydrogels for mild encapsulation and prolonged release of basic fibroblast growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor

by Roberts, Justine J, Farrugia, Brooke L, Green, Rylie A, Rnjak-Kovacina, Jelena, Martens, Penny J
Published in J Tissue Eng (2016)

Enhanced Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Fetal Cartilage Rudiment Cells on Graphene Oxide-PLGA Hybrid Microparticles

by Thickett, Stuart C., Hamilton, Ella, Yogeswaran, Gokulan, Zetterlund, Per B., Farrugia, Brooke L., Lord, Megan S.
Published in J Funct Biomater (2019)

Cancer Metastasis: The Role of the Extracellular Matrix and the Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan Perlecan

by Elgundi, Zehra, Papanicolaou, Michael, Major, Gretel, Cox, Thomas R., Melrose, James, Whitelock, John M., Farrugia, Brooke L.
Published in Front Oncol (2020)

Hyaluronidase-4 is produced by mast cells and can cleave serglycin chondroitin sulfate chains into lower molecular weight forms

by Farrugia, Brooke L., Mizumoto, Shuji, Lord, Megan S., O'Grady, Robert L., Kuchel, Rhiannon P., Yamada, Shuhei, Whitelock, John M.
Published in J Biol Chem (2019)