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Scott Fisher

Research Scientist, University of Western Australia School of Biomedical Sciences
Verified email at uwa.edu.au
Cited by 966

Stem cell treatment for acute myocardial infarction

DM Clifford, SA Fisher, SJ Brunskill… - Cochrane database …, 2012 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Stem cell therapy offers a promising approach to the regeneration of damaged
vascular and cardiac tissue after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This has resulted in …

Immunotherapy for lung cancer

A Steven, SA Fisher, BW Robinson - Respirology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Treatment of lung cancer remains a challenge, and lung cancer is still the leading
cause of cancer‐related mortality. Immunotherapy has previously failed in lung cancer but …

Stem cell therapy for chronic ischaemic heart disease and congestive heart failure

SA Fisher, C Doree, A Mathur… - Cochrane Database …, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
… ischaemic heart disease and congestive heart failure - Fisher, SA - 2016 | Cochrane Library
… showed no difference in clinically relevant outcomes (Fisher 2015a). However, there seems …

Genome-wide association defines more than 30 distinct susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease

…, T Ahmad, NJ Prescott, CM Onnie, SA Fisher… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Several risk factors for Crohn's disease have been identified in recent genome-wide association
studies. To advance gene discovery further, we combined data from three studies on …

Sequence variants in the autophagy gene IRGM and multiple other replicating loci contribute to Crohn's disease susceptibility

…, NJ Prescott, M Tremelling, CA Anderson, SA Fisher… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
A genome-wide association scan in individuals with Crohn's disease by the Wellcome Trust
Case Control Consortium detected strong association at four novel loci. We tested 37 SNPs …

Hypothetical LOC387715 is a second major susceptibility gene for age-related macular degeneration, contributing independently of complement factor …

A Rivera, SA Fisher, LG Fritsche… - Human molecular …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a multifactorial disease and a prevalent cause
of visual impairment in developed countries. Risk factors include environmental components …

The contribution of NOD2 gene mutations to the risk and site of disease in inflammatory bowel disease

AP Cuthbert, SA Fisher, MM Mirza, K King, J Hampe… - Gastroenterology, 2002 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND &AIMS:: Mutations in the NOD2 gene are strongly associated with
susceptibility to Crohn's disease (CD). We analyzed a large cohort of European patients with …

Whole-exome sequencing and clinical interpretation of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tumor samples to guide precision cancer medicine

…, N Lindeman, B Rollins, P Kantoff, SA Fisher… - Nature medicine, 2014 - nature.com
… Paraffin is removed from FFPE sections and cores using CitriSolv (Fisher Scientific) followed
by ethanol washes, and then tissue is lysed overnight at 56 C. Samples are then incubated …

Genetic determinants of ulcerative colitis include the ECM1 locus and five loci implicated in Crohn's disease

SA Fisher, M Tremelling, CA Anderson, R Gwilliam… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
We report results of a nonsynonymous SNP scan for ulcerative colitis and identify a previously
unknown susceptibility locus at ECM1. We also show that several risk loci are common to …

Age-related macular degeneration is associated with an unstable ARMS2 (LOC387715) mRNA

LG Fritsche, T Loenhardt, A Janssen, SA Fisher… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a prevalent multifactorial disorder of the central
retina 1 , 2 , 3 . Genetic variants at two chromosomal loci, 1q31 and 10q26, confer major …