Frank Lovicu - Publications

Affiliations: 
Anatomy and Histology School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney 

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2023 Wishart TFL, Lovicu FJ. Spatiotemporal Localisation of Heparan Sulphate Proteoglycans throughout Mouse Lens Morphogenesis. Cells. 12. PMID 37408198 DOI: 10.3390/cells12101364  0.315
2022 Zhao G, Pan AY, Feng Y, Rasko JEJ, Bailey CG, Lovicu FJ. Sprouty and Spred temporally regulate ERK1/2-signaling to suppress TGFβ-induced lens EMT. Experimental Eye Research. 219: 109070. PMID 35413282 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2022.109070  0.43
2021 Wishart TFL, Lovicu FJ. An Atlas of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans in the Postnatal Rat Lens. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 62: 5. PMID 34730792 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.62.14.5  0.373
2021 Shu DY, Lovicu FJ. Insights into Bone Morphogenetic Protein-(BMP-) Signaling in Ocular Lens Biology and Pathology. Cells. 10. PMID 34685584 DOI: 10.3390/cells10102604  0.74
2021 Wishart TFL, Flokis M, Shu DY, Das SJ, Lovicu FJ. Hallmarks of lens aging and cataractogenesis. Experimental Eye Research. 108709. PMID 34339681 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2021.108709  0.674
2021 Shu DY, Ng K, Wishart TFL, Chui J, Lundmark M, Flokis M, Lovicu FJ. Contrasting roles for BMP-4 and ventromorphins (BMP agonists) in TGFβ-induced lens EMT. Experimental Eye Research. 108546. PMID 33773977 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2021.108546  0.755
2020 Padula SL, Sidler EP, Wagner BD, Manz CJ, Lovicu FJ, Robinson ML. Lens fiber cell differentiation occurs independently of fibroblast growth factor receptor signaling in the absence of Pten. Developmental Biology. PMID 32858001 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ydbio.2020.07.017  0.362
2020 Wazin F, Lovicu FJ. The negative regulatory Spred1 and Spred2 proteins are required for lens and eye morphogenesis. Experimental Eye Research. 107917. PMID 31923414 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2020.107917  0.389
2019 Shu DY, Lovicu FJ. Enhanced EGF receptor-signaling potentiates TGFβ-induced lens epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Experimental Eye Research. 107693. PMID 31201806 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2019.107693  0.728
2019 Das S, Wikström P, Walum E, Lovicu FJ. A novel NADPH oxidase inhibitor targeting Nox4 in TGFβ-induced lens epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Experimental Eye Research. 107692. PMID 31189078 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2019.107692  0.358
2018 Susanto A, Zhao G, Wazin F, Feng Y, Rasko JEJ, Bailey CG, Lovicu FJ. Spred negatively regulates lens growth by modulating epithelial cell proliferation and fiber differentiation. Experimental Eye Research. PMID 30290165 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2018.09.019  0.439
2018 Shu DY, Wojciechowski M, Lovicu FJ. ERK1/2-mediated EGFR-signaling is required for TGFβ-induced lens epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Experimental Eye Research. PMID 30290164 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2018.09.021  0.747
2018 Wojciechowski MC, Shu DY, Lovicu FJ. ERK1/2-dependent Gene Expression Contributing to TGFβ-induced Lens EMT. Current Eye Research. PMID 29652528 DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2018.1464193  0.714
2018 Zhao G, Bailey CG, Feng Y, Rasko J, Lovicu FJ. Negative regulation of lens fiber cell differentiation by RTK antagonists Spry and Spred. Experimental Eye Research. PMID 29501879 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2018.02.025  0.335
2018 Tam OH, Pennisi D, Wilkinson L, Little MH, Wazin F, Wan VL, Lovicu FJ. Crim1 is required for maintenance of the ocular lens epithelium. Experimental Eye Research. PMID 29458060 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2018.02.012  0.358
2017 Iyengar L, Lovicu FJ. Aqueous humour-induced lens epithelial cell proliferation requires FGF-signalling. Growth Factors (Chur, Switzerland). 35: 131-143. PMID 28969468 DOI: 10.1080/08977194.2017.1378193  0.416
2017 Shu DY, Lovicu FJ. Myofibroblast transdifferentiation: The dark force in ocular wound healing and fibrosis. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research. PMID 28807717 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2017.08.001  0.699
2017 Kichkin E, Visvanathan A, Lovicu FJ, Shu DY, Das SJ, Reddel SW, McCann EP, Zhang KY, Williams KL, Blair IP, Phillips WD. Postnatal Development of Spasticity Following Transgene Insertion in the Mouse βIV Spectrin Gene (SPTBN4). Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases. 4: 159-164. PMID 28582869 DOI: 10.3233/Jnd-160197  0.641
2017 Shirai K, Tanaka SI, Lovicu FJ, Saika S. The murine lens: A model to investigate in vivo epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Developmental Dynamics : An Official Publication of the American Association of Anatomists. PMID 28480986 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24518  0.312
2017 Wojciechowski MC, Mahmutovic L, Shu DY, Lovicu FJ. ERK1/2 signaling is required for the initiation but not progression of TGFβ-induced lens epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT). Experimental Eye Research. 159: 98-113. PMID 28365272 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2017.03.012  0.749
2017 Shu DY, Wojciechowski MC, Lovicu FJ. Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 Suppresses TGFβ2-Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in the Lens: Implications for Cataract Prevention. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 58: 781-796. PMID 28152139 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.16-20611  0.726
2016 Shu DY, Ong K, Lovicu FJ. Histopathology of Subcapsular Cataract in a Patient with Atopic Dermatitis. Optometry and Vision Science : Official Publication of the American Academy of Optometry. PMID 27801692 DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001011  0.639
2016 Das SJ, Lovicu FJ, Collinson EJ. Nox4 Plays a Role in TGF-β-Dependent Lens Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 57: 3665-3673. PMID 27403995 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.16-19114  0.313
2016 Audette DS, Anand D, So T, Rubenstein TB, Lachke SA, Lovicu FJ, Duncan MK. Prox1 and fibroblast growth factor receptors form a novel regulatory loop controlling lens fiber differentiation and gene expression. Development (Cambridge, England). 143: 318-28. PMID 26657765 DOI: 10.1242/Dev.127860  0.353
2015 Shin EH, Zhao G, Wang Q, Lovicu FJ. Sprouty gain of function disrupts lens cellular processes and growth by restricting RTK signaling. Developmental Biology. 406: 129-46. PMID 26375880 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.09.005  0.417
2015 Zhao G, Wojciechowski MC, Jee S, Boros J, McAvoy JW, Lovicu FJ. Negative regulation of TGFβ-induced lens epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) by RTK antagonists. Experimental Eye Research. 132: 9-16. PMID 25576668 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2015.01.001  0.456
2013 Sugiyama Y, Shelley EJ, Wen L, Stump RJ, Shimono A, Lovicu FJ, McAvoy JW. Sfrp1 and Sfrp2 are not involved in Wnt/β-catenin signal silencing during lens induction but are required for maintenance of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in lens epithelial cells. Developmental Biology. 384: 181-93. PMID 24140542 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.10.008  0.31
2013 Wang C, Dawes LJ, Liu Y, Wen L, Lovicu FJ, McAvoy JW. Dexamethasone influences FGF-induced responses in lens epithelial explants and promotes the posterior capsule coverage that is a feature of glucocorticoid-induced cataract. Experimental Eye Research. 111: 79-87. PMID 23518408 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.03.006  0.365
2012 Madakashira BP, Kobrinski DA, Hancher AD, Arneman EC, Wagner BD, Wang F, Shin H, Lovicu FJ, Reneker LW, Robinson ML. Frs2α enhances fibroblast growth factor-mediated survival and differentiation in lens development. Development (Cambridge, England). 139: 4601-12. PMID 23136392 DOI: 10.1242/Dev.081737  0.377
2012 Shin EH, Basson MA, Robinson ML, McAvoy JW, Lovicu FJ. Sprouty is a negative regulator of transforming growth factor β-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and cataract. Molecular Medicine (Cambridge, Mass.). 18: 861-73. PMID 22517312 DOI: 10.2119/Molmed.2012.00111  0.501
2010 Newitt P, Boros J, Madakashira BP, Robinson ML, Reneker LW, McAvoy JW, Lovicu FJ. Sef is a negative regulator of fiber cell differentiation in the ocular lens. Differentiation; Research in Biological Diversity. 80: 53-67. PMID 20542628 DOI: 10.1016/J.Diff.2010.05.005  0.405
2010 Wang Q, McAvoy JW, Lovicu FJ. Growth factor signaling in vitreous humor-induced lens fiber differentiation. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 51: 3599-610. PMID 20130274 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4797  0.322
2009 West-Mays JA, Pino G, Lovicu FJ. Development and use of the lens epithelial explant system to study lens differentiation and cataractogenesis. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research. 29: 135-43. PMID 20006728 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2009.12.001  0.387
2009 Iyengar L, Patkunanathan B, McAvoy JW, Lovicu FJ. Growth factors involved in aqueous humour-induced lens cell proliferation. Growth Factors (Chur, Switzerland). 27: 50-62. PMID 19085197 DOI: 10.1080/08977190802610916  0.421
2008 Wang Q, Stump R, McAvoy JW, Lovicu FJ. MAPK/ERK1/2 and PI3-kinase signalling pathways are required for vitreous-induced lens fibre cell differentiation. Experimental Eye Research. 88: 293-306. PMID 18938158 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.08.023  0.404
2007 Iyengar L, Wang Q, Rasko JE, McAvoy JW, Lovicu FJ. Duration of ERK1/2 phosphorylation induced by FGF or ocular media determines lens cell fate. Differentiation; Research in Biological Diversity. 75: 662-8. PMID 17381542 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2007.00167.x  0.373
2006 Boros J, Newitt P, Wang Q, McAvoy JW, Lovicu FJ. Sef and Sprouty expression in the developing ocular lens: implications for regulating lens cell proliferation and differentiation. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 17: 741-52. PMID 17141539 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.10.007  0.378
2006 Lovicu FJ. Cell signaling in lens development. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology. 17: 675. PMID 17137810 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.10.003  0.344
2006 Iyengar L, Patkunanathan B, Lynch OT, McAvoy JW, Rasko JEJ, Lovicu FJ. Aqueous humour- and growth factor-induced lens cell proliferation is dependent on MAPK/ERK1/2 and Akt/PI3-K signalling Experimental Eye Research. 83: 667-678. PMID 16684521 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.03.008  0.4
2005 Chen Y, Stump RJ, Lovicu FJ, McAvoy JW. Expression of Frizzleds and secreted frizzled-related proteins (Sfrps) during mammalian lens development. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 48: 867-77. PMID 15558478 DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.041882yc  0.311
2003 Stump RJ, Ang S, Chen Y, von Bahr T, Lovicu FJ, Pinson K, de Iongh RU, Yamaguchi TP, Sassoon DA, McAvoy JW. A role for Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in lens epithelial differentiation. Developmental Biology. 259: 48-61. PMID 12812787 DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00179-9  0.308
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