CV for Associate Professor Vicki Clifton
1. Name and Contact Details
Associate Professor Vicki L. Clifton
2. Academic Qualification:
1990 Bachelor of Science and Mathematics (Honours I), The University of Newcastle
1991-1996 Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Reproductive Endocrinology, The University of
Newcastle
3. Current Appointment:
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow (non-tenured, 2013-2017), University of Adelaide
Associate Professor, HEW Level D, Step 4 (non-tenured, 2005-present)
Conjoint A/Prof University of Newcastle
Director of Clinical Research Development, Lyell McEwin Hospital
Past President, Endocrine Society of Australia (2013)
Director Board, Asthma SA (2008-present)
Editor, Placenta
4. Research Support Summary in last 5 years
1. NHMRC Grants
Currently Held Grants
2011-2013
NHMRC Grant ID:
APP1002381: In utero events contributing to
development of allergy in children. Susan Prescott, Vicki Clifton, Richard
Saffery.
2011-2013
ARC Linkage Grant: The role of eHealth in pregnancy
Andrew Skuse, Vicki Clifton, Michael Wilmore
2013 -2017
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow.
CIA A/Prof VL Clifton: The effect of asthma during pregnancy on placental
function and fetal development”
Past Support
2008-2012
2009-2011
2009-2011
2007-2010
2007-2010
2003-2005
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow.
Grant ID: 510703
CIA A/Prof VL Clifton: The effect of asthma during pregnancy on placental
function and fetal development”
NHMRC project grant The effect of chronic maternal asthma and acute
exacerbations on placental function and fetal development
Grant ID: 565347 CIA: A/Prof Vicki Clifton.
ARC Discovery grant DP098759: Dr DM Hodgson; A/Prof VL Clifton; Prof
KW Beagley; Prof Y Shavit. The Ontogeny of Pain Behaviour: A Novel
Neuroimmune Pathway.
2009 :$ 60,000; 2010 :$ 40,000 2011
Minister for Health and Aging Award for asthma and pregnancy research
CI: Associate Professor Vicki Clifton
NHMRC project grant: Managing asthma in pregnancy: the MAP study
Grant ID: 455592
CIA: Prof P Gibson, CIB: Prof VL Clifton, CIC: Dr K McCaffery, Professor M
J Hensley Dr W B Giles
National Health and Medical Research Council Grant ID 252438
Dr Vicki Clifton for “The effect of asthma during pregnancy on placental
function and fetal development”
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Associate Investigators: Prof Peter Gibson, Prof Warwick Giles, Prof Roger
Smith, Dr Andrew Bisits, Ms Vanessa Murphy
5. Original papers
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Husband, A.J. & Clifton, V.L. (1989) Role of Intestinal Immunization in Urinary-Tract
Defense. Immunology and Cell Biology 67, 371-376.
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Husband, A.J., Dunkley, M.L. & Clifton, V.L. (1990) Effector Cell-Migration in Mucosal
Defense. Advances in Mucosal Immunology, 199-204
948.
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Clifton, V.L., Husband, A.J. & Kay, D.J. (1992) Local Immunity in the Male ReproductiveTract. Immunology and Cell Biology 70, 301-307.
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Kay, D.J., Clifton, V., Taylor, J.S. & Boettcher, B. (1993) Antisperm Antibodies and Semen
Profiles in Re-Anastomosed Men. Reproduction Fertility and Development 5, 135-139.
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Clifton, V.L., Read, M.A., Leitch, I.M., Boura, A.L.A., Robinson, P.J. & Smith, R. (1994)
Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone-Induced Vasodilatation in the Human Fetal-Placental Circulation.
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 79, 666-669.
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Clifton, V.L., Owens, P.C., Robinson, P.J. & Smith, R. (1995) Identification and
characterization of a corticotrophin-releasing hormone receptor in human placenta. Eur J Endocrinol
133, 591-597.
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Clifton, V.L., Read, M.A., Leitch, I.M., Giles, W.B., Boura, A.L., Robinson, P.J. & Smith, R.
(1995) Corticotropin-releasing hormone-induced vasodilatation in the human fetal-placental
circulation: involvement of the nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate-mediated pathway.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 80, 2888-2893.
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Clifton, V.L., Read, M.A., Boura, A.L., Robinson, P.J. & Smith, R. (1996)
Adrenocorticotropin causes vasodilatation in the human fetal-placental circulation. J Clin Endocrinol
Metab 81, 1406-1410.
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Clifton, V.L. & Challis, J.R.G. (1997) Placental corticotropin releasing hormone function
during human pregnancy. Endocrinologist 7, 448-458.
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Clifton, V.L., Telfer, J.F., Thompson, A.J., Cameron, I.T., Teoh, T.G., Lye, S.J. & Challis,
J.R.G. (1998) Corticotropin-releasing hormone and proopiomelanocortin-derived peptides are present
in human myometrium. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 83, 3716-3721.
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Patel, F.A., Clifton, V.L., Chwalisz, K. & Challis, J.R.G. (1999) Steroid regulation of
prostaglandin dehydrogenase activity and expression in human term placenta and chorio-decidua in
relation to labor. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 84, 291-299.
12
Clifton, V.L., Gu, Q., Murphy, V.E., Schwartz, J., Madsen, G. & Smith, R. (2000)
Localization and characterization of urocortin during human pregnancy. Placenta 21, 782-788.
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McLean, M., Bowman, M., Clifton, V., Smith, R. & Grossman, A.B. (2000) Expression of the
heme oxygenase-carbon monoxide signalling system in human placenta. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 85,
2345-2349.
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Clifton, V.L., Giles, W.B., Smith, R., Bisits, A.T., Hempenstall, P.A., Kessell, C.G. &
Gibson, P.G. (2001) Alterations of placental vascular function in asthmatic pregnancies. Am J Respir
Crit Care Med 164, 546-553.
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Clifton, V.L., Gu, Q., Murphy, V.E., Schwartz, J., Madsen, G. & Smith, R. (2001)
Localization and characterization of urocortin during human pregnancy (vol 21, pg 782, 2000).
Placenta 22, 264-264.
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Gu, Q., Clifton, V.L., Schwartz, J., Madsen, G., Sha, J. & Smith, R. (2001) Characterization
of urocortin in human pregnancy. Chin Med J (Engl) 114, 618-622.
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Clifton, V.L., Crompton, R., Smith, R. & Wright, I.M. (2002) Microvascular effects of CRH
in human skin vary in relation to gender. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87, 267-270.
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Clifton, V.L., Wallace, E.M. & Smith, R. (2002) Short-term effects of glucocorticoids in the
human fetal-placental circulation in vitro. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87, 2838-2842.
19
Holloway, A.C., Howe, D.C., Chan, G., Clifton, V.L., Smith, R. & Challis, J.R. (2002)
Urocortin: a mechanism for the sustained activation of the HPA axis in the late-gestation ovine fetus?
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 283, E165-171.
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Murphy, V.E., Zakar, T., Smith, R., Giles, W.B., Gibson, P.G. & Clifton, V.L. (2002)
Reduced 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 activity is associated with decreased birth
weight centile in pregnancies complicated by asthma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87, 1660-1668.
21
O'Dwyer, D.T., Clifton, V., Hall, A., Smith, R., Robinson, P.J. & Crock, P.A. (2002) Pituitary
autoantibodies in lymphocytic hypophysitis target both gamma- and alpha-Enolase - a link with
pregnancy? Arch Physiol Biochem 110, 94-98.
22
Crompton, R., Clifton, V.L., Bisits, A.T., Read, M.A., Smith, R. & Wright, I.M.R. (2003)
Corticotropin-releasing hormone causes vasodilation in human skin via mast cell-dependent
pathways. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 88, 5427-5432.
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Murphy, V.E. & Clifton, V.L. (2003) Alterations in human placental 11beta-hydroxysteroid
dehydrogenase type 1 and 2 with gestational age and labour. Placenta 24, 739-744.
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Murphy, V.E., Gibson, P.G., Giles, W.B., Zakar, T., Smith, R., Bisits, A.M., Kessell, C.G. &
Clifton, V.L. (2003) Maternal asthma is associated with reduced female fetal growth. Am J Respir
Crit Care Med 168, 1317-1323.
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Johnson, R.F., Mitchell, C.M., Clifton, V. & Zakar, T. (2004) Regulation of 15hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (PGDH) gene activity, messenger ribonucleic acid processing,
and protein abundance in the human chorion in late gestation and labor. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89,
5639-5648.
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Clifton, V.L., Crompton, R., Read, M.A., Gibson, P.G., Smith, R. & Wright, I.M.R. (2005)
Microvascular effects of corticotropin-releasing hormone in human skin vary in relation to estrogen
concentration during the menstrual cycle. Journal of Endocrinology 186, 69-76.
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Clifton, V.L., Vanderlelie, J. & Perkins, A.V. (2005) Increased anti-oxidant enzyme activity
and biological oxidation in placentae of pregnancies complicated by maternal asthma. Placenta 26,
773-779.
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Murphy, V.E., Gibson, P., Talbot, P.L. & Clifton, V.L. (2005) Severe asthma exacerbations
during pregnancy. Obstetrics and Gynecology 106, 1046-1054.
29
Murphy, V.E., Gibson, P.G., Smith, R. & Clifton, V.L. (2005) Asthma during pregnancy:
mechanisms and treatment implications. Eur Respir J 25, 731-750.
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Murphy, V.E., Gibson, P.G., Talbot, P.I., Kessell, C.G. & Clifton, V.L. (2005) Asthma selfmanagement skills and the use of asthma education during pregnancy. Eur Respir J 26, 435-441.
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Murphy, V.E., Johnson, R.F., Wang, Y.C., Akinsanya, K., Gibson, P.G., Smith, R. & Clifton,
V.L. (2005) The effect of maternal asthma on placental and cord blood protein profiles. J Soc
Gynecol Investig 12, 349-355.
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Vanderlelie, J., Venardos, K., Clifton, V.L., Gude, N.M., Clarke, F.M. & Perkins, A.V. (2005)
Increased biological oxidation and reduced anti-oxidant enzyme activity in pre-eclamptic placentae.
Placenta 26, 53-58.
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Clifton, V.L., Rennie, N. & Murphy, V.E. (2006) Effect of inhaled glucocorticoid treatment
on placental 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 activity and neonatal birthweight in
pregnancies complicated by asthma. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 46, 136-140.
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Murphy, V.E., Clifton, V.L. & Gibson, P.G. (2006) Asthma exacerbations during pregnancy:
incidence and association with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Thorax 61, 169-176.
35
Murphy, V.E., Johnson, R.F., Wang, Y.C., Akinsanya, K., Gibson, P.G., Smith, R. & Clifton,
V.L. (2006) Proteomic study of plasma proteins in pregnant women with asthma. Respirology 11, 4148.
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Osei-Kumah, A., Ammit, A.J., Smith, R., Ge, Q. & Clifton, V.L. (2006) Inflammatory
mediator release in normal bronchial smooth muscle cells is altered by pregnant maternal and fetal
plasma independent of asthma. Placenta 27, 847-852.
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Stark, M.J., Dierkx, L., Clifton, V.L. & Wright, I.M. (2006) Alterations in the maternal
peripheral microvascular response in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia and the impact of
fetal sex. J Soc Gynecol Investig 13, 573-578.
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Stark, M.J., Wright, I.M.R. & Clifton, V.L. (2006) Maternal microvascular response to
corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH) is altered by gestation, fetal gender and pre-eclampsia.
Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation 13, 131a-132a.
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Wright, I.M.R., Clifton, V.L. & Stark, M.J. (2006) Characterisation of microvascular function
in very preterm infants in the first week of life. Journal of Vascular Research 43, 89-89.
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Zarzycki, P.K., Kulhanek, K.M., Smith, R. & Clifton, V.L. (2006) Determination of steroids
in human plasma using temperature-dependent inclusion chromatography for metabolomic
investigations. J Chromatogr A 1104, 203-208.
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Clifton, V.L., Bisits, A. & Zarzycki, P.K. (2007) Characterization of human fetal cord blood
steroid profiles in relation to fetal sex and mode of delivery using temperature-dependent inclusion
chromatography and principal component analysis (PCA). J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed
Life Sci 855, 249-254.
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Hodyl, N.A., Krivanek, K.M., Lawrence, E., Clifton, V.L. & Hodgson, D.M. (2007) Prenatal
exposure to a pro-inflammatory stimulus causes delays in the development of the innate immune
response to LPS in the offspring. J Neuroimmunol 190, 61-71.
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Hodyl, N.A., Walker, F.R., Krivanek, K.M., Clifton, V. & Hodgson, D.A. (2007) Modelling
prenatal bacterial infection: Functional consequences of altered hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis
development. Behavioural Brain Research 178, 108-114.
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Murphy, V.E., Fittock, R.J., Zarzycki, P.K., Delahunty, M.M., Smith, R. & Clifton, V.L.
(2007) Metabolism of synthetic steroids by the human placenta. Placenta 28, 39-46.
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Tolosa, J.M., Schjenken, J.E., Civiti, T.D., Clifton, V.L. & Smith, R. (2007) Column-based
method to simultaneously extract DNA, RNA, and proteins from the same sample. Biotechniques 43,
799-804.
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Engel, P.J., Smith, R., Brinsmead, M.W., Bowe, S.J. & Clifton, V.L. (2008) Male sex and
pre-existing diabetes are independent risk factors for stillbirth. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 48, 375383.
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Hodyl, N.A., Krivanek, M.M., Clifton, V.L. & Hodgson, D.M. (2008) Innate immune
dysfunction in the neonatal rat following prenatal endotoxin exposure. Journal of Neuroimmunology
204, 126-130.
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Johnson, R.F., Rennie, N., Murphy, V., Zakar, T., Clifton, V. & Smith, R. (2008) Expression
of glucocorticoid receptor messenger ribonucleic acid transcripts in the human placenta at term. J
Clin Endocrinol Metab 93, 4887-4893.
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Mayhew, T.M., Jenkins, H., Todd, B. & Clifton, V.L. (2008) Maternal asthma and placental
morphometry: effects of severity, treatment and fetal sex. Placenta 29, 366-373.
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Osei-Kumah, A., Smith, R. & Clifton, V.L. (2008) Maternal and cord plasma cytokine and
chemokine profile in pregnancies complicated by asthma. Cytokine 43, 187-193.
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Stark, M.J., Clifton, V.L. & Wright, I.M.R. (2008) Microvascular flow, clinical illness
severity and cardiovascular function in the preterm infant. Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal
and Neonatal Edition 93, F271-F274.
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Stark, M.J., Clifton, V.L. & Wright, I.M.R. (2008) Sex-specific differences in peripheral
microvascular blood flow in preterm infants. Pediatric Research 63, 415-419.
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Clifton, V.L., Engel, P., Smith, R., Gibson, P., Brinsmead, M. & Giles, W.B. (2009) Maternal
and neonatal outcomes of pregnancies complicated by asthma in an Australian population. Aust N Z J
Obstet Gynaecol 49, 619-626.
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Clifton, V.L., Hodyl, N.A., Murphy, V.E., Giles, W.B., Baxter, R.C. & Smith, R. (2009)
Effect of maternal asthma, inhaled glucocorticoids and cigarette use during pregnancy on the
newborn insulin-like growth factor axis. Growth Horm IGF Res 20, 39-48.
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Scott, N.M., Hodyl, N.A., Murphy, V.E., Osei-Kumah, A., Wyper, H., Hodgson, D.M., Smith,
R. & Clifton, V.L. (2009) Placental cytokine expression covaries with maternal asthma severity and
fetal sex. J Immunol 182, 1411-1420.
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Stark, M.J., Clifton, V.L. & Wright, I.M.R. (2009) Carbon Monoxide is a Significant
Mediator of Cardiovascular Status Following Preterm Birth. Pediatrics 124, 277-284.
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Stark, M.J., Clifton, V.L. & Wright, I.M.R. (2009) Neonates Born to Mothers With
Preeclampsia Exhibit Sex-Specific Alterations in Microvascular Function. Pediatric Research 65,
291-295.
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Stark, M.J., Wright, I.M.R. & Clifton, V.L. (2009) Sex-specific alterations in placental 11
beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2 activity and early postnatal clinical course following antenatal
betamethasone. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
297, R510-R514.
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Vu, T.T., Hirst, J.J., Stark, M., Wright, I.M.R., Palliser, H.K., Hody, N. & Clifton, V.L.
(2009) Changes in human placental 5 alpha-reductase isoenzyme expression with advancing
gestation: effects of fetal sex and glucocorticoid exposure. Reproduction Fertility and Development
21, 599-607.
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Clifton, V.L. (2010) The influence of fetal sex on the fetal-placental adaptation to stressors.
Journal of Reproductive Immunology 86, 12-13.
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Clifton, V.L., Hodyl, N.A., Murphy, V.E., Giles, W.B., Baxter, R.C. & Smith, R. (2010)
Effect of maternal asthma, inhaled glucocorticoids and cigarette use during pregnancy on the
newborn insulin-like growth factor axis. Growth Hormone & Igf Research 20, 39-48.
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Hodyl, N.A., Walker, F.R., Krivanek, K.M., Clifton, V.L. & Hodgson, D.M. (2010) Prenatal
endotoxin exposure alters behavioural pain responses to lipopolysaccharide in adult offspring.
Physiol Behav 100, 143-147.
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Lash, G.E., Burton, G.J., Chamley, L.W., Clifton, V.L., Constancia, M., Crocker, I.P.,
Dantzer, V., Desoye, G., Drewlo, S., Hemmings, D.G., Hiendleder, S., Kalionis, B., Keelan, J.A.,
Kudo, Y., Lewis, R.M., Manuelpillai, U., Murthi, P., Natale, D., Pfarrer, C., Robertson, S., Saffery,
R., Saito, S., Sferruzzi-Perri, A., Sobrevia, L., Waddell, B.J. & Roberts, C.T. (2010) IFPA Meeting
2009 Workshops Report. Placenta 31, S4-S20.
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Murphy, V.E., Clifton, V.L. & Gibson, P.G. (2010) The effect of cigarette smoking on asthma
control during exacerbations in pregnant women. Thorax 65, 739-744.
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Osei-Kumah, A., Wark, P.A.B., Smith, R. & Clifton, V.L. (2010) Asthma during pregnancy
alters immune cell profile and airway epithelial chemokine release. Inflammation Research 59, 349358.
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Zarzycki, P.K., Zarzycka, M.B., Slaczka, M.M. & Clifton, V.L. (2010) Acetonitrile, the
polarity chameleon. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 397, 905-908.
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Hodyl NA, Wyper H, Osei-Kumah A, Scott N, Murphy VE, Gibson P, Smith R, Clifton VL.
Sex-specific associations between cortisol and birth weight in pregnancies complicated by asthma are
not due to differential glucocorticoid receptor expression. Thorax. 2010 Aug;65(8):677-83.
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Hodyl NA, Stark MJ, Osei-Kumah A, Bowman M, Gibson P, Clifton VL. (2011) Fetal
Glucocorticoid-regulated Pathways Are Not Affected by Inhaled Corticosteroid Use for Asthma
during Pregnancy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Mar 15;183(6):716-22.
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Al-Khan A, Aye IL, Barsoum I, Borbely A, Cebral E, Cerchi G, Clifton VL, Collins S,
Cotechini T, Davey A, Flores-Martin J, Fournier T, Franchi AM, Fretes RE, Graham CH, Godbole G,
Hansson SR, Headley PL, Ibarra C, Jawerbaum A, Kemmerling U, Kudo Y, Lala PK, Lassance L,
Lewis RM, Menkhorst E, Morris C, Nobuzane T, Ramos G, Rote N, Saffery R, Salafia C, Sarr D,
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Schneider H, Sibley C, Singh AT, Sivasubramaniyam TS, Soares MJ, Vaughan O, Zamudio S, Lash
GE. (2011) IFPA Meeting 2010 Workshops Report II: Placental pathology; trophoblast invasion;
fetal sex; parasites and the placenta; decidua and embryonic or fetal loss; trophoblast differentiation
and syncytialisation. Placenta. 2011 Mar;32 Suppl 2:S90-9. Epub 2011 Jan 13.
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Wynne O, Horvat JC, Osei-Kumah A, Smith R, Hansbro PM, Clifton VL, Hodgson DM.
(2011) Early life infection alters adult BALB/c hippocampal gene expression in a sex specific
manner. Stress. 2011;14(3):247-61.
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Wynne O, Horvat JC, Kim RY, Ong LK, Smith R, Hansbro PM, Clifton VL, Hodgson DM.
(2011) Neonatal respiratory infection and adult re-infection: Effect on glucocorticoid and
mineralocorticoid receptors in the hippocampus in BALB/c mice. Brain Behav Immun. 25: 1214-22
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Scott NM, Hodyl NA, Osei-Kumah A, Stark MJ, Smith R, Clifton VL. (2011) The presence
of maternal asthma during pregnancy suppresses the placental pro-inflammatory response to an
immune challenge in vitro. Placenta. 32: 454-61
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Osei-Kumah A, Smith R, Jurisica I, Caniggia I, Clifton VL. (2011) Sex-specific differences in
placental global gene expression in pregnancies complicated by asthma. Placenta. 32: 570-8
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Zarzycki PK, Zarzycka MB, Clifton VL, Adamski J, Głód BK. (2011) Low-parachor solvents
extraction and thermostated micro-thin-layer chromatography separation for fast screening and
classification of spirulina from pharmaceutical formulations and food samples. J Chromatogr A. 2011
Aug 19;1218(33):5694-704. Epub 2011 Jun 22.
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Stark MJ, Hodyl NA, Wright IM, Clifton V.(2011) The influence of sex and antenatal
betamethasone exposure on vasoconstrictors and the preterm microvasculature. J Matern Fetal
Neonatal Med. 24:1215-20
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Prescott SL, Tulic M, Osei-Kumah A, Richman T, Crook M, Martino D, Dunstan JA,
Novakovic B, Saffery R, Clifton VL. (2011) Reduced placental FOXP3 associated with subsequent
infant allergic disease. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 128:886-887
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Powell H, Murphy VE, Taylor DR, Hensley MJ, McCaffery K, Giles W, Clifton VL, Gibson
PG. (2011) Management of asthma in pregnancy guided by measurement of fraction of exhaled nitric
oxide: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2011 Sep 10;378(9795):983-90
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Powell H, McCaffery K, Murphy VE, Hensley MJ, Clifton VL, Giles W, Gibson PG. (2011)
Psychosocial outcomes are related to asthma control and quality of life in pregnant women with
asthma. J Asthma. 2011 Dec;48(10):1032-40. doi: 10.3109/02770903.2011.631239.
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McLernon PC, Wood LG, Murphy VE, Hodyl NA, Clifton VL. (2012) Circulating antioxidant
profile of pregnant women with asthma. Clin Nutr. 31:99-107
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McLernon PC, Wood LG, Murphy VE, Hodyl NA, Clifton VL. (2012) Fatty acid profile of
pregnant women with asthma. European eJournal of Clinical Nutrition: 7:78-85
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Stark MJ, Hodyl NA, Butler M, Clifton VL. (2012) Localisation and characterisation of
uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) in the human preterm placenta. Placenta. 2012 Dec;33(12):1020-5.
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Tolosa JM, Schjenken JE, Clifton VL, Vargas A, Barbeau B, Lowry P, Maiti K, Smith R.
(2012) The endogenous retroviral envelope protein syncytin-1 inhibits LPS/PHA-stimulated cytokine
responses in human blood and is sorted into placental exosomes. Placenta. 2012 Nov;33(11):933-41.
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Wynne O, Horvat JC, Smith R, Hansbro PM, Clifton VL, Hodgson DM. (2012) Effect of
neonatal respiratory infection on adult BALB/c hippocampal glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid
receptors. Dev Psychobiol. 2012 Jul;54(5):568-75. doi: 10.1002/dev.20615. Epub 2011 Oct 17
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Zouikr, I., Tadros, M.A., Clifton, V.L., Beagley, K.W., Hodgson, D.M. (2013) Low Formalin
concentrations induce response that are sex and age dependent: a developmental study PLOS One: 8:
e53384.
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H. Powell, K McCaffery,V E Murphy,MJ Hensley, VL Clifton, W Giles, P G Gibson (2013)
Psychosocial variables are related to future exacerbation risk and perinatal outcomes in pregnant
women with asthma. J Asthma (in press accepted 21 Dec 2012)
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Clifton Vl, Hodyl, N.A. Fogarty,P.A., Torpy, D., Roberts, R., Nettelbeck, T. Ma, G. and
Hetzel, B (2013) The impact of iodine supplementation and bread fortification in a mildly iodine
deficient population of pregnant women in South Australia. Nutrition Journal 12: 32Reviews
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Schwartz, J., Revskoy, S., Redei, E., Clifton, V., Smith, R. & Cherny, R. (2002) Corticotrophs
and peptides. Arch Physiol Biochem 110, 146-153.
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Clifton, V.L. (2005) Sexually dimorphic effects of maternal asthma during pregnancy on
placental glucocorticoid metabolism and fetal growth. Cell Tissue Res 322, 63-71.
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Clifton, V. (2006) Maternal asthma during pregnancy and fetal outcomes: potential
mechanisms and possible solutions. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 6, 307-311.
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Murphy, V.E., Smith, R., Giles, W.B. & Clifton, V.L. (2006) Endocrine regulation of human
fetal growth: the role of the mother, placenta, and fetus. Endocr Rev 27, 141-169.
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Osei-Kumah, A., Hodyl, N. & Clifton, V.L. (2008) Proteomics in asthma. Expert Rev Clin
Immunol 4, 713-721.
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Prescott, S.L. & Clifton, V. (2009) Asthma and pregnancy: emerging evidence of epigenetic
interactions in utero. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 9, 417-426.
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Clifton, V.L. (2010) Sex and the Human Placenta: Mediating Differential Strategies of Fetal
Growth and Survival. Placenta 31, S33-S39.
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Hodyl, N., Stark MJ, Osei-Kumah, A., & Clifton, V.L. (2011) Prenatal programming of the
innate immune response following in utero exposure to inflammation: a sexually dimorphic process?
Expert Rev Clin Immunol 7: 579-92
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V L Clifton, M J Stark; A Osei-Kumah (2012) Review: The feto-placental unit, pregnancy
pathology and impact on long-term maternal health Trophoblast Research 33 S37-41
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Clifton VL, Davies M, Moore V, Wright IM, Ali Z, Hodyl NA. (2012) Developmental
Perturbation Induced by Maternal Asthma during Pregnancy: The Short- and Long-Term Impacts on
Offspring. J Pregnancy. 2012:741613.
Book Chapters
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Murphy, V.E., Smith, R., Giles, W.B and Clifton V.L. (2006) The role of the mother,
placenta, and fetus in the control of fetal growth during human pregnancy In Perinatal Programming:
Early Life Determinants of Adult Health and Disease (ed. D. H. a. C. Coe). Taylor and Francis,
London, pp. 3-17.
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Smith R, M.S., Clifton V, Chan E-C, Zakar T, Nicholson R, Giles W, Bisits A. (2003) The
Pathway To Human Birth. . In Cuadernos de Medicina Reproductiva (ed. C. Simón). Médica
Panamericana Roma.
100 Smith R, M.S., Nicholson R, Zakar T, Chan E-C, Bisits A, Clifton V, Giles W. (2004) Control
of the Length of Gestation - Lessons from Women. Preterm Birth. (ed. B. a. Thornton). Royal
College Obstetrics Gynecology, pp. 13-27.
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CV for Associate Professor Vicki Clifton
101 Smith R, M.S., Nicholson R, Clifton V, Zakar T, Chan E-C, Bisits A, Giles W. (2005) The
Regulation of Human Parturition. In: Birth, Distress and Disease. . (ed. J. S. Michael L Power).
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 77-90.
102. Wright IMR, Stark MJ, Clifton VL (2011) Assessment of the microcirculation in the neonate.
In: Hemodynamics and Cardiology: Neonatal Questions and Controversies. Ed. Charles S Klein &
Istvan Seri
103. J E Schjenken, J M Tolosa,, V L Clifton and R Smith (2012) Mechanisms of maternal
immune tolerance during pregnancy in “The Human Placenta” Intech Open Access Publications.
Book edited by: J Zheng. In press
104. V. L. Clifton, B. Smith, A Roy, A. Osei-Kumah, N. A. Hodyl, M J Stark, N. Parange, and Z
Saif (2011) Asthma during pregnancy Published by Future Medicine (in press).
105. Carson, K.V, Robertson, T.A., Brinn, M.P., Clifton, V.L., Esterman, A.J., Peters, M., Smith,
B.J. (2013) Tobacco use, cessation and prevention for Indigenous populations: Review of current
evidence and future perspectives. for the book titled 'Health Disparities: Epidemiology, Racial/Ethnic
and Socioeconomic Risk Factors and Strategies for Elimination'.
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