Publications

Ilich, Norman L., Chan, Enoch, Taylor, M. Scott, Gaerke, Brian, Suresh, Sinduja, Harkin, Damien G., Savi, Flavia Medeiros, Saifzadeh, Siamak, Hutmacher, Dietmar W., Dargaville, Tim R. (2024) Degradation and in vivo evaluation of an innovative delayed release implant of medical grade poly(glycolide-co-trimethylene carbonate-co-epsilon-caprolactone). European Polymer Journal, 221, pp.Article number: 113569. [eprints.qut.edu.au/254159/]
Hwang, Ji Hui, Lai, Andrew, Tung, John Paul, Harkin, Damien G., Flower, Robert L., Pecheniuk, Natalie M. (2024) Proteomic Characterization of Transfusable Blood Components: Fresh Frozen Plasma, Cryoprecipitate, and Derived Extracellular Vesicles via Data-Independent Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Proteome Research, 23 (10), pp.4508-4522. [eprints.qut.edu.au/252526/]
Etebar, Fazeleh, Whatmore, Paul, Harkin, Damien G., Dando, Samantha J. (2024) Tissue-Specific Immune Transcriptional Signatures in the Bordering Tissues of the Mouse Retina and Brain. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 65 (12), pp.Article number: 42. [eprints.qut.edu.au/253942/]
Hwang, Ji Hui, Tung, John Paul, Harkin, Damien G., Flower, Robert L., Pecheniuk, Natalie M. (2024) Extracellular vesicles in fresh frozen plasma and cryoprecipitate: Impact on in vitro endothelial cell viability. Transfusion, 64 (9), pp.1709-1718. [eprints.qut.edu.au/251468/]
Quince, Zachery, Alonso-Caneiro, David, Read, Scott A., Harkin, Damien G., Collins, Michael J. (2024) Static compression optical coherence elastography for the measurement of porcine corneal mechanical properties ex-vivo. Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, 44 (3), pp.609-616. [eprints.qut.edu.au/252196/]
Etebar, Fazeleh, Harkin, Damien G., White, Anthony R., Dando, Samantha J. (2024) Non-invasive in vivo imaging of brain and retinal microglia in neurodegenerative diseases. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 18, pp.Article number: 1355557. [eprints.qut.edu.au/247100/]
Young, Jennifer, Schmid, Katrina, Toalster, Nicholas, McGowan, Ceara, Ekwe, Adaeze, McKirdy, Natalie, Harkin, Damien (2024) Current and emerging strategies for the manufacture, implantation, and clinical management of corneal tissue allografts. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. [eprints.qut.edu.au/254375/]
Ekwe, Adaeze Precious, Au, Raymond, Zhang, Ping, McEnroe, Benjamin A., Tan, Mei Ling, Saldan, Alda, Henden, Andrea S., Hutchins, Cheryl J., Henderson, Ashleigh, Mudie, Kari, et al. (2024) Clinical grade multiparametric cell sorting and gene-marking of regulatory T cells. Cytotherapy, 26 (7), pp.719-728. [eprints.qut.edu.au/250700/]
Hwang, Ji Hui, Tung, John Paul, Harkin, Damien G., Flower, Robert L., Pecheniuk, Natalie M. (2023) Investigation of the effect of pre-analytical factors on particle concentration and size in cryoprecipitate using nanoparticle tracking analysis. Transfusion Medicine, 33 (5), pp.398-402. [eprints.qut.edu.au/242803/]
Roberts, Philipp K, Keane, Miriam, Yang, Gink, Chan, Elsie, Harkin, Damien G, McKirdy, Natalie, Daniell, Mark, other, and (2023) Comparison of penetrating and endothelial keratoplasty in patients with iridocorneal endothelial syndrome: A registry study. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 51 (7), pp.663-672. [eprints.qut.edu.au/244081/]
Roberts, Philipp K., Keane, Miriam, Yang, Gink, Chan, Elsie, Harkin, Damien, McKirdy, Natalie, Daniell, Mark D. (2023) A comparison of endothelial and penetrating keratoplasty in patients with iridocorneal endothelial syndrome: a registry study. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 64 (8), p.4790. [eprints.qut.edu.au/252351/]
Ekwe, Adaeze (2023) Regulatory T cell-directed therapy for graft-versus-host disease [eprints.qut.edu.au/242465/]
McGifford, Olivia J, Harkin, Damien G, Cuttle, Leila (2022) Effect of Rho-Associated Protein Kinase Inhibitors on Epidermal Keratinocytes: A Proposed Application for Burn Wound Healing. Tissue Engineering, Part B: Reviews, 28 (3), pp.555-568. [eprints.qut.edu.au/212822/]
Zang, Tuo, Heath, Kiana, Etican, Joseph, Chen, Lan, Langley, Donna, Holland, Andrew J.A., Martin, Lisa, Fear, Mark, Parker, Tony J., Kimble, Roy, et al. (2022) Local burn wound environment versus systemic response: Comparison of proteins and metabolites. Wound Repair and Regeneration, 30 (5), pp.560-572. [eprints.qut.edu.au/236206/]
Nili Ahmadabadi, Elham, Harkin, Damien, Dawson, Rebecca, Richardson, Neil, Suzuki, Shuko, Chirila, Traian (2021) Membranes Prepared from Recombinant RGD-Silk Fibroin as Substrates for Human Corneal Cells. Molecules, 26 (22), pp.Article number: 6810. [eprints.qut.edu.au/226111/]
Colorado, Luisa H., Dando, Samantha J., Harkin, Damien G., Edwards, Katie (2021) Label-free imaging of the kinetics of round-shaped immune cells in the human cornea using in vivo confocal microscopy. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 49 (6), pp.628-630. [eprints.qut.edu.au/211365/]
Dargaville, Tim R., Harkin, Damien G., Park, Jong Ryul, Cavalcanti, Amanda, Bolle, Eleonore C.L., Savi, Flavia Medeiros, Farrugia, Brooke L., Monnery, Bryn D., Bernhard, Yann, Van Guyse, Joachim F.R., et al. (2021) Poly(2-allylamidopropyl-2-oxazoline)-Based Hydrogels: From Accelerated Gelation Kinetics to in Vivo Compatibility in a Murine Subdermal Implant Model. Biomacromolecules, 22 (4), pp.1590-1599. [eprints.qut.edu.au/210247/]
Bhattacharya, Pradipta, Edwards, Katie, Harkin, Damien, Schmid, Katrina L. (2020) Central corneal basal cell density and nerve parameters in ocular surface disease and limbal stem cell deficiency: A review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 104 (12), pp.1633-1639. [eprints.qut.edu.au/200019/]
Alexander, Nadine, Walshe, Jennifer, Richardson, Neil A., Futrega, Kathryn, Doran, Michael R., Harkin, Damien G., Shadforth, Audra M.A. (2020) Stromal cells cultivated from the choroid of human eyes display a mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) phenotype and inhibit the proliferation of choroidal vascular endothelial cells in vitro. Experimental Eye Research, 200, pp.Article number: 108201. [eprints.qut.edu.au/203823/]
Wang, Shuang, Sarwat, Mariah, Wang, Peng, Surrao, Denver C., Harkin, Damien G., St John, James A., Bolle, Eleonore C.L., Forget, Aurelien, Dalton, Paul D., Dargaville, Tim R. (2020) Hydrogels with cell adhesion peptide-decorated channel walls for cell guidance. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 41 (15), pp.Article number: 2000295. [eprints.qut.edu.au/202739/]
Harkin, Damien, Goedegebuure, Leo (2020) Exploring the potential for mergers and strategic partnerships within the Australian higher education system through the application of Value Nets. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 42 (4), pp.458-477. [eprints.qut.edu.au/135170/]
Walshe, Jennifer, Abdulsalam, Najla Al Khaled, Suzuki, Shuko, Chirila, Traian, Harkin, Damien (2020) Growth of human and sheep corneal endothelial cell layers on biomaterial membranes. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2020 (156), pp.Article number: e60762. [eprints.qut.edu.au/204321/]
Alexander, Nadine, Walshe, Jennifer, Richardson, Neil A., Futrega, Kathryn, Doran, Michael R., Harkin, Damien G., Shadforth, Audra M.A. (2020) Stromal cells cultivated from the choroid of human eyes display a mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) phenotype and inhibit the proliferation of choroidal vascular endothelial cells in vitro. Experimental Eye Research, 200, pp.Article number: 108201. [eprints.qut.edu.au/203823/]
Nili Ahmadabadi, Elham, Li, Fiona, Dawson, Rebecca, Lau, Cora, McEwan, Blair, Barnett, Nigel, Weier, Steven, Walshe, Jennifer, Richardson, Neil, Harkin, Damien (2019) The impact of limbal mesenchymal stromal cells on healing of acute ocular surface wounds is improved by pre-cultivation and implantation in the presence of limbal epithelial cells. Cell Transplantation, 28 (9-10), pp.1257-1270. [eprints.qut.edu.au/129983/]
Smith, Tai, Suzuki, Shuko, Sabat, Nestor, Rayner, Cassie, Harkin, Damien, Chirila, Traian (2019) Further investigations on the crosslinking of tarsal collagen as a treatment for eyelid laxity: Optimizing the procedure in animal tissue. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 35 (6), pp.600-603. [eprints.qut.edu.au/129086/]
Suzuki, Shuko, Shadforth, Audra, McLenachan, Samuel, Zhang, Dan, Chen, Shang-Chih, Walshe, Jennifer, Lidgerwood, Grace, Pebay, Alice, Chirila, Traian, Chen, Fred, et al. (2019) Optimization of silk fibroin membranes for retinal implantation. Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for Biological Applications, 105, pp.Article number: 110131. [eprints.qut.edu.au/132453/]
Al Abdulsalam, Najla Khaled S, Barnett, Nigel, Harkin, Damien, Walshe, Jennifer (2018) Cultivation of corneal endothelial cells from sheep. Experimental Eye Research, 173, pp.24-31. [eprints.qut.edu.au/151299/]
Bobba, Samantha, Di Girolamo, Nick, Munsie, Megan, Chen, Fred, Pebay, Alice, Harkin, Damien, Hewitt, Alex, O'Connor, Michael, McLenachan, Samuel, Shadforth, Audra, et al. (2018) The current state of stem cell therapy for ocular disease. Experimental Eye Research, 177, pp.65-75. [eprints.qut.edu.au/120218/]
Galloway, Chad, Dalvi, Sonal, Shadforth, Audra, Suzuki, Shuko, Wilson, Molly, Kuai, David, Hashim, Ali, MacDonald, Leslie, Gamm, David, Harkin, Damien, et al. (2018) Characterization of human iPSC-RPE on a prosthetic Bruch's membrane manufactured from silk fibroin. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 59 (7), pp.2792-2800. [eprints.qut.edu.au/120056/]
Gillies, Peter, Richardson, Neil, Walshe, Jennifer, Stephenson, Sally-Anne, Dawson, Rebecca, Harkin, Damien (2018) Demonstration of P-selectin expression and potential function in human corneal epithelial cells. Experimental Eye Research, 176, pp.196-206. [eprints.qut.edu.au/120146/]
Walshe, Jennifer, Richardson, Neil, Al Abdulsalam, Najla Khaled S, Stephenson, Sally-Anne, Harkin, Damien (2018) A potential role for Eph receptor signalling during migration of corneal endothelial cells. Experimental Eye Research, 170, pp.92-100. [eprints.qut.edu.au/223484/]
Yang, Chih Huang, Albietz, Julie, Harkin, Damien, Kimlin, Michael, Schmid, Katrina (2018) Impact of oral vitamin D supplementation on the ocular surface in people with dry eye and/or low serum vitamin D. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 41 (1), pp.69-76. [eprints.qut.edu.au/127085/]
Gillies, Peter, Richardson, Neil, Walshe, Jennifer, Stephenson, Sally-Anne, Dawson, Rebecca, Harkin, Damien (2018) Demonstration of P-selectin expression and potential function in human corneal epithelial cells. Experimental Eye Research, 176, pp.196-206. [eprints.qut.edu.au/120146/]
Walshe, Jennifer, Richardson, Neil, Al Abdulsalam, Najla Khaled S, Stephenson, Sally-Anne, Harkin, Damien (2018) A potential role for Eph receptor signalling during migration of corneal endothelial cells. Experimental Eye Research, 170, pp.92-100. [eprints.qut.edu.au/223484/]
McKirdy, Natalie (2018) Cytoprotective silk biomaterials to repair retinal degeneration [eprints.qut.edu.au/252498/]
Bobba, Samantha, Di Girolamo, Nick, Mills, Richard, Daniell, Mark, Chan, Elsie, Harkin, Damien, Cronin, Brendan, Crawford, Geoffrey, McGhee, Charles, Watson, Stephanie (2017) Nature and incidence of severe limbal stem cell deficiency in Australia and New Zealand. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 45 (2), pp.174-181. [eprints.qut.edu.au/102530/]
Harkin, Damien, Sutherland, Allison, Bray, Laura, Foyn, Leanne, Li, Fiona, Cronin, Brendan (2017) The use of mesenchymal stromal cells in the treatment of diseases of the cornea. In Atkinson, K (Ed.), The biology and therapeutic application of mesenchymal cells, pp.524-543. [eprints.qut.edu.au/94548/]
Shadforth, Audra, Suzuki, Shuko, Theodoropoulos, Christina, Richardson, Neil, Chirila, Traian, Harkin, Damien (2017) A Bruch's membrane substitute fabricated from silk fibroin supports the function of retinal pigment epithelial cells in vitro. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 11 (6), pp.1915-1924. [eprints.qut.edu.au/87441/]
Harkin, Damien, Dunphy, Siobhan, Shadforth, Audra, Dawson, Rebecca, Walshe, Jennifer, Zakaria, Nadia (2017) Mounting of biomaterials for use in ophthalmic cell therapies. Cell Transplantation, 26 (11), pp.1717-1732. [eprints.qut.edu.au/109289/]
McKirdy, Natalie, Lidgerwood, Grace, Pebay, Alice, Suzuki, Shuko, Harkin, Damien, Chirila, Traian, Barnett, Nigel (2017) Optimized Bombyx mori silk sericin biomaterial for retinal pigment epithelium regeneration.. 2017 ARVO ASIA Meeting (including Translational Vision Summit). [eprints.qut.edu.au/244261/]
Singh, Ruchira, Shadforth, Audra, Galloway, Chad, Hasim, Ali, MacDonald, Lesley, Suzuki, Shuko, Harkin, Damien G. (2016) Characterization of hiPSC-RPE on a prosthetic Bruch's membrane. Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO 2016), p.5322. [eprints.qut.edu.au/112240/]
Chirila, Traian, Harkin, Damien (2016) An introduction to ophthalmic biomaterials and their role in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. In Harkin, D G, Chirila, T V (Eds.), Biomaterials and regenerative medicine in ophthalmology (2nd Edition) [Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials], pp.1-14. [eprints.qut.edu.au/94550/]
Chirila, Traian, Suzuki, Shuko, Hirst, Lawrence, Harkin, Damien (2016) Reconstruction of the ocular surface using biomaterial templates. In Harkin, D, Chirila, T (Eds.), Biomaterials and regenerative medicine in ophthalmology (2nd Edition) [Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials], pp.179-218. [eprints.qut.edu.au/94551/]
Li, Fiona, Nili Ahmadabadi, Elham, Lau, Cora, Richardson, Neil, Walshe, Jennifer, Barnett, Nigel, Cronin, Brendan, Hirst, Lawrence, Schwab, Ivan, Chirila, Traian, et al. (2016) Evaluation of the AlgerBrush II rotating burr as a tool for inducing ocular surface failure in the New Zealand White rabbit. Experimental Eye Research, 147, pp.1-11. [eprints.qut.edu.au/220931/]
Shadforth, Audra, Chirila, Traian, Harkin, Damien, Kwan, Anthony, Chen, Fred (2016) Biomaterial templates for the culture and transplantation of retinal pigment epithelial cells: A critical review. In Harkin, D, Chirila, T V (Eds.), Biomaterials and regenerative medicine in ophthalmology (2nd Edition) [Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials], pp.263-289. [eprints.qut.edu.au/94552/]
Hogerheyde, Thomas, Suzuki, Shuko, Walshe, Jennifer, Bray, Laura, Stephenson, Sally-Anne, Harkin, Damien, Richardson, Neil (2016) Optimization of Corneal Epithelial Progenitor Cell Growth on Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin Membranes. Stem Cells International, 20, pp.Article number: 8310127. [eprints.qut.edu.au/221953/]
Li, Fiona, Nili Ahmadabadi, Elham, Lau, Cora, Richardson, Neil, Walshe, Jennifer, Barnett, Nigel, Cronin, Brendan, Hirst, Lawrence, Schwab, Ivan, Chirila, Traian, et al. (2016) Evaluation of the AlgerBrush II rotating burr as a tool for inducing ocular surface failure in the New Zealand White rabbit. Experimental Eye Research, 147, pp.1-11. [eprints.qut.edu.au/220931/]
Chirila, Traian V., Suzuki, Shuko, McKirdy, Natalie C. (2016) Further development of silk sericin as a biomaterial: comparative investigation of the procedures for its isolation from Bombyx mori silk cocoons. Progress in Biomaterials, 5 (2), pp.135-145. [eprints.qut.edu.au/230371/]
Gillies, Peter, Bray, Laura, Richardson, Neil, Chirila, Traian, Harkin, Damien (2015) Isolation of microvascular endothelial cells from cadaveric corneal limbus. Experimental Eye Research, 131, pp.20-28. [eprints.qut.edu.au/79477/]
Harkin, Damien, Foyn, Leanne, Bray, Laura, Sutherland, Allison, Li, Fiona, Cronin, Brendan (2015) Concise Reviews: Can mesenchymal stromal cells differentiate into corneal cells? A systematic review of published data. Stem Cells, 33 (3), pp.785-791. [eprints.qut.edu.au/78134/]
Shadforth, Audra, Suzuki, Shuko, Alzonne, Raphaelle, Edwards, Grant, Richardson, Neil, Chirila, Traian, Harkin, Damien (2015) Incorporation of human recombinant tropoelastin into silk fibroin membranes with the view to repairing Bruch's membrane. Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 6 (3), pp.946-962. [eprints.qut.edu.au/87540/]
Suzuki, Shuko, Dawson, Rebecca, Chirila, Traian, Shadforth, Audra, Hogerheyde, Thomas, Edwards, Grant, Harkin, Damien (2015) Treatment of silk fibroin with poly(ethylene glycol) for the enhancement of corneal epithelial cell growth. Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 6 (2), pp.345-366. [eprints.qut.edu.au/84584/]
McKirdy, Natalie, Suzuki, Shuko, Harkin, Damien, Chirila, Traian, Barnett, Nigel (2015) Autoclave technique for the isolation of Bombyx mori sericin hydrolysate for potential neuroprotective applications. ASMR Postgraduate Student Conference & Health and Medical Research Awards. [eprints.qut.edu.au/244259/]