Dr Linda Blomster
Research Officer
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 334 62018
Journal Articles
Laska, Magdalena J., Moeller, Jesper Bonnet, Graversen, Jonas Heilskov, Strøbæk, Dorte, Blomster, Linda, Christophersen, Palle and Bahrami, Shervin (2022). Retroviral glycoprotein-mediated immune suppression via the potassium channel KCa3.1 – A new strategy for amelioration of inflammatory bowel diseases. Clinical Immunology, 242 109081, 109081. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2022.109081
James, Gregory, Stecco, Carla, Blomster, Linda, Hall, Leanne, Schmid, Annina B., Shu, Cindy C., Little, Christopher B., Melrose, James and Hodges, Paul W. (2022). Muscle spindles of the multifidus muscle undergo structural change after intervertebral disc degeneration. European Spine Journal, 31 (7), 1879-1888. doi: 10.1007/s00586-022-07235-6
Jiang, Yan, Castro, Joel, Blomster, Linda V., Agwa, Akello J., Maddern, Jessica, Schober, Gudrun, Herzig, Volker, Chow, Chun Yuen, Cardoso, Fernanda C., Demétrio De Souza França, Paula, Gonzales, Junior, Schroeder, Christina I., Esche, Steffen, Reiner, Thomas, Brierley, Stuart M. and King, Glenn F. (2021). Pharmacological Inhibition of the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Nav1.7 Alleviates Chronic Visceral Pain in a Rodent Model of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, 4 (4) acsptsci.1c00072, 1362-1378. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.1c00072
Chow, Chun Yuen, Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Walker, Andrew A., Guo, Shaodong, Blomster, Linda V., Ward, Micaiah J., Herzig, Volker, Rokyta, Darin R. and King, Glenn F. (2019). Venom peptides with dual modulatory activity on the voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1.1 provide novel leads for development of antiepileptic drugs. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, 3 (1) acsptsci.9b00079, 119-134. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.9b00079
Brennan, Faith H., Jogia, Trisha, Gillespie, Ellen R., Blomster, Linda V., Li, Xaria X., Nowlan, Bianca, Williams, Gail M., Jacobson, Esther, Osborne, Geoff W., Meunier, Frederic A., Taylor, Stephen M., Campbell, Kate E., MacDonald, Kelli P.A., Levesque, Jean-Pierre, Woodruff, Trent M. and Ruitenberg, Marc J. (2019). Complement receptor C3aR1 controls neutrophil mobilization following spinal cord injury through physiological antagonism of CXCR2. JCI Insight, 4 (9) e98254. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.98254
Villa, Alessandro, Klein, Barbara, Janssen, Bieneke, Pedragosa, Jordi, Pepe, Giovanna, Zinnhardt, Bastian, Vugts, Danielle J., Gelosa, Paolo, Sironi, Luigi, Beaino, Wissam, Damont, Annelaure, Dollé, Frédéric, Jego, Benoit, Winkeler, Alexandra, Ory, Dieter, Solin, Olof, Vercouillie, Johnny, Funke, Uta, Laner-Plamberger, Sandra, Blomster, Linda V., Christophersen, Palle, Vegeto, Elisabetta, Aigner, Ludwig, Jacobs, Andreas, Planas, Anna M., Maggi, Adriana and Windhorst, Albert D. (2018). Identification of new molecular targets for PET imaging of the microglial anti-inflammatory activation state. Theranostics, 8 (19), 5400-5418. doi: 10.7150/thno.25572
Agwa, Akello J., Blomster, Linda V., Craik, David J., King, Glenn F. and Schroeder, Christina I. (2018). Efficient enzymatic ligation of inhibitor cystine knot spider venom peptides: using sortase a to form double-knottins that probe voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1.7. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 29 (10) acs.bioconjchem.8b00505, 3309-3319. doi: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00505
James, Gregory, Sluka, Kathleen A., Blomster, Linda, Hall, Leanne, Schmid, Annina B., Shu, Cindy C., Little, Christopher B., Melrose, James and Hodges, Paul W. (2018). Macrophage polarization contributes to local inflammation and structural change in the multifidus muscle after intervertebral disc injury. European Spine Journal, 27 (8), 1744-1756. doi: 10.1007/s00586-018-5652-7
Nguyen, Hai M., Blomster, Linda V., Christophersen, Palle and Wulff, Heike (2017). Potassium channel expression and function in microglia: plasticity and possible species variations. Channels, 11 (4), 305-315. doi: 10.1080/19336950.2017.1300738
Blomster, Linda V., Strobaek, Dorte, Hougaard, Charlotte, Klein, Jessica, Pinborg, Lars H., Mikkelsen, Jens D. and Christophersen, Palle (2016). Quantification of the functional expression of the Ca2+-activated K+ channel KCa3.1 on microglia from adult human neocortical tissue. Glia, 64 (12), 2065-2078. doi: 10.1002/glia.23040
James, Gregory, Blomster, Linda, Hall, Leanne, Schmid, Annina B., Shu, Cindy C., Little, Christopher B., Melrose, James and Hodges, Paul W. (2016). Mesenchymal stem cell treatment of intervertebral disc lesion prevents fatty infiltration and fibrosis of the multifidus muscle, but not cytokine and muscle fiber changes. Spine, 41 (15), 1208-1217. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001669
Salaga, M., Blomster, L. V., Piechota-Polanczyk, A., Zielinska, M., Jacenik, D., Cygankiewicz, A. I., Krajewska, W. M., Mikkelsen, J. D. and Fichna, Jakub (2016). Encenicline, an alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist, reduces immune cell infiltration in the colon and improves experimental colitis in mice. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 356 (1), 157-169. doi: 10.1124/jpet.115.228205
Hodges, Paul W., James, Gregory, Blomster, Linda, Hall, Leanne, Schmid, Annina, Shu, Cindy, Little, Chris and Melrose, James (2015). Multifidus muscle changes after back injury are characterized by structural remodeling of muscle, adipose and connective tissue, but not muscle atrophy molecular and morphological evidence. Spine, 40 (14), 1057-1071. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000972
Hodges, Paul W., James, Gregory, Blomster, Linda, Hall, Leanne, Schmid, Annina B., Shu, Cindy, Little, Chris and Melrose, James (2014). Can proinflammatory cytokine gene expression explain multifidus muscle fiber changes after an intervertebral disc lesion?. Spine, 39 (13), 1010-1017. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000318
Blomster, Linda V., Brennan, Faith H., Lao, Hong W., Harle, David W., Harvey, Alan R. and Ruitenberg, Marc J. (2013). Mobilisation of the splenic monocyte reservoir and peripheral CX(3)CR1 deficiency adversely affects recovery from spinal cord injury. Experimental Neurology, 247, 226-240. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.05.002
Blomster, Linda V., Cowin, Gary J., Kurniawan, Nyoman D. and Ruitenberg, Marc J. (2013). Detection of endogenous iron deposits in the injured mouse spinal cord through high-resolution ex vivo and in vivo MRI. NMR in Biomedicine, 26 (2), 141-150. doi: 10.1002/nbm.2829
Rupasinghe, Darshani B., Knapp, Oliver, Blomster, Linda V., Schmid, Annina B., Adams, David J., King, Glenn F. and Ruitenberg, Marc J. (2012). Localization of Na(v)1.7 in the normal and injured rodent olfactory system indicates a critical role in olfaction, pheromone sensing and immune function. Channels, 6 (2), 103-110. doi: 10.4161/chan.19484
Blomster, Linda, Vukovic, Jana, Hendrickx, Debbie A.E., Jung, Steffen, Harvey, Alan R., Filgueira, Luis and Ruitenberg, Marc J. (2011). CX(3)CR1 deficiency exacerbates neuronal loss and impairs early regenerative responses in the target-ablated olfactory epithelium. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 48 (3), 236-245. doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2011.08.004
Vukovic, J, Blomster, LV, Chinnery, HR, Weninger, W, Jung, S, McMenamin, PG and Ruitenberg, MJ (2010). Bone marrow chimeric mice reveal a role for CX3CR1 in maintenance of the monocyte-derived cell population in the olfactory neuroepithelium. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 88 (4), 645-654. doi: 10.1189/jlb.0410194
Ruitenberg, Marc J., Vukovic, Jana, Blomster, Linda, Hall, Jarrad M, Jung, Steffen, Filgueira, Luis, McMenamin, Paul G. and Plant, Giles W. (2008). CX3CL1/fractalkine regulates branching and migration of monocyte-derived cells in the mouse olfactory epithelium. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 205 (1-2), 80-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2008.09.010
Conference Papers
Hodges, Paul, James, Greg P., Sluka, Kathleen A., Little, Christopher B., Hall, Leanne, Shu, Cindy C., Blomster, Linda V., Schmid, Annina and Melrose, James (2017). Macrophage Transformation Explains Local Inflammation and Structural Change in the Multifidus Muscle after Intervertebral Disc Injury. NASS Annual Meeting Proceedings, Orlando, FL, United States, 25-28 October 2017. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier . doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2017.07.163
Hodges, P., James, G., Blomster, L., Hall, L., Schmid, A., Shu, C., Little, C. and Melrose, J. (2015). Multifidus muscle undergoes structural remodeling of muscle, adipose and connective tissue, but not atrophy after injury: molecular and morphological evidence. World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress, Singapore, 1-4 May 2015. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.3404
Ruitenberg, Marc J., Brennan, Faith H., Gordon, Richard, Blomster, Linda V., Lao, Hong Wa, Cowin, Gary J., Taylor, Stephen M. and Woodruff, Trent M. (2014). Acute Antagonism of the Complement Anaphylatoxin Receptor C5Ar Improves the Outcome From Experimental Spinal Cord Injury. 11th Symposium of the International-Neurotrauma-Society, Budapest, Hungary, 19-23 March 2014. New Rochelle, NY United States: Mary Ann Liebert.
Brennan, Faith H., Blomster, Linda V., Costantini, Alexander M., Taylor, Stephen M., Woodruff, Trent M. and Ruitenberg, Marc J. (2012). Deficiency of the complement anaphylatoxin receptor C3aR on leukocytes worsens the outcome from spinal cord injury by promoting neutrophilia. 11th International Congress of Neuroimmunology (ISNI), Boston MA., United States, 4-8 November 2012. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier.