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Roderick Macleod

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Professor EmeritusPsychiatry & Behavioural NeurosciencesMcMaster University

103 publications.

01

Oral dosing of pentoxifylline, a pan-phosphodiesterase inhibitor restores bone mass and quality in osteopenic rabbits by an osteogenic mechanism: A comparative study with human parathyroid hormone

Pal S, Porwal K, Khanna K, Gautam MK, Malik MY, Rashid M, Macleod RJ, Wahajuddin M, Parameswaran V, Bellare JR

Bone201919 citations
02

Cftr Modulates Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling and Stem Cell Proliferation in Murine Intestine

Strubberg AM, Liu J, Walker NM, Stefanski CD, MacLeod RJ, Magness ST, Clarke LL

Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology (CMGH)201887 citations
03

CFTR MODULATES WNT/BETA-CATENIN SIGNALING AND STEM CELL PROLIFERATION IN THE MURINE INTESTINE

Clarke LL, Strubberg AM, Liu J, Walker N, Magness S, MacLeod RJ

Pediatric Pulmonology2017Senior author
04

Murine Pulmonary Slowly-Adapting Receptors (SARs): Putative links to Neuroepithelial Body (NEB) hypoxia chemoreception and the Calcium Sensing Receptor (CaSR)

Domnik N, Vincent S, MacLeod RJ, Cutz E, Fisher J

The FASEB Journal2015
05

Epithelial calcium–sensing receptor activation by eosinophil granule protein analog stimulates collagen matrix contraction

Ngo PD, MacLeod RJ, Mukkada V, Turki R, Furuta GT

Pediatric Research20135 citations
06

Emerging Themes in Uterine Natural Killer Cell Heterogeneity and Function

Hatta K, MacLeod RJ, Gerber SA, Croy BA

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology201215 citations
07

Amphetamine stimulates Wnt3 increases in rat nucleus accumbens

MacLeod RJ, Moores ME, Beninger RJ

NeuroReport20125 citationsFirst author
08

Effect of increased dietary calcium on murine colonic CaSR expression and the effect of induced colitis on “rescued” CaSR−/PTH− (C−/P−) knockout mice

Turki R, Kelly JE, Pacheco I, MacLeod RJ

Bone20125 citationsSenior author
09

CaSR covalently modifies Wntless (Wls) to differentially regulate Wnt5a and Wnt3a secretion

Lungchukiet P, Kelly JE, Pacheco I, MacLeod RJ

Bone20121 citationsSenior author
10

CaSR is a novel marker for Malignant Mesothelioma and when activated causes apoptosis

Du J, Kelly JE, Pacheco I, MacLeod RJ

Bone2012Senior author
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