Eva Turley, Western University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Western University profile.

Apoptosis Oncogenes And Tumour Suppressors Targets And Biomarkers Biomarkers Breast Cancer Hyaluronan Hyaluronan Receptors And Binding Proteins Osteoarthritis

Latest papers

The Role of Hyaluronan in Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Pathogenesis and Treatment.
Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2026
AP39, a novel mitochondria-targeted hydrogen sulfide donor, promotes cutaneous wound healing in an in vivo murine model of acute frostbite injury.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2025
Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4, a targetable oncoantigen that promotes ovarian cancer growth, invasion, cisplatin resistance and spheroid formation.
Translational oncology · 2022

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Roles of microenvironment hyaluronan in preventing skin cancer initiation
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$59,761
Hyaluronan:protein interactions in chronic inflammation
CIHR · 2012 · Nominated PI
$20,000
Mechanisms for unconventional export of cytoplasmic proteins and their functions
NSERC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$125,000

All 3 grants and awards

9 publications.

01

The Role of Hyaluronan in Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Pathogenesis and Treatment.

Shah J, Bhatt A, Yu S, Hill KA, Turley E, Symonette CJ

Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.)2026

DOI: 10.1177/22925503261457127 PMID: 42345033

02

AP39, a novel mitochondria-targeted hydrogen sulfide donor, promotes cutaneous wound healing in an in vivo murine model of acute frostbite injury.

Dugbartey GJ, Penney LN, Mills L, Zhang MY, Juriasingani S, Major S, McLeod P, Liu W, Haig A, Wood ME, Torregrossa R, Whiteman M, Turley E, Postenka C, Sener A

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2025.117869 PMID: 39879854

03

Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4, a targetable oncoantigen that promotes ovarian cancer growth, invasion, cisplatin resistance and spheroid formation.

Yang J, Liao Q, Price M, Moriarity B, Wolf N, Felices M, Miller JS, Geller MA, Bendzick L, Hopps R, Starr TK, O'Connor CH, Tarullo S, Nelson AC, Turley E, Wang J, McCarthy JB

Translational oncology2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2021.101318 PMID: 34942534

04

Dissecting the Dual Nature of Hyaluronan in the Tumor Microenvironment.

Liu M, Tolg C, Turley E

Frontiers in immunology2019Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00947 PMID: 31134064

05

Design of peptide mimetics to block pro-inflammatory functions of HA fragments.

Hauser-Kawaguchi A, Luyt LG, Turley E

Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2018.01.021 PMID: 29408009

06

Early experimental results of using a novel delivery carrier, hyaluronan-phosphatidylethanolamine (HA-PE), which may allow simple bladder instillation of botulinum toxin A as effectively as direct detrusor muscle injection.

El Shatoury MG, DeYoung L, Turley E, Yazdani A, Dave S

Journal of pediatric urology2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2017.11.016 PMID: 29482891

07

KISS1R signaling promotes invadopodia formation in human breast cancer cell via β-arrestin2/ERK.

Goertzen CG, Dragan M, Turley E, Babwah AV, Bhattacharya M

Cellular signalling2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2015.12.010 PMID: 26721186

08

Uncovering the dual role of RHAMM as an HA receptor and a regulator of CD44 expression in RHAMM-expressing mesenchymal progenitor cells.

Veiseh M, Leith SJ, Tolg C, Elhayek SS, Bahrami SB, Collis L, Hamilton S, McCarthy JB, Bissell MJ, Turley E

Frontiers in cell and developmental biology2015Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2015.00063 PMID: 26528478

09

Specific sizes of hyaluronan oligosaccharides stimulate fibroblast migration and excisional wound repair.

Tolg C, Telmer P, Turley E

PloS one2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088479 PMID: 24551108

Roles of microenvironment hyaluronan in preventing skin cancer initiation

Nominated PICIHR2022CIHR - ICR / Cancer Res. Society Partnership-Res. Gr. -Non-melanoma skin cancers

Principal investigators: Turley, Eva A

Keywords: Apoptosis ; Oncogenes And Tumour Suppressors ; Targets And Biomarkers

$59,761

Hyaluronan:protein interactions in chronic inflammation

Nominated PICIHR2012Team Grant: Health Challenges in Chronic Inflammation Initiative (LOI)

Principal investigators: Turley, Eva A

Keywords: Biomarkers; Breast Cancer; Hyaluronan; Hyaluronan Receptors And Binding Proteins; Osteoarthritis; Prostate Cancer; Proto-Type Therapeutics

$20,000

Mechanisms for unconventional export of cytoplasmic proteins and their functions

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Group

Principal investigators: Turley, Eva

$125,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Department of Surgery
Oncology
PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE, Western University
Physiology and Pharmacology
Other

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Moshmi Bhattacharya

Physiology and Pharmacology

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Sumit Dave

Department of Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Arjang Yazdani

Department of Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Aaron Haig

PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE, Western University

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Apoptosis Dear Professor Turley, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The Role of Hyaluronan in Keloid and Hypertrophic Scar Pathogenesis and Treatment." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Roles of microenvironment hyaluronan in preventing skin cancer initiation" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Eva Turley