A/Prof Hans Zoellner

Head of the Discipline
Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine,
Faculty of Dentistry

Phone: +61 2 9845 7401
Fax: +61 2 9893 8671
Email: hzoellne@usyd.edu.au

C24 - Westmead Hospital
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Faculty Titles and Offices

Head of the Discipline of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine
Head of the Cellular and Molecular Pathology Research Unit

Teaching Areas

Oral Pathology

Research Interests

Vascular Biology
Cell Biology
Apoptosis
Inflammation
Tumour Biology
Wound Healing

Selected Publications

Xu W, Boadle R, Dear L, Cvejic M, Emmanuel C, Zoellner H. Ultrastructural changes in endothelium during apoptosis indicate low microembolic potential. Journal of Vascular Research 2005 42:377-387
Sloane A, Raso V, Dimitrov DS, Xiao X, Deo S, Muljadi N, Restuccia D, Turville S, Kearney C, Broder C, Zoellner H, Cunningham AL, Bendall L, Lynch GW. Marked structural and functional heterogeneity in CXCR4: Separation of HIV-1 entry and SDF-1alpha responses. Immunology and Cell Biology 2005 83:129-143
Hoa L, Xaymardan M, Gibbins J, Zoellner H. Expression of leptin mRNA, increase in cell size and the effect of auto-transplantation in adipogenic wound tissue. In: Biological Mechanisms of Tooth Movement and Craniofacial Adaptation. Editors: Davidovich Z & Mah J. Harvard Society for the Advancement of Orthodontics. Boston 2004, 25-29
Santangelo R, Zoellner H, Sorrell T, Wilson C, Donald C, Djordjevic J, Shounan Y, Wright L. Role of extracellular phospholipases and mononuclear phagocytes in dissemination of cryptococcosis in a murine model. Infection and Immunity 2004 72:2229-2239
McEwen A, Emmanuel C, Medbury H, Leick A, Walker DM, Zoellner H. Induction of contact-dependent endothelial apoptosis by osteosarcoma cells suggests a role for endothelial cell apoptosis in blood-born metastasis. Journal of Pathology 2003 201:395-403
Nishikawa T, Yoshida S, Tanaka A, Zoellner H, Walker DM. Histological aspects of human enamel fissure caries studied by CLSM. Microscopy and Analysis 2003 31:9-11
Xu W, Favalaro E, Zoellner H. Nitric oxide and prostacyclin are released by cultured apoptotic human umbilical vein endothelial cells consistent with an anti-micro-thrombotic potential. Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2002 88:883-884
Emmanuel C, Foo E, Medbury H, Matthews J, Comis A, Zoellner H. Synergistic induction of apoptosis in human endothelial cells by tumour necrosis factor-alpha and transforming growth factor beta. Cytokine 2002 18:237-241
Xaymardan M, Gibbins JR, Zoellner H. Adipogenic Healing in Adult Mice by Implantation of Hollow Devices in Muscle. The Anatomical Record 2002 268:28-36
Zoellner H, Chapple CC, Hunter N. Microvasculature in gingivitis and chronic periodontitis: Disruption of vascular networks with protracted inflammation. Microscopy Research and Technique 2002 56:15-31
Xaymardan M, Gibbins JR, Zoellner H. Adipogenic wound healing: A novel pattern of wound healing with therapeutic potential. Proceedings for the 7th World Congress for Microcirculation 2001 271-276
Zoellner H, Hou JY, Hochgrebe T, Poljak A, Duncan MW, Golding J, Henderson T, Lynch G. Fluorometric and mass spectromectric analysis of nonenzymatic glycosylated albumin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2001 284:83-89
Xu W, Favaloro E, Medbury H, Zoellner H. Human endothelial cells maintain anti-aggregatory activity for platelets during apoptosis. Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2001 85:915-923
Hunter N, Nicholls B, Srivastava M, Chapple C, Zoellner HF, Gibbins JR. Reactive pocket epithelium in untreated chronic periodontal disease: Possible derivation from developmental remnants of the enamel organ and the root sheath. Journal of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine 2001 30:178-186
Zoellner H, Hou YJ, Lovery M, Kingham J, Locki S, Srivastava M, Höfler M, Beckmann R, Hufnagl P, Wojta J, Fabry A, Binder BR, Vanjek E, Bileck E, Medbury H, Hochgrebe T, Lynch G. The relative significance of shear stress and plasma factors in regulating endothelial apoptosis. In: Biological Mechanisms of Tooth Eruption, Resorption and Replacement by Implants. Editors: Davidovich Z & Mah J. Harvard Society for the Advancement of Orthodontics. Boston. 2000 49-59
Zoellner H, Hou JY, Lovery M, Kingham J, Srivastava M, Bieleck E, Vanyek E, Binder BR. Inhibition of microvascular endothelial apoptosis in tissue explants by albumin. Microvascular Research 1999 57:162-173