Recent Publications

Li H., Richard K., McKinnon B. and Mortimer RH (2007) Effect of iodide on human choriogonadotropin, sodium-iodide symporter expression and iodide uptake in BeWo choriocarcinoma cells. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Oct;92(10):4046-4051

McKinnon B., Li H., Richard K. and Mortimer R (2005) Synthesis of thyroid hormone binding proteins transthyretin and albumin by human trophoblast.
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dec;90(12):6714-6720

Manley SW, Li H, Mortimer RH (2005) The BeWo choriocarcinoma cell line as a model of iodide transport by placenta. Placenta 26(5):380-6.

Mitchell AM, Tom M, Mortimer RH (2005) Thyroid Hormone Export from Cells: contribution of p-glycoprotein Journal of Endocrinology 185(1):93-8.

Mitchell AM, Manley SW, Morris JC, Powell KA, Bergert ER, Mortimer RH (2001) Sodium iodide symporter (NIS) gene expression in human placenta. Placenta 22, 256-65

Powell KA, Mitchell AM, Manley SW, Mortimer RH (2000) Different transporters for triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) in the human cell line JAR. Journal of Endocrinology 167, 487-492

Bernus I, Roberts MS, Rasiah RL, Mortimer RH (2000) Statistical moments for human placental transfer of solutes. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 51, 1381-1389

Bernus I, Mitchell AM, Manley SW, Mortimer RH (2000) Lack of membrane transport of L-thyroxine sulfate in the human choriocarcinoma cell line JAR. Placenta 21, 283-285

Mitchell AM, Rowan KA, Manley SW, Mortimer RH (1999) Comparison of mechanisms mediating uptake and efflux of thyroid hormones in the human choriocarcinoma cell line, JAR. Journal of Endocrinology 161, 107-113

Mitchell AM, Manley SW, Rowan KA, Mortimer RH. (1999) Uptake of reverse T3 in the human choriocarcinoma cell line, JAR. Placenta 20, 65-70

Bernus I, Mitchell AM, Manley SW, Mortimer RH (1999) Uptake of L-triiodothyronine sulfate by human choriocarcinoma cell line, JAR. Placenta 20, 161-165

Mortimer RH (1998) Thyroid disease in pregnancy. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 28, 647-653

Mitchell AM, Manley SW, Mortimer RH. (1997) Efflux of thyroid hormones from isolated human placental tissue is not stimulated during cell volume regulation. Placenta 18, 535-540

Mortimer RH, Cannell GR, Addisson RS, Johnson LP, Roberts MS, Bernus I (1997) Methimazole and propylthiouracil equally cross the perfused human term placental lobule. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 82, 3099-3102

Mortimer RH, Galligan JP, Cannell GR, Addisson RS, Roberts MS (1996) Maternal to fetal thyroxine submission in the human term placenta is limited by inner ring deiodination. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 81, 2247-2249

Mitchell AM, Yap AS, Payne EJ, Manley SW and Mortimer RH. (1995) Characterization of cell polarity and epithelial junctions in the choriocarcinoma cell line, JAR. Placenta 16, 31-39

Mitchell AM, Manley SW, Payne EJ and Mortimer RH. (1995) Uptake of thyroxine in the human choriocarcinoma cell line JAR. Journal of Endocrinology 146, 233-238