Parathyroid hormone (PTH) stimulates hematopoietic cells through mechanisms of action that remain elusive. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is upregulated by PTH and stimulates hematopoiesis. The purpose of this investigation was to identify actions of PTH and IL-6 in hematopoietic cell expansion. Bone marrow cultures from C57B6 mice were treated with fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 ligand (Flt-3L), PTH, Flt-3L...

Author details Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne 3004, VIC, Australia. Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3050, VIC, Australia. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3800, VIC, Australia. Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne 3800, VIC, Australia. Department of Immunolog...

Author details School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Centre for Clinical Effectiveness, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Medicine Program, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Medical Services and Quality, Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Medical Services, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Ageing and Aged...

BACKGROUND Studies comparing the measurement properties of EQ-5D 3L (3L) and EQ-5D 5L (5L) are limited to specific patient populations with small sample sizes. Using a general population sample, we compared 3L and 5L in terms of their measurement properties and association with number of chronic conditions, including multimorbidity--the concurrent occurrence of two or more chronic conditions. ...

Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Locked Bag 300, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia. Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia. Department of Microbiology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Vic. 3...

Centre for Mental Health, Swinburne University, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia, 2 The Voices Clinic, Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, Alfred Hospital and Monash University Central Clinical School, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 3 Psychiatry, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia, Orygen: The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Parkville, VIC, Australia, 5 The Centre f...

1 Department of Cancer Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 2 Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia, 3 Department of Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia, 4 Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 5 Molecular Oncology...

1 Oncogenic Signalling and Growth Control Program and Cancer Therapeutics Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 2 The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 3 Cancer Immunobiology, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia, 4 School of Cancer Medicine, La Trobe Univ...

1CSIRO Preventative Health National Research Flagship, Australian e-Health Research CentreBioMedIA, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 2Department of Radiology, University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 4Department of Aged Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 5The Flore...