STAFF PROFILE
Dr. Simone De Luca
Position:
Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|Health and Biomedical Sciences
Phone:
+61399259486
Email:
simone.deluca@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora West
Contact me about:
Research supervision
- De Luca, S.,Chan, S.,Dobric, A.,Wang, H.,Seow, H.,Brassington, K.,Mou, K.,Alateeq, R.,Akhtar, A.,Bozinovski, S.,Vlahos, R. (2023). Cigarette smoke-induced pulmonary impairment is associated with social recognition memory impairments and alterations in microglial profiles within the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus In: Brain, Behaviour and Immunity, 109, 292 - 307
- Chan, S.,Brassington, K.,Almerdasi, S.,Dobric, A.,De Luca, S.,Coward-Smith, M.,Wang, H.,Mou, K.,Akhtar, A.,Alateeq, R.,Wang, W.,Seow, H.,Selemidis, S.,Bozinovski, S.,Vlahos, R. (2023). Inhibition of oxidative stress by apocynin attenuated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease progression and vascular injury by cigarette smoke exposure In: British Journal of Pharmacology, , 1 - 17
- Dhuna, K.,Helliwell, R.,De Luca, S.,Spencer, S.,Stokes, L. (2023). Ginsenosides enhance P2X7-dependent cytokine secretion from LPS-primed rodent macrophages In: Purinergic Signalling, , 1 - 7
- Dobric, A.,De Luca, S.,Spencer, S.,Bozinovski, S.,Saling, M.,McDonald, C.,Vlahos, R. (2022). Novel pharmacological strategies to treat cognitive dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease In: Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 233, 1 - 19
- De Luca, S.,Brassington, K.,Chan, S.,Dobric, A.,Mou, K.,Seow, H.,Vlahos, R. (2022). Ebselen prevents cigarette smoke-induced cognitive dysfunction in mice by preserving hippocampal synaptophysin expression In: Journal of Neuroinflammation, 19, 1 - 16
- Mou, K.,Chan, S.,Brassington, K.,Dobric, A.,De Luca, S.,Seow, H.,Selemidis, S.,Bozinovski, S.,Vlahos, R. (2022). Influenza A Virus-Driven Airway Inflammation may be Dissociated From Limb Muscle Atrophy in Cigarette Smoke-Exposed Mice In: Frontiers in Pharmacology, 13, 1 - 18
- Dobric, A.,De Luca, S.,Seow, H.,Wang, H.,Brassington, K.,Chan, S.,Mou, K.,Erlich, J.,Liong, S.,Selemidis, S.,Spencer, S.,Bozinovski, S.,Vlahos, R. (2022). Cigarette Smoke Exposure Induces Neurocognitive Impairments and Neuropathological Changes in the Hippocampus In: Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 15, 1 - 16
- Brassington, K.,Chan, S.,De Luca, S.,Dobric, A.,Almerdasi, S.,Mou, K.,Seow, H.,Oseghale, S.,Bozinovski, S.,Selemidis, S.,Vlahos, R. (2022). Ebselen abolishes vascular dysfunction in influenza A virus-induced exacerbations of cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation in mice In: Clinical Science, 136, 537 - 555
- Chan, S.,Bernardo, I.,Mastronardo, C.,Mou, K.,De Luca, S.,Seow, H.,Dobric, A.,Brassington, K.,Selemidis, S.,Bozinovski, S.,Vlahos, R. (2021). Apocynin prevents cigarette smoking-induced loss of skeletal muscle mass and function by preserving proteostatic signalling In: British Journal of Pharmacology, 178, 3049 - 3066
- Sominsky, L.,Younesi, S.,De Luca, S.,Loone, S.,Quinn, K.,Spencer, S. (2021). Ovarian follicles are resistant to monocyte perturbations—implications for ovarian health with immune disruption In: Biology of Reproduction, 105, 100 - 112
1 PhD Completions2 PhD Current Supervisions
- New ways to treat vascular cognitive impairment and dementia in chronic lung disease . Funded by: Lung Foundation Australia Grant 2014 onwards from (2021 to 2023)