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Andy Giraud

Professor
Infection and Immunity
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia

Professor Infectious Diseases
Biography

Professor Andy Giraud is co-leader of the Gastrointestinal Research in Inflammation and Pathology (GRIP) group, which focuses on chronic inflammatory disease of the gut including eosinophilic oesophagitis, gastric cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. Professor Giraud is a recipient of a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Research Fellowship. The group's research is currently supported by grants from Worldwide Cancer Research (formerly AICR) and the NHMRC. Professor Giraud has been continuously supported by the NHMRC since 1988. He has an undergraduate degree in Zoology, a PhD in comparative gut morphology, and postdoctoral degrees on gut proteomics and endocrinology from the UK and USA.

Research Intrest

Pathology (GRIP),Infection and Immunity

List of Publications
Judd LM, Alderman BM, Howlett M, Shulkes A, Dow C, Moverley J, Grail D, Jenkins BJ, Ernst M, Giraud AS. Gastric cancer development in mice lacking the SHP2 binding site on the IL-6 family co-receptor gp130. Gastroenterology. 2004 Jan 31;126(1):196-207.
Tomita H, Takaishi S, Menheniott TR, Yang X, Shibata W, Jin G, Betz KS, Kawakami K, Minamoto T, Tomasetto C, Rio MC. Inhibition of gastric carcinogenesis by the hormone gastrin is mediated by suppression of TFF1 epigenetic silencing. Gastroenterology. 2011 Mar 31;140(3):879-91.
Howlett M, Chalinor HV, Buzzelli JN, Nguyen N, van Driel IR, Bell KM, Fox JG, Dimitriadis E, Menheniott TR, Giraud AS, Judd LM. IL-11 is a parietal cell cytokine that induces atrophic gastritis. Gut. 2012 Oct 1;61(10):1398-409.
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