Associate Professor Rick Sturm
Affiliate Associate Professor
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Principal Research Fellow
Frazer Institute
+61 7 344 37380
Researcher biography
Our work on human pigmentation genetics has allowed understanding of normal variation in this physical trait and the associated genotypic risk for skin cancer. The genes that determine an individual's skin phototype and the cellular mechanisms that result in the tanning response of melanocytes after UV-exposure of the skin are actively being investigated.
Dr Rick Sturm is group leader for Molecular Genetics of Pigmentation research at the IMB.
Book Chapters
Beaumont, K. A., Liu, Y. Y. and Sturm, R. A. (2009). The melanocortin-1 receptor gene polymorphism and association with human skin cancer. Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science: G protein-coupled receptors in health and disease, Part A. (pp. 85-153) edited by Ya-Xiong Tao. San Deigo, California, U.S.A.: Elsevier : Academic Press.
Sturm, R A (2006). Transcription Factors: POU. Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine. (pp. 269-274) edited by Geoffrey J. Laurent and Steven D Shapiro. London: Elsevier Ltd. doi: 10.1016/B0-12-370879-6/00389-6
Cook, Anthony L., Boyle, Glen M., Leonard, J. Helen, Parsons, Peter G. and Sturm, Richard A. (2006). BRN2 in melanocytic cell development, differentiation and transformation. From Melanocytes to Melanoma: The Progression to Malignancy. (pp. 149-168) edited by V. J. Hearing and A. P. L. Leong. New Jersey: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-59259-994-3_8
Sturm, R. A. (2003). Colour in our Genes - Natural selection operating through climatic, dietary or immunological pressures?. Human Evolutionary Genetics. (pp. 415-416) edited by Jobling, M A; Hurles, M E; Tyler-Smith and C. New York, USA: Garland Publishing Taylor & Francis Books Ltd..
Leonard, J.H., Cook, A., Van Gele, M., Speleman, F. and Sturm, R. A. (2003). Expression of developmentally regulated transcription factors in merkel cell carcinoma. The Merkel Cell Structure-Development-Function-Cancerogenesis. (pp. 203-218) edited by Baumann, Klaus, I; Halata, Zdenek; Moll and Ingrid. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-10358-6_30
Journal Articles
Wallingford, Courtney K., Demeshko, Anastassia, Krishnankutty Krishnakripa, Asha, Smit, Darren J., Duffy, David L., Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Pflugfelder, Annette, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Holland, Elizabeth, Mann, Graham J., Primiero, Clare A., Yanes, Tatiane, Malvehy, Josep, Badenas, Cèlia, Carrera, Cristina, Aguilera, Paula, Olsen, Catherine M., Ward, Sarah V., Haass, Nikolas K., Sturm, Richard A., Puig, Susanna, Whiteman, David C., Law, Matthew H., Cust, Anne E., Potrony, Miriam, Soyer, H. Peter and McInerney-Leo, Aideen M. (2023). MC1R 'r' allele does not increase melanoma risk in MITF E318K carriers. British Journal of Dermatology, 188 (6), 770-776. doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljad041
Soyer, H. Peter, O’Hara, Montana, V. Silva, Carina, Horsham, Caitlin, Jayasinghe, Dilki, Sanjida, Saira, Schaider, Helmut, Aitken, Joanne, Sturm, Richard A., Prow, Tarl, Menzies, Scott W. and Janda, Monika (2023). Skin cancer excisions and histopathology outcomes when following a contemporary population‐based cohort longitudinally with 3D total‐body photography. Skin Health and Disease, 3 (2) e216, e216. doi: 10.1002/ski2.216
Maas, Ellie J, Wallingford, Courtney K, McGuire, Jessica J, Rutjes, Chantal, Smit, Darren J, Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Sturm, Richard A, Soyer, H Peter and McInerney-Leo, Aideen M (2022). Amelanotic/hypopigmented melanoma in a sibship with oculocutaneous albinism. The Journal of Dermatology, 49 (11), 1183-1187. doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.16528
Fane, Mitchell E., Chhabra, Yash, Spoerri, Loredana, Simmons, Jacinta L., Ludwig, Raquelle, Bonvin, Elise, Goding, Colin R., Sturm, Richard A., Boyle, Glen M., Haass, Nikolas K., Piper, Michael and Smith, Aaron G. (2022). Reciprocal regulation of BRN2 and NOTCH1/2 signaling synergistically drives melanoma cell migration and invasion. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 142 (7), 1845-1857. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.12.039
Muse, Meghan E., Bergman, Drew T., Salas, Lucas A., Tom, Lisa N., Tan, Jean-Marie, Laino, Antonia, Lambie, Duncan, Sturm, Richard A., Schaider, Helmut, Soyer, H. Peter, Christensen, Brock C. and Stark, Mitchell S. (2022). Genome-scale DNA methylation analysis identifies repeat element alterations that modulate the genomic stability of melanocytic nevi. The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 142 (7), 1893-1902.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.11.025
Dadzie, Ophelia E., Sturm, Rick A., Fajuyigbe, Damilola, Petit, Antoine and Jablonski, Nina G. (2022). The Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale: a proof-of-concept study. British Journal of Dermatology, 187 (1), 99-104. doi: 10.1111/bjd.21277
Pflugfelder, Annette, Yong, Xuan Ling Hilary, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Eigentler, Thomas K., Soyer, H. Peter, Sturm, Richard A., Flatz, Lukas and Duffy, David L. (2022). Genome-wide association study suggests the variant rs7551288*A within the DHCR24 gene is associated with poor overall survival in melanoma patients. Cancers, 14 (10) 2410, 2410. doi: 10.3390/cancers14102410
Ekanayake Weeramange, Chameera, Shu, Danhua, Tang, Kai Dun, Batra, Jyotsna, Ladwa, Rahul, Kenny, Lizbeth, Vasani, Sarju, Frazer, Ian H., Dolcetti, Riccardo, Ellis, Jonathan J., Sturm, Richard A., Leo, Paul and Punyadeera, Chamindie (2022). Analysis of human leukocyte antigen associations in human papillomavirus–positive and –negative head and neck cancer: Comparison with cervical cancer. Cancer, 128 (10), 1937-1947. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34148
Horsham, Caitlin, O'Hara, Montana, Sanjida, Saira, Ma, Samantha, Jayasinghe, Dilki, Green, Adele C, Schaider, Helmut, Aitken, Joanne F, Sturm, Richard A, Prow, Tarl, Soyer, H. Peter and Janda, Monika (2022). Experience of 3D total-body photography to monitor naevi: Results from an Australian general population-based cohort study. JMIR Dermatology, 5 (2) e37034, e37034. doi: 10.2196/37034
Giblin, William, Bringman-Rodenbarger, Lauren, Guo, Angela H., Kumar, Surinder, Monovich, Alexander C., Mostafa, Ahmed M., Skinner, Mary E., Azar, Michelle, Mady, Ahmed S.A., Chung, Carolina H., Kadambi, Namrata, Melong, Keith-Allen, Lee, Ho-Joon, Zhang, Li, Sajjakulnukit, Peter, Trefely, Sophie, Varner, Erika L., Iyer, Sowmya, Wang, Min, Wilmott, James S., Soyer, H. Peter, Sturm, Richard A., Pritchard, Antonia L., Andea, Aleodor A., Scolyer, Richard A., Stark, Mitchell S., Scott, David A., Fullen, Douglas R., Bosenberg, Marcus W. ... Lombard, David B. (2021). The deacylase SIRT5 supports melanoma viability by influencing chromatin dynamics. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 131 (12) e138926, 1-19. doi: 10.1172/jci138926
Fuiten, Allison M., Fankhauser, Reilly G., Smit, Darren J., Stark, Mitchell S., Enright, Trevor F., Wood, Mary A., DePatie, Nicholas A., Pivik, Karla, Sturm, Richard A., Berry, Elizabeth G. and Kulkarni, Rajan P. (2021). Genetic analysis of multiple primary melanomas arising within the boundaries of congenital nevi depigmentosa. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, 34 (6) pcmr.12979, 1123-1130. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12979
Stark, Mitchell S., Tell-Martí, Gemma, Martins da Silva, Vanessa, Martinez-Barrios, Estefania, Calbet-Llopart, Neus, Vicente, Asunción, Sturm, Richard A., Soyer, H. Peter, Puig, Susana, Malvehy, Josep, Carrera, Cristina and Puig-Butillé, Joan A. (2021). The distinctive genomic landscape of giant congenital melanocytic nevi. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 141 (3), 692-695. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.07.022
Lee, Katie J., Janda, Monika, Stark, Mitchell S, Sturm, Richard A. and Soyer, H. Peter (2021). On naevi and melanomas: two sides of the same coin?. Frontiers in Medicine, 8 635316, 635316. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.635316
McMeniman, E. K., McInerney-Leo, A. M., Peach, E., Lee, K. J., Yanes, T., Jagirdar, K., Stark, M. S., Soyer, H. P., Duffy, D. L. and Sturm, R. A. (2020). CDKN2A testing threshold in a high-risk Australian melanoma cohort: number of primaries, family history and young age of onset impact risk. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 34 (12) jdv.16627, e797-e798. doi: 10.1111/jdv.16627
Stark, Mitchell S., Denisova, Evgeniya, Kays, Trent A., Heidenreich, Barbara, Rachakonda, Sivaramakrishna, Requena, Celia, Sturm, Richard A., Soyer, H. Peter, Nagore, Eduardo and Kumar, Rajiv (2020). Mutation signatures in melanocytic nevi reveal characteristics of defective DNA repair. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 140 (10), 2093-2096.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.02.021
Rayner, Jenna E., Duffy, David L., Smit, Darren J., Jagirdar, Kasturee, Lee, Katie J., De’Ambrosis, Brian, Smithers, B. Mark, McMeniman, Erin K., McInerney-Leo, Aideen M., Schaider, Helmut, Stark, Mitchell S., Soyer, H. Peter and Sturm, Richard A. (2020). Germline and somatic albinism variants in amelanotic/hypomelanotic melanoma: increased carriage of TYR and OCA2 variants. PLoS ONE, 15 (9) e0238529, e0238529. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238529
Landi, Maria Teresa, GenoMEL Consortium, Bishop, D. Timothy, MacGregor, Stuart, Machiela, Mitchell J., Stratigos, Alexander J., Ghiorzo, Paola, Brossard, Myriam, Calista, Donato, Choi, Jiyeon, Fargnoli, Maria Concetta, Zhang, Tongwu, Rodolfo, Monica, Trower, Adam J., Menin, Chiara, Martinez, Jacobo, Hadjisavvas, Andreas, Song, Lei, Stefanaki, Irene, Scolyer, Richard, Yang, Rose, Goldstein, Alisa M., Potrony, Miriam, Kypreou, Katerina P., Pastorino, Lorenza, Queirolo, Paola, Pellegrini, Cristina, Cattaneo, Laura, Zawistowski, Matthew ... MelaNostrum Consortium (2020). Genome-wide association meta-analyses combining multiple risk phenotypes provide insights into the genetic architecture of cutaneous melanoma susceptibility. Nature Genetics, 52 (5), 494-504. doi: 10.1038/s41588-020-0611-8
Duffy, David, Sturm, Rick, Zhu, Gu and MacGregor, Stuart (2020). Gene discovery using twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 23 (2), 90-93. doi: 10.1017/thg.2020.38
Duffy, David L., Jagirdar, Kasturee, Lee, Katie J., McWhirter, Seamus R., McMeniman, Erin K., De’Ambrosis, Brian, Pflugfelder, Annette, Rayner, Jenna E., Whiteman, David C., Brown, Matthew A., Martin, N.G., Smithers, B.M., Schaider, Helmut, Soyer, H. Peter and Sturm, Richard A. (2020). Genes determining nevus count and dermoscopic appearance in Australian melanoma cases and controls. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 140 (2), 498-501.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.05.032
McMeniman, E. K., Duffy, D. L., Jagirdar, K., Lee, K. J., Peach, E., McInerney-Leo, A. M., De'Ambrosis, B., Rayner, J. E., Smithers, B. M., Soyer, H. P. and Sturm, R. A. (2019). The interplay of sun-damage and genetic risk in Australian multiple and single primary melanoma cases and controls. British Journal of Dermatology, 183 (2) bjd.18777, 357-366. doi: 10.1111/bjd.18777
Škalamera, Dubravka, Stevenson, Alexander J., Ehmann, Anna, Ainger, Stephen A., Lanagan, Catherine, Sturm, Richard A. and Gabrielli, Brian (2019). Melanoma mutations modify melanocyte dynamics in co-culture with keratinocytes or fibroblasts. Journal of Cell Science, 132 (24) jcs234716, jcs234716. doi: 10.1242/jcs.234716
Pavey, Sandra, Pinder, Alex, Fernando, Winnie, D'Arcy, Nicholas, Matigian, Nicholas, Skalamera, Dubravka, Lê Cao, Kim-Anh, Loo-Oey, Dorothy, Hill, Michelle M., Stark, Mitchell, Kimlin, Michael, Burgess, Andrew, Cloonan, Nicole, Sturm, Richard A. and Gabrielli, Brian (2019). Multiple interaction nodes define the post-replication repair response to UV-induced DNA damage that is defective in melanomas and correlated with UV signature mutation load. Molecular Oncology, 14 (1) 1878-0261.12601, 22-41. doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.12601
Duffy, D. L., Lee, K. J., Jagirdar, K., Pflugfelder, A., Stark, M. S., McMeniman, E. K., Soyer, H. P. and Sturm, R. A. (2019). Naevus count and MC1R R alleles contribute to melanoma risk. British Journal of Dermatology, 181 (5), e119-e119. doi: 10.1111/bjd.18487
Pavan, William J. and Sturm, Richard A. (2019). The genetics of human skin and hair pigmentation. Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics, 20 (1), 41-72. doi: 10.1146/annurev-genom-083118-015230
Rayner, Jenna E., McMeniman, Erin K., Duffy, David L., De'Ambrosis, Brian, Smithers, B Mark, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Lee, Katie J., Soyer, H Peter and Sturm, Richard A. (2019). IRF4 rs12203592*T/T genotype is associated with nodular melanoma. Melanoma Research, 29 (4), 445-446. doi: 10.1097/CMR.0000000000000596
Rayner, J. E., McMeniman, E. K., Duffy, D. L., De'Ambrosis, B., Smithers, B. M., Jagirdar, K., Lee, K. J., Soyer, H. P. and Sturm, R. A. (2019). Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of amelanotic and hypomelanotic melanoma patients. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 33 (6) jdv.15446, 1076-1083. doi: 10.1111/jdv.15446
Duffy, D. L., Lee, K. J., Jagirdar, K., Pflugfelder, A., Stark, M. S., McMeniman, E. K., Soyer, H. P. and Sturm, R. A. (2019). High naevus count and MC1R red hair alleles contribute synergistically to increased melanoma risk. British Journal of Dermatology, 181 (5) bjd.17833, 1009-1016. doi: 10.1111/bjd.17833
Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Li, Xin, Sanna, Marianna, Iles, Mark M., Jacobs, Leonie C., Evans, David M., Yazar, Seyhan, Beesley, Jonathan, Law, Matthew H., Kraft, Peter, Visconti, Alessia, Taylor, John C., Liu, Fan, Wright, Margaret J., Henders, Anjali K., Bowdler, Lisa, Glass, Dan, Ikram, M. Arfan, Uitterlinden, André G., Madden, Pamela A., Heath, Andrew C., Nelson, Elliot C., Green, Adele C., Chanock, Stephen, Barrett, Jennifer H., Brown, Matthew A., Hayward, Nicholas K., MacGregor, Stuart ... Martin, Nicholas G. (2019). Publisher correction: Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 299, 299. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-08078-w
Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Li, Xin, Sanna, Marianna, Iles, Mark M., Jacobs, Leonie C., Evans, David M., Yazar, Seyhan, Beesley, Jonathan, Law, Matthew H., Kraft, Peter, Visconti, Alessia, Taylor, John C., Lui, Fan, Wright, Margaret J., Henders, Anjali K., Bowdler, Lisa, Glass, Dan, Ikram, Arfan M., Uitterlinden, André G., Madden, Pamela A., Heath, Andrew C., Nelson, Elliot C., Green, Adele C., Chanock, Stephen, Barrett, Jennifer H., Brown, Matthew A., Hayward, Nicholas K., MacGregor, Stuart ... Martin, Nicholas G. (2018). Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 4774, 4774. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06649-5
Filipp, Fabian V., Birlea, Stanca, Bosenberg, Marcus W., Brash, Douglas, Cassidy, Pamela B., Chen, Suzie, D'Orazio, John A., Fujita, Mayumi, Goh, Boon-Kee, Herlyn, Meenhard, Indra, Arup K., Larue, Lionel, Leachman, Sancy A., Le Poole, Caroline, Liu-Smith, Feng, Manga, Prashiela, Montoliu, Lluis, Norris, David A., Shellman, Yiqun, Smalley, Keiran S. M., Spritz, Richard A., Sturm, Richard A., Swetter, Susan M., Terzian, Tamara, Wakamatsu, Kazumasa, Weber, Jeffrey S. and Box, Neil F. (2018). Frontiers in pigment cell and melanoma research. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 31 (6), 728-735. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12728
Stark, Mitchell S., Tan, Jean-Marie, Tom, Lisa, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Lambie, Duncan, Schaider, Helmut, Soyer, H. Peter and Sturm, Richard A. (2018). Whole-exome sequencing of acquired nevi identifies mechanisms for development and maintenance of benign neoplasms (vol 138, pg 1636, 2018). Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 138 (9), 2085-2085. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.06.174
Koh, Uyen, Janda, Monika, Aitken, Joanne F., Duffy, David L., Menzies, Scott, Sturm, Richard A., Schaider, Helmut, Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Prow, Tarl, Soyer, H. Peter and Green, Adele C. (2018). ‘Mind your Moles’ study: protocol of a prospective cohort study of melanocytic naevi. BMJ Open, 8 (9) e025857, e025857. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025857
Fane, Mitchell E. and Sturm, Richard A. (2018). Four! Drivers of melanoma differentiation-when to use iron. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 31 (6), 658-660. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12725
Oo, Zay Yar, Stevenson, Alexander J., Proctor, Martina A., Daignault, Sheena M., Walpole, Sebastian, Lanagan, Catherine, Chen, James, Skalamera, Dubravka, Spoerri, Loredana, Ainger, Stephen, Sturm, Richard A, Haass, Nikolas K and Gabrielli, Brian (2018). Endogenous replication stress marks melanomas sensitive to CHEK1 inhibitors in vivo. Clinical Cancer Research, 24 (12), 2901-2912. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-2701
Fane, Mitchell E., Chhabra, Yash, Smith, Aaron G. and Sturm, Richard A. (2018). BRN2, a POUerful driver of melanoma phenotype switching and metastasis. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 32 (1), 9-24. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12710
Thomas, S, Laino, A, Sturm, R, Nufer, K, Lambie, D, Shepherd, B, Atkinson, V, Adams, L, Soyer, H P and Schaider, H (2018). Focal regression of a primary melanoma, fading lentigines, and poliosis in metastatic melanoma treated with anti-PD-1. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV, 32 (5), e176-e177. doi: 10.1111/jdv.14678
Laino, A. M., Berry, E. G., Jagirdar, K., Lee, K. J., Duffy, D. L., Soyer, H. P. and Sturm, R. A. (2018). Iris pigmented lesions as a marker of cutaneous melanoma risk: an Australian case-control study. British Journal of Dermatology, 178 (5), 1119-1127. doi: 10.1111/bjd.16323
McInerney-Leo, A. M., Wheeler, L., Sturm, R. A., Tan, J. M., Harris, J. E., Anderson, L., Jagirdar, K., Brown, M. A., Leo, P. J., Soyer, H. P. and Duncan, E. L. (2018). Point mutation in p14ARF-specific exon 1β of CDKN2A causing familial melanoma and astrocytoma. British Journal of Dermatology, 178 (4), e263-e264. doi: 10.1111/bjd.16275
Sturm, Richard A. and Duffy, David L. (2018). Towards the full spectrum of genes for human skin colour. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 31 (4), 457-458. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12691
Stark, Mitchell S., Tan, Jean-Marie, Tom, Lisa, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Lambie, Duncan, Schaider, Helmut, Soyer, H. Peter and Sturm, Richard A. (2018). Whole-exome sequencing of acquired nevi identifies mechanisms for development and maintenance of benign neoplasms. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 138 (7), 1636-1644. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.02.012
Tan, J. M., Tom, L. N., Jagirdar, K., Lambie, D., Schaider, H., Sturm, R. A., Soyer, H. P. and Stark, M. S. (2018). The BRAF and NRAS mutation prevalence in dermoscopic subtypes of acquired naevi reveals constitutive MAPK pathway activation. British Journal of Dermatology, 178 (1), 191-197. doi: 10.1111/bjd.15809
Chhabra, Yash, Yong, Hilary X. L., Fane, Mitchell E., Soogrim, Arish, Lim, Wen, Mahiuddin, Dayana Nur, Kim, Reuben S. Q., Ashcroft, Melinda, Beatson, Scott A., Ainger, Stephen A., Smit, Darren J., Jagirdar, Kasturee, Walker, Graeme J., Sturm, Richard A. and Smith, Aaron G. (2018). Genetic variation in IRF4 expression modulates growth characteristics, tyrosinase expression and interferon-gamma response in melanocytic cells. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, 31 (1), 51-63. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12620
Emran, Abdullah Al, Marzese, Diego M., Menon, Dinoop Ravindran, Stark, Mitchell S., Torrano, Joachim, Hammerlindl, Heinz, Zhang, Gao, Brafford, Patricia, Salomon, Matthew P., Nelson, Nellie, Hammerlindl, Sabrina, Gupta, Deepesh, Mills, Gordon B., Lu, Yiling, Sturm, Richard A., Flaherty, Keith, Hoon, Dave S. B., Gabrielli, Brian, Herlyn, Meenhard and Schaider, Helmut (2017). Distinct histone modifications denote early stress-induced drug tolerance in cancer. Oncotarget, 9 (9), 8206-8222. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.23654
Li, Xiaohong, Lee, Katie J., Duffy, David L., Xu, Dandan, Rao Basude, Madhur Eshwar, Hu, Ying, Zhang, Hang, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Soyer, H. Peter, Dong, Huiting and Sturm, Richard A. (2017). Acquired melanocytic naevus phenotypes and MC1R genotypes in Han Chinese: A cross-sectional study. PeerJ, 5 (12) e4168, e4168. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4168
Schaider, H and Sturm, R A (2017). The evolving universe of BRAF mutations in melanoma. The British Journal of Dermatology, 177 (4), 893-893. doi: 10.1111/bjd.15829
McWhirter, Seamus R, Duffy, David L, Lee, Katie J, Wimberley, Glen, McClenahan, Philip, Ling, Natalie, Ardigo, Marco, Schaider, Helmut, Soyer, H Peter and Sturm, Richard A (2017). Classifying dermoscopic patterns of naevi in a case-control study of melanoma. PloS One, 12 (10) e0186647, 1-10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186647
Heppt, Markus V., Wang, Joshua X., Hristova, Denitsa M., Wei, Zhi, Li, Ling, Evans, Brianna, Beqiri, Marilda, Zaman, Samir, Zhang, Jie, Irmler, Martin, Berking, Carola, Besch, Robert, Beckers, Johannes, Rauscher, Frank J., Sturm, Rick A., Fisher, David E., Herlyn, Meenhard and Fukunaga-Kalabis, Mizuho (2017). MSX1-Induced Neural Crest-Like Reprogramming Promotes Melanoma Progression. The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 138 (1), 141-149. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.05.038
Law, Matthew H., Medland, Sarah E., Zhu, Gu, Yazar, Seyhan, Vinuela, Ana, Wallace, Leanne, Shekar, Sri Niranjan, Duffy, David L., Bataille, Veronique, Glass, Dan, Spector, Tim D., Wood, Diane, MuTHER Consortium, Gordon, Scott D., Barbour, Julie M., Henders, Anjali K., Hewitt, Alex W., Montgomery, Grant W., Sturm, Richard A., Mackey, David A., Green, Adele C., Martin, Nicholas G. and MacGregor, Stuart (2017). Genome-Wide Association shows that pigmentation genes play a role in skin aging. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 137 (9), 1887-1894. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.04.026
Yin, Kelvin, Chhabra, Yash, Tropee, Romain, Lim, Yi Chieh, Fane, Mitchell, Dray, Eloise, Sturm, Richard A. and Smith, Aaron G. (2017). NR4A2 Promotes DNA double-strand break repair upon exposure to UVR. Molecular Cancer Research, 15 (9), 1184-1196. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-17-0002
Ainger, Stephen A., Yong, X. L. Hilary, Soyer, H. Peter and Sturm, Richard A. (2017). Testing of viable human skin cell dilution cultures as an approach to validating microsampling. Archives of Dermatological Research, 309 (4), 305-310. doi: 10.1007/s00403-017-1726-3
Ainger, Stephen A. , Jagirdar, Kasturee, Lee, Katie J. , Soyer, H. Peter and Sturm, Richard A. (2017). Skin pigmentation genetics for the clinic. Dermatology, 233 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1159/000468538
Daley, G. M., Duffy, D. L., Pflugfelder, A., Jagirdar, K., Lee, K. J., Yong, X. L., Eigentler, T. K., Weide, B., Smithers, B. M., Martin, N. G., Garbe, C., Soyer, H. P. and Sturm, R. A. (2017). GSTP1 does not modify MC1R effects on melanoma risk. Experimental Dermatology, 26 (8), 730-733. doi: 10.1111/exd.13114
Fane, Mitchell E., Chhabra, Yash, Hollingsworth, David E. J., Simmons, Jacinta L., Spoerri, Loredana, Oh, Tae Gyu, Chauhan, Jagat, Chin, Toby, Harris, Lachlan, Harvey, Tracey J., Muscat, George E. O., Goding, Colin R., Sturm, Richard A., Haass, Nikolas K., Boyle, Glen M., Piper, Michael and Smith, Aaron G. (2017). NFIB mediates BRN2 driven melanoma cell migration and invasion through regulation of EZH2 and MITF. EBioMedicine, 16, 63-75. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.01.013
Lee, S., Duffy, D.L., Mcclenahan, P., Lee, K. J., McEniery, E., Burke, B., Jagirdar, K., Martin, N.G., Sturm, R.A., Soyer, H.P. and Schaider, H. (2016). Heritability of naevus patterns in an adult twin cohort from the Brisbane Twin Registry: A cross-sectional study. British Journal of Dermatology, 174 (2), 356-363. doi: 10.1111/bjd.14291
Fox, Carly, Schaider, Helmut, Akalin, Taner, Turkmen, Meltem, Sturm, Rick, Lambie, Duncan, Karaarslan, Isil K., Soyer, H. Peter, Ozdemir, Fezal and Gabrielli, Brian (2016). A distinct expression profile separates Turkish and Australian melanocytic naevi. Histopathology, 69 (1), 151-154. doi: 10.1111/his.12906
Stoehr, Christine G., Walter, Bernhard, Denzinger, Stefan, Ghiorzo, Paola, Sturm, Richard A., Hinze, Raoul, Moch, Holger, Junker, Kerstin, Hartmann, Arndt and Stoehr, Robert (2016). The microphthalmia-associated transcription factor p.E318K mutation does not play a major role in sporadic renal cell tumors from Caucasian patients. Pathobiology, 83 (4), 165-169. doi: 10.1159/000443311
Bohm, M., Jagirdar, K., Sturm, R.A., Konig, S., Bauer, J., Metze, D., Luger, T.A. and Weishaupt, C. (2015). Lack of protection from development of multiple melanomas by an injected melanocortin analogue in a combined high-risk MC1R/CDKN2A genotype patient. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 30 (10), e65-e67. doi: 10.1111/jdv.13310
Ramnath, Divya, Tunny, Kathryn, Hohenhaus, Daniel M., Pitts, Claire M., Bergot, Anne-Sophie, Hogarth, P. Mark, Hamilton, John A., Kapetanovic, Ronan, Sturm, Richard A., Scholz, Glen M. and Sweet, Matthew J. (2015). TLR3 drives IRF6-dependent IL-23p19 expression and p19/EBI3 heterodimer formation in keratinocytes. Immunology and Cell Biology, 93 (9), 771-779. doi: 10.1038/icb.2015.77
Liu, Fan, Visser, Mijke, Duffy, David L., Hysi, Pirro G., Jacobs, Leonie C., Lao, Oscar, Zhong, Kaiyin, Walsh, Susan, Chaitanya, Lakshmi, Wollstein, Andreas, Zhu, Gu, Montgomery, Grant W., Henders, Anjali K., Mangino, Massimo, Glass, Daniel, Bataille, Veronique, Sturm, Richard A., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Hofman, Albert, van IJcken, Wilfred F. J., Uitterlinden, André G., Palstra, Robert-Jan T. S., Spector, Timothy D., Martin, Nicholas G., Nijsten, Tamar E. C. and Kayser, Manfred (2015). Genetics of skin color variation in Europeans: genome-wide association studies with functional follow-up. Human Genetics, 134 (8), 823-835. doi: 10.1007/s00439-015-1559-0
Ainger, Stephen A. and Sturm, Richard A. (2015). Src and SCC: getting to the FAKs. Experimental Dermatology, 24 (7), 487-488. doi: 10.1111/exd.12725
Tan, Jean-Marie, Lin, Lynlee L., Lambie, Duncan, Flewell-Smith, Ross, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Schaider, Helmut, Sturm, Richard A., Prow, Tari W. and Soyer, H. Peter (2015). BRAF wild-type melanoma in situ arising in a BRAF V600E mutant dysplastic nevus. JAMA Dermatology, 151 (4), 417-421. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.3775
Sinnya, Sudipta, Jagirdar, Kasturee, De'Ambrosis, Brian, McMeniman, Erin, Sturm, Richard A. and Soyer, H. Peter (2015). High incidence of primary melanomas in an MC1R RHC homozygote/CDKN2A mutant genotype patient. Archives of Dermatological Research, 307 (8), 741-745. doi: 10.1007/s00403-015-1582-y
Ainger, Stephen A., Yong, Xuan L., Wong, Shu S., Skalamera, Dubravka, Gabrielli, Brian, Leonard, J. Helen and Sturm, Richard A. (2014). DCT protects human melanocytic cells from UVR and ROS damage and increases cell viability. Experimental Dermatology, 23 (12), 916-921. doi: 10.1111/exd.12574
Banan, P., Lee, K. J., McClenahan, P., Jagirdar, K., Sturm, Richard A. and Soyer, H. Peter (2014). Dermoscopy, reflectance confocal microscopy and histopathology of a melanoma in situ from an individual homozygous for GSTP1*105Val/MC1R*92Met. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 57 (1), 64-67. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12250
Jagirdar, Kasturee, Smit, Darren J., Ainger, Stephen A., Lee, Katie J., Brown, Darren L., Chapman, Brett, Zhao, Zhen Zhen, Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G., Stow, Jennifer L., Duffy, David L. and Sturm, Richard A. (2014). Molecular analysis of common polymorphisms within the human Tyrosinase locus and genetic association with pigmentation traits. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 27 (4), 552-564. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12253
Praetorius, Christian, Sturm, Richard A. and Steingrimsson, Eirikur (2014). Sun-induced freckling: Ephelides and solar lentigines. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 27 (3), 339-350. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12232
McClenahan, Phil, Lin, Lynlee L., Tan, Jean-Marie, Flewell-Smith, Ross, Schaider, Helmut, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Atkinson, Victoria, Lambie, Duncan, Prow, Tarl W., Sturm, Richard A. and Soyer, Peter (2014). BRAFV600E Mutation Status of Involuting and Stable Nevi in Dabrafenib Therapy with or without Trametinib. JAMA Dermatology, 150 (10), 1079-1082. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.436
Sturm, Richard A., Fox, Carly, McClenahan, Phil, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Ibarrola-Villava, Maider, Banan, Parastoo, Abbott, Nicola C., Ribas, Gloria, Gabrielli, Brian, Duffy, David L. and Soyer, H. Peter (2014). Phenotypic characterization of nevus and tumor patterns in MITF E318K mutation carrier melanoma patients. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 134 (1), 141-149. doi: 10.1038/jid.2013.272
Olalde, Inigo, Allentoft, Morten E., Sanchez-Quinto, Federico, Santpere, Gabriel, Chiang, Charleston W. K., DeGiorgio, Michael, Prado-Martinez, Javier, Rodriguez, Juan Antonio, Rasmussen, Simon, Quilez, Javier, Ramirez, Oscar, Marigorta, Urko M., Fernandez-Callejo, Marcos, Prada, Maria Encina, Encinas, Julio Manuel Vidal, Nielsen, Rasmus, Netea, Mihai G., Novembre, John, Sturm, Richard A., Sabeti, Pardis, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, Navarro, Arcadi, Willerslev, Eske and Lalueza-Fox, Carles (2014). Derived immune and ancestral pigmentation alleles in a 7,000-year-old Mesolithic European. Nature, 507 (7491), 225-228. doi: 10.1038/nature12960
Yin, Kelvin, Sturm, Richard A. and Smith, Aaron G. (2014). MC1R and NR4A receptors in cellular stress and DNA repair: implications for UVR protection. Experimental Dermatology, 23 (7), 449-452. doi: 10.1111/exd.12420
Praetorius, Christian, Grill, Christine, Stacey, Simon N., Metcalf, Alexander M., Gorkin, David U., Robinson, Kathleen C., Van Otterloo, Eric, Kim, Reuben S. Q., Bergsteinsdottir, Kristin, Ogmundsdottir, Margret H., Magnusdottir, Erna, Mishra, Pravin J., Davis, Sean R., Guo, Theresa, Zaidi, M. Raza, Helgason, Agnar S., Sigurdsson, Martin I., Meltzer, Paul S., Merlino, Glenn, Petit, Valerie, Larue, Lionel, Loftus, Stacie K., Adams, David R., Sobhiafshar, Ulduz, Emre, N.C. Tolga, Pavan, William J., Cornell, Robert, Smith, Aaron G., McCallion, Andrew S. ... Steingrimsson, Eirkur (2013). A polymorphism in IRF4 affects human pigmentation through a tyrosinase-dependent MITF/TFAP2A pathway. Cell, 155 (5), 1022-1033. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.10.022
Jagirdar, Kasturee, Yin, Kelvin, Harrison, Matthew, Lim, Wen, Muscat, George E. O., Sturm, Richard A. and Smith, Aaron G. (2013). The NR4A2 Nuclear Receptor Is Recruited to Novel Nuclear Foci in Response to UV Irradiation and Participates in Nucleotide Excision Repair. PloS One, 8 (11) e78075, e78075.1-e78075.13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078075
Zalaudek. I., Moscarella, E., Sturm, R. A., Argenziano, G., Longo, C., Misciali, C., Patrizi, A. and Neri, I. (2013). 'Eruptive' amelanotic compound nevi in children with facial freckles and pale skin colour: more than one occasion?. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 27 (12), 1583-1584. doi: 10.1111/jdv.12110
Sturm, Richard A. and Duffy, David L. (2013). Human pigmentation: Painting by numbers or ancestry?. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 26 (5), 605-606. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12135
Curchin, Claudia, Wurm, Elisabeth, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Sturm, Richard and Soyer, Peter (2012). Dermoscopy, reflectance confocal microscopy and histopathology of an amelanotic melanoma from an individual heterozygous for MC1R and tyrosinase variant alleles. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 53 (4), 291-294. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2012.00882.x
Maier, T., Laubender, R. P., Sturm, R. A., Klingenstein, A., Korting, H. C., Ruzicka, T. and Berking, C. (2012). Osteopontin expression in plasma of melanoma patients and in melanocytic tumours. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 26 (9), 1084-1091. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2011.04210.x
Sturm, Richard A. and Duffy, David L. (2012). Human pigmentation genes under environmental selection. Genome Biology, 13 (9) 248, 248.1-248.15. doi: 10.1186/gb-2012-13-9-248
Sturm, R. A. (2012). GSTP1 and MC1R in melanoma susceptibility. British Journal of Dermatology, 166 (6), 1155-1156. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.11029.x
Wigan, Matthew, Pinder, Alex, Giles, Nichole, Pavey, Sandra, Burgess, Andrew, Wong, ShuShyan, Sturm, Rick A. and Gabrielli, Brian (2012). A UVR-induced G2-phase checkpoint response to ssDNA gaps produced by replication fork bypass of unrepaired lesions is defective in melanoma. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 132 (6), 1681-1688. doi: 10.1038/jid.2012.41
Beaumont, Kimberley A., Smit, Darren J., Liu, Yan Yan, Chai, Eric, Patel, Mira P., Millhauser, Glenn L., Smith, Jennifer J., Alewood, Paul F. and Sturm, Richard A. (2012). Melanocortin-1 receptor-mediated signalling pathways activated by NDP-MSH and HBD3 ligands. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 25 (3), 370-374. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2012.00990.x
Wong, Shu Shyan, Ainger, Stephen A., Leonard, J. Helen and Sturm, Richard A. (2012). MC1R variant allele effects on UVR-induced phosphorylation of p38, p53, and DDB2 repair protein responses in melanocytic cells in culture. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 132 (5), 1452-1461. doi: 10.1038/jid.2011.473
Sturm, Rick (2011). Dot Bennett. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 24 (5), 986-986. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00904.x
Ainger, Stephen A., Wong, Shu S., Roberts, Donald W., Leonard, J. Helen and Sturm, Richard A. (2011). Effect of MC1R variant allele status on MSH-ligand induction of dopachrome tautomerase in melanocytes co-cultured with keratinocytes. Experimental Dermatology, 20 (8), 681-684. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2011.01293.x
Larsson, Mats, Duffy, David L., Zhu, Gu, Liu, Jimmy Z., Macgregor, Stuart, McRae, Allan F., Wright, Margaret J., Sturm, Richard A., Mackey, David A., Montgomery, Grant W., Martin, Nicholas G. and Medland, Sarah E. (2011). GWAS findings for human iris patterns: Associations with variants in genes that influence normal neuronal pattern development. American Journal of Human Genetics, 89 (2), 334-343. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.07.011
Gharahkhani, Puya, O’Leary, Caroline A., Kyaw-Tanner, Myat, Sturm, Richard A. and Duffy, David L. (2011). A non-synonymous mutation in the canine Pkd1 gene is associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in Bull Terriers. Plos One, 6 (7) e22455, Article number e22455. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022455
Thurber, A. E., Douglas, G., Sturm, E. C., Zabierowski, S. E., Smit, D. J., Ramakrishnan, S. N., Hacker, E., Leonard, J. H., Herlyn, M. and Sturm, R. A. (2011). Inverse expression states of the BRN2 and MITF transcription factors in melanoma spheres and tumour xenografts regulate the NOTCH pathway. Oncogene, 30 (27), 3036-3048. doi: 10.1038/onc.2011.33
Beaumont, Kimberley A., Wong, Shu S., Ainger, Stephen A., Liu, Yan Yan, Patel, Mira P., Millhauser, Glenn L., Smith, Jennifer J., Alewood, Paul F., Leonard, J. Helen and Sturm, Richard A. (2011). Melanocortin MC1 receptor in human genetics and model systems. European Journal of Pharmacology, 660 (1), 103-110. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.11.040
Smith, Aaron G., Lim, Wen, Pearen, Michael, Muscat, George E. O. and Sturm, Richard A. (2011). Regulation of NR4A nuclear receptor expression by oncogenic BRAF in melanoma cells. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 24 (3), 551-563. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00843.x
Boyle, Glen M., Woods, Susan L., Bonazzi, Vanessa F., Stark, Mitchell S., Hacker, Elke, Aoude, Lauren G., Dutton-Regester, Ken, Cook, Anthony L., Sturm, Richard A. and Hayward, Nicholas K. (2011). Melanoma cell invasiveness is regulated by miR-211 suppression of the BRN2 transcription factor. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 24 (3), 525-537. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00849.x
Beaumont, Kimberley A., Hamilton, Nicholas A., Moores, Matthew T., Brown, Darren L., Ohbayashi, Norihiko, Cairncross, Oliver, Cook, Anthony L., Smith, Aaron G., Misaki, Ryo, Fukuda, Mitsunori, Taguchi, Tomohiko, Sturm, Richard A. and Stow, Jennifer L. (2011). The recycling endosome protein Rab17 regulates melanocytic filopodia formation and melanosome trafficking. Traffic, 12 (5), 627-643. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2011.01172.x
Kadekaro, Ana Luisa, Leachman, Sancy, Kavanagh, Renny J., Swope, Viki, Cassidy, Pamela, Supp, Dorothy, Sartor, Maureen, Schwemberger, Sandy, Babcock, George, Wakamatsu, Kazumasa, Ito, Shosuke, Koshoffer, Amy, Boissy, Raymond E., Manga, Prashiela, Sturm, Richard A. and Abdel-Malek, Zalfa A. (2010). Melanocortin 1 receptor genotype: an important determinant of the damage response of melanocytes to ultraviolet radiation. FASEB Journal, 24 (10), 3850-3860. doi: 10.1096/fj.10-158485
Bakos, Renato M., Maeir, Tanja, Besch, Robert, Mestel, Dominik S., Ruzicka, Thomas, Sturm, Richard A. and Berking, Carola (2010). Nestin and SOX9 and SOX10 transcription factors are coexpressed in melanoma. Experimental Dermatology, 19 (8), e89-e94. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.00991.x
Duffy, David L., Iles, Mark M., Glass, Dan, Zhu, Gu, Barrett, Jennifer H., Hoiom, Veronica, Zhao, Zhen Z., Sturm, Richard A., Soranzo, Nicole, Hammond, Chris, Kvaskoff, Marina, Whiteman, David C., Mangino, Massimo, Hansson, Johan, Newton-Bishop, Julia A., Bataille, Veronique, Hayward, Nicholas K., Martin, Nicholas G., Bishop, D. Timothy, Spector, Timothy D. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2010). IRF4 variants have age-specific effects on nevus count and predispose to melanoma. American Journal of Human Genetics, 87 (1), 6-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.05.017
Fogarty, Gerald B., Muddle, Rory, Sprung, Carl N., Chen, Wei, Duffy, David, Sturm, Richard A. and McKay, Michael J. (2010). Unexpectedly severe acute radiotherapy side effects are associated with single nucleotide polymorphisms of the melanocortin-1 receptor. International Journal of Radiation: Oncology - Biology - Physics, 77 (5), 1486-1492. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1690
Stark, Mitchell S., Tyagi, Sonika, Nancarrow, Derek J., Boyle, Glen M., Cook, Anthony L., Whiteman, David C., Parsons, Peter G., Schmidt, Christopher, Sturm, Richard A. and Hayward, Nicholas K. (2010). Characterization of the melanoma miRNAome by deep sequencing. PLoS One, 5 (3) e9685, e9685-1-e9685-9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009685
Smith, Aaron G. and Sturm, Richard A. (2010). Multiple genes and locus interactions in susceptibility to vitiligo. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 130 (3), 643-645. doi: 10.1038/jid.2009.403
Johanson, Helene C., Chen, Wei, Wicking, Carol and Sturm, Richard A. (2010). Inheritance of a novel mutated allele of the OCA2 gene associated with high incidence of oculocutaneous albinism in a Polynesian community. Journal of Human Genetics, 55 (2), 103-111. doi: 10.1038/jhg.2009.130
Duffy, David L., Zhao, Zhen Z., Sturm, Richard A., Hayward, Nicholas K., Martin, Nicholas G. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2010). Multiple pigmentation gene polymorphisms account for a substantial proportion of risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 130 (2), 520-528. doi: 10.1038/jid.2009.258
Beaumont, Kimberley A., Liu, Yan Yan and Sturm, Richard A. (2009). Chapter 4 The Melanocortin-1 Receptor Gene Polymorphism and Association with Human Skin Cancer. Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science, 88 (C), 85-153. doi: 10.1016/S1877-1173(09)88004-6
Sturm, Richard A. and Larsson, Mats (2009). Genetics of human iris colour and patterns. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 22 (5), 544-562. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2009.00606.x
Zalaudek, I., Meiklejohn, W., Argenzanio, G., Thurber, A. E. and Sturm, R. A. (2009). "White" Nevi and "Red" Melanomas: Association with the RHC Phenotype of the MC1R Gene. The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 129 (5), 1305-1307. doi: 10.1038/jid.2008.378
Flammiger, A., Besch, R., Cook, A. L., Maier, T., Sturm, R. A. and Berking, C. (2009). Sox9 and Sox10 but not BRN2 are required for Nestin expression in Human Melanoma Cells. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 129 (4), 945-953. doi: 10.1038/jid.2008.316
Johanson, H. C., Hyland, V, Wicking, C. A. and Sturm, R. A. (2009). DNA elution from buccal cells stored on Whatman FTA classic cards using a modified methanol fixation method. Bio Techniques, 46 (4), 309-311. doi: 10.2144/000113077
Smith, Aaron G., Beaumont, Kimberley A., Smit, Darren J., Thurber, Amy E., Cook, Anthony L., Boyle, Glen M., Parsons, Peter G., Sturm, Richard A. and Muscat, George E. O. (2009). PPARγ agonists attenuate proliferation and modulate Wnt/β-catenin signalling in melanoma cells. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 41 (4), 844-852. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.08.037
Sturm, Richard A. (2009). Molecular genetics of human pigmentation diversity. Human Molecular Genetics, 18 (R1), R-9-R-17. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddp003
Cook, Anthony L., Chen, Wei, Thurber, Amy E., Smit, Darren J., Smith, Aaron G., Bladen, Timothy G., Brown, Darren L., Duffy, David L., Pastorino, Lorenza, Bianchi-Scarra, Giovanna, Leonard, J. Helen, Stow, Jennifer L. and Sturm, Richard A. (2009). Analysis of Cultured Human Melanocytes Based on Polymorphisms within the SLC45A2/MATP, SLC24A5/NCKX5, and OCA2/P Loci. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 129 (2), 392-405. doi: 10.1038/jid.2008.211
Cook, A. L. and Sturm, R. A. (2008). POU domain transcription factors: BRN2 as a regulator of melanocytic growth and tumourigenesis. Pigment Cell Melanoma Research, 21 (6), 611-626. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00510.x
Goodall, J., Carreira, S., Denat, L., Kobi, D., Davidson, I., Nuciforo, P., Sturm, R. A., Larue, L. and Goding, C. R. (2008). Brn-2 represses microphthalmia-associated transcription factor expression and marks a distinct subpopulation of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor-negative melanoma cells. Cancer Research, 68 (19), 7788-7794. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-1053
Beaumont, Kimberley A., Shekar, Sri N., Cook, Anthony L., Duffy, David L. and Sturm, Richard A. (2008). Red hair is the null phenotype of MC1R. Human Mutation, 29 (8), E88-E94. doi: 10.1002/humu.20788
Smith, Aaron G., Luk, Nicole, Newton, Richard A., Roberts, Donald W., Sturm, Richard A. and Muscat, George E. O. (2008). Melanocortin-1 receptor signaling markedly induces the expression of the NR4A nuclear receptor subgroup in melanocytic cells. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283 (18), 12564-12570. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M800480200
Shekar, Sri N., Duffy, David L., Frudakis, Tony, Montgomery, Grant W., James, Michael R., Sturm, Richard A. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2008). Spectrophotometric methods for quantifying pigmentation in human hair - influence of MC1R genotype and environment. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 84 (3), 719-726. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00237.x
Roberts, Donald W., Newton, Richard A., Leonard, J. Helen and Sturm, Richard A. (2008). Melanocytes expressing MC1R polymorphosms associated with red hair colour have altered MSH-ligand activated pigmentary responses in coculture with keratinocytes. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 215 (2), 344-355. doi: 10.1002/jcp.21318
Sturm, Richard A. (2008). Human 'coat colour' genetics. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, 21 (2), 115-116. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00444.x
Shekar, Sri N., Duffy, David L., Frudakis, Tony, Sturm, Richard A., Zhao, Zhen Z., Montgomery, Grant W. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2008). Linkage and association analysis of spectrophotometrically quantified hair color in Australian adolescents: The effects of OCA2 and HERC2. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 128 (12), 2807-2814. doi: 10.1038/jid.2008.147
Sturm, Richard A., Duffy, David L., Zhao, Zhen Zhen, Leite, Fabio P.N., Stark, Mitchell S., Hayward, Nicholas K., Martin, Nicholas G. and Montgomery, Grant W. (2008). A single SNP in an evolutionary conserved region within intron 86 of the HERC2 gene determines human blue-brown eye colour. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 82 (2), 424-431. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.11.005
Sturm, R. A. (2008). Can blue-eyed parents produce brown-eyed children?. Bioscience explained, 4 (1), 1-9.
Smit, Darren J., Gardiner, Brooke B. and Sturm, Richard A. (2007). Osteonectin downregulates E-cadherin, induces Osteopontin and Focal adhesion kinase activity stimulating an invasive melanoma phenotype. International Journal of Cancer, 121 (12), 2653-2660. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23039
Beaumont, Kimberley A., Shekar, Sri N., Newton, Richard A., James, Michael R., Stow, Jennifer L., Duffy, David L. and Sturm, Richard A. (2007). Receptor function, dominant negative activity and phenotype correlations for MC1R variant alleles (vol 16, pg 2249, 2007). Human Molecular Genetics, 16 (23), 2988-2988. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddm268
Eliason, M. J., Hansen, C. B., Hart, M., Porter-Gill, P., Wei Chen, Sturm, R. A., Bowen, G., Florell, S. R., Harris, R. M., Cannon-Albright, L. A., Swinyer, L. and Leachman, S. A. (2007). Multiple primary melanomas in a CDKN2A mutation carrier exposed to ionizing radiation. Archives of Dermatology, 143 (11), 1409-1412. doi: 10.1001/archderm.143.11.1409
Beaumont, Kimberley A., Shekar, Sri L., Newton, Richard A., James, Michael R., Stow, Jennifer L., Duffy, David L. and Sturm, Richard A. (2007). Receptor function, dominant negative activity and phenotype correlations for MC1R variant alleles. Human Molecular Genetics, 16 (18), 2249-2260. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddm177
Roberts, Don, Newton, Richard A. and Sturm, Richard A. (2007). MC1R expression in skin: is it confined to melanocytes? [Letter to the Editor]. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 127 (10), 2472-2473. doi: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700881
Newton, R. A., Cook, A., Roberts, D. W., Leonard, J. H. and Sturm, R. A. (2007). Post-transcriptional regulation of melanin biosynthetic enzymes by cAMP and resveratrol in human melanocytes. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 127 (9), 2216-2227. doi: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700840
Newton, Richard A., Don Roberts, Leonard, J H and Sturm, Richard A. (2007). Human melanocytes expressing MC1R variant alleles show impaired activation of multiple signaling pathways. Peptides, 28 (12), 2387-2396. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.10.003
Duffy, D. L., Montgomery, G. W., Chen, W., Zhao, Z. Z., Le, L., James, M. R., Hayward, N. K., Martin, N. G. and Sturm, R. A. (2007). A three-single-nucleotide polymorphism haplotype in intron 1 of OCA2 explains most human eye-color variation. American Journal of Human Genetics, 80 (2), 241-252. doi: 10.1086/510885
Sturm, Richard A. (2006). A golden age of human pigmentation genetics. Trends In Genetics, 22 (9), 464-468. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2006.06.010
Voisey, J., Gomez-Cabrera, M. D. C., Smit, D. J., Leonard, J. H., Sturm, R. A. and van Daal, A. (2006). A polymorphism in the agouti signalling protein (ASIP) is associated with decreased levels of mRNA. Pigment Cell Research, 19 (3), 226-231. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2006.00301.x
Roberts, D. W., Newton, R. A., Beaumont, K. A., Leonard, J. H. and Sturm, R. A. (2006). Quantitative analysis of MC1R gene expression in human skin cell cultures. Pigment Cell Research, 19 (1), 76-89. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2005.00286.x
Wakamatsu, Kazumasa, Kavanagh, Renny, Kadekaro, Ana L., Terzieva, Silva, Sturm, Richard A., Leachman, Sancy, Abdel-Malek, Zalfa and Ito, Shosuke (2006). Diversity of pigmentation in cultured human melanocytes is due to differences in the type as well as quantity of melanin. Pigment Cell Research, 19 (2), 154-162. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2006.00293.x
Sturm, RA (2005). Osteopontin in melanocytic lesions - A first step towards invasion?. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 124 (5), xiv-XV. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23741.x
Cook, A. L., Smith, A. G., Smit, D. J., Leonard, J. H. and Sturm, R. A. (2005). Co-expression of SOX9 and SOX10 during melanocytic differentiation in vitro. Experimental Cell Research, 308 (1), 222-235. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2005.04.019
Newton, R. A., Smit, S. E., Barnes, C. C., Pedley, J., Parsons, P. G. and Sturm, R. A. (2005). Activation of the cAMP pathway by variant human MC1R alleles expressed in HEK and in melanoma cells. Peptides, 26 (10), 1818-1824. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.11.031
Beaumont, K. A., Newton, R. A., Smit, D. J., Leonard, J. H., Stow, J. L. and Sturm, R. A. (2005). Altered cell surface expression of human MC1R variant receptor alleles associated with red hair and skin cancer risk. Human Molecular Genetics, 14 (15), 2145-2154. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddi219
Sturm, Richard A. and Frudakis, Tony N. (2004). Eye colour: portals into pigmentation genes and ancestry. Trends In Genetics, 20 (8), 327-332. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2004.06.010
Pastorino, Lorenza, Cusano, Roberto, Bruno, William, Lantieri, Francesca, Origone, Paola, Barile, Monica, Gliora, Sara, Shepherd, Graeme A., Sturm, Richard A. and Bianchi-Scarra, Giovanna (2004). Novel MC1R variants in ligurian melanoma patients and controls. Human Mutation, 24 (1), 103-1-103-8. doi: 10.1002/humu.9253
Zhu, G., Evans, D. M., Duffy, D. L., Montgomery, G. W., Medland, S. E., Gillespie, N. A., Ewen, K. R., Jewell, M., Liew, Y. W., Hayward, N. K., Sturm, R. A., Trent, J. M. and Martin, N. G. (2004). A genome scan for eye color in 502 twin families: Most variation is due to a QTL on chromosome 15q. Twin Research, 7 (2), 197-210. doi: 10.1375/136905204323016186
Duffy, D. L., Box, N. F., Chen, W., Palmer, J. S., Montgomery, G. W., James, M. R., Hayward, N. K., Martin, N. G. and Sturm, R. A. (2004). Interactive effects of MC1R and OCA2 on melanoma risk phenotypes. Human Molecular Genetics, 13 (4), 447-461. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddh043
Cook, A. L., Donatien, P. D., Smith, A. G., Murphy, M., Jones, M. K., Herlyn, M., Bennett, D. C., Leonard, J. H. and Sturm, R. A. (2003). Human melanoblasts in culture: Expression of BRN2 and synergistic regulation by fibroblast growth factor-2, stem cell factor, and endothelin-3. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 121 (5), 1150-1159. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12562.x
Leonard, J. Helen, Marks, Lisa H., Chen, Wei, Cook, Anthony L., Boyle, Glen M., Smit, Darren J., Brown, Darren L., Stow, Jennifer L., Parsons, Peter G. and Sturm, Richard A. (2003). Screening of human primary melanocytes of defined melanocortin-1 receptor genotype: Pigmentation marker, ultrastructural and UV-survival studies. Pigment Cell Research, 16 (3), 198-207. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00033.x
Sturm, R. A., Duffy, D. L., Box, N. F., Chen, W., Smit, D. J., Brown, D. L., Stow, J. L., Leonard, J. H. and Martin, N. G. (2003). The role of melanocortin-1 receptor polymorphism in skin cancer risk phenotypes. Pigment Cell Research, 16 (3), 266-272. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00041.x
Leonard, J. Helen, Cook, Anthony L., Van Gele, Mireille, Boyle, Glen M., Inglis, Kelly J., Speleman, Frank and Sturm, Richard A. (2002). Proneural and proneuroendocrine transcription factor expression in cutaneous mechanoreceptor (Merkel) cells and Merkel cell carcinoma. International Journal of Cancer, 101 (2), 103-110. doi: 10.1002/ijc.10554
Sturm, Richard A. (2002). The getting of wisdom: Can we buy a kit for that?: Book reviews. Molecular Membrane Biology, 19 (2), 155-156. doi: 10.1080/096876801210123908
Sturm, Richard A., Satyamoorthy, Kapaeth, Meier, Freidegund, Gardiner, Brooke B., Smit, Darren J., Vaidya, Bhavesh and Herlyn, Meenhard (2002). Osteonectin/SPARC induction by ectopic beta(3) integrin in human radial growth phase primary melanoma cells. Cancer Research, 62 (1), 226-232.
Sturm, RA (2002). Skin colour and skin cancer - MC1R, the genetic link. Melanoma Research, 12 (5), 405-416. doi: 10.1097/00008390-200209000-00001
Campbell, Nick J. H., Sturm, Richard A. and Barker, Stephen C. (2001). Large mitochondrial repeats multiplied during the polymerase chain reaction. Molecular Ecology Notes, 1 (4), 336-340. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-8278 .2001.00093.x
Box, N. F., Duffy, D. L., Chen, W., Stark, M., Martin, N. G., Sturm, R. A. and Hayward, N. K. (2001). MC1R genotype modifies risk of melanoma in families segregating CDKN2A mutations. American Journal of Human Genetics, 69 (4), 765-773. doi: 10.1086/323412
Box, N. and Sturm, R. A. (2001). Skin colour and skin cancer - the genetic link. Today's Life Science, 13, 20-24.
Box, N. F., Duffy, D. L., Irving, R. E., Russell, A., Chen, W., Griffiths, L. R., Parsons, P. G., Green, A. C. and Sturm, R. A. (2001). Melanocortin-1 receptor genotype is a risk factor for basal and squamous cell carcinoma. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 116 (2), 224-229. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2001.01224.x
Smith, A. G., Box, N. F., Marks, L. H., Chen, W., Smit, D. J., Wyeth, J. R., Huttley, G. A., Easteal, S. and Sturm, R. A. (2001). The human melanocortin-1 receptor locus: analysis of transcription unit, locus polymorphism and haplotype evolution. Gene, 281 (1-2), 81-94. doi: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00791-0
Sturm, R. A., Teasdale, R. D. and Box, N. F. (2001). Human pigmentation genes: identification, structure and consequences of polymorphic variation. Gene, 277 (1-2), 49-62. doi: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00694-1
Smit, D. J., Smith, A. C., Parsons, P. G., Muscat, G. E. O. and Sturm, R. A. (2000). Domains of Brn-2 that mediate homodimerization and interaction with general and melanocytic transcription factors. European Journal of Biochemistry, 267 (21), 6413-6422. doi: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01737.x
Qiu, L., Zhang, M., Sturm, R. A., Gardiner, B, Tonks, I, Kay, G and Parsons, P. G. (2000). Inhibition of melanin synthesis by cystamine in human melanoma cells. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 114 (1), 21-27. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2000.00826.x
Palmer, JS, Duffy, DL, Box, NF, Aitken, JF, O'Gorman, LE, Green, AC, Hayward, NK, Martin, NG and Sturm, RA (2000). Melanocortin-1 receptor polymorphisms and risk of melanoma: is the association explained solely by pigmentation phenotype?. American Journal of Human Genetics, 66 (1), 176-186. doi: 10.1086/302711
Sturm, Richard A., Box, Neil F. and Ramsay, Michele (1998). Human pigmentation genetics: The difference is only skin deep. Bioessays, 20 (9), 712-721. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199809)20:9<712::AID-BIES4>3.0.CO;2-I
Smith, A. G., Brightwell, G., Smit, S. E., Parsons, P. G. and Sturm, R. A. (1998). Redox regulation of Brn-2/N-Oct-3 POU domain DNA binding activity and proteolytic formation of N-Oct-5 during melanoma cell nuclear extraction. Melanoma Research, 8 (1), 2-10. doi: 10.1097/00008390-199802000-00002
Box, Neil F., Wyeth, Jason R., Mayne, Carol J., O'Gorman, Louise E., Martin, Nicholas G. and Sturm, Richard A (1998). Complete sequence and polymorphism study of the human TYRP1 gene encoding tyrosinase-related protein 1. Mammalian Genome, 9 (1), 50-53. doi: 10.1007/s003359900678
Manga, P., Kromberg, J. G. R., Box, N. F., Sturm, R. A., Jenkins, T. and Ramsay, M. (1997). Rufous oculocutaneous albinism in Southern African Blacks is caused by mutations in the TYRP1 gene. American Journal of Human Genetics, 61 (5), 1095-1101. doi: 10.1086/301603
Box, Neil F., Wyeth, Jason R., O'Gorman, Louise E., Martin, Nicholas G. and Sturm, Richard A. (1997). Characterization of melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor variant alleles in twins with red hair. Human Molecular Genetics, 6 (11), 1891-1897. doi: 10.1093/hmg/6.11.1891
Parsons, P. G., Hansen, C., Fairlie, D. P., West, M. L., Danoy, P. A. C., Sturm, R. A., Dunn, I. S., Pedley, J. and Ablett, E. M. (1997). Tumor selectivity and transcriptional activation by azelaic bishydroxamic acid in human melanocytic cells. Biochemical Pharmacology, 53 (11), 1719-1724. doi: 10.1016/S0006-2952(97)00016-6
Hansen, C., Ablett, E., Green, A., Sturm, R. A., Dunn, I. S., Fairlie, D. P., West, M. L. and Parsons, P. G. (1997). Biphasic response of the metallothionein promoter to ultraviolet radiation in human melanoma cells. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 65 (3), 550-555. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb08603.x
Boissy, R. E., Zhao, H. Q., Oetting, W. S., Austin, L. M., Wildenberg, S. C., Boissy, Y. L., Zhao, Y., Sturm, R. A., Hearing, V. J., King, R. A. and Nordlund, J. J. (1996). Mutation in and lack of expression of tyrosinase-related protein-1 (TRP-1) in melanocytes from an individual with brown oculocutaneous albinism: A new subtype of albinism classified as ''OCA3''. American Journal of Human Genetics, 58 (6), 1145-1156.
Cutts, Suzanne M., Parsons, Peter G., Sturm, Richard A. and Phillips, Don R. (1996). Adriamycin-induced DNA adducts inhibit the DNA interactions of transcription factors and RNA polymerase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 271 (10), 5422-5429. doi: 10.1074/jbc.271.10.5422
Sturm, Richard A., O' Sullivan, Brendan J., Box, Neil F., Smith, Aaron G., Smit, Sonia E., Puttick, Emma R. J., Parsons, Peter G. and Dunn, Ian S. (1995). Chromosomal structure of the human TYRP1 and TYRP2 loci and comparison of the tyrosinase-related protein gene family. Genomics, 29 (1), 24-34. doi: 10.1006/geno.1995.1211
Angus, J., Thomson, F., Murphy, K., Baker, E., Sutherland, G. R., Parsons, P. G. and Sturm, R. A. (1995). The brn-2 gene regulates the melanocytic phenotype and tumorigenic potential of human melanoma cells. Oncogene, 11 (4), 691-700.
Sturm, R. A. and Baker, E. (1995). The human OTF1 locus which overlaps the CD3Z gene is located at 1q22→q23. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 68 (3-4), 231-232. doi: 10.1159/000133919
Dowhan, D. H., Downes, M., Sturm, R. A. and Muscat, G. E. (1994). Identification of deoxyribonucleic acid sequences that bind retinoid-X receptor-gamma with high affinity. Endocrinology, 135 (6), 2595-2607. doi: 10.1210/en.135.6.2595
Box, N. F. and Sturm, R. A. (1994). Dinucleotide repeat polymorphism at the human TYRP1 locus. Human Molecular Genetics, 3 (12), 2270-2270. doi: 10.1093/hmg/3.12.2270
Sturm, Richard A., O'Sullivan, Brendan J., Thomson, J. Angus F., Jamshidi, Negar, Pedley, Julie and Parsons, Peter G. (1994). Expression studies of pigmentation and POU-domain genes in human melanoma cells. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 7 (4), 235-240. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1994.tb00055.x
Thomson, J.A.F., Leonard, J.H., McGregor, K., Sturm, R.A. and Parsons, P.G. (1994). A nonconsensus octamer-recognition sequence (TAATGARAT-motif) identifies a novel DNA binding protein in human merkel cell carcinoma cell lines. International Journal of Cancer, 58 (2), 285-290. doi: 10.1002/ijc.2910580223
Fechnera, Gregory A., Michel, Joanna, Sturm, Rick A., Jacobs, Jeff J. and Parsons, Peter G. (1994). Reduction of DNA synthesis, pigment synthesis, pigmentation gene mRNA and resistance to UVB in human melanoma cells treated with analogues of a histamine (H2) agonist. Biochemical Pharmacology, 48 (1), 121-130. doi: 10.1016/0006-2952(94)90231-3
Cassady, Jennifer L. and Sturm, Richard A. (1994). Sequence of the human dopachrome tautomerase-encoding TRP-2 cDNA. Gene, 143 (2), 295-298. doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90114-7
Sturm, Richard A., Baker, Elizabeth and Sutherland, Grant R. (1994). Assignment of the tyrosinase-related protein-2 gene (TYRP2) to human chromosome 13q31-q32 by fluorescence in Situ hybridization: Extended synteny with mouse chromosome 14. Genomics, 21 (1), 293-296. doi: 10.1006/geno.1994.1266
Slade, Robert W., Hale, Peter T., Francis, David I., Graves, Jennifer A. Marshall and Sturm, Richard A. (1994). The marsupial MHC: The Tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii, contains an expressed DNA-like gene on chromosome 1. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 38 (5), 496-505. doi: 10.1007/BF00178850
Wong, S. S. C., Sturm, R. A., Michel, J., Zhang, X. M., Danoy, P. A. C., Jacobs, J. J., Kaushal, A., Dunn, I. S., Parsons, P. G. and Dong, Y. (1994). Transcriptional regulation of differentiation, selective toxicity and ATGCAAT binding of bisbenzimidazole derivatives in human melanoma cells. Biochemical Pharmacology, 47 (5), 827-837. doi: 10.1016/0006-2952(94)90483-9
Sturm, R. A., Cassady, J. L. and Graves, J. A. M. (1994). Identification of a marsupial OTF1 gene: Cross-species STS analysis and in situ cross-hybridization to Macropus eugenii chromosomes 3/4 and 5. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 65 (4), 272-275. doi: 10.1159/000133646
Bendall, Andrew J., Sturm, Richard A., Danoy, Patrick A. C. and Molloy, Peter L. (1993). Broad binding-site specificity and affinity properties of octamer 1 and brain octamer-binding proteins. European Journal of Biochemistry, 217 (3), 799-811. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb18308.x
Sturm, Richard A., Cassady, Jennifer L., Das, Gokul, Romo, Anthony and Evans, Glen A. (1993). Chromosomal structure and expression of the human OTF1 locus encoding the Oct-1 protein. Genomics, 16 (2), 333-341. doi: 10.1006/geno.1993.1194
Thomson, J. Angus F., Parsons, Peter G. and Sturm, Richard A. (1993). In vivo and in vitro expression of octamer binding proteins in human melanoma metastases, brain tissue, and fibroblasts. Pigment Cell Research, 6 (1), 13-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1993.tb00576.x
Sturm, Richard A. (1991). An STS in the human oct-1 gene located on chromosome 1. Nucleic Acids Research, 19 (24), 6963-6963. doi: 10.1093/nar/19.24.6963
Zevering, C. E., Heideman, A. and Sturm, R. A. (1991). Parallel origins of duplications and the formation of pseudogenes in mitochondrial DNA from parthenogenetic lizards (Heteronotia binoei; gekkonidae). Journal of Molecular Evolution, 33 (5), 431-441. doi: 10.1007/BF02103135
Sturm, Richard A., Bisshop, Fiona, Takahashi, Hiroyuki and Parsons, Peter G. (1991). A melanoma octamer binding protein is responsive to differentiating agents. Cell Growth & Differentiation, 2 (10), 519-524.
Hsieh, C. L., Sturm, R., Herr, W. and Francke, U. (1990). The gene for the ubiquitous octamer-binding protein OCT-1 is on human chromosome 1, region cen-q32, and near Ly-22 and Ltw-4 on mouse chromosome 1. Genomics, 6 (4), 666-672. doi: 10.1016/0888-7543(90)90502-L
Sturm, Richard A. and Yaciuk, Peter (1989). DNA cleavage by restriction endonuclease PflMI is inhibited in recognition sites modified by dcm methylation. Nucleic Acids Research, 17 (9), 3615-3615. doi: 10.1093/nar/17.9.3615
Sturm, Richard A. and Herr, Winship (1988). The POU domain is a bipartite DNA-binding structure. Nature, 336 (6199), 601-604. doi: 10.1038/336601a0
Herr, W., Sturm, R. A., Clerc, R. G., Corcoran, L. M., Baltimore, D., Sharp, P. A., Finney, M., Ruvkun, G. and Horvitz, H. R. (1988). The POU domain: a large conserved region in the mammalian pit-1, oct-1, oct-2, and Caenorhabditis elegans unc-86 gene products. Genes and Development, 2 (12A), 1513-1516. doi: 10.1101/gad.2.12a.1513
Sturm, R. A., Das, G. and Herr, W. (1988). The ubiquitous octamer-binding protein OCT-1 contains a POU domain with a homeo box subdomain. Genes and Development, 2 (12A), 1582-1599. doi: 10.1101/gad.2.12a.1582
Sturm, R. and Herr, W. (1988). OBP100 binds remarkably degenerate octamer motifs through specific interactions with flanking sequences. Genes and Development, 2 (11), 1400-1413. doi: 10.1101/gad.2.11.1400
Sturm, Richard A., Dalton, Stephen and Wells, Julian R. E. (1988). Conservation of histone H2A/H2B intergene regions: A role for the H2B specific element in divergent transcription. Nucleic Acids Research, 16 (17), 8571-8586. doi: 10.1093/nar/16.17.8571
Sturm, R., Baumruker, T., Franza, B. R. and Herr, W. (1987). A 100-kD HeLa cell octamer binding protein (OBP100) interacts differently with two separate octamer-related sequences within the SV40 enhancer. Genes & Development, 1 (10), 1147-1160. doi: 10.1101/gad.1.10.1147
Younghusband, H. B., Sturm, R. and Wells, J. R. E. (1986). Mutagenesis of conserved 5' elements and transcription of a chicken H1 histone gene. Nucleic Acids Research, 14 (2), 635-644. doi: 10.1093/nar/14.2.635
Wigley, Peter L., Sturm, Rick A. and Wells, Julian R. E. (1985). The tissue-specific chicken histone H-5 gene is transcribed with fidelity in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Journal of Molecular Biology, 181 (3), 449-452. doi: 10.1016/0022-2836(85)90231-1
Conference Papers
Naranpanawa, D. Nathasha U., Gu, Yanyang, Chandra, Shekhar S., Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Sturm, Richard A., Soyer, H. Peter and Eriksson, Anders P. (2021). Slim-YOLO: a simplified object detection model for the detection of pigmented iris freckles as a potential biomarker for cutaneous melanoma. Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (DICTA), Gold Coast, Australia, 29 November - 1 December 2021. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/dicta52665.2021.9647150
Rayner, Jenna E., McMeniman, Erin K., Duffy, David L., De'Ambrosis, Brian, Smithers, B Mark, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Lee, Katie J., Soyer, H. Peter and Sturm, Richard A. (2019). IRF4 rs12203592*T/T genotype is associated with nodular melanoma. ASDR Annual Scientific Meeting 2019, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 16-17 May 2019.
Pflugfelder, A., Yong, X. L. H., Jagirdar, K., Eigentler, T., Soyer, H. P., Sturm, R. A., Garbe, C. and Duffy, D. L. (2019). The Importance of the Gene Locus DHCR24 for the Overall Survival of Melanoma Patients - Results of a genome-wide Association Study (GWAS). Deutschen Hautkrebskongresses (ADO–Jahrestagung), Ludwigshafen, Germany, 11–14 September 2019. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell.
Stark, Mitchell S., Tan, Jean-Marie, Tom, Lisa, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Lambie, Duncan, Schaider, Helmut, Soyer, H. Peter and Sturm, Richard A. (2018). Whole-exome sequencing of acquired nevi identifies novel mechanisms for development and maintenance of benign neoplasms. Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Chicago, Illinois, 14-18 April 2018. Philadelphia, PA, United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2018-5376
MoMeniman, E., Sturm, R., Duffy, D., Jagirdar, K., Lee, K., Finnane, A., De'Ambrosis, B., Smithers, M. and Soyer, H. P. (2018). Overview of melanoma genetics for dermatologists and results of a genetic analysis of multiple primary melanoma patients. Australasian College of Dermatologists, 51st Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, Australia, 19–22 May 2018. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/ajd.14_12815
Menon, Dinoop Ravindran, Hammerlindl, Heinz, Al Emran, Abdullah, Torrano, Joachim, Hammerlindl, Sabrina, Zhang, Gao, Somasundaram, Rajasekharan, Sturm, Richard A., Haass, Nikolas K., Flaherty, Keith, Herlyn, Meenhard and Schaider, Helmut (2018). Escape form adaptive drug tolerance through OGT and TET1 mediated H3K4me3 remodeling in MAPKi resistant melanoma. Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Chicago, IL United States, 14-18 April 2018. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association of Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2018-5833
Emran, A., Marzese, D. M., Menon, D. R., Stark, M., Torrano, J., Hammerlindl, H., Zhang, G., Brafford, P., Hammerlindl, S., Gupta, D., Mills, G. B., Lu, Y., Flaherty, K., Sturm, R., Hoon, D. S. B., Gabrielli, B., Herlyn, M. and Schaider, H. (2018). Distinct epigenetic remodelling defines early stress-induced drug tolerance in melanoma. Australasian College of Dermatologists, 51st Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia , 19–22 May 2018. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/ajd.16_12815
Rayner, J., Duffy, D., McMeniman, E. K., Jagirdar, K., Lee, K., Soyer, H. P. and Sturm, R. A. (2018). Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of amelanotic melanoma patients drawn from a Queensland case-control study. Australasian College of Dermatologists, 51st Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, Australia, 19–22 May 2018. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/ajd.10_12815
Menon, D. Ravindran, Hammerlindl, H., Emran, A., Torrano, J., Hammerlindl, S., Zhang, G., Krause, L., Somasundaram, R., Sturm, R., Haass, N. K., Flaherty, K., Herlyn, M. and Schaider, H. (2018). Escape form adaptive drug tolerance through OGT and TET1 mediated H3K4me3 remodeling in MAPKi-resistant melanoma. International Investigative Dermatology (IID) Meeting, Orlando, Fl, United States, 16-19 May 2018. London, United Kingdom: Nature Publishing Group. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.03.1252
Tan, J-M., Tom, L., Jagirdar, K., Lambie, D., Sturm, R., Soyer, P. and Stark, M. (2017). The prevalence of BRAF and NRAS in dermoscopic subtypes of acquired naevi. Australasian College of Dermatologists 50th Annual Scientific Meeting, Darling Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, 6–9 May 2017. Richmond, VIC., Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajd.21_12652
Laino, A., Berry, E., Jagirdar, K., Lee, K., Duffy, D., Soyer, P. and Sturm, R. (2017). Iris freckling as a marker of melanoma risk. Australasian College of Dermatologists 50th Annual Scientific Meeting, Darling Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, 6–9 May 2017. Richmond, VIC., Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajd.20_12652
Sturm, R. (2016). Phenotypic and genotypic risk factors for naevi and melanoma. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
Soyer, H. Peter and Sturm, Rick A. (2016). On Nevus Research in Southeast Queensland. Joint meeting of the Australasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society (AWTRS) and the Molecular & Experimental Pathology Society of Australasia (MEPSA): Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre,, Melbourne, Australia, 7–9 November 2016. HOBOKEN: Wiley. doi: 10.1111/wrr.12489
Ainger, S., Ling, X., Yong, H., Tan, J. -M., Jagirdar, K., Smit, D., Soyer, H. P. and Sturm, R. (2016). Testing of viable clonal human skin cell cultures as an approach to validating microsampling of naevi. Asia‐Pacific Combined Dermatology Research Conference 2016, Noosa, QLD, Australia, 25-28 August 2016. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12584
Emran, A. A., Menon, D. R., Marzese, D., Hammerlindl, H., Brafford, P., Stark, M., Huang, S., Hammerlindl, S., Gupta, D., Soyer, P., Sturm, R., Hoon, D., Gabrielli, B., Herlyn, M. and Schaider, H. (2016). Epigenetic remodelling of H3K9Me3 leads to early stress induced drug tolerance in cancer. Asia‐Pacific Combined Dermatology Research Conference 2016, Noosa, QLD Australia, 25–28 August 2016. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell.
McWhirter, S., Lee, K., Wimberley, G., Ong, N., Leikvold, A., Ashley, A., Jagirdar, K., Duffy, D., Soyer, H. P. and Sturm, R. (2016). Naevus endophenotypes and melanoma risk. -, -, -. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
Ling, X., Yong, H., Pflugfelder, A., Duffy, D., Jagirdar, K., Lee, K., Garbe, C., Soyer, H. P. and Sturm, R. (2016). A case-control study of the associations of PGC1 beta genotype with melanoma, skin reflectance, and naevus count. Asia‐Pacific Combined Dermatology Research Conference 2016, Noosa, QLD, Australia, 25-28 August 2016. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12584
Al Emran, Abdullah, Menon, Dinoop Ravindran, Soyer, Peter, Gabrielli, Brian, Sturm, Rick, Herlyn, Meenhard and Schaider, Helmut (2016). Global histone modifications define early stress induced drug tolerance in cancer. American-Association-for-Cancer-Research (AACR) Special Conference on Chromatin and Epigenetics in Cancer, Atlanta, GA, United States, 24-27 September 2015. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.CHROMEPI15-B34
Ong, Natalie, Duffy, David, Lee, Katie, McClenahan, Phil, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Sturm, Richard and Soyer, H. Peter (2015). The correlation of skin color with dermoscopic nevus patterns in a Queensland high risk melanoma cohort. American Academy of Dermatology 73rd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, 20-24 March 2015. New York, NY, United States: Elsevier . doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.02.722
Tan, Jean-Marie, Lin, Lynlee L., Lambie, Duncan, Ong, Natalie, Flewell-Smith, Ross, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Schaider, Helmut, Sturm, Richard A., Prow, Tarl W. and Soyer, H. Peter (2015). Feasibility of genotyping melanocytic lesions by microsampling. 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, San Francisco, California, 20–24 March 2015. Philadelphia, PA United States: Mosby.
Ong, N., Duffy, D., Leikvold, A., Lee, K., Jagirdar, K., Lin, Lynlee L., Yamada, M., Sturm, R. A., Prow, T. W., Schaider, H. and Soyer, H. P. (2015). Molecular profiles of reticular and globular naevus patterns: a pilot study. 48th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Dermatologists, Adelaide SA, Australia, 16 May 2015. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12337
Daley, G. M., Lee, K. J., Jagirdar, K., Smithers, B. M., Duffy, D. L., Sturm, R. A. and Soyer, H. P. (2015). Glutathione S-transferase P1 Ile105Val polymorphism: phenotypic characteristics and melanoma risk. 48th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Dermatologists, Adelaide SA, Australia, 16 May 2015. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12337
McClenahan, Phil, Jagirdar, Kasturee, Lee, Katie, McEniery, Elizabeth, Beh, Sam, Burke, Brian, Duffy, David L., Soyer, H. Peter and Sturm, Richard A. (2015). Nevus count and dermoscopic pattern associated with MC1R RHC-variant alleles in a case-control study of melanoma. 106th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-for-Cancer-Research (AACR), Philadelphia Pa, Apr 18-22, 2015. PHILADELPHIA: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2015-5588
Banan, P., McClenahan, P., Duffy, D., Sturm, R. and Soyer, H. P. (2014). Dermoscopy, RCM and histopathology of a regressive melanoma in situ from an individual with a GSTP1 rs1695 polymorphism. The Australasian College of Dermatologists 47th Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne Australia, 18–21 May 2014. Richmond Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12174
Sturm, R. A., McClenahan, P., Jagirdar, K., Sivakumaran, K., McEniery, E., Beh, S., Burke, B., Duffy, D. L. and Soyer, H. P. (2014). Naevus phenotypes in homozygous MC1R RHC-variant allele carriers. The Australasian College of Dermatologists 47th Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne Australia, 18–21 May 2014. Richmond Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12174
Ong, N., Duffy, D., McEniery, E., McClenahan, P., Jagirdar, K., Sturm, R. and Soyer, H. P. (2014). The correlation of skin colour with dermoscopic naevus patterns in a Queensland high risk melanoma cohort. The Australasian College of Dermatologists 47th Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne Australia, 18–21 May 2014. Richmond Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12174
McClenahan, P., Lin, L., Tan, J. M., Smith, R. Flewell, Schaider, H., Jagirdar, K., Lambie, D., Prow, T. W., Sturm, R. A. and Soyer, H. P. (2014). BRAF mutations in an involuting and non-involuting naevus upon BRAF +/- MEK treatment. The Australasian College of Dermatologists 47th Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne Australia, 18–21 May 2014. Richmond Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12174
Wigan, Matthew, Pavey, Sandra, Brooks, Kelly, Giles, Nichole, Burgess, Andrew, Sturm, Rick and Gabrielli, Brian (2011). Abstract 4197: A DNA damage checkpoint response to unrepaired ultraviolet radiation-induced lesions which is defective in melanoma. AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, Orlando, FL United States, 2‐6 April 2011. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2011-4197
Sturm, RA (2011). Human pigmentation genes and population polymorphism. unknown, unknown, unknown. MALDEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
Curchin, C. E. S., Wurm, E. M. T., Douglas, N. C., Jagirdar, K., Sturm, R. A. and Soyer, H. P. (2011). Dermoscopy, reflectance confocal microscopy and histopathology of an amelanotic melanoma from an individual with the heterozygous MC1R variation 160W. Australasian College of Dermatologists 44th Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth WA, Australia, 15-18 May 2011. Richmond VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2011.00757.x
Ainger, SA, Wong, SS, Roberts, DW, Leonard, JH and Sturm, RA (2009). The role of MC1R in melanogenesis of melanocytic cells in co-culture with keratinocytes. 5th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian-Society-for-Dermatology-Research, Sydney AUSTRALIA, MAY 21-22, 2008. NEW YORK: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP.
Thurber, E., Sturm, E. C., Douglas, G, Leonard, J. H. and Sturm, R. A. (2009). Induction of spheroid cultures from adherent melanoma cell lines to study the heterogenous nature of melanoma tumours. 5th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society for Dermatology Research, Sydney, Australia, 21-22 May 2008. London, United Kingdom: Nature Publishing Group. doi: 10.1038/jid.2009.333
Maier, T., Mestel, D., Besch, R., Nagele, U., Sturm, R. A. and Berking, C. (2006). Expression of BRN2, osteopontin and nestin in melanoma and nevi. New markers of tumor progression?. 33rd Annual Meeting of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft-Dermatologische-Forschung (ADF), Aachen, Germany, 23-25 March, 2007. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2006.00403.x
Leonard, JH, Cook, AL, Van Gele, M, Speleman, F and Sturm, RA (2003). Expression of developmentally regulated transcription factors in Merkel cell carcinoma. 4th International Merkel Cell Symposium, Hamburg Germany, 2002. BERLIN: SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN.
Sturm, R. A., Duffy, D. L., Box, N. F., Newton, R. A., Shepherd, A. G., Chen, W., Marks, L. H., Leonard, J. H. and Martin, N. G. (2003). Genetic association and cellular function of MC1R variant alleles in human pigmentation. Fifth International Melanocortin Meeting, Sunriver, Oregon, August 25-28, 2002. New York, U.S.: The Academy. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb03199.x
Sturm, Richard A. (1998). Human pigmentation genes and their response to solar UV radiation. 1st Mount Buller International Conference on Environmental Radiation, Mount Buller, VIC, Australia, December 1996. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/S0027-5107(98)00176-6
Ablett, E., Pedley, J., Dannoy, P. A., Sturm, R. A. and Parsons, P. G. (1998). UVB-specific regulation of gene expression in human melanocytic cells: Cell cycle effects and implication in the generation of melanoma. 1st Mount Buller International Conference on Environmental Radiation, Mount Buller, VIC, Australia, December 1996. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/S0027-5107(98)00173-0
Dataset Collection
Dong, Huiting, Soyer, H. Peter, Sturm, Richard A., Lee, Katie, Jagirdar, Kasturee and Duffy, David (2016). Acquired Melanocytic Nevi Images documented with dermoscopy, pigmentation characteristics and MC1R genotypes in a Han Chinese population. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.109