Education
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Sheffield, 1980.
Current position
Professor of Cellular Neuroscience, Institute of Infection Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow.
Publications (since 2005)
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Moleirinho, S., Patrick, C., Tilston-Lunel, A. M., Higginson, J. R., Angus, L., Antkowiak, M., Barnett, S. C., Prystowsky, M. B., Reynolds, P. A. and Gunn-Moore, F. J. (2013). Willin, an upstream component of the hippo signaling pathway, orchestrates mammalian peripheral nerve fibroblasts. PLoS ONE 8(4): e60028.
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Donoghue, P. S., Lamond, R., Boomkamp, S. D., Sun, T., Gadegaard, N., Riehle, M. O. and Barnett, S. C. (2013). The development of a epsilon-polycaprolactone scaffold for central nervous system repair. Tissue Eng Part A 19(3-4): 497-507.
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Lindsay, S. L., Johnstone, S. A., Mountford, J. C., Sheikh, S., Allan, D. B., Clark, L. and Barnett, S. C. (2013). Human mesenchymal stem cells isolated from olfactory biopsies but not bone enhance CNS myelination in vitro. Glia 61(3): 368-382.
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Barnett S. C., Linington C. (2012) Myelination: Do Astrocytes Play a Role? Neuroscientist. Nov 6. [Epub ahead of print].
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Moleirinho, S., Chang, N., Sims, A. H., Tilston-Lunel, A. M., Angus, L., Steele, A., Boswell, V., Barnett, S. C., Ormandy, C., Faratian, D., Gunn-Moore, F. J. and Reynolds, P. A. (2013). KIBRA exhibits MST-independent functional regulation of the Hippo signaling pathway in mammals. Oncogene 32(14): 1821-1830. [Epub ahead of print]
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Toft, A., Tome, M., Barnett, S. C. and Riddell, J. S. (2013). A comparative study of glial and non-neural cell properties for transplant-mediated repair of the injured spinal cord. Glia 61(4): 513-528.
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Higginson, J. R., Thompson, S. M., Santos-Silva, A., Guimond, S. E., Turnbull, J. E. and Barnett, S. C. (2012). Differential sulfation remodelling of heparan sulfate by extracellular 6-O-sulfatases regulates fibroblast growth factor-induced boundary formation by glial cells: implications for glial cell transplantation. J Neurosci 32(45): 15902-15912.
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Raisman, G., Barnett, S. C. and Ramon-Cueto, A. (2012). Repair of central nervous system lesions by transplantation of olfactory ensheathing cells. Handb Clin Neurol 109: 541-549.
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Elliott, C., Lindner, M., Arthur, A., Brennan, K., Jarius, S., Hussey, J., Chan, A., Stroet, A., Olsson, T., Willison, H., Barnett, S. C., Meinl, E. and Linington, C. (2012). Functional identification of pathogenic autoantibody responses in patients with multiple sclerosis. Brain 135(Pt 6): 1819-1833.
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Ioannidou, K., Anderson, K. I., Strachan, D., Edgar, J. M. and Barnett, S. C. (2012). Time-lapse imaging of the dynamics of CNS glial-axonal interactions in vitro and ex vivo. PLoS ONE 7(1): e30775.
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Sandvig, I., Hoang, L., Sardella, T. C., Barnett, S. C., Brekken, C., Tvedt, K., Berry, M., Haraldseth, O., Sandvig, A. and Thuen, M. (2012). Labelling of olfactory ensheathing cells with micron-sized particles of iron oxide and detection by MRI. Contrast Media Mol Imaging 7(4): 403-410.
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Sandvig, I., Thuen, M., Hoang, L., Olsen, O., Sardella, T. C., Brekken, C., Tvedt, K. E., Barnett, S. C., Haraldseth, O., Berry, M. and Sandvig, A. (2012). In vivo MRI of olfactory ensheathing cell grafts and regenerating axons in transplant mediated repair of the adult rat optic nerve. NMR Biomed 25(4): 620-631.
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Boomkamp, S. D., Riehle, M. O., Wood, J., Olson, M. F. and Barnett, S. C. (2012). The development of a rat in vitro model of spinal cord injury demonstrating the additive effects of Rho and ROCK inhibitors on neurite outgrowth and myelination. Glia 60(3): 441-456.
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Toft, A., Tome, M., Lindsay, S. L., Barnett, S. C. and Riddell, J. S. (2012). Transplant-mediated repair properties of rat olfactory mucosal OM-I and OM-II sphere-forming cells. J Neurosci Res 90(3): 619-631.
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Sun, T., Donoghue, P. S., Higginson, J. R., Gadegaard, N., Barnett, S. C. and Riehle, M. O. (2012). A miniaturized bioreactor system for the evaluation of cell interaction with designed substrates in perfusion culture. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 6 Suppl 3: s4-14.
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Nash, B., Thomson, C. E., Linington, C., Arthur, A. T., McClure, J. D., McBride, M. W. and Barnett, S. C. (2011). Functional duality of astrocytes in myelination. J Neurosci 31(37): 13028-13038.
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Brennan, K. M., Galban-Horcajo, F., Rinaldi, S., O'Leary, C. P., Goodyear, C. S., Kalna, G., Arthur, A., Elliot, C., Barnett, S., Linington, C., Bennett, J. L., Owens, G. P. and Willison, H. J. (2011). Lipid arrays identify myelin-derived lipids and lipid complexes as prominent targets for oligoclonal band antibodies in multiple sclerosis. J Neuroimmunol 238(1-2): 87-95.
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Sun, T., Donoghue, P. S., Higginson, J. R., Gadegaard, N., Barnett, S. C. and Riehle, M. O. (2011). The interactions of astrocytes and fibroblasts with defined pore structures in static and perfusion cultures. Biomaterials 32(8): 2021-2031.
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Nash, B., Ioannidou, K. and Barnett, S. C. (2011). Astrocyte phenotypes and their relationship to myelination. J Anat 219(1): 44-52.
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Higginson, J. R. and Barnett, S. C. (2011). The culture of olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs)--a distinct glial cell type. Exp Neurol 229(1): 2-9.
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Lindsay, S. L., Riddell, J. S. and Barnett, S. C. (2010). Olfactory mucosa for transplant-mediated repair: a complex tissue for a complex injury? Glia 58(2): 125-134.
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Montague P., Kennedy PGE and Barnett S. C. (2010) Disruption of Mayven domain architecture compromises translocation of exogenous protein. BMC Neuroscience May 26, 11:63.
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Eisenbach, M., Kartvelishvily, E., Eshed-Eisenbach, Y., Watkins, T., Sorensen, A., Thomson, C., Ranscht, B., Barnett, S. C., Brophy, P. and Peles, E. (2009). Differential clustering of Caspr by oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells. J Neurosci Res 87(15): 3492-3501.
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Tome, M., Lindsay, S. L., Riddell, J. S. and Barnett, S. C. (2009). Identification of nonepithelial multipotent cells in the embryonic olfactory mucosa. Stem Cells 27(9): 2196-2208.
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Silajdzic, E., Willison, H. J., Furukawa, K. and Barnett, S. C. (2009). In vitro analysis of glial cell function in ganglioside-deficient mice. J Neurosci Res 87(11): 2467-2483.
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Thomson, C. E., McCulloch, M., Sorenson, A., Barnett, S. C., Seed, B. V., Griffiths, I. R. and McLaughlin, M. (2008). Myelinated, synapsing cultures of murine spinal cord--validation as an in vitro model of the central nervous system. Eur J Neurosci 28(8): 1518-1535.
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Sorensen, A., Moffat, K., Thomson, C. and Barnett, S. C. (2008). Astrocytes, but not olfactory ensheathing cells or Schwann cells, promote myelination of CNS axons in vitro. Glia 56(7): 750-763.
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Barnett, S. C. and Riddell, J. S. (2007). Olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation as a strategy for spinal cord repair--what can it achieve? Nat Clin Pract Neurol 3(3): 152-161.
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Sorensen, A., Alekseeva, T., Katechia, K., Robertson, M., Riehle, M. O. and Barnett, S. C. (2007). Long-term neurite orientation on astrocyte monolayers aligned by microtopography. Biomaterials 28(36): 5498-5508.
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Tome, M., Siladzic, E., Santos-Silva, A. and Barnett, S. C. (2007). Calponin is expressed by subpopulations of connective tissue cells but not olfactory ensheathing cells in the neonatal olfactory mucosa. BMC Neurosci 8: 74.
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Santos-Silva A, Fairless R, Frame M, Montague P, Smith GM, Toft A, Riddell JS and Barnett SC. (2007). OECs lack a heparin sulphate proteoglycan that Schwann cells use to induce the astrocyte stress response mediated via FGFR1 activation. J Neurosci. 27:7154-7167
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Toft, A., Scott, D. T., Barnett, S. C. and Riddell, J. S. (2007). Electrophysiological evidence that olfactory cell transplants improve function after spinal cord injury. Brain 130(Pt 4): 970-984.
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Dewar, D., Bentley, D. and Barnett, S. C. (2007). Implantation of pure cultured olfactory ensheathing cells in an animal model of parkinsonism. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 149(4): 407-414.
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Fairless, R. and Barnett, S. C. (2005). Olfactory ensheathing cells: their role in central nervous system repair. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 37(4): 693-699.
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Williams, S. K., Spence, H. J., Rodgers, R. R., Ozanne, B. W., Fitzgerald, U. and Barnett, S. C. (2005). Role of Mayven, a kelch-related protein in oligodendrocyte process formation. J Neurosci Res 81(5): 622-631.
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Fairless, R., Frame, M. C. and Barnett, S. C. (2005). N-cadherin differentially determines Schwann cell and olfactory ensheathing cell adhesion and migration responses upon contact with astrocytes. Mol Cell Neurosci 28(2): 253-263.