University of Tasmania, Australia

Honorary Fellow

BMedSc, MBBS, MA, PhD, FRCPA, FFOP, FFSc, FRCPath, HonFHKCPath, HonFAMS

Publications

Journal articles

• Walker, G., Soyer, H. P., Handoko, H., Ferguson, B., Kunisada, T., Khosrotehrani, K., Box, N., & Muller, H. K. (2010). Superficial spreading-like melanoma in Arf-/-::Tyr-NrasQ61K::K14-Kitl mice: keratinocyte Kitl sufficient to "translocate" melanomas from dermis to epidermis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, In press.
• McGee, H. M., Malley, R. C., Muller, H. K., & Woods, G. (2011). Neonatal exposure to UVR alters skin immune system development and suppresses immunity in adulthood. Immunology and Cell Biology, Jan, 1-10.
• Soltani, A., Reid, D. W., Sohal, S. S., Wood-Baker, R., Weston, S., Muller, H. K., & Walters, E. H. (2010). Basement membrane and vascular remodelling in smokers and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study. Respiratory Research, 11(105).
• Sohal, S. S., Reid, D., Soltani, A., Ward, C., Weston, S., Muller, H. K., Wood-Baker, R., & Walters, E. H. (2010). Reticular basement membrane fragmentation and potential epithelial mesenchymal transition is exaggerated in the airways of smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respirology, 15(6), 930-938.
• Jiang, W., Ananthaswamy, H. N., Muller, H. K., Ouhtit, A., Bolshakov, S., Ullrich, S. E., El-Naggar, A. K., & Kripke, M. L. (2001). UV irradiation augments lymphoid malignancies in mice with one functional copy of wild-type p53. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 98(17), 9790-9795.
• Ouhtit, A., Gorny, A., Muller, H. K., Hill, L. L., Owen-Schaub, L., & Ananthaswamy, H. N. (2000). Loss of fas-ligand expression in mouse keratinocytes during UV carcinogenesis. American Journal of Pathology, 157(6), 1975-1981.
• Jiang, W., Ananthaswamy, H. N., Muller, H. K., & Kripke, M. L. (1999). p53 protects against skin cancer induction by UV-B irradiation. Oncogene, 18(29), 4247-4253.

Reviews

• Clydesdale, G. J., Dandie, G. W., & Muller, H. K. (2001). Ultraviolet light induced injury: Immunological and inflammatory effects. Immunology and Cell Biology, 79(6), 547-568.

Book chapters

• Muller, H. K., Halliday, G. M., & Woods, G. M. (1997). The skin immune system and immunosurveillance. In J. D. Bos (Ed.), Skin immune system (SIS) (pp. 719). Florida: CRC Press.

Web Access Research Portal (WARP)

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Achievements

• Past Head, Pathology
• Past Academic Dean
• Visiting Professor, Immunology MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside
• Past President, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
• Past President, International Academy of Pathology

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Additional Information

Research Interests

• Immunopathology and Cancer - recent investigations on Langerhans cells/dendritic cells and immune modulation associated with ultraviolet light, carcinogenesis and applications to autoimmune control
• Cancer studies include experimental melanoma, tumour development and metastases
• Professor Muller's research reflected in some 197 research papers
• Immune development: role of milk cell transfer and recipient gender - immune regulation differences in males and females supported by an NIH grant across 2011-2015 held at University of California, Riverside

Current and Supervised Projects

• Vitamin D and the Skin Immune System
• Skin immune system: from birth to maturity
• Consequences of exposure to ultraviolet radiation during the neonatal period