Dr Sarah Appleby

Contact Details
- Phone
- 64 3 364 1478
- sarah.appleby@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Research Fellow
- Department
- Department of Medicine (Christchurch)
- Research summary
- Cardiovascular physiology
Research
I am a Research Fellow in the Translational Biodiscovery Laboratory of the Christchurch Heart Institute. The major focus of my research is based on a recently discovered peptide myoregulin which is encoded from what was previously classified as long non-coding RNA. Myoregulin is thought to regulate calcium by inhibiting the intracellular calcium pump and therefore may be a crucial regulator of heart function.Publications
Lewis, L. K., Raudsepp, S. D., Whitlow, J. C., Appleby, S., Pemberton, C. J., Yandle, T. G., & Richards, A. M. (2022). Assays specific for BNP1-32 and NT-proBNP exhibit a similar performance to two widely used assays in the diagnosis of heart failure. Clinical Chemistry, 68(10), 1292-1301. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvac126
Appleby, S., Chew-Harris, J., Troughton, R. W., Richards, A. M., & Pemberton, C. J. (2020). Analytical and biological assessment of circulating human erythroferrone. Clinical Biochemistry, 79, 41-47. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2020.02.001
Chew-Harris, J., Appleby, S., Richards, A. M., Troughton, R. W., & Pemberton, C. J. (2019). Analytical, biochemical and clearance considerations of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) in healthy individuals. Clinical Biochemistry, 69, 36-44. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2019.05.010
Appleby, S., Pearson, J. F., Aitchison, A., Spittlehouse, J. K., Joyce, P. R., & Kennedy, M. A. (2017). Mean telomere length is not associated with current health status in a 50-year-old population sample. American Journal of Human Biology, 29(1), e22906. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22906
Stevens, A. J., Appleby, S., & Kennedy, M. A. (2016). Many commercial hot-start polymerases demonstrate activity prior to thermal activation. Biotechniques, 61(6), 293-296. doi: 10.2144/000114481
Lewis, L. K., Raudsepp, S. D., Whitlow, J. C., Appleby, S., Pemberton, C. J., Yandle, T. G., & Richards, A. M. (2022). Assays specific for BNP1-32 and NT-proBNP exhibit a similar performance to two widely used assays in the diagnosis of heart failure. Clinical Chemistry, 68(10), 1292-1301. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvac126
Journal - Research Article
Appleby, S., Chew-Harris, J., Troughton, R. W., Richards, A. M., & Pemberton, C. J. (2020). Analytical and biological assessment of circulating human erythroferrone. Clinical Biochemistry, 79, 41-47. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2020.02.001
Journal - Research Article
Chew-Harris, J., Appleby, S., Richards, A. M., Troughton, R. W., & Pemberton, C. J. (2019). Analytical, biochemical and clearance considerations of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) in healthy individuals. Clinical Biochemistry, 69, 36-44. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2019.05.010
Journal - Research Article
Appleby, S., Pearson, J. F., Aitchison, A., Spittlehouse, J. K., Joyce, P. R., & Kennedy, M. A. (2017). Mean telomere length is not associated with current health status in a 50-year-old population sample. American Journal of Human Biology, 29(1), e22906. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22906
Journal - Research Article
Jodczyk, S., Pearson, J. F., Aitchison, A., Miller, A. L., Hampton, M. B., & Kennedy, M. A. (2015). Telomere length measurement on the Roche LightCycler 480 platform. Genetic Testing & Molecular Biomarkers, 19(2), 63-68. doi: 10.1089/gtmb.2014.0208
Journal - Research Article
Jodczyk, S., Fergusson, D. M., Horwood, L. J., Pearson, J. F., & Kennedy, M. A. (2014). No association between mean telomere length and life stress observed in a 30 year birth cohort. PLoS ONE, 9(5), e97102. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097102
Journal - Research Article
Stevens, A. J., Appleby, S., & Kennedy, M. A. (2016). Many commercial hot-start polymerases demonstrate activity prior to thermal activation. Biotechniques, 61(6), 293-296. doi: 10.2144/000114481
Journal - Research Other