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Email

lastk@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Research Assistant
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Education
Bachelors Degree
Monash University
ORCID

0000-0002-4396-8404

Ms Karena Last

Research Assistant
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology

39 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Inhibition of heme biosynthesis triggers cuproptosis in acute myeloid leukemia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.10.028
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Complex II assembly drives metabolic adaptation to OXPHOS dysfunction
    DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adr6012
  • 2019

    Journal article

    ADAMTS-9 in mouse cartilage has aggrecanase activity that is distinct from ADAMTS-4 and ADAMTS-5
    DOI: 10.3390/ijms20030573
  • 2018

    Journal article

    An aggrecan fragment drives osteoarthritis pain through Toll-like receptor 2
    DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.95704
  • 2016

    Journal article

    A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs-5 (ADAMTS-5) forms catalytically active oligomers
    DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M115.704817
  • 2015

    Journal article

    Bioactivity in an aggrecan 32-mer fragment is mediated via toll-like receptor 2
    DOI: 10.1002/art.39063
  • 2014

    Conference Proceedings

    BIOACTIVITY IN AN AGGRECAN 32MER FRAGMENT IS MEDIATED VIA TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS
    DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2014.02.043
Karena Last

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2012

    Journal article

    Aggrecanase cleavage in juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients is minimally detected in the aggrecan interglobular domain but robust at the aggrecan C-terminus
    DOI: 10.1002/art.34665
  • 2012

    Journal article

    Evidence for lysosomal exocytosis and release of aggrecan-degrading hydrolases from hypertrophic chondrocytes, in vitro and in vivo
    DOI: 10.1242/bio.2012547
  • 2012

    Conference Proceedings

    AGGRECAN FRAGMENTS IN THE SYNOVIAL FLUID OF OSTEOARTHRITIS AND JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS PATIENTS REVEALS DIFFERENCES IN THE SPECIFICITY OF AGGRECANASE CLEAVAGE IN THE INTERGLOBULAR DOMAIN, BUT NOT IN THE CHONDROITIN-SULPHATE-RICH REGION
    DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.02.142

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