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  1. Ageing and liver immune cells

    Article • Ageing Research Reviews, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  2. PACA nanoparticles target and deliver sildenafil to rejuvenate aged mouse liver sinusoidal endothelial cells

    Article • Nanotheranostics, May 2025, Ivyspring International Publisher

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  3. Mimicking the Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cell Niche In Vitro to Enhance Fenestration in a Genetic Model of Systemic Inflammation

    Article • Cells, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  4. Correlative Super‐Resolution Imaging of Cellular Nanopores Facilitated by Transparent Polymer Waveguide Chips

    Article • Advanced Optical Materials, December 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  5. Impact of oxidized low-density lipoprotein on rat liver sinusoidal endothelial cell morphology and function

    Article • npj Gut and Liver, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  6. Go with the flow: Hemodynamic changes affect liver ultrastructure

    Article • Acta Physiologica, March 2024, Wiley

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  7. Liver sinusoidal cells eliminate blood-borne phage K1F

    Article • mSphere, February 2024, ASM Journals

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  8. Oral nanotherapeutic formulation of insulin with reduced episodes of hypoglycaemia

    Article • Nature Nanotechnology, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt, Zdenka Kuncic

  9. Sinusoidal cells and liver immunology

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  10. Grazing incidence to total internal reflection fluorescence structured illumination microscopy enabled by a prism telescope

    Article • Optics Express, November 2023, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  11. The Computed Sinusoid

    Article • Livers, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  12. Highly oxidized albumin is cleared by liver sinusoidal endothelial cells via the receptors stabilin-1 and -2

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  13. The Computed Sinusoid

    Article • August 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  14. Effect of caffeine and other xanthines on liver sinusoidal endothelial cell ultrastructure

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  15. High-speed TIRF and 2D super-resolution structured illumination microscopy with a large field of view based on fiber optic components

    Article • Optics Express, August 2023, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  16. Highly oxidized albumin is mainly cleared by mouse liver sinusoidal endothelial cells via the receptors stabilin-1 and -2

    Article • July 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  17. High-speed TIRF and 2D super-resolution structured illumination microscopy with large field of view based on fiber optic components

    Article • May 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  18. Oral nanotherapeutic formulation of insulin with reduced episodes of hypoglycaemia

    Article • January 2023, Research Square

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  19. Effect of caffeine and other xanthines on liver sinusoidal endothelial cell ultrastructure

    Article • January 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  20. Dual-color single molecule localization microscopy on transparent polymer waveguide chips

    Article • December 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  21. Modelling fatty liver disease with mouse liver-derived multicellular spheroids

    Article • Biomaterials, November 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  22. Tuning of Liver Sieve: The Interplay between Actin and Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Regulates Fenestration Size and Number in Murine Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  23. From fixed-dried to wet-fixed to live – comparative super-resolution microscopy of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell fenestrations

    Article • Nanophotonics, April 2022, De Gruyter

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  24. Opportunities and Challenges for Nanotherapeutics for the Aging Population

    Article • Frontiers in Nanotechnology, January 2022, Frontiers

    Zdenka Kuncic, Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  25. Autofluorescence in freshly isolated adult human liver sinusoidal cells

    Article • European Journal of Histochemistry, December 2021, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  26. Multimodal on-chip nanoscopy and quantitative phase imaging reveals the nanoscale morphology of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Assoc. Prof Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia, Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  27. Quantitative analysis methods for studying fenestrations in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells. A comparative study

    Article • Micron, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  28. The Scavenger Function of Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells in Health and Disease

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, October 2021, Frontiers

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  29. The wHole Story About Fenestrations in LSEC

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, September 2021, Frontiers

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  30. Quantum Dot Nanomedicine Formulations Dramatically Improve Pharmacological Properties and Alter Uptake Pathways of Metformin and Nicotinamide Mononucleotide in Aging Mice

    Article • ACS Nano, February 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Zdenka Kuncic, Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  31. Photonic-chip assisted correlative light and electron microscopy

    Article • Communications Biology, December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  32. Transcriptome and proteome profiling reveal complementary scavenger and immune features of rat liver sinusoidal endothelial cells and liver macrophages

    Article • BMC Molecular and Cell Biology, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  33. Waveguide chip coupled with microfluidics enables super-resolution live-cell imaging

    Article • August 2020, SPIE

    Antoni Homs Corbera, Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  34. Transcriptome and proteome profiling reveal complementary scavenger and immune features of rat liver sinusoidal endothelial cells and liver macrophages

    Article • February 2020, Research Square

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  35. Rapid Intestinal Uptake and Targeted Delivery to the Liver Endothelium Using Orally Administered Silver Sulfide Quantum Dots

    Article • ACS Nano, January 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Zdenka Kuncic, Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  36. Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells contribute to the uptake and degradation of entero bacterial viruses

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  37. Cost-efficient nanoscopy reveals nanoscale architecture of liver cells and platelets

    Article • Nanophotonics, July 2019, De Gruyter

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  38. The Effects of Metformin on Age-Related Changes in the Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cell

    Article • The Journals of Gerontology Series A, June 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  39. Manipulating fenestrations in young and old liver sinusoidal endothelial cells

    Article • AJP Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, January 2019, American Physiological Society

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  40. Novel targets for delaying aging: The importance of the liver and advances in drug delivery

    Article • Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  41. New ways of looking at very small holes – using optical nanoscopy to visualize liver sinusoidal endothelial cell fenestrations

    Article • Nanophotonics, February 2018, De Gruyter

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  42. Chip-based wide field-of-view nanoscopy

    Article • Nature Precedings, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  43. Identification of adult endothelial stem cells with endothelial and hematopoietic reconstitution potential

    Article • Experimental Hematology, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  44. Multimodal super-resolution optical microscopy visualizes the close connection between membrane and the cytoskeleton in liver sinusoidal endothelial cell fenestrations

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  45. Chip-based optical microscopy for imaging membrane sieve plates of liver scavenger cells

    Article • August 2015, SPIE

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  46. Optical nanoscopy to reveal structural and functional properties of liver cells (Presentation Recording)

    Article • August 2015, SPIE

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  47. Squeezing red blood cells on an optical waveguide to monitor cell deformability during blood storage

    Article • The Analyst, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Assoc. Prof Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia, Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  48. Efficient Uptake of Blood-Borne BK and JC Polyomavirus-Like Particles in Endothelial Cells of Liver Sinusoids and Renal Vasa Recta

    Article • PLOS One, November 2014, PLOS

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  49. Isolation of Murine Bone Marrow Scavenging Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells

    Article • October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  50. Optical deformation of red blood cells trapped on a narrow waveguide

    Article • September 2014, SPIE

    Assoc. Prof Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia, Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  51. Imaging fenestrations in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells by optical localization microscopy

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  52. Hepatic disposal of advanced glycation end products during maturation and aging

    Article • Experimental Gerontology, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  53. The scavenger endothelial cell: a new player in homeostasis and immunity

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, December 2012, American Physiological Society

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  54. Optical trapping forces on biological cells on a waveguide surface

    Article • February 2011, SPIE

    Assoc. Prof Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia, Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  55. Role of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells and stabilins in elimination of oxidized low-density lipoproteins

    Article • AJP Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, January 2011, American Physiological Society

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  56. Optical trapping and propulsion of red blood cells on waveguide surfaces

    Article • Optics Express, September 2010, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Assoc. Prof Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia, Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  57. Three-dimensional structured illumination microscopy of liver sinusoidal endothelial cell fenestrations

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  58. Age-Related Changes in Scavenger Receptor–Mediated Endocytosis in Rat Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells

    Article • The Journals of Gerontology Series A, June 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  59. Stabilins are expressed in bone marrow sinusoidal endothelial cells and mediate scavenging and cell adhesive functions

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, December 2009, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  60. Porcine liver sinusoidal endothelial cells contribute significantly to intrahepatic ammonia metabolism

    Article • Hepatology, May 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  61. Endocytosis of Advanced Glycation End-Products in Bovine Choriocapillaris Endothelial Cells

    Article • Microcirculation, January 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  62. Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells depend on mannose receptor-mediated recruitment of lysosomal enzymes for normal degradation capacity

    Article • Hepatology, July 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  63. Involvement of signaling of VEGF and TGF-β in differentiation of sinusoidal endothelial cells during culture of fetal rat liver cells

    Article • Cell and Tissue Research, April 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  64. The mannose receptor on murine liver sinusoidal endothelial cells is the main denatured collagen clearance receptor

    Article • Hepatology, January 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  65. Stabilin-1 and stabilin-2 are both directed into the early endocytic pathway in hepatic sinusoidal endothelium via interactions with clathrin/AP-2, independent of ligand binding

    Article • Experimental Cell Research, February 2005, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  66. Lack of recognition of Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine by the mouse liver reticulo-endothelial system: implications for pathophysiology

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, October 2003, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  67. Stabilin-1 and -2 constitute a novel family of fasciclin-like hyaluronan receptor homologues

    Article • Biochemical Journal, February 2002, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  68. Characterization of a hyaluronan receptor on rat sinusoidal liver endothelial cells and its functional relationship to scavenger receptors

    Article • Hepatology, November 1999, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  69. How does the hyaluronan scrap-yard operate?

    Article • Matrix Biology, October 1999, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  70. On the adsorption of hyaluronan and ICAM-1 to modified hydrophobic resins

    Article • The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, October 1997, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  71. Evidence for receptors for hyaluronan in discrete nerve cell populations of the brain

    Article • Brain Research, October 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Kjell Fuxe, Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  72. Hurler syndrome: A patient with abnormally high levels of α-l-iduronidase protein

    Article • Biochemical Medicine and Metabolic Biology, June 1992, Elsevier

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  73. A specific fluorogenic assay for N‐acetylgalactosamine‐4‐sulphatase activity using immunoadsorption

    Article • Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, February 1990, Wiley

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  74. Immunoquantification of the low abundance lysosomal enzyme N ‐acetylgalactosamine 4‐sulphatase

    Article • Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, April 1989, Wiley

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt

  75. Immunopurification and characterization of human α-l-iduronidase with the use of monoclonal antibodies

    Article • Biochemical Journal, April 1989, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr. Peter Anthony McCourt