Dr Frederik Steyn
Senior Lecturer - Anatomy & Patholo
School of Biomedical Sciences
+61 7 334 65555
Dr Frederik Steyn is a network member of the MND Collective at UQ.
Researcher biography
Dr Steyn started his career as a Biomedical Researcher conducting mechanistic studies that define hypothalamic integration of energy homeostasis, growth and reproduction. He developed transformative methodologies that are the industry gold-standard for the assessment of patterned hormone release in murine models of disease. In 2015, Dr Steyn extended this research focus to conduct studies to improve understanding of neurodegenerative disease. He developed methodologies for improved assessment of energy expenditure in patients with Motor Neurone Disease and established a research platform at UQ for improved assessment of the impact of hypermetabolism on disease progression in people living with neurodegenerative disease.
Dr Steyn currently oversees a pre-clinical and clinical research program that aims to increase our understanding of the heteregoneity of neurodegenerative diseases. As part of these studies, Dr Steyn's group aims to improve our understanding of the physiological response to disease, and specifically neurodegenerative diseases that are defined by the loss of upper and lower motor neurones. Within this program, he conducts studies on the role of metabolism on the progression of neurodegenerative disease (MEND-MND), and the effects of loss of appetite and impaired body weight regulation (EATT4MND) quality of life and disease progression. As part of these studies he is working closely with industry to develop new therapies for treating MND, while establishing improved methodologies for monitoring the progression and impact of therapy of disease outcome.
Book Chapters
Holdom, Cory J., Steyn, Frederik J., Henderson, Robert D., McCombe, Pamela A., Rogers, Mary-Louise and Ngo, Shyuan T. (2022). Biofluid biomarkers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurodegenerative diseases biomarkers: towards translating research to clinical practice. (pp. 263-306) edited by Philip V. Peplow, Bridget Martinez and Thomas A. Gennarelli. New York, United States: Springer . doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1712-0_11
Ahmed, Rebekah M., Steyn, Frederik and Dupuis, Luc (2021). Hypothalamus and weight loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Handbook of clinical neurology. (pp. 327-338) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-820107-7.00020-3
Ngo, Shyuan T., Steyn, Frederik J., McCombe, Pamela A. and Borges, Karin (2015). High Caloric diets for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Bioactive nutraceuticals and dietary supplements in neurological and brain disease: prevention and therapy. (pp. 355-361) edited by Ronald Ross Watson and Victor R. Preedy. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-411462-3.00036-9
Steyn, Frederik J. and Chen, Chen (2013). Adiponectin. Handbook of biologically active peptides. (pp. 983-989) edited by Abba J. Kastin. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Academic Press/Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385095-9.00130-5
Journal Articles
Holdom, Cory J., van Unnik, Jordi W. J., van Eijk, Ruben P. A., van den Berg, Leonard H., Henderson, Robert D., Ngo, Shyuan T. and Steyn, Frederik J. (2023). Use of hip- versus wrist-based actigraphy for assessing functional decline and disease progression in patients with motor neuron disease. Journal of Neurology, 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11584-7
Chang, Jeryn, Shaw, Thomas B., Holdom, Cory J., McCombe, Pamela A., Henderson, Robert D., Fripp, Jurgen, Barth, Markus, Guo, Christine C., Ngo, Shyuan T. and Steyn, Frederik J. (2022). Lower hypothalamic volume with lower BMI is associated with shorter survival in patients with ALS. European Journal of Neurology, 30 (1), 57-68. doi: 10.1111/ene.15589
Helleman, Jochem, Johnson, Barbara, Holdom, Cory, Hobson, Esther, Murray, Deirdre, Steyn, Frederik J., Ngo, Shyuan T., Henders, Anjali, Lokeshappa, Madhura B., Visser-Meily, Johanna M. A., van den Berg, Leonard H., Hardiman, Orla, Beelen, Anita, McDermott, Chris and van Eijk, Ruben P. A. (2022). Patient perspectives on digital healthcare technology in care and clinical trials for motor neuron disease: an international survey. Journal of Neurology, 269 (11), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00415-022-11273-x
Ding, Qiao, Kesavan, Kaamini, Lee, Kah Meng, Wimberger, Elyse, Robertson, Thomas, Gill, Melinder, Power, Dominique, Chang, Jeryn, Fard, Atefeh T., Mar, Jessica C., Henderson, Robert D., Heggie, Susan, McCombe, Pamela A., Jeffree, Rosalind L., Colditz, Michael J., Hilliard, Massimo A., Ng, Dominic C. H., Steyn, Frederik J., Phillips, William D., Wolvetang, Ernst J., Ngo, Shyuan T. and Noakes, Peter G. (2022). Impaired signaling for neuromuscular synaptic maintenance is a feature of Motor Neuron Disease. Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 10 (1) 61, 61. doi: 10.1186/s40478-022-01360-5
Hop, Paul J., Zwamborn, Ramona A.J., Hannon, Eilis, Shireby, Gemma L., Nabais, Marta F., Walker, Emma M., van Rheenen, Wouter, van Vugt, Joke J.F.A., Dekker, Annelot M., Westeneng, Henk-Jan, Tazelaar, Gijs H.P., van Eijk, Kristel R., Moisse, Matthieu, Baird, Denis, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Ticozzi, Nicola, Ratti, Antonia, Cooper-Knock, Jonathan, Morrison, Karen E., Shaw, Pamela J., Basak, A. Nazli, Chiò, Adriano, Calvo, Andrea, Moglia, Cristina, Canosa, Antonio, Brunetti, Maura, Grassano, Maurizio, Gotkine, Marc ... Brain MEND Consortium (2022). Genome-wide study of DNA methylation shows alterations in metabolic, inflammatory, and cholesterol pathways in ALS. Science Translational Medicine, 14 (633) eabj0264, 1-15. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abj0264
van Rheenen, Wouter, van der Spek, Rick A. A., Bakker, Mark K., van Vugt, Joke J. F. A., Hop, Paul J., Zwamborn, Ramona A. J., de Klein, Niek, Westra, Harm-Jan, Bakker, Olivier B., Deelen, Patrick, Shireby, Gemma, Hannon, Eilis, Moisse, Matthieu, Baird, Denis, Restuadi, Restuadi, Dolzhenko, Egor, Dekker, Annelot M., Gawor, Klara, Westeneng, Henk-Jan, Tazelaar, Gijs H. P., van Eijk, Kristel R., Kooyman, Maarten, Byrne, Ross P., Doherty, Mark, Heverin, Mark, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Shatunov, Aleksey, Ticozzi, Nicola ... SLAP Consortium (2022). Author Correction: Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology. Nature Genetics, 54 (3), 361-361. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01020-3
Restuadi, Restuadi, Steyn, Frederik J., Kabashi, Edor, Ngo, Shyuan T., Cheng, Fei-Fei, Nabais, Marta F., Thompson, Mike J., Qi, Ting, Wu, Yang, Henders, Anjali K., Wallace, Leanne, Bye, Chris R., Turner, Bradley J., Ziser, Laura, Mathers, Susan, McCombe, Pamela A., Needham, Merrilee, Schultz, David, Kiernan, Matthew C., van Rheenen, Wouter, van den Berg, Leonard H., Veldink, Jan H., Ophoff, Roel, Gusev, Alexander, Zaitlen, Noah, McRae, Allan F., Henderson, Robert D., Wray, Naomi R., Giacomotto, Jean and Garton, Fleur C. (2022). Functional characterisation of the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk locus GPX3/TNIP1. Genome Medicine, 14 (1) 7, 7. doi: 10.1186/s13073-021-01006-6
Scaricamazza, Silvia, Salvatori, Illari, Amadio, Susanna, Nesci, Valentina, Torcinaro, Alessio, Giacovazzo, Giacomo, Primiano, Aniello, Gloriani, Michela, Candelise, Niccolò, Pieroni, Luisa, Loeffler, Jean-Philippe, Renè, Frederique, Quessada, Cyril, Tefera, Tesfaye W, Wang, Hao, Steyn, Frederik J, Ngo, Shyuan T, Dobrowolny, Gabriella, Lepore, Elisa, Urbani, Andrea, Musarò, Antonio, Volonté, Cinzia, Ferraro, Elisabetta, Coccurello, Roberto, Valle, Cristiana and Ferri, Alberto (2022). Repurposing of Trimetazidine for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a study in SOD1 mice. British Journal of Pharmacology, 179 (8), 1732-1752. doi: 10.1111/bph.15738
van Rheenen, Wouter, van der Spek, Rick A. A., Bakker, Mark K., van Vugt, Joke J. F. A., Hop, Paul J., Zwamborn, Ramona A. J., de Klein, Niek, Westra, Harm-Jan, Bakker, Olivier B., Deelen, Patrick, Shireby, Gemma, Hannon, Eilis, Moisse, Matthieu, Baird, Denis, Restuadi, Restuadi, Dolzhenko, Egor, Dekker, Annelot M., Gawor, Klara, Westeneng, Henk-Jan, Tazelaar, Gijs H. P., van Eijk, Kristel R., Kooyman, Maarten, Byrne, Ross P., Doherty, Mark, Heverin, Mark, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Shatunov, Aleksey, Ticozzi, Nicola ... SLAP Consortium (2021). Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology. Nature Genetics, 53 (12), 1636-1648. doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00973-1
Toufaily, Chirine, Fortin, Jérôme, Alonso, Carlos A. I., Lapointe, Evelyn, Zhou, Xiang, Santiago-Andres, Yorgui, Lin, Yeu-Farn, Cui, Yimming, Wang, Ying, Devost, Dominic, Roelfsema, Ferdinand, Steyn, Frederik, Hanyaloglu, Aylin C., Hébert, Terence E., Fiordelisio, Tatiana, Boerboom, Derek and Bernard, Daniel J. (2021). Addition of a carboxy terminal tail to the normally tailless gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor impairs fertility in female mice. eLife, 10 e72937. doi: 10.7554/eLife.72937
Blackmore, Daniel G., Steyn, Frederik J., Carlisle, Alison, O’Keeffe, Imogen, Vien, King-Year, Zhou, Xiaoqing, Leiter, Odette, Jhaveri, Dhanisha, Vukovic, Jana, Waters, Michael J. and Bartlett, Perry F. (2021). An exercise ‘sweet spot’ reverses cognitive deficits of ageing by growth hormone-induced neurogenesis. iScience, 24 (11) 103275, 1-25. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103275
Holdom, Cory J., Janse van Mantgem, Mark R., van Eijk, Ruben P.A., Howe, Stephanie L., van den Berg, Leonard H., McCombe, Pamela A., Henderson, Robert D., Ngo, Shyuan T. and Steyn, Frederik J. (2021). Venous creatinine as a biomarker for loss of fat‐free mass and disease progression in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology, 28 (11) ene.15003, 3615-3625. doi: 10.1111/ene.15003
Holdom, Cory J., Ngo, Shyuan T., McCombe, Pamela A., Henderson, Robert D. and Steyn, Frederik J. (2021). Low plasma hyaluronan is associated with faster functional decline in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 23 (1-2), 1-7. doi: 10.1080/21678421.2021.1918721
van Eijk, Ruben P A, Beelen, Anita, Kruitwagen, Esther T, Murray, Deirdre, Radakovic, Ratko, Hobson, Esther, Knox, Liam, Helleman, Jochem, Burke, Tom, Rubio Pérez, Miguel Ángel, Reviers, Evy, Genge, Angela, Steyn, Frederik J, Ngo, Shyuan, Eaglesham, John, Roes, Kit C B, van den Berg, Leonard H, Hardiman, Orla and McDermott, Christopher J (2021). A road map for remote digital health technology for motor neuron disease. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23 (9) e28766, e28766. doi: 10.2196/28766
McGill, R.B., Steyn, F.J., Ngo, S.T., Thorpe, K.A., Heggie, S., Henderson, R.D., Mccombe, P.A. and Woodruff, T.M. (2021). Monocyte CD14 and HLA-DR expression increases with disease duration and severity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 23 (5-6), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/21678421.2021.1964531
Sidhom, Silvana, Schneider, Augusto, Fang, Yimin, McFadden, Samuel, Darcy, Justin, Sathiaseelan, Roshini, Palmer, Allyson K, Steyn, Frederik J, Grillari, Johannes, Kopchick, John J, Bartke, Andrzej, Siddiqi, Shadab, Masternak, Michal M and Stout, Michael B (2021). 17α-estradiol modulates IGF1 and hepatic gene expression in a sex-specific manner. Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 76 (5), 778-785. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glaa215
Restuadi, Restuadi, Garton, Fleur C., Benyamin, Beben, Lin, Tian, Williams, Kelly L., Vinkhuyzen, Anna, van Rheenen, Wouter, Zhu, Zhihong, Laing, Nigel G., Mather, Karen A., Sachdev, Perminder S., Ngo, Shyuan T., Steyn, Frederik J., Wallace, Leanne, Henders, Anjali K., Visscher, Peter M., Needham, Merrilee, Mathers, Susan, Nicholson, Garth, Rowe, Dominic B., Henderson, Robert D., McCombe, Pamela A., Pamphlett, Roger, Blair, Ian P., Wray, Naomi R. and McRae, Allan F. (2021). Polygenic risk score analysis for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis leveraging cognitive performance, educational attainment and schizophrenia. European Journal of Human Genetics, 30 (5), 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41431-021-00885-y
Ongaro, Luisina, Alonso, Carlos Agustin Isidro, Zhou, Xiang, Brûlé, Emilie, Li, Yining, Schang, Gauthier, Parlow, Albert F., Steyn, Frederik and Bernard, Daniel J. (2021). Development of a highly sensitive ELISA for measurement of FSH in serum, plasma, and whole blood in mice. Endocrinology, 162 (4) bqab014, 1-11. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqab014
Nabais, Marta F., Laws, Simon M., Lin, Tian, Vallerga, Costanza L., Armstrong, Nicola J., Blair, Ian P., Kwok, John B., Mather, Karen A., Mellick, George D., Sachdev, Perminder S., Wallace, Leanne, Henders, Anjali K., Zwamborn, Ramona A. J., Hop, Paul J., Lunnon, Katie, Pishva, Ehsan, Roubroeks, Janou A. Y., Soininen, Hilkka, Tsolaki, Magda, Mecocci, Patrizia, Lovestone, Simon, Kloszewska, Iwona, Vellas, Bruno, Furlong, Sarah, Garton, Fleur C., Henderson, Robert D., Mathers, Susan, McCombe, Pamela A., Needham, Merrilee ... McRae, Allan F. (2021). Meta-analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation identifies shared associations across neurodegenerative disorders. Genome Biology, 22 (1) 90, 1-30. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02275-5
Ngo, Shyuan T., Wang, Hao, Henderson, Robert D., Bowers, Cyril and Steyn, Frederik J. (2021). Ghrelin as a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33 (7) e12938, 1-10. doi: 10.1111/jne.12938
Tefera, Tesfaye Wolde, Steyn, Frederik J., Ngo, Shyuan T. and Borges, Karin (2021). CNS glucose metabolism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a therapeutic target?. Cell & Bioscience, 11 (1) 14, 14. doi: 10.1186/s13578-020-00511-2
Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Lin, Tian, Al Khleifat, Ahmad, Jones, Ashley R., Opie-Martin, Sarah, Coleman, Jonathan R.I., Shatunov, Aleksey, Sproviero, William, Williams, Kelly L., Garton, Fleur, Restuadi, Restuadi, Henders, Anjali K., Mather, Karen A., Needham, Merilee, Mathers, Susan, Nicholson, Garth A., Rowe, Dominic B., Henderson, Robert, McCombe, Pamela A., Pamphlett, Roger, Blair, Ian P., Schultz, David, Sachdev, Perminder S., Newhouse, Stephen J., Proitsi, Petroula, Fogh, Isabella, Ngo, Shyuan T., Dobson, Richard J.B., Wray, Naomi R. ... Al-Chalabi, Ammar (2020). Genome-wide meta-analysis finds the ACSL5-ZDHHC6 locus is associated with ALS and links weight loss to the disease genetics. Cell Reports, 33 (4) 108323, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108323
Steyn, Frederik J., Li, Rui, Kirk, Siobhan E., Tefera, Tesfaye W, Xie, Teresa Y., Tracey, Timothy J., Kelk, Dean, Wimberger, Elyse, Garton, Fleur C., Roberts, Llion, Chapman, Sarah E., Coombes, Jeff S., Leevy, W. Matthew, Ferri, Alberto, Valle, Cristiana, René, Frédérique, Loeffler, Jean-Philippe, McCombe, Pamela A., Henderson, Robert D. and Ngo, Shyuan T. (2020). Altered skeletal muscle glucose-fatty acid flux in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Brain Communications, 2 (2) fcaa154, fcaa154. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaa154
Tracey, T. J., Kirk, S. E., Steyn, F. J. and Ngo, S. T. (2020). The role of lipids in the central nervous system and their pathological implications in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 112, 69-81. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2020.08.012
Steyn, Frederik J and Ngo, Shyuan T (2020). Prognostic value of weight loss in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 91 (8), 813-813. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-323440
Joustra, Sjoerd D., Roelfsema, Ferdinand, van Trotsenburg, A. S. Paul, Schneider, Harald J., Kosilek, Robert P., Kroon, Herman M., Logan, John G., Butterfield, Natalie C., Zhou, Xiang, Toufaily, Chirine, Bak, Beata, Turgeon, Marc-Olivier, Brule, Emilie, Steyn, Frederik J., Gurnell, Mark, Koulouri, Olympia, Le Tissier, Paul, Fontanaud, Pierre, Bassett, J. H. Duncan, Williams, Graham R., Oostdijk, Wilma, Wit, Jan M., Pereira, Alberto M., Biermasz, Nienke R., Bernard, Daniel J. and Schoenmakers, Nadia (2020). Response to Letter to the Editor: "IGSF1 Deficiency Results in Human and Murine Somatotrope Neurosecretory Hyperfunction". Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 105 (6), E2315-E2316. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa147
Scaricamazza, Silvia, Salvatori, Illari, Giacovazzo, Giacomo, Loeffler, Jean Philippe, Renè, Frederique, Rosina, Marco, Quessada, Cyril, Proietti, Daisy, Heil, Constantin, Rossi, Simona, Battistini, Stefania, Giannini, Fabio, Volpi, Nila, Steyn, Frederik J., Ngo, Shyuan T., Ferraro, Elisabetta, Madaro, Luca, Coccurello, Roberto, Valle, Cristiana and Ferri, Alberto (2020). Skeletal-Muscle Metabolic Reprogramming in ALS-SOD1G93A Mice Predates Disease Onset and Is A Promising Therapeutic Target. iScience, 23 (5) 101087, 101087. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101087
Nabais, Marta F., Lin, Tian, Benyamin, Beben, Williams, Kelly L., Garton, Fleur C., Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Zhang, Futao, Vallerga, Costanza L., Restuadi, Restuadi, Freydenzon, Anna, Zwamborn, Ramona A. J., Hop, Paul J., Robinson, Matthew R., Gratten, Jacob, Visscher, Peter M., Hannon, Eilis, Mill, Jonathan, Brown, Matthew A., Laing, Nigel G., Mather, Karen A., Sachdev, Perminder S., Ngo, Shyuan T., Steyn, Frederik J., Wallace, Leanne, Henders, Anjali K., Needham, Merrilee, Veldink, Jan H., Mathers, Susan, Nicholson, Garth ... Wray, Naomi R. (2020). Significant out-of-sample classification from methylation profile scoring for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. npj Genomic Medicine, 5 (1) 10, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41525-020-0118-3
McGill, Raquel B., Steyn, Frederik J., Ngo, Shyuan T., Thorpe, Kathryn A., Heggie, Susan, Ruitenberg, Marc J., Henderson, Robert D., McCombe, Pamela A. and Woodruff, Trent M. (2020). Monocytes and neutrophils are associated with clinical features in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Brain Communications, 2 (1) fcaa013, fcaa013. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaa013
Ngo, Shyuan T., Restuadi, Restuadi, McCrea, Allan F., Van Eijk, Ruben P., Garton, Fleur, Henderson, Robert D., Wray, Naomi R., McCombe, Pamela A. and Steyn, Frederik J. (2020). Progression and survival of patients with motor neuron disease relative to their fecal microbiota. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 21 (7-8), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/21678421.2020.1772825
Joustra, Sjoerd D., Roelfsema, Ferdinand, van Trotsenburg, A. S. Paul, Schneider, Harald J., Kosilek, Robert P., Kroon, Herman M., Logan, John G., Butterfield, Natalie C., Zhou, Xiang, Toufaily, Chirine, Bak, Beata, Turgeon, Marc-Olivier, Brûlé, Emilie, Steyn, Frederik J., Gurnell, Mark, Koulouri, Olympia, Le Tissier, Paul, Fontanaud, Pierre, Duncan Bassett, J. H., Williams, Graham R., Oostdijk, Wilma, Wit, Jan M., Pereira, Alberto M., Biermasz, Nienke R., Bernard, Daniel J. and Schoenmakers, Nadia (2019). IGSF1 Deficiency Results in Human and Murine Somatotrope Neurosecretory Hyperfunction. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 105 (3) dgz093, e70-e84. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgz093
Nabizadeh, Jamileh A., Manthey, Helga D., Panagides, Nadya, Steyn, Frederik J., Lee, John D., Li, Xaria X., Akhir, Fazrena N. M., Chen, Weiyu, Boyle, Glen M., Taylor, Stephen M., Woodruff, Trent M. and Rolfe, Barbara E. (2019). C5a receptors C5aR1 and C5aR2 mediate opposing pathologies in a mouse model of melanoma. FASEB Journal, 33 (10), fj201800980RR-11071. doi: 10.1096/fj.201800980rr
McCombe, Pamela A., Henderson, Robert D., Lee, Aven, Lee, John D., Woodruff, Trent M., Restuadi, Restuadi, McRae, Allan, Wray, Naomi R., Ngo, Shyuan and Steyn, Frederik J. (2019). Gut microbiota in ALS: possible role in pathogenesis?. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 19 (9), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2019.1623026
Ngo, Shyuan T., Van Eijk, Ruben P. A., Chachay, V. , Van Den Berg, Leonard H., Mccombe, Pamela A., Henderson, Robert D. and Steyn, Frederik J. (2019). Loss of appetite is associated with a loss of weight and fat mass in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 20 (7-8), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/21678421.2019.1621346
Kirk, Siobhan E., Tracey, Timothy J., Steyn, Frederik J. and Ngo, Shyuan T. (2019). Biomarkers of metabolism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Frontiers in Neurology, 10 191, 191. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00191
Steyn, Frederik J., Ioannides, Zara A., van Eijk, Ruben P. A., Heggie, Susan, Thorpe, Kathryn A., Ceslis, Amelia, Heshmat, Saman, Henders, Anjali K., Wray, Naomi R., van den Berg, Leonard H., Henderson, Robert D., McCombe, Pamela A. and Ngo, Shyuan T. (2018). Hypermetabolism in ALS is associated with greater functional decline and shorter survival. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 89 (10), jnnp-2017. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-317887
Tracey, Timothy J., Steyn, Frederik J., Wolvetang, Ernst J. and Ngo, Shyuan T. (2018). Neuronal Lipid Metabolism: Multiple Pathways Driving Functional Outcomes in Health and Disease. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 11 10, 10. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00010
McCombe, Pamela A., Ngo, Shyuan T., Guo, Christine Cong, Fazlollahi, Amir, Bollmann, Saskia, Wang, Liting, Hu, Xintao, Barth, Markus, Salvado, Olivier, Davis, Mark, Ceslis, Amelia, Robinson, Gail, Henderson, Robert D. and Steyn, Frederik J. (2018). Patient with ALS with a novel TBK1 mutation, widespread brain involvement, behaviour changes and metabolic dysfunction. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 90 (8), 952-954. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2018-318823
Steyn, Frederik J., Ngo, Shyuan T., Chen, Vicky Ping, Bailey-Downs, Lora C., Xie, Teresa Y., Ghadami, Martin, Brimijoin, Stephen, Freeman, Willard M., Rubinstein, Marcelo, Low, Malcolm J. and Stout, Michael B. (2017). 17α-estradiol acts through hypothalamic pro-opiomelanocortin expressing neurons to reduce feeding behavior. Aging Cell, 17 (1) e12703, 1-6. doi: 10.1111/acel.12703
Steyn, Frederik J. and Ngo, Shyuan T. (2017). Endocrine rhythms of growth hormone release: insights from animal studies. Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 31 (6), 521-533. doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2017.10.009
Varamini, Pegah, Rafiee, Amirreza, Giddam, Ashwini Kumar, Mansfeld, Friederike M., Steyn, Frederik and Toth, Istvan (2017). Development of new gonadotropin-releasing hormone-modified dendrimer platforms with direct antiproliferative and gonadotropin releasing activity. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 60 (20), 8309-8320. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01771
Ngo, Shyuan T., Mi, Jia D., Henderson, Robert D., McCombe, Pamela A. and Steyn, Frederik J. (2017). Exploring targets and therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: current insights into dietary interventions. Degenerative Neurological and Neuromuscular Disease, 7, 95-108. doi: 10.2147/DNND.S120607
Ioannides, Z. A., Steyn, F. J., Henderson, R. D., McCombe, P. A. and Ngo, S. T. (2017). Predictions of resting energy expenditure in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are greatly impacted by reductions in fat free mass. Cogent Medicine, 4 (1), 1343000. doi: 10.1080/2331205X.2017.1343000
Kirk, S. E., Xie, T. Y., Steyn, F. J., Grattan, D. R. and Bunn, S. J. (2017). Restraint stress increases prolactin-mediated phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 in the hypothalamus and adrenal cortex in the male mouse. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 29 (6) JNE12477. doi: 10.1111/jne.12477
Varamini, Pegah, Mansfeld, Friederike M., Giddam, Ashwini Kumar, Steyn, Frederik and Toth, Istvan (2017). New gonadotropin-releasing hormone glycolipids with direct antiproliferative activity and gonadotropin-releasing potency. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 521 (1-2), 327-336. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.02.054
Ioannides, Zara A., Steyn, Frederik J., Henderson, Robert D., Mccombe, Pamela A. and Ngo, Shyuan T. (2017). Anthropometric measures are not accurate predictors of fat mass in ALS. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 18 (7-8), 486-491. doi: 10.1080/21678421.2017.1317811
Spiers, Jereme G., Chen, Hsiao-Jou Cortina, Steyn, Frederik J., Lavidis, Nickolas A., Woodruff, Trent M. and Lee, John D. (2017). Non-invasive assessment of altered activity following restraint in mice using an automated physiological monitoring system. Stress, 20 (1), 59-67. doi: 10.1080/10253890.2016.1276898
Stout, Michael B. , Steyn, Frederik J. , Jurczak, Michael J. , Camporez, Joao-Paulo G., Zhu, Yi , Hawse, John R., Jurk, Diana, Palmer, Allyson K. , Xu, Ming, Pirtskhalava, Tamar, Evans, Glenda L., De Souza Santos, Roberta, Frank, Aaron P. , White, Thomas A., Monroe, David G. , Singh, Ravinder J., Casaclang-Verzosa, Grace, Miller, Jordan D. , Clegg, Deborah J., LeBrasseur, Nathan K., Von Zglinicki, Thomas, Shulman, Gerald I. , Tchkonia, Tamara and Kirkland, James L. (2017). 17α-estradiol alleviates age-related metabolic and inflammatory dysfunction in male mice without inducing feminization. Journals of Gerontology, Series A, 72 (1), 3-15. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glv309
Tan, H. Y., Steyn, F. J., Huang, L., Cowley, M., Veldhuis, J. D. and Chen, C. (2016). Hyperphagia in male melanocortin 4 receptor deficient mice promotes growth independently of growth hormone. Journal of Physiology, 594 (24), 7309-7326. doi: 10.1113/JP272770
Czieselsky, Katja, Prescott, Mel, Porteous, Robert, Campos, Pauline, Clarkson, Jenny, Steyn, Frederik J., Campbell, Rebecca E. and Herbison, Allan E. (2016). Pulse and surge profiles of luteinizing hormone secretion in the mouse. Endocrinology, 157 (12), 4794-4802. doi: 10.1210/en.2016-1351
Tuong, Zewen Kelvin, Fitzsimmons, Rebecca, Wang, Shu-Ching Mary, Oh, Tae Gyu, Lau, Patrick, Steyn, Frederik, Thomas, Gethin and Muscat, George E. O. (2016). Transgenic adipose-specific expression of the nuclear receptor RORα drives a striking shift in fat distribution and impairs glycemic control. EBioMedicine, 11, 101-117. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.08.027
Ioannides, Z. A., Ngo, S. T., Henderson, R. D., McCombe, P. A. and Steyn, F. J. (2016). Altered metabolic homeostasis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: mechanisms of energy imbalance and contribution to disease progression. Neurodegenerative Diseases, 15 (5-6), 382-397. doi: 10.1159/000446502
Nabizadeh, Jamileh A., Manthey, Helga D., Steyn, Frederik J., Chen, Weiyu, Widiapradja, Alexander, Akhir, Fazrena N. Md, Boyle, Glen M., Taylor, Stephen M., Woodruff, Trent M. and Rolfe, Barbara E. (2016). The complement C3a receptor contributes to melanoma tumorigenesis by inhibiting neutrophil and CD4+ T cell responses. Journal of Immunology, 196 (11), 4783-4792. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1600210
Steyn, Frederik J., Tolle, Virginie, Chen, Chen and Epelbaum, Jacques (2016). Neuroendocrine regulation of growth hormone secretion. Comprehensive Physiology, 6 (2), 687-735. doi: 10.1002/cphy.c150002
Li, Rui, Steyn, Frederik J., Stout, Michael B., Lee, Kevin, Cully, Tanya R., Calderon, Juan C. and Ngo, Shuyan T. (2016). Development of a high-throughput method for real-time assessment of cellular metabolism in intact long skeletal muscle fibre bundles. The Journal of Physiology, 594 (24), 7197-7213. doi: 10.1113/JP272988
Xie, T. Y., Ngo, S. T., Veldhuis, J. D., Jeffery, P. L., Chopin, L. K., Tschop, M., Waters, M. J., Tolle, V., Epelbaum, J., Chen, C. and Steyn, F. J. (2015). Effect of deletion of ghrelin-o-acyltransferase on the pulsatile release of growth hormone in mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 27 (12), 872-886. doi: 10.1111/jne.12327
Varasteh Moradi, Shayli, Varamini, Pegah, Steyn, Frederik and Toth, Istvan (2015). In vivo pharmacological evaluation of a lactose-conjugated luteinizing hormone releasing hormone analogue. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 495 (1), 106-111. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.08.095
Ngo, S. T., Steyn, F. J., Huang, L., Mantovani, S., Pfluger, C. M. M., Woodruff, T. M., O'Sullivan, J. D., Henderson, R. D. and McCombe, P. A. (2015). Altered expression of metabolic proteins and adipokines in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 357 (1-2), 22-27. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.06.053
Ngo, S. T. and Steyn, F. J. (2015). The interplay between metabolic homeostasis and neurodegeneration: insights into the neurometabolic nature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Cell Regeneration, 4 (5) 5, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s13619-015-0019-6
Steyn, F. J (2015). Nutrient Sensing Overrides Somatostatin and Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone to Control Pulsatile Growth Hormone Release. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 27 (7), 577-587. doi: 10.1111/jne.12278
Guillou, Anne, Romano, Nicola, Steyn, Frederik, Abitbol, Karine, Le Tissier, Paul, Bonnefont, Xavier, Chen, Chen, Mollard, Patrice and Martin, Agnès O. (2015). Assessment of lactotroph axis functionality in mice: longitudinal monitoring of PRL secretion by ultrasensitive-ELISA. Endocrinology, 156 (5), 1-7. doi: 10.1210/en.2014-1571
Huang, Lili, Tan, Hwee Y., Fogarty, Matthew J., Andrews, Zane B., Veldhuis, Johannes D., Herzog, Herbert, Steyn, Frederik J. and Chen, Chen (2014). Actions of NPY, and its Y1 and Y2 receptors on pulsatile growth hormone secretion during the fed and fasted state. Journal of Neuroscience, 34 (49), 16309-16319. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4622-13.2014
Ngo, S. T., Steyn, F. J. and McCombe, P. A. (2014). Gender differences in autoimmune disease. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 35 (3), 347-369. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2014.04.004
Ngo, S.T., Steyn, F.J. and McCombe, P.A. (2014). Body mass index and dietary intervention: Implications for prognosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 340 (1-2), 5-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.02.035
Hassouna, Rim, Zizzari, Philippe, Tomasetto, Catherine, Veldhuis, Johannes D., Fiquet, Oriane, Labarthe, Alexandra, Cognet, Julie, Steyn, Frederik, Chen, Chen, Epelbaum, Jacques and Tolle, Virginie (2014). An early reduction in GH peak amplitude in preproghrelin deficient male mice has a minor impact on linear growth. Endocrinology, 155 (9), 3561-3571. doi: 10.1210/en.2014-1126
Gray, Belinda, Steyn, Frederik, Davies, P.eter .W. and Vitetta, Luis (2014). Liver function parameters, cholesterol, and phospholipid α-linoleic acid are associated with adipokine levels in overweight and obese adults. Nutrition Research, 34 (5), 375-382. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2014.04.001
Manzanero, Silvia, Erion, Joanna R., Santro, Tomislay, Steyn, Frederik J., Chen, Chen, Arumugam, Thiruma V. and Stranahan, Alexis M. (2014). Intermittent fasting attenuates increases in neurogenesis after ischemia and reperfusion and improves recovery. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 34 (5), 897-905. doi: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.36
Steyn, F. J., Lee, Kevin, Fogarty, M. J., Veldhuis, J. D., McCombe, P. A,, Bellingham, M. C., Ngo, S. T. and Chen, C (2013). Growth hormone secretion is correlated with neuromuscular innervation rather than motor neuron number in early-symptomatic male amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mice. Endocrinology, 154 (12), 4695-4706. doi: 10.1210/en.2013-1570
Steyn F.J., Wan Y., Clarkson J., Veldhuis J.D., Herbison A.E. and Chen C. (2013). Development of a methodology for and assessment of pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion in juvenile and adult male mice. Endocrinology, 154 (12), 4939-4945. doi: 10.1210/en.2013-1502
Gray, B., Steyn, F., Davies, P. S. W. and Vitetta, L. (2013). Omega-3 fatty acids: a review of the effects on adiponectin and leptin and potential implications for obesity management. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Advance online publication (12), 1-9. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2013.197
Steyn, F. J., Xie, T. Y., Huang, L., Ngo, S. T., Veldhuis, J. D., Waters, M. J. and Chen, C. (2013). Increased adiposity and insulin correlates with the progressive suppression of pulsatile GH secretion during weight gain. Journal of Endocrinology, 218 (2), 233-244. doi: 10.1530/JOE-13-0084
Tan, H. Y., Huang, L., Simmons, D., Veldhuis, J. D., Steyn, F. J. and Chen, C. (2013). Hypothalamic distribution of somatostatin mRNA expressing neurones relative to pubertal and adult changes in pulsatile growth hormone secretion in mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 25 (10), 910-919. doi: 10.1111/jne.12078
Reichenbach, Alex, Steyn, Frederick J., Sleeman, Mark W. and Andrews, Zane B. (2012). Ghrelin receptor expression and colocalization with anterior pituitary hormones using a GHSR-GFP mouse line. Endocrinology, 153 (11), 5452-5466. doi: 10.1210/en.2012-1622
Huang, L., Steyn, F. J., Tan, H. Y., Xie, T. Y., Veldhuis, J. D., Ngo, S. T. and Chen, C. (2012). The decline in pulsatile GH secretion throughout early adulthood in mice is exacerbated by dietary-induced weight gain. Endocrinology, 153 (9), 4380-4388. doi: 10.1210/en.2012-1178
Yang, Seung-Kwon, Steyn, Frederik and Chen, Chen (2012). Influence of membrane ion channel in pituitary somatotrophs by hypothalamic regulators. Cell Calcium, 51 (3-4), 231-239. doi: 10.1016/j.ceca.2011.12.005
Steyn, F. J., Leong, J. W., Huang, L., Tan, H. Y., Xie, T. Y., Nelson, C., Waters, M. J., Veldhuis, J. D., Epelbaum, J. and Chen, C. (2012). GH does not modulate the early fasting-induced release of free fatty acids in mice. Endocrinology, 153 (1), 273-282. doi: 10.1210/en.2011-1681
Steyn, F. J., Ngo, S. T, Lee, J. D., Leong, J. W., Buckley, A. J., Veldhuis, J. D., McCombe, P. A., Chen, C. and Bellingham, M. C. (2012). Impairments to the GH-IGF-I axis in hSOD1(G93A) mice give insight into possible mechanisms of GH dysregulation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Endocrinology, 153 (8), 3735-3746. doi: 10.1210/en.2011-2171
Steyn, F. J., Huang, L., Ngo, S. T., Leong, J. W., Tan, H. Y., Xie, T. Y., Parlow, A. F., Veldhuis, J. D., Waters, M. J. and Chen, C. (2011). Development of a method for the determination of pulsatile growth hormone secretion in mice. Endocrinology, 152 (8), 3165-3171. doi: 10.1210/en.2011-0253
Steyn, F. J., Boehme, F., Vargas, E., Wang, K., Parkington, H. C., Rao, J. R. and Chen, C. (2009). Adiponectin Regulate Growth Hormone Secretion Via Adiponectin Receptor Mediated Ca2+ Signalling in Rat Somatotrophs In Vitro. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 21 (8), 698-704. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01887.x
Steyn, Frederik J., Anderson, Greg M. and Grattan, David R. (2008). Hormonal regulation of suppressors of cytokine signaling expression in the arcuate nucleus during late pregnancy. Endocrinology, 149 (6), 3206-3214. doi: 10.1210/en.2007-1623
Grattan, D. R., Steyn, F. J., Kokay, I. C., Anderson, G. M. and Bunn, S. J. (2008). Pregnancy-induced adaptation in the neuroendocrine control of prolactin secretion. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 20 (4), 497-507. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01661.x
Anderson, Greg M., Kieser, David C., Steyn, Frederick J. and Grattan, David R. (2008). Hypothalamic prolactin receptor messenger ribonucleic acid levels, prolactin signaling, and hyperprolactinemic inhibition of pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion are dependent on estradiol. Endocrinology, 149 (4), 1562-1570. doi: 10.1210/en.2007-0867
Steyn, F. J., Anderson, G. M. and Grattan, D. R. (2007). Expression of Ovarian Steroid Hormone Receptors in Tuberoinfundibular Dopaminergic Neurones During Pregnancy and Lactation. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 19 (10), 788-793. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2007.01590.x
Steyn, F. J., Anderson, G. M. and Grattan , D. R. (2007). Differential Effects of Centrally-Administered Oestrogen Antagonist ICI-182,780 on Oestrogen-Sensitive Functions in the Hypothalamus. Journal Of Neuroendocrinology, 19 (1), 26-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2006.01499.x
Conference Papers
Nabizadeh, J., Manthey, H., Panagides, N., Steyn, F., Lee, J., Li, X., Woodruff, T. and Rolfe, B. (2019). Complement C5a receptors, C5aR1 and C5aR2, mediate opposing pathologies in a mouse model of melanoma. 17th International Congress of Immunology (IUIS), Beijing, China, 19-23 October 2019. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley.
Ioannides, Zara A., Ngo, Shyuan T., Henderson, Robert D., McCombe, Pamela A. and Steyn, Frederik J. (2017). Hypermetabolism in Motor Neurone Disease Is Associated with a Greater Functional Decline But Not Weight Loss. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian-and-New-Zealand-Association-of-Neurologists (ANZAN), Gold Coast, Australia, May 09-12, 2017. LONDON: BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-316074.18
Ioannides, Zara A., Steyn, Frederik J., Henderson, Robert D., McCombe, Pamela A. and Ngo, Shyuan T. (2017). The risk of overestimating fatness in motor neurone disease: longitudinal assessments of body composition. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian-and-New-Zealand-Association-of-Neurologists (ANZAN), Gold Coast, Australia, 9-12 May 2017. London, United Kingdom: B M J Group. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-316074.35
Steyn, Frederik J., Restuadi, Restuadi, Ioannides, Zara, Ngo, Shyuan T., McRae, Allan, Wray, Naomi R., Henderson, Robert and McCombe, Pamela (2017). Comparison of Faecal Microbe Diversity Between Motor Neurone Disease (Mnd) and Control Participants. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian-and-New-Zealand-Association-of-Neurologists (ANZAN), Gold Coast, Australia, 9-12 May 2017. London, United Kingdom: BMJ. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-316074.81
Steyn, Frederik (2016). Regulation of pulsatile growth hormone secretion: lessons from the mouse. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Endocrine Society of Australia, Adelaide, Australia, Aug 23-26, 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/cen.13010
Wan, Ying, Veldhuis, Johannes, Steyn, Frederik and Chen, Chen (2016). The refinement of luteinizing hormone (LH) output during pubertal maturation is associated with the recruitment of follicle in adult female mice. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Endocrine Society of Australia, Adelaide, Australia, 23-26 August 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley-Blackwell.
Chen, C., Tan, H. Y., Huang, L., Xie, T., Steyn, F. J. and Veldhuis, J. D. (2013). Growth hormone and obesity: a physiological response to an unhealthy condition. 4th Meeting of the Australia-Chinese-Association-for-Biomedical-Sciences-Inc (ACABS 2013), Hangzhou, China, 10-13 October 2013. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/1440-1681.12170_4
Ngo, S. T., Steyn, F. J., Buckley, A. J., Leong, J. W., Veldhuis, J. D., Chen, C., McCombe, P. A. and Bellingham, M. C. (2011). Pulsatile growth hormone secretion in the SOD1G93A mouse model of ALS resembles growth hormone deficiency in ALS patients. 22nd International ALS/MND Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 30 November - 2 December 2011.
Steyn, F.J., Ngo, S.T., Buckley, A.J., Leong, J.W., Veldhuis, J.D., McCombe, P.A., Chen, C. and Bellingham, M.C. (2011). Pulsatile Growth Hormone Secretion in the SOD1G93A Mouse Model of ALS. Endocrine Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia, 28-31 August.
Data Collections
Anna Freydenzon, Allan F. McRaee, Shyuan Ngo, Naomi R. Wray, Leanne Wallace, Anjali K. Henders, Pamela A. McCombe, Robert D. Henderson and Frederik J. Steyn (2023). Skeletal muscle and blood RNA-seq counts in motor neurone disease cases and controls. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/b722f1f
Ngo, Shyuan, Power, Dominique, Andersen, Stacey, Taherian Fard, Atefeh, Chang, Jeryn and Steyn, Frederik (2022). snrRNA-seq_muscle_dataset. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/0106c8e