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Professor John Forrester

Professor John Forrester
Professor John Forrester
Professor John Forrester

MD FRCSE FRCSG FRCOphth

Emeritus Professor

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Email Address
j.forrester@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address

Room 4.24 Institute of Medical Sciences

Foresterhill

Aberdeen

AB25 2ZD

Tel:  01224 437507

School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Biography

Professor Forrester received his MD, ChB from Glasgow University, Scotland in 1970.  In 1980 he received his MD also from the University of Glasgow.  Between 1979-1984 he was Consultant Ophthalmologist/Clinical Lecturer in Ophthalmology at Glasgow University.  In 1984 he was appointed to his current post, Cockburn Professor of Ophthalmology University of Aberdeen/Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist, NHS Grampian.

He has over the years received 16 awards and Visiting Professorships including the London Hospital Prize for Original Research in Ophthalmology in 1977, the Duke Elder Medal and the Ida Mann Medal in 1991.  He received the Spinoza Professorship in Amsterdam in 1998 and the Kimura Lectureship as Visiting Professor (UCSF) University of California, San Francisco in 2004.

His main areas of research are Diabetic Retinopathy, Angiogenesis, Endothelial Cell Function, Ocular Immunology, Uveitis, Autoimmune Disease, Imaging in Ophthalmology, Wound Healing and Corneal Transplantation and has published over 260 papers.

He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Glasgow, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Physicians of Edinburgh, Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

He was Chairman of the RCOphth Medical Ophthalmology Training Sub-Committee and the RCOphth Diabetic Retinopathy Guidelines Committee and a member of the MRC Advisory Board.  He was previously Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Ophthalmology 1992-2000.  He is currently an Editorial Board member of the British Journal of Ophthalmology, European Journal of Ophthalmology and Current Eye Research.

Publications

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  • Murine pattern recognition receptor dectin-1 is essential in the development of experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis

    Stoppelkamp, S., Reid, D. M., Yeoh, J., Taylor, J., McKenzie, E. J., Brown, G. D., Gordon, S., Forrester, J. V., Wong, S. Y. C.
    Molecular Immunology, vol. 67, no. 2 B, pp. 398-406
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Fundus Autofluorescence in Posterior Uveitis

    Kuffova, L., Forrester, J. V., Lois, N.
    Fundus Autofluorescence. Lois, N., Forrester, J. V. (eds.). 2 edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp. 262-272, 11 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Assessing the painful, uninflamed eye in primary care

    Kuffova, L., Forrester, J. V., Dick, A.
    BMJ, vol. 351, h3216
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Treatment of diffuse subretinal fibrosis uveitis with rituximab

    Spiteri Cornish, K., Kuffova, L., Forrester, J.
    British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 99, no. 2, pp. 153-154
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Local targeting of the CD200-CD200R axis does not promote corneal graft survival

    Nicholls, S. M., Copland, D. A., Vitova, A., Kuffova, L., Forrester, J. V., Dick, A. D.
    Experimental Eye Research, vol. 130, pp. 1-8
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Behavioural characterization of the sub-acute and acute MPTP mouse model of Parkinson’s disease

    Santoro, M., Melis, V., Moreau, P., Forrester, J., Riedel, G., Teismann, P.
    BNA 2015 Festival of Neuroscience
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • Cathelicidin LL-37 and HSV-1 Corneal Infection: Peptide Versus Gene Therapy

    Lee, C., Buznyk, O., Kuffova, L., Rajendran, V., Forrester, J. V., Phopase, J., Islam, M. M., Skog, M., Ahlqvist, J., Griffith, M.
    Translational vision science & technology, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 4
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Soluble antigen traffics rapidly and selectively from the corneal surface to the eye draining lymph node and activates T cells when codelivered with CpG oligonucleotides

    Dang, Z., Kuffova, L., Liu, L., Forrester, J. V.
    Journal of Leukocyte Biology, vol. 95, no. 3, pp. 431-440
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Myeloid-Cell Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase-1B Deficiency in Mice Protects Against High-Fat Diet and Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation, Hyperinsulinemia, and Endotoxemia Through an IL-10 STAT3-Dependent Mechanism

    Grant, L., Shearer, K. D., Czopek, A., Lees, E. K., Owen, C., Agouni, A., Workman, J., Martin-Granados, C., Forrester, J. V., Wilson, H. M., Mody, N., Delibegovic, M.
    Diabetes, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 456-470
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Behavioural characterization of the sub-acute MPTP mouse model of Parkinson’s disease

    Santoro, M., Melis, V., Moreau, P., Forrester, J., Riedel, G., Teismann, P.
    Scottish Neuroscience Group meeting 2014
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • Crosslinked collagen hydrogels as corneal implants: effects of sterically bulky vs. non-bulky carbodiimides as crosslinkers

    Ahn, J., Kuffova, L., Merrett, K., Mitra, D., Forrester, J., Li, F., Griffith, M.
    Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 7796–7805
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The high-risk corneal regraft model: a justification for tissue matching in humans

    Vitova, A., Kuffova, L., Klaska, I. P., Holan, V., Cornall, R. J., Forrester, J. V.
    Transplant International, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 453-461
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Uveitis in mouse and man

    Forrester, J., Klaska, I., Yu, T., Kuffova, L.
    International Reviews of Immunology, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 76-96
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Tumor necrosis factor polymorphisms associated with tumor necrosis factor production influence the risk of idiopathic intermediate uveitis

    Atan, D., Heissigerova, J., Kuffova, L., Hogan, A., Kilmartin, D. J., Forrester, J. V., Bidwell, J. L., Dick, A. D., Churchill, A. J.
    Molecular vision, vol. 19, pp. 184-195
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • MHCII ablation attenuates reactive gliosis and alters cytokine responses in the MPTP-model of Parkinson’s disease

    Teismann, P., Martin, H. L., Walker, C., Sathe, K., Mustafa, S., Mounsey, R. B., Forrester, J.
    AD/PD Conference
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • Sympathetic Ophthalmia

    Forrester, J. V., Kuffova, L.
    Complications of Vitreo-Retinal Surgery: How to prevent them, how to solve them. Wong, D., Lois, N. (eds.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Biosynthetic Alternatives to Human Donor Tissue

    Griffith, M., Kuffova, L., Forrester, J. V., Lagali, N., Fagerholm, P., Gantxegui, N. G., Fuchsluger, T. A.
    Copeland and Afshari's Principles and Practice of Cornea. Copeland, R. A., Afshari, N. (eds.). Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, pp. chapter 66
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Intravenous ‘pulse’ Methylprednisolone for the Treatment of Inflammatory Cystoid Macular Oedema

    Kiew, S., Forrester, J. V., Chee, S., Kuffova, L.
    British Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 96, no. 12, pp. 1531-1533
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • CD11b(+) Bone Marrow-Derived Monocytes Are the Major Leukocyte Subset Responsible for Retinal Capillary Leukostasis in Experimental Diabetes in Mouse and Express High Levels of CCR5 in the Circulation

    Serra, A. M., Waddell, J., Manivannan, A., Xu, H., Cotter, M., Forrester, J. V.
    American Journal of Pathology, vol. 181, no. 2, pp. 719-727
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A role for PP1/NIPP1 in steering migration of human cancer cells

    Martin-Granados, C., Prescott, A. R., Van Dessel, N., Van Eynde, A., Arocena, M., Klaska, I. P., Gornemann, J., Beullens, M., Bollen, M., Forrester, J. V., McCaig, C. D.
    PloS ONE, vol. 7, no. 7, e40769
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Regenerative approaches as alternatives to donor allografting for restoration of corneal function

    Griffith, M., Polisetti, N., Kuffova, L., Gallar, J., Forrester, J. V., Vemuganti, G. K., Fluchsluger, T. A.
    The Ocular Surface, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 170-183
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A Randomized Trial of Tacrolimus versus Tacrolimus and Prednisone for the Maintenance of Disease Remission in Noninfectious Uveitis

    Lee, R. W. J., Greenwood, R., Taylor, H., Amer, R., Biester, S., Heissigerova, J., Forrester, J. V., Dick, A. D.
    Ophthalmology, vol. 119, no. 6, pp. 1223-1230
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Persistent inflammation subverts thrombospondin-1-induced regulation of retinal angiogenesis and is driven by CCR2 ligation

    Chen, M., Copland, D. A., Zhao, J., Liu, J., Forrester, J. V., Dick, A. D., Xu, H.
    American Journal of Pathology, vol. 180, no. 1, pp. 235-245
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • TLR9 ligand CpG-ODN applied to the injured mouse cornea elicits retinal inflammation

    Chinnery, H. R., McLenachan, S., Binz, N., Sun, Y., Forrester, J. V., Degli-Esposti, M. A., Pearlman, E., McMenamin, P. G.
    American Journal of Pathology, vol. 180, no. 1, pp. 209-220
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • MHCII and the innate immune system: what is their role in Parkinson's disease?

    Teismann, P., Martin, H., Sathe, K., Mustafa, S., Forrester, J.
    Society for Neuroscience
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters
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