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Measurement of the total angiotensinogen and its reduced and oxidised forms in human plasma using targeted LC-MS/MS (2018)
Journal Article
Dahabiyeh, L. A., Tooth, D., Carrell, R. W., Read, R. J., Yan, Y., Pipkin, F. B., & Barrett, D. A. (2019). Measurement of the total angiotensinogen and its reduced and oxidised forms in human plasma using targeted LC-MS/MS. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 411(2), 427–437. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-018-1455-2

Angiotensinogen (AGT) is a critical protein in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and may have an important role in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia. The disulphide linkage between cysteines 18 and 138 has a key role in the redox switch of AGT... Read More about Measurement of the total angiotensinogen and its reduced and oxidised forms in human plasma using targeted LC-MS/MS.

Imagined constructed thought: how staff interpret the behaviour of patients with intellectual disabilities (2018)
Journal Article
Webb, J. C., Pilnick, A., & Clegg, J. (2018). Imagined constructed thought: how staff interpret the behaviour of patients with intellectual disabilities. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 51(4), 347-362. https://doi.org/10.1080/08351813.2018.1523893

This paper examines ‘imagined constructed thought’: speakers giving voice to the inner world of a non-present other. Drawing on 9 hours of video footage of health-care staff discussing patients with intellectual disabilities during Discovery Awarenes... Read More about Imagined constructed thought: how staff interpret the behaviour of patients with intellectual disabilities.

Limitations of current in vitro models for testing the clinical potential of epigenetic inhibitors for treatment of pediatric ependymoma (2018)
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Rogers, H. A., Chapman, R., Kings, H., Allard, J., Barron-Hastings, J., Pajtler, K. W., Sill, M., Pfister, S., & Grundy, R. G. (2018). Limitations of current in vitro models for testing the clinical potential of epigenetic inhibitors for treatment of pediatric ependymoma. Oncotarget, 9(92), 36530-36541. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.26370

Background: Epigenetic modifications have been shown to play an important role in the classification and pathogenesis of the pediatric brain tumor ependymoma, suggesting they are a potential therapeutic target.

Results: Agents targeting epigenetic... Read More about Limitations of current in vitro models for testing the clinical potential of epigenetic inhibitors for treatment of pediatric ependymoma.

Clinical assessment of depth sensor based pose estimation algorithms for technology supervised rehabilitation applications (2018)
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Sarsfield, J., Brown, D., Sherkat, N., Langensiepen, C., Lewis, J., Taheri, M., McCollin, C., Barnett, C., Selwood, L., Standen, P., Logan, P., Simcox, C., Killick, C., & Hughes, E. (2019). Clinical assessment of depth sensor based pose estimation algorithms for technology supervised rehabilitation applications. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 121, 30-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2018.11.001

Encouraging rehabilitation by the use of technology in the home can be a cost-effective strategy, particularly if consumer-level equipment can be used. We present a clinical qualitative and quantitative analysis of the pose estimation algorithms of a... Read More about Clinical assessment of depth sensor based pose estimation algorithms for technology supervised rehabilitation applications.

A tolerability and patient acceptability pilot study of a novel antimicrobial urinary catheter for long-term use (2018)
Journal Article
Belfield, K., Betts, H., Parkinson, R., & Bayston, R. (2018). A tolerability and patient acceptability pilot study of a novel antimicrobial urinary catheter for long-term use. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 38(1), 338-345. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.23858

© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Aims: We have developed a novel antimicrobial urinary catheter (AUC) impregnated with rifampicin, triclosan, and sparfloxacin and demonstrated that it has long-term (∼84 days) protection against bacterial colonization i... Read More about A tolerability and patient acceptability pilot study of a novel antimicrobial urinary catheter for long-term use.

Developing an integrated rehabilitation model for thoracic cancer services: views of patients, carers and clinicians (2018)
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Bayly, J., Edwards, B. E., Peat, N., Warwick, G., Hennig, I. M., Arora, A., Wilcock, A., Higginson, I. J., & Maddocks, M. (2018). Developing an integrated rehabilitation model for thoracic cancer services: views of patients, carers and clinicians. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-018-0350-0

Background: Access to rehabilitation to prevent disability and optimise function is recommended for patients with cancer, including following cancer diagnosis. Models to integrate rehabilitation within oncology services as cancer treatment commences... Read More about Developing an integrated rehabilitation model for thoracic cancer services: views of patients, carers and clinicians.

The QuinteT Recruitment Intervention supported five randomized trials to recruit to target: a mixed-methods evaluation (2018)
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L, R., LJ, S., JM, B., CA, R., KM, T., S, H., C, C., N, M., RC, S., C, M., AJ, C., DJ, B., T., D., S, P., M, J., K, A., D, E., C, W., JL, D., Rogers, C. A., …Wheatley, T. (2019). The QuinteT Recruitment Intervention supported five randomized trials to recruit to target: a mixed-methods evaluation. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 106, 108-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.10.004

Objective
To evaluate the impact of the Quintet Recruitment Intervention (QRI) on recruitment in challenging randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that have applied the intervention. The QRI aims to understand recruitment difficulties, and then implem... Read More about The QuinteT Recruitment Intervention supported five randomized trials to recruit to target: a mixed-methods evaluation.

Targeting PARP1 in XRCC1-deficient sporadic invasive breast cancer or preinvasive ductal carcinoma in situ induces synthetic lethality and chemoprevention (2018)
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Ali, R., Al-Kawaz, A., Toss, M. S., Green, A. R., Miligy, I. M., Mesquita, K. A., Seedhouse, C., Mirza, S., Band, V., Rakha, E. A., & Madhusudan, S. (2018). Targeting PARP1 in XRCC1-deficient sporadic invasive breast cancer or preinvasive ductal carcinoma in situ induces synthetic lethality and chemoprevention. Cancer Research, 78(24), 6818-6827. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-0633

© 2018 American Association for Cancer Research. Targeting PARP1 for synthetic lethality is a new strategy for breast cancers harboring germline mutations in BRCA. However, these mutations are rare, and reactivation of BRCA-mediated pathways may resu... Read More about Targeting PARP1 in XRCC1-deficient sporadic invasive breast cancer or preinvasive ductal carcinoma in situ induces synthetic lethality and chemoprevention.

Rapid and accurate analysis of stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles with super resolution microscopy and live imaging (2018)
Journal Article
Nizamudeen, Z., Markus, R., Lodge, R., Parmenter, C., Platt, M., Chakrabarti, L., & Sottile, V. (2018). Rapid and accurate analysis of stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles with super resolution microscopy and live imaging. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research, 1865(12), 1891-1900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2018.09.008

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have prevalent roles in cancer biology and regenerative medicine. Conventional techniques for characterising EVs including electron microscopy (EM), nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) and tuneable resistive pulse sensin... Read More about Rapid and accurate analysis of stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles with super resolution microscopy and live imaging.

A double-blind placebo controlled trial into the impacts of HMB supplementation and exercise on free-living muscle protein synthesis, muscle mass and function, in older adults (2018)
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Din, U., Brook, M., Selby, A. L., Quinlan, J. I., Boereboom, C., Abdullah, H., Franchi, M., Narici, M. V., Phillips, B. E., Williams, J., Rathmacher, J. A., Wilkinson, D., Atherton, P. J., & Smith, K. (2019). A double-blind placebo controlled trial into the impacts of HMB supplementation and exercise on free-living muscle protein synthesis, muscle mass and function, in older adults. Clinical Nutrition, 38(5), 2071-2078. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2018.09.025

Age-related sarcopenia and dynapenia are associated with frailty and metabolic diseases. Resistance exercise training (RET) adjuvant to evidence-based nutritional intervention(s) have been shown as mitigating strategies. Given that HMB supplementatio... Read More about A double-blind placebo controlled trial into the impacts of HMB supplementation and exercise on free-living muscle protein synthesis, muscle mass and function, in older adults.