Outputs (797)

Aurora Kinase A Is an Independent Predictor of Invasive Recurrence in Breast Ductal Carcinoma in situ (2022)
Journal Article
Miligy, I. M., Toss, M. S., Gorringe, K. L., Ellis, I. O., Green, A. R., & Rakha, E. A. (2022). Aurora Kinase A Is an Independent Predictor of Invasive Recurrence in Breast Ductal Carcinoma in situ. Pathobiology, 89(6), 382–392. https://doi.org/10.1159/000522244

Aurora Kinase A (AURKA/STK15) has a role in centrosome duplication and is a regulator of mitotic cell proliferation. It is over-expressed in breast cancer and other cancers, however; its role in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) remains to be defined.... Read More about Aurora Kinase A Is an Independent Predictor of Invasive Recurrence in Breast Ductal Carcinoma in situ.

The characteristics and clinical significance of atypical mitosis in breast cancer (2022)
Journal Article
Lashen, A., Toss, M. S., Alsaleem, M., Green, A. R., Mongan, N. P., & Rakha, E. (2022). The characteristics and clinical significance of atypical mitosis in breast cancer. Modern Pathology, 35, 1341-1348. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41379-022-01080-0

Atypical mitosis is considered a feature of malignancy, however, its significance in breast cancer (BC) remains elusive. Here, we aimed to assess the clinical value of atypical mitoses in BC and to explore their underlying molecular features. Atypica... Read More about The characteristics and clinical significance of atypical mitosis in breast cancer.

Epigenome erosion and SOX10 drive neural crest phenotypic mimicry in triple-negative breast cancer (2022)
Journal Article
Saunus, J. M., De Luca, X. M., Northwood, K., Raghavendra, A., Hasson, A., McCart Reed, A. E., Lim, M., Lal, S., Vargas, A. C., Kutasovic, J. R., Dalley, A. J., Miranda, M., Kalaw, E., Kalita-de Croft, P., Gresshoff, I., Al-Ejeh, F., Gee, J. M., Ormandy, C., Khanna, K. K., Beesley, J., …Lakhani, S. R. (2022). Epigenome erosion and SOX10 drive neural crest phenotypic mimicry in triple-negative breast cancer. npj Breast Cancer, 8(1), Article 57. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-022-00425-x

Intratumoral heterogeneity is caused by genomic instability and phenotypic plasticity, but how these features co-evolve remains unclear. SOX10 is a neural crest stem cell (NCSC) specifier and candidate mediator of phenotypic plasticity in cancer. We... Read More about Epigenome erosion and SOX10 drive neural crest phenotypic mimicry in triple-negative breast cancer.

Passerini chemistries for synthesis of polymer pro-drug and polymersome drug delivery nanoparticles (2022)
Journal Article
Travanut, A., Monteiro, P. F., Smith, S., Howdle, S. M., Grabowska, A. M., Kellam, B., Meier, M. A., & Alexander, C. (2022). Passerini chemistries for synthesis of polymer pro-drug and polymersome drug delivery nanoparticles. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 10(20), 3895-3905. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2tb00045h

New materials chemistries are urgently needed to overcome the limitations of existing biomedical materials in terms of preparation, functionality and versatility, and also in regards to their compatibility with biological environments. Here, we show... Read More about Passerini chemistries for synthesis of polymer pro-drug and polymersome drug delivery nanoparticles.

Breast tumor microenvironment structures are associated with genomic features and clinical outcome (2022)
Journal Article
Danenberg, E., Bardwell, H., Zanotelli, V. R. T., Provenzano, E., Chin, S. F., Rueda, O. M., Green, A., Rakha, E., Aparicio, S., Ellis, I. O., Bodenmiller, B., Caldas, C., & Ali, H. R. (2022). Breast tumor microenvironment structures are associated with genomic features and clinical outcome. Nature Genetics, 54, 660–669. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01041-y

The functions of the tumor microenvironment (TME) are orchestrated by precise spatial organization of specialized cells, yet little is known about the multicellular structures that form within the TME. Here we systematically mapped TME structures in... Read More about Breast tumor microenvironment structures are associated with genomic features and clinical outcome.

Standardization of the tumor-stroma ratio scoring method for breast cancer research (2022)
Journal Article
Hagenaars, S. C., Vangangelt, K. M. H., Van Pelt, G. W., Karancsi, Z., Tollenaar, R. A. E. M., Green, A. R., Rakha, E. A., Kulka, J., & Mesker, W. E. (2022). Standardization of the tumor-stroma ratio scoring method for breast cancer research. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 193, 545-553. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-022-06587-3

Purpose: The tumor-stroma ratio (TSR) has repeatedly proven to be correlated with patient outcomes in breast cancer using large retrospective cohorts. However, studies validating the TSR often show variability in methodology, thereby hampering compar... Read More about Standardization of the tumor-stroma ratio scoring method for breast cancer research.

Genome Profiling of SARS-CoV-2 in Indonesia, ASEAN and the Neighbouring East Asian Countries: Features, Challenges and Achievements (2022)
Journal Article
Cahyani, I., Putro, E. W., Ridwanuloh, A. M., Wibowo, S., Hariyatun, H., Syahputra, G., Akbariani, G., Utomo, A. R., Ilyas, M., Loose, M., Kusharyoto, W., & Susanti, S. (2022). Genome Profiling of SARS-CoV-2 in Indonesia, ASEAN and the Neighbouring East Asian Countries: Features, Challenges and Achievements. Viruses, 14(4), Article 778. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14040778

Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has played a significant role in understanding the epidemiology and biology of SARS-CoV-2 virus. Here, we investigate the use of SARS-CoV-2 WGS in Southeast and East Asian countries as a genomic surveillance during the C... Read More about Genome Profiling of SARS-CoV-2 in Indonesia, ASEAN and the Neighbouring East Asian Countries: Features, Challenges and Achievements.

Temporal trends in the incidence of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a nationwide cohort study from England 2003-2018 (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
West, J., Stilwell, P., Liu, H., Ban, L., Bythell, M., Card, T. R., Lanyon, P., Nanduri, V., Rankin, J., Bishton, M., & Crooks, C. J. Temporal trends in the incidence of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a nationwide cohort study from England 2003-2018

Background Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is rare, results in high mortality and is increasingly being diagnosed. Little is known about what is driving the apparent rise in the incidence of this disease.

Methods Using national linked el... Read More about Temporal trends in the incidence of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a nationwide cohort study from England 2003-2018.

Are people with mesothelioma who respond to the English Cancer Patient Experience Survey representative of the national mesothelioma population? A data comparison with cancer registry patients from the National Lung Cancer Audit (2022)
Journal Article
Nartey, Y., Stewart, I., Beattie, V., Wilcock, A., Beckett, P., Hubbard, R., & Tata, L. J. (2022). Are people with mesothelioma who respond to the English Cancer Patient Experience Survey representative of the national mesothelioma population? A data comparison with cancer registry patients from the National Lung Cancer Audit. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 4, Article 100077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnsa.2022.100077

Introduction: More than 2,700 people are diagnosed with mesothelioma each year in the UK. Survival from mesothelioma is poor and to ensure service users’ perspectives are incorporated in designing the most effective strategies to improve healthcare i... Read More about Are people with mesothelioma who respond to the English Cancer Patient Experience Survey representative of the national mesothelioma population? A data comparison with cancer registry patients from the National Lung Cancer Audit.

Synthesis, characterisation and evaluation of hyperbranched N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamides for transport and delivery in pancreatic cell lines in vitro and in vivo (2022)
Journal Article
Anane-Adjei, A. B., Fletcher, N. L., Cavanagh, R. J., Houston, Z. H., Crawford, T., Pearce, A. K., Taresco, V., Ritchie, A. A., Clarke, P. A., Grabowska, A. M., Gellert, P. R., Ashford, M. B., Kellam, B., Thurecht, K. J., & Alexander, C. (2022). Synthesis, characterisation and evaluation of hyperbranched N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamides for transport and delivery in pancreatic cell lines in vitro and in vivo. Biomaterials Science, 10(9), 2328-2344. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1bm01548f

Hyperbranched polymers have many promising features for drug delivery, owing to their ease of synthesis, multiple functional group content, and potential for high drug loading with retention of solubility. Here we prepared hyperbranched N-(2-hydroxyp... Read More about Synthesis, characterisation and evaluation of hyperbranched N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamides for transport and delivery in pancreatic cell lines in vitro and in vivo.