Outputs (22)

A dynamical model of TGF-β activation in asthmatic airways (2023)
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Pybus, H. J., O’dea, R. D., & Brook, B. S. (2023). A dynamical model of TGF-β activation in asthmatic airways. Mathematical Medicine and Biology, 40(3), 238-265. https://doi.org/10.1093/imammb/dqad004

Excessive activation of the regulatory cytokine transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) via contraction of airway smooth muscle (ASM) is associated with the development of asthma. In this study, we develop an ordinary differential equation model that de... Read More about A dynamical model of TGF-β activation in asthmatic airways.

Differential remodelling in small and large murine airways revealed by novel whole lung airway analysis (2023)
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Tatler, A. L., Philp, C. J., Hill, M. R., Cox, S., Bullock, A. M., John, A., …Brook, B. S. (2023). Differential remodelling in small and large murine airways revealed by novel whole lung airway analysis. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 324(3), L271-L284. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00034.2022

Airway remodelling occurs in chronic asthma leading to increased airway smooth muscle (ASM) mass and extra-cellular matrix (ECM) deposition. Whilst extensively studied in murine airways, studies report only selected larger airways at one time point m... Read More about Differential remodelling in small and large murine airways revealed by novel whole lung airway analysis.

The role of mathematical models in designing mechanopharmacological therapies for asthma (2022)
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Irons, L., & Brook, B. S. (2022). The role of mathematical models in designing mechanopharmacological therapies for asthma. Frontiers in Systems Biology, 2, Article 929426. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsysb.2022.929426

Healthy lung function depends on a complex system of interactions which regulate the mechanical and biochemical environment of individual cells to the whole organ. Perturbations from these regulated processes give rise to significant lung dysfunction... Read More about The role of mathematical models in designing mechanopharmacological therapies for asthma.

Reduced biomechanical models for precision-cut lung-slice stretching experiments (2021)
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Pybus, H. J., Tatler, A. L., Edgar, L. T., O’Dea, R. D., & Brook, B. S. (2021). Reduced biomechanical models for precision-cut lung-slice stretching experiments. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 82(5), Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-021-01578-2

Precision-cut lung-slices (PCLS), in which viable airways embedded within lung parenchyma are stretched or induced to contract, are a widely used ex vivo assay to investigate bronchoconstriction and, more recently, mechanical activation of proremodel... Read More about Reduced biomechanical models for precision-cut lung-slice stretching experiments.

Switching behaviour in vascular smooth muscle cell–matrix adhesion during oscillatory loading (2020)
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Irons, L., Huang, H., Owen, M. R., O'Dea, R. D., Meininger, G. A., & Brook, B. S. (2020). Switching behaviour in vascular smooth muscle cell–matrix adhesion during oscillatory loading. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 502, Article 110387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110387

Integrins regulate mechanotransduction between smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and the extracellular matrix (ECM). SMCs resident in the walls of airways or blood vessels are continuously exposed to dynamic mechanical forces due to breathing or pulsatile b... Read More about Switching behaviour in vascular smooth muscle cell–matrix adhesion during oscillatory loading.

An Integrated Pipeline for Combining in vitro Data and Mathematical Models Using a Bayesian Parameter Inference Approach to Characterize Spatio-temporal Chemokine Gradient Formation (2019)
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Kalogiros, D. I., Russell, M., Bonneuil, W., Frattolin, J., Watson, D., Moore Jr, J. E., …Brook, B. S. (2019). An Integrated Pipeline for Combining in vitro Data and Mathematical Models Using a Bayesian Parameter Inference Approach to Characterize Spatio-temporal Chemokine Gradient Formation. Frontiers in Immunology, 10, Article 1986. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01986

All protective and pathogenic immune and inflammatory responses rely heavily on leukocyte migration and localization. Chemokines are secreted chemoattractants that orchestrate the positioning and migration of leukocytes through concentration gradient... Read More about An Integrated Pipeline for Combining in vitro Data and Mathematical Models Using a Bayesian Parameter Inference Approach to Characterize Spatio-temporal Chemokine Gradient Formation.

Cellular uptake and efflux of palbociclib in vitro in single cell and spheroid models (2019)
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Jove, M., Spencer, J. A., Hubbard, M. E., Holden, E. C., O'Dea, R. D., Brook, B. S., …Twelves, C. J. (2019). Cellular uptake and efflux of palbociclib in vitro in single cell and spheroid models. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 370(2), 242-251. https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.119.256693

Adequate drug distribution through tumors is essential for treatment to be effective. Palbociclib is a cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitor approved for use in patients with hormone receptor positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negativ... Read More about Cellular uptake and efflux of palbociclib in vitro in single cell and spheroid models.

Small airway hyperresponsiveness in COPD: relationship between structure and function in lung slices (2019)
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Maarsingh, H., Bidan, C. M., Brook, B. S., Zuidhof, A. B., Elzinga, C. R., Smit, M., …Meurs, H. (2019). Small airway hyperresponsiveness in COPD: relationship between structure and function in lung slices. AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 316(3), L537-L546. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00325.2018

The direct relationship between pulmonary structural changes and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is unclear. We investigated AHR in relation to airway and parenchymal structural changes in a guinea pig... Read More about Small airway hyperresponsiveness in COPD: relationship between structure and function in lung slices.

A theoretical model of inflammation- and mechanotransduction-driven asthmatic airway remodelling (2018)
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Hill, M., Philp, C. J., Billington, C. K., Tatler, A. L., Johnson, S. R., O'Dea, R. D., & Brook, B. S. (2018). A theoretical model of inflammation- and mechanotransduction-driven asthmatic airway remodelling. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 17(5), 1451-1470. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-018-1037-4

© 2018, The Author(s). Inflammation, airway hyper-responsiveness and airway remodelling are well-established hallmarks of asthma, but their inter-relationships remain elusive. In order to obtain a better understanding of their inter-dependence, we de... Read More about A theoretical model of inflammation- and mechanotransduction-driven asthmatic airway remodelling.

Effect of loading history on airway smooth muscle cell-matrix adhesions (2018)
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Irons, L., Owen, M. R., O'Dea, R. D., & Brook, B. S. (2018). Effect of loading history on airway smooth muscle cell-matrix adhesions. Biophysical Journal, 114(11), 2679-2690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2018.04.026

Integrin-mediated adhesions between airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM) regulate how contractile forces generated within the cell are transmitted to its external environment. Environmental cues are known to influence t... Read More about Effect of loading history on airway smooth muscle cell-matrix adhesions.