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Bacteriophages, gut bacteria, and microbial pathways interplay in cardiometabolic health (2024)
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Kirk, D., Costeira, R., Visconti, A., Khan Mirzaei, M., Deng, L., Valdes, A. M., & Menni, C. (2024). Bacteriophages, gut bacteria, and microbial pathways interplay in cardiometabolic health. Cell Reports, 43(2), Article 113728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113728

Cardiometabolic diseases are leading causes of mortality in Western countries. Well-established risk factors include host genetics, lifestyle, diet, and the gut microbiome. Moreover, gut bacterial communities and their activities can be altered by ba... Read More about Bacteriophages, gut bacteria, and microbial pathways interplay in cardiometabolic health.

Effect of a 2-week interruption in methotrexate treatment on COVID-19 vaccine response in people with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (VROOM study): a randomised, open label, superiority trial (2023)
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Abhishek, A., Peckham, N., Pade, C., Gibbons, J. M., Cureton, L., Francis, A., …Cook, J. A. (2023). Effect of a 2-week interruption in methotrexate treatment on COVID-19 vaccine response in people with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (VROOM study): a randomised, open label, superiority trial. The Lancet Rheumatology, 6(2), e92-e104. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2665-9913%2823%2900298-9

Background: Methotrexate is the first-line treatment for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases and reduces vaccine-induced immunity. We evaluated if a 2-week interruption of methotrexate treatment immediately after COVID-19 booster vaccination improv... Read More about Effect of a 2-week interruption in methotrexate treatment on COVID-19 vaccine response in people with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (VROOM study): a randomised, open label, superiority trial.

Two-week break in methotrexate treatment and COVID-19 vaccine response: a prospective, open label, two-arm parallel-group, multicentre, superiority, randomised controlled trial (2023)
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Abhishek, A., Peckham, N., Pade, C., Gibbons, J. M., Cureton, L., Francis, A., …Study investigators, V. (in press). Two-week break in methotrexate treatment and COVID-19 vaccine response: a prospective, open label, two-arm parallel-group, multicentre, superiority, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Rheumatology,

Associations of Muscle Strength with Central Aspects of Pain: Data from the Knee Pain and Related Health in the Community (KPIC) Cohort (2023)
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McWilliams, D. F., Yue, B., Smith, S. L., Stocks, J., Doherty, M., Valdes, A. M., …Walsh, D. A. (2023). Associations of Muscle Strength with Central Aspects of Pain: Data from the Knee Pain and Related Health in the Community (KPIC) Cohort. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 13(10), Article 1450. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13101450

Knee pain is associated with lower muscle strength, and both contribute to disability. Peripheral and central neurological mechanisms contribute to OA pain. Understanding the relative contributions of pain mechanisms to muscle strength might help fut... Read More about Associations of Muscle Strength with Central Aspects of Pain: Data from the Knee Pain and Related Health in the Community (KPIC) Cohort.

A Fecal Metabolite Signature of Impaired Fasting Glucose: Results From Two Independent Population-Based Cohorts (2023)
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Nogal, A., Tettamanzi, F., Dong, Q., Louca, P., Visconti, A., Christiansen, C., …Menni, C. (2023). A Fecal Metabolite Signature of Impaired Fasting Glucose: Results From Two Independent Population-Based Cohorts. Diabetes, 72(12), 1870–1880. https://doi.org/10.2337/db23-0170

Prediabetes is a metabolic condition associated with gut microbiome composition, though mechanisms remain elusive. We searched for faecal metabolites, a readout of gut microbiome function, associated with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) in 142 individ... Read More about A Fecal Metabolite Signature of Impaired Fasting Glucose: Results From Two Independent Population-Based Cohorts.

Knee MRI biomarkers associated with structural, functional and symptomatic changes at least a year from ACL injury - A systematic review (2023)
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O’Sullivan, O., Ladlow, P., Steiner, K., Kuyser, D., Ali, O., Stocks, J., …Kluzek, S. (2023). Knee MRI biomarkers associated with structural, functional and symptomatic changes at least a year from ACL injury - A systematic review. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 5(3), Article 100385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2023.100385

Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) results from various aetiologies, including joint morphology, biomechanics, inflammation, and injury. The latter is implicated in post-traumatic OA, which offers a paradigm to identify potential biomarkers enabling e... Read More about Knee MRI biomarkers associated with structural, functional and symptomatic changes at least a year from ACL injury - A systematic review.

Osteoarthritis in the UK Armed Forces: a review of its impact, treatment and future research (2023)
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O'Sullivan, O., Behan, F. P., Coppack, R. J., Stocks, J., Kluzek, S., Valdes, A. M., & Bennett, A. N. (2023). Osteoarthritis in the UK Armed Forces: a review of its impact, treatment and future research. BMJ Military Health, https://doi.org/10.1136/military-2023-002390

Within the UK Armed Forces, musculoskeletal injuries account for over half of all medical downgrades and discharges. Data from other Armed Forces show that osteoarthritis (OA), more common in military personnel, is likely to contribute to this, both... Read More about Osteoarthritis in the UK Armed Forces: a review of its impact, treatment and future research.

The secondary bile acid isoursodeoxycholate correlates with post-prandial lipemia, inflammation, and appetite and changes post-bariatric surgery (2023)
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Louca, P., Meijnikman, A. S., Nogal, A., Asnicar, F., Attaye, I., Vijay, A., …Menni, C. (2023). The secondary bile acid isoursodeoxycholate correlates with post-prandial lipemia, inflammation, and appetite and changes post-bariatric surgery. Cell Reports Medicine, 4(4), Article 100993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.100993

Primary and secondary bile acids (BAs) influence metabolism and inflammation, and the gut microbiome modulates levels of BAs. We systematically explore the host genetic, gut microbial, and habitual dietary contribution to a panel of 19 serum and 15 s... Read More about The secondary bile acid isoursodeoxycholate correlates with post-prandial lipemia, inflammation, and appetite and changes post-bariatric surgery.

Serum Metabolome Analysis Identified Amino-Acid Metabolism Associated With Pain in People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis – A Cross-Sectional Study (2023)
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Mehta, O., Vijay, A., Gohir, S. A., Kelly, T., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., …Valdes, A. M. (2023). Serum Metabolome Analysis Identified Amino-Acid Metabolism Associated With Pain in People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis – A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Pain, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2023.02.023

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common arthritis affecting synovial joints such as knees and hips of millions of people globally. Usage-related joint pain and reduced function are the most common symptoms experienced by people with OA. To improve pai... Read More about Serum Metabolome Analysis Identified Amino-Acid Metabolism Associated With Pain in People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis – A Cross-Sectional Study.

How people with knee pain understand why their pain changes or remains the same over time: A qualitative study (2023)
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Walsh, D. A., Rathbone, J., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Fernandes, G. S., Valdes, A. M., McWilliams, D. F., …Ferguson, E. (2023). How people with knee pain understand why their pain changes or remains the same over time: A qualitative study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 5(2), Article 100345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2023.100345

Objectives Guidelines recommend knee osteoarthritis pain management based on biopsychosocial mechanisms. Treatment adherence and effectiveness may be affected if there is a mismatch between patient perspectives and treatment focus. We therefore exam... Read More about How people with knee pain understand why their pain changes or remains the same over time: A qualitative study.

Reproducible microbiome composition signatures of anxiety and depressive symptoms (2023)
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Kouraki, A., Kelly, A., Vijay, A., Gohir, S., Astbury, S., Georgopoulos, V., …Valdes, A. M. (2023). Reproducible microbiome composition signatures of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 21, 5326-5336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2023.10.035

The gut microbiome is a significant contributor to mental health, with growing evidence linking its composition to anxiety and depressive disorders. Gut microbiome composition is associated with signs of anxiety and depression both in clinically diag... Read More about Reproducible microbiome composition signatures of anxiety and depressive symptoms.

Perspective: Leveraging the Gut Microbiota to Predict Personalized Responses to Dietary, Prebiotic, and Probiotic Interventions (2022)
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Gibbons, S. M., Gurry, T., Lampe, J. W., Chakrabarti, A., Dam, V., Everard, A., …Miani, M. (2022). Perspective: Leveraging the Gut Microbiota to Predict Personalized Responses to Dietary, Prebiotic, and Probiotic Interventions. Advances in Nutrition, 13(5), 1450-1461. https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmac075

Humans often show variable responses to dietary, prebiotic, and probiotic interventions. Emerging evidence indicates that the gut microbiota is a key determinant for this population heterogeneity. Here, we provide an overview of some of the major com... Read More about Perspective: Leveraging the Gut Microbiota to Predict Personalized Responses to Dietary, Prebiotic, and Probiotic Interventions.

Identifying multiple knee pain trajectories and the prediction of opioid and NSAID medication used: A latent class growth approach (2021)
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Haybatollahi, S. M., James, R. J., Fernandes, G., Valdes, A., Doherty, M., Zhang, W., …Ferguson, E. (2022). Identifying multiple knee pain trajectories and the prediction of opioid and NSAID medication used: A latent class growth approach. Pain Practice, 22(2), 210-221. https://doi.org/10.1111/papr.13082

Background: Knee pain is a major source of distress and disability, with pain progression highly variable between individuals. Previous studies defining pain trajectories have all used a single measure of pain, and these differ across studies. Differ... Read More about Identifying multiple knee pain trajectories and the prediction of opioid and NSAID medication used: A latent class growth approach.