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Real time Raman imaging to understand dissolution performance of amorphous solid dispersions (2014)
Journal Article
Tres, F., Treacher, K., Booth, J., Hughes, L. P., Wren, S. A., Aylott, J. W., & Burley, J. C. (2014). Real time Raman imaging to understand dissolution performance of amorphous solid dispersions. Journal of Controlled Release, 188, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.05.061

We have employed for the first time Raman spectroscopic imaging along with multi-variate curve resolution (MCR) analysis to investigate in real time and in-situ the dissolution mechanisms that underpin amorphous solid dispersions, with data being col... Read More about Real time Raman imaging to understand dissolution performance of amorphous solid dispersions.

Evaluation of skeletal tissue repair, Part 2: Enhancement of skeletal tissue repair through dual-growth-factor-releasing hydrogels within an ex vivo chick femur defect model (2014)
Journal Article
Smith, E., Felicity, R., Kanczler, J., Shakesheff, K., Gothard, D., White, L., …Oreffoa, R. (2014). Evaluation of skeletal tissue repair, Part 2: Enhancement of skeletal tissue repair through dual-growth-factor-releasing hydrogels within an ex vivo chick femur defect model. Acta Biomaterialia, 10(10), 4197-4205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2014.05.025

There is an unmet need for improved, effective tissue engineering strategies to replace or repair bone damaged through disease or injury. Recent research has focused on developing biomaterial scaffolds capable of spatially and temporally releasing co... Read More about Evaluation of skeletal tissue repair, Part 2: Enhancement of skeletal tissue repair through dual-growth-factor-releasing hydrogels within an ex vivo chick femur defect model.

Investigating the binding preferences of small molecule inhibitors of human protein arginine methyltransferase 1 using molecular modelling (2014)
Journal Article
Hong, W., Laughton, C. A., Li, J., Yap, L. F., Paterson, I. C., & Wang, H. (2014). Investigating the binding preferences of small molecule inhibitors of human protein arginine methyltransferase 1 using molecular modelling. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 51, 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmgm.2014.05.010

Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) catalyse the methylation of arginine residues of target proteins. PRMTs utilise S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) as the methyl group donor, leading to S-adenosyl homocysteine (SAH) and monomethylarginine (mMA).... Read More about Investigating the binding preferences of small molecule inhibitors of human protein arginine methyltransferase 1 using molecular modelling.

Materials for stem cell factories of the future (2014)
Journal Article
Celiz, A. D., Smith, J. G., Langer, R., Anderson, D. G., Barrett, D. A., Winkler, D. A., …Alexander, M. R. (2014). Materials for stem cell factories of the future. Nature Materials, 13(6), 570-579. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3972

The materials community is now identifying polymeric substrates that could permit translation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) from lab-based research to industrial scale biomedicine. Well defined materials are required to allow cell banking a... Read More about Materials for stem cell factories of the future.

Bacteria-instructed synthesis of polymers for self-selective microbial binding and labelling (2014)
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Magennis, E. P., Fernandez-Trillo, F., Sui, C., Spain, S. G., Bradshaw, D., Churchley, D., …Alexander, C. (2014). Bacteria-instructed synthesis of polymers for self-selective microbial binding and labelling. Nature Materials, 13(7), 748-755. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3949

The detection and inactivation of pathogenic strains of bacteria continues to be an important therapeutic goal. Hence, there is a need for materials that can bind selectively to specific microorganisms for diagnostic or anti-infective applications, b... Read More about Bacteria-instructed synthesis of polymers for self-selective microbial binding and labelling.

Structural characterization of the apo form and NADH binary complex of human lactate dehydrogenase (2014)
Journal Article
Moses, J. E., Harper, S., Dempster, S., Dreveny, I., Harper, S., & Moses, J. (2014). Structural characterization of the apo form and NADH binary complex of human lactate dehydrogenase. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography, 70(5), 1484-1490. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1399004714005422

Lactate dehydrogenase A (LDH-A) is a key enzyme in anaerobic respiration that is predominantly found in skeletal muscle and catalyses the reversible conversion of pyruvate to lactate in the presence of NADH. LDH-A is overexpressed in many tumours and... Read More about Structural characterization of the apo form and NADH binary complex of human lactate dehydrogenase.

New insights into electrocatalysis based on plasmon resonance for the real-time monitoring of catalytic events on single gold nanorods (2014)
Journal Article
Jing, C., Rawson, F. J., Zhou, H., Shi, X., Li, W., Li, D., & Long, Y. (2014). New insights into electrocatalysis based on plasmon resonance for the real-time monitoring of catalytic events on single gold nanorods. Analytical Chemistry, 86(11), 5513-5518. doi:10.1021/ac500785u

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have been widely applied in industrial catalysis and electrocatalysis. Owing to their wide variety of shapes, sizes, and compositions, a range of different catalytic properties is possible. Thus, it is important to monitor c... Read More about New insights into electrocatalysis based on plasmon resonance for the real-time monitoring of catalytic events on single gold nanorods.

Illustrating the interplay between the extracellular matrix and microRNAs (2014)
Journal Article
Piccinini, A. M., & Midwood, K. S. (2014). Illustrating the interplay between the extracellular matrix and microRNAs. International Journal of Experimental Pathology, 95(3), (158-180). doi:10.1111/iep.12079. ISSN 0959-9673

The discovery of cell surface receptors that bind to extracellular matrix (ECM) components marked a new era in biological research. Since then there has been an increasing appreciation of the importance of studying cells in the context of their extra... Read More about Illustrating the interplay between the extracellular matrix and microRNAs.

The mechanism underlying activation of factor IX by factor XIa (2014)
Journal Article
Gailani, D., Geng, Y., Verhamme, I., Sun, M., Bajaj, S. P., Messer, A., & Emsley, J. (2014). The mechanism underlying activation of factor IX by factor XIa. Thrombosis Research, 133(Supplement 1), S48-S51. doi:10.1016/j.thromres.2014.03.020

Factor XI (fXI) is the zymogen of a plasma protease, factor XIa (fXIa), that contributes to thrombin generation during blood coagulation by proteolytic conversion of factor IX (fIX) to factor IXa? (fIXa?). There is considerable interest in fXIa as a... Read More about The mechanism underlying activation of factor IX by factor XIa.

The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge study (2014)
Journal Article
Franklin, B. D., Reynolds, M., Sadler, S., Hibberd, R., Avery, A. J., Armstrong, S. J., …Barber, N. (2014). The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge study. BMJ Quality and Safety, 23(8), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002776

Objectives: To compare prevalence and types of dispensing errors and pharmacists’ labelling enhancements, for prescriptions transmitted electronically versus paper prescriptions. Design: Naturalistic stepped wedge study. Setting: 15 English communi... Read More about The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge study.

Effect of a toggle switch mutation in TM6 of the human adenosine A3 receptor on Gi protein-dependent signalling and Gi-independent receptor internalization (2014)
Journal Article
Stoddart, L. A., Kellam, B., Briddon, S. J., & Hill, S. J. (2014). Effect of a toggle switch mutation in TM6 of the human adenosine A3 receptor on Gi protein-dependent signalling and Gi-independent receptor internalization. British Journal of Pharmacology, 171(16), https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.12739

Background and Purpose: The highly conserved tryptophan (W6.48) in transmembrane domain 6 of GPCRs has been shown to play a central role in forming an active conformation in response to agonist binding. We set out to characterize the effect of this m... Read More about Effect of a toggle switch mutation in TM6 of the human adenosine A3 receptor on Gi protein-dependent signalling and Gi-independent receptor internalization.

Tryptic Digestion Coupled with Ambient Desorption Electrospray Ionization and Liquid Extraction Surface Analysis Mass Spectrometry Enabling Identification of Skeletal Muscle Proteins in Mixtures and Distinguishing between Beef, Pork, Horse, Chicken, and Turkey Meat (2014)
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Montowska, M., Rao, W., Alexander, M. R., Tucker, G. A., & Barrett, D. A. (2014). Tryptic Digestion Coupled with Ambient Desorption Electrospray Ionization and Liquid Extraction Surface Analysis Mass Spectrometry Enabling Identification of Skeletal Muscle Proteins in Mixtures and Distinguishing between Beef, Pork, Horse, Chicken, and Turkey Meat. Analytical Chemistry, 86(9), 4479-4487. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac5003432

The use of ambient desorption electrospray ionization (DESI-MS) mass spectrometry and liquid extraction surface analysis mass spectrometry (LESA-MS) is explored for the first time to analyse skeletal muscle proteins obtained from mixture of standard... Read More about Tryptic Digestion Coupled with Ambient Desorption Electrospray Ionization and Liquid Extraction Surface Analysis Mass Spectrometry Enabling Identification of Skeletal Muscle Proteins in Mixtures and Distinguishing between Beef, Pork, Horse, Chicken, and Turkey Meat.

A novel technique for the production of electrospun scaffolds with tailored three-dimensional micro-patterns employing additive manufacturing (2014)
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Rogers, C. M., Morris, G. E., Gould, T. W., Bail, R., Toumpaniari, S., Harrington, H., …Rose, F. R. A. J. (2014). A novel technique for the production of electrospun scaffolds with tailored three-dimensional micro-patterns employing additive manufacturing. Biofabrication, 6(3), 035003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5082/6/3/035003

Electrospinning is a common technique used to fabricate fibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. There is now growing interest in assessing the ability of collector plate design to influence the patterning of the fibres during the elect... Read More about A novel technique for the production of electrospun scaffolds with tailored three-dimensional micro-patterns employing additive manufacturing.

LC-MS/MS Quantitative Analysis of Quorum Sensing Signal Molecules (2014)
Book Chapter
Ortori, C. A., Ortori, C., Halliday, N., Cámara, M., Williams, P., & Barrett, D. A. (2014). LC-MS/MS Quantitative Analysis of Quorum Sensing Signal Molecules. In A. Filloux, & J. Ramos (Eds.), Pseudomonas Methods and Protocols (255-270). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0473-0_21

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014. Extracts taken from spent growth media from Pseudomonas aeruginosa can be analyzed for N -acyl- L - homoserine lactones and 2-alkyl-4-(1 H)-quinolones (AQs), including the known quorum sensing signalli... Read More about LC-MS/MS Quantitative Analysis of Quorum Sensing Signal Molecules.

Combined hydrogels that switch human pluripotent stem cells from self-renewal to differentiation (2014)
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Dixon, J. E., Shah, D. A., Rogers, C., Hall, S., Weston, N., Parmenter, C. D., …Shakesheff, K. M. (2014). Combined hydrogels that switch human pluripotent stem cells from self-renewal to differentiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(15), 5580-5585. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1319685111

The ability of materials to define the architecture and microenvironment experienced by cells provides new opportunities to direct the fate of human pluripotent stem cells (HPSCs) [Robinton DA, Daley GQ (2012) Nature 481(7381):295-305]. However, the... Read More about Combined hydrogels that switch human pluripotent stem cells from self-renewal to differentiation.

Immunocompetent 3D model of human upper airway for disease modeling and in vitro drug evaluation (2014)
Journal Article
Harrington, H., Cato, P., Salazar, F., Wilkinson, M., Knox, A., Haycock, J. W., …Ghaemmaghami, A. M. (2014). Immunocompetent 3D model of human upper airway for disease modeling and in vitro drug evaluation. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 11(7), 2082-2091. https://doi.org/10.1021/mp5000295

The development of more complex in vitro models for the assessment of novel drugs and chemicals is needed because of the limited biological relevance of animal models to humans as well as ethical considerations. Although some human-cell-based assays... Read More about Immunocompetent 3D model of human upper airway for disease modeling and in vitro drug evaluation.

Targeting Staphylococcus aureus quorum sensing with nonpeptidic small molecule inhibitors (2014)
Journal Article
Murray, E. J., Crowley, R. C., Truman, A., Clarke, S. R., Cottam, J. A., Jadhav, G. P., …Williams, P. (2014). Targeting Staphylococcus aureus quorum sensing with nonpeptidic small molecule inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 57(6), 2813-2819. https://doi.org/10.1021/jm500215s

A series of 3-oxo-C 12 -HSL, tetramic acid, and tetronic acid analogues were synthesized to gain insights into the structural requirements for quorum sensing inhibition in Staphylococcus aureus. Compounds active against agr were noncompetitive inhibi... Read More about Targeting Staphylococcus aureus quorum sensing with nonpeptidic small molecule inhibitors.