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A thermoresponsive three-dimensional fibrous cell culture platform for enzyme-free expansion of mammalian cells (2019)
Journal Article
Aladdad, A. M., Amer, M. H., Sidney, L., Hopkinson, A., White, L. J., Alexander, C., & Rose, F. R. (2019). A thermoresponsive three-dimensional fibrous cell culture platform for enzyme-free expansion of mammalian cells. Acta Biomaterialia, 95, 427-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2019.01.037

A three-dimensional thermoresponsive fibrous scaffold system for the subsequent extended culture and enzyme-free passaging of a range of mammalian cell types is presented. Poly(PEGMA188) was incorporated with poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) via bl... Read More about A thermoresponsive three-dimensional fibrous cell culture platform for enzyme-free expansion of mammalian cells.

Development of novel apoferritin formulations for antitumour benzothiazoles (2019)
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Breen, A. F., Wells, G., Turyanska, L., & Bradshaw, T. D. (2019). Development of novel apoferritin formulations for antitumour benzothiazoles. Cancer Reports, 2(4), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnr2.1155

Background The benzothiazole structure is important in medicinal chemistry, and 5‐fluoro‐2‐(3,4‐dimethoxyphenyl) benzothiazole (GW 610) is of particular interest as it shows outstanding anticancer activity in sensitive breast and colorectal carcinom... Read More about Development of novel apoferritin formulations for antitumour benzothiazoles.

Ex vivo MRI cell tracking of autologous mesenchymal stromal cells in an ovine osteochondral defect model (2019)
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Markides, H., Newell, K. J., Rudorf, H., Ferreras, L. B., Dixon, J. E., Morris, R. H., …El Haj, A. J. (2019). Ex vivo MRI cell tracking of autologous mesenchymal stromal cells in an ovine osteochondral defect model. Stem Cell Research and Therapy, 10, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-018-1123-7

Background Osteochondral injuries represent a significant clinical problem requiring novel cell-based therapies to restore function of the damaged joint with the use of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) leading research efforts. Pre-clinical studies... Read More about Ex vivo MRI cell tracking of autologous mesenchymal stromal cells in an ovine osteochondral defect model.

Lipids and polymers in pharmaceutical technology: lifelong companions (2019)
Journal Article
Siepmann, J., Faham, A., Clas, S., Boyd, B. J., Jannin, V., Bernkop-Schnürch, A., …Leroux, J. (2019). Lipids and polymers in pharmaceutical technology: lifelong companions. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 558, 128-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.12.080

In pharmaceutical technology, lipids and polymers are considered pillar excipients for the fabrication of most dosage forms, irrespective of the administration route. They play various roles ranging from support vehicles to release rate modifiers, st... Read More about Lipids and polymers in pharmaceutical technology: lifelong companions.

CoCo-MD: A Simple and Effective Method for the Enhanced Sampling of Conformational Space (2019)
Journal Article
Shkurti, A., Styliari, I. D., Balasubramanian, V., Bethune, I., Pedebos, C., Jha, S., & Laughton, C. A. (2019). CoCo-MD: A Simple and Effective Method for the Enhanced Sampling of Conformational Space. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 15(4), 2587-2596. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00657

© 2019 American Chemical Society. CoCo ("complementary coordinates") is a method for ensemble enrichment based on principal component analysis (PCA) that was developed originally for the investigation of NMR data. Here we investigate the potential of... Read More about CoCo-MD: A Simple and Effective Method for the Enhanced Sampling of Conformational Space.

Chemical Imaging of Buried Interfaces in Organic-Inorganic Devices Using Focused Ion Beam-Time-of-Flight-Secondary-Ion Mass Spectrometry (2019)
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Tiddia, M., Mihara, I., Seah, M. P., Trindade, G. F., Kollmer, F., Roberts, C. J., …Havelund, R. (2019). Chemical Imaging of Buried Interfaces in Organic-Inorganic Devices Using Focused Ion Beam-Time-of-Flight-Secondary-Ion Mass Spectrometry. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11(4), 4500-4506. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b15091

Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. Organic-inorganic hybrid materials enable the design and fabrication of new materials with enhanced properties. The interface between the organic and inorganic materials is often critical to the device's pe... Read More about Chemical Imaging of Buried Interfaces in Organic-Inorganic Devices Using Focused Ion Beam-Time-of-Flight-Secondary-Ion Mass Spectrometry.

Radical Stabilization Energies for Enzyme Engineering: Tackling the Substrate Scope of the Radical Enzyme QueE (2019)
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Suess, C. J., Martins, F. L., Croft, A. K., & Jäger, C. M. (2019). Radical Stabilization Energies for Enzyme Engineering: Tackling the Substrate Scope of the Radical Enzyme QueE. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.9b00017

© 2019 American Chemical Society. Experimental assessment of catalytic reaction mechanisms and profiles of radical enzymes can be severely challenging due to the reactive nature of the intermediates and sensitivity of cofactors such as iron-sulfur cl... Read More about Radical Stabilization Energies for Enzyme Engineering: Tackling the Substrate Scope of the Radical Enzyme QueE.

Class 1 PI3K clinical candidates and recent inhibitor design strategies: a medicinal chemistry perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Garces, A. E., & Stocks, M. J. (2019). Class 1 PI3K clinical candidates and recent inhibitor design strategies: a medicinal chemistry perspective. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 62(10), 4815-4850. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01492

Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are a family of lipid kinases that phosphorylate the 3-OH of the inositol ring of phosphoinositides, and deregulation of this pathway has implications in many diseases. The search for novel PI3K inhibitors has b... Read More about Class 1 PI3K clinical candidates and recent inhibitor design strategies: a medicinal chemistry perspective.

In vitro evaluation of electrospun blends of gelatin and PCL for application as a partial thickness corneal graft (2018)
Journal Article
Rose, J., Sidney, L., Patient, J., White, L., Dua, H., El Haj, A., …Rose, F. (2018). In vitro evaluation of electrospun blends of gelatin and PCL for application as a partial thickness corneal graft. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 107(4), 828-838. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.36598

The advent of innovative surgical procedures utilizing partial thickness corneal grafts has created a need for the development of synthetic implants to recreate corneal stromal tissue. This work evaluates electrospun gelatin and polycaprolactone (PCL... Read More about In vitro evaluation of electrospun blends of gelatin and PCL for application as a partial thickness corneal graft.

Assessing the ex vivo permeation behaviour of functionalised contact lens coatings engineered using an electrohydrodynamic technique (2018)
Journal Article
Mehta, P., Al-Kinani, A. A., Qutachi, O., Arshad, M. S., Alqahtani, A., Chang, M., …Ahmad, Z. (2019). Assessing the ex vivo permeation behaviour of functionalised contact lens coatings engineered using an electrohydrodynamic technique. Journal of Physics: Materials, 2(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/aaf263

In vitro testing alone is no longer considered sufficient evidence presented solely with respect to drug release and permeation testing. These studies are thought to be more reliable and representative when using tissue or animal models; as opposed t... Read More about Assessing the ex vivo permeation behaviour of functionalised contact lens coatings engineered using an electrohydrodynamic technique.

Profiling of 54 plasma glycoproteins by label-free targeted LC-MS/MS (2018)
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Dahabiyeh, L. A., Tooth, D., & Barrett, D. A. (2019). Profiling of 54 plasma glycoproteins by label-free targeted LC-MS/MS. Analytical Biochemistry, 567, 72-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2018.12.011

Glycoproteins play a central role in diverse biological processes and are linked with many serious human diseases. In this paper we present a simple, reproducible and cost-effective analytical workflow that enables the reliable quantification of clin... Read More about Profiling of 54 plasma glycoproteins by label-free targeted LC-MS/MS.

The pharmacy care plan service: Evaluation and estimate of cost-effectiveness (2018)
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Twigg, M. J., Wright, D., Barton, G., Kirkdale, C. L., & Thornley, T. (2019). The pharmacy care plan service: Evaluation and estimate of cost-effectiveness. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 15(1), 84-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.03.062

Background: The UK Community Pharmacy Future group developed the Pharmacy Care Plan (PCP) service with a focus on patient activation, goal setting and therapy management. Objective: To estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the PCP... Read More about The pharmacy care plan service: Evaluation and estimate of cost-effectiveness.

Synthesis, molecular properties prediction and biological evaluation of indole-vinyl sulfone derivatives as novel tubulin polymerization inhibitors targeting the colchicine binding site (2018)
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Li, W., Sun, H., Xu, F., Shuai, W., Liu, J., Xu, S., …Xu, J. (2019). Synthesis, molecular properties prediction and biological evaluation of indole-vinyl sulfone derivatives as novel tubulin polymerization inhibitors targeting the colchicine binding site. Bioorganic Chemistry, 85, 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2018.12.015

Twenty-two novel indole-vinyl sulfone derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated as tubulin polymerization inhibitors. The physicochemical and drug-likeness properties of all target compounds were predicted by Osiris calculations. All compo... Read More about Synthesis, molecular properties prediction and biological evaluation of indole-vinyl sulfone derivatives as novel tubulin polymerization inhibitors targeting the colchicine binding site.

Geometry alone influences stem cell differentiation in a precision 3D printed stem cell niche (2018)
Working Paper
Prina, E., Sidney, L., Tromayer, M., Moore, J., Liska, R., Bertolin, M., …Rose, F. R. Geometry alone influences stem cell differentiation in a precision 3D printed stem cell niche

Stem cells within epithelial tissues reside in anatomical structures known as crypts that are known to contribute to the mechanical and chemical milieu important for function. To date, epithelial stem cell therapies have largely ignored the niche and... Read More about Geometry alone influences stem cell differentiation in a precision 3D printed stem cell niche.

Hydrophobicity of surface-immobilised molecules influences architectures formed via interfacial self-assembly of nucleoside-based gelators (2018)
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Angelerou, M. G. F., Yang, B., Arnold, T., Rawle, J., Marlow, M., & Zelzer, M. (2018). Hydrophobicity of surface-immobilised molecules influences architectures formed via interfacial self-assembly of nucleoside-based gelators. Soft Matter, 14(48), 9851-9855. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sm01868e

Surface-mediated self-assembly has potential in biomaterial development but underlying rules governing surface-gelator interactions are poorly understood. Here, we correlate surface properties with structural characterization data of nucleoside-based... Read More about Hydrophobicity of surface-immobilised molecules influences architectures formed via interfacial self-assembly of nucleoside-based gelators.

Qualitative study using interviews and focus groups to explore the current and potential for antimicrobial stewardship in community pharmacy informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework (2018)
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Jones, L. F., Owens, R., Sallis, A., Ashiru-Oredope, D., Thornley, T., Francis, N. A., …McNulty, C. A. (2018). Qualitative study using interviews and focus groups to explore the current and potential for antimicrobial stewardship in community pharmacy informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework. BMJ Open, 8(12), Article e025101. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025101

Objectives Community pharmacists and their staff have the potential to contribute to antimicrobial stewardship (AMS). However, their barriers and opportunities are not well understood. The aim was to investigate the experiences and perceptions of com... Read More about Qualitative study using interviews and focus groups to explore the current and potential for antimicrobial stewardship in community pharmacy informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework.

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of quinoline-indole derivatives as anti-tubulin agents targeting the colchicine binding site (2018)
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Li, W., Shuai, W., Sun, H., Xu, F., Bi, Y., Xu, J., …Xu, S. (2019). Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of quinoline-indole derivatives as anti-tubulin agents targeting the colchicine binding site. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 163, 428-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.11.070

A series of novel isocombretastatin A-4 (isoCA-4) analogs were designed and synthesized by replacing 3,4,5-trimethoylphenyl and isovanillin of isoCA-4 with quinoline and indole moieties, respectively. The structure activity relationships (SARs) of th... Read More about Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of quinoline-indole derivatives as anti-tubulin agents targeting the colchicine binding site.

An analysis of endocannabinoid concentrations and mood following singing and exercise in healthy volunteers (2018)
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Stone, N. L., Millar, S. A., Herrod, P. J. J., Barrett, D. A., Ortori, C. A., Mellon, V. A., & O’Sullivan, S. E. (2018). An analysis of endocannabinoid concentrations and mood following singing and exercise in healthy volunteers. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00269

© 2018 Stone, Millar, Herrod, Barrett, Ortori, Mellon and O’Sullivan. The euphoric feeling described after running is, at least in part, due to increased circulating endocannabinoids (eCBs). eCBs are lipid signaling molecules involved in reward, appe... Read More about An analysis of endocannabinoid concentrations and mood following singing and exercise in healthy volunteers.

New perspectives on iron uptake in eukaryotes (2018)
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Sherman, H. G., Jovanovic, C., Stolnik, S., Baronian, K., Downard, A. J., & Rawson, F. J. (2018). New perspectives on iron uptake in eukaryotes. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 5(NOV), Article 97. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2018.00097

All eukaryotic organisms require iron to function. Malfunctions within iron homeostasis have a range of physiological consequences, and can lead to the development of pathological conditions that can result in an excess of non-transferrin bound iron... Read More about New perspectives on iron uptake in eukaryotes.

Application of biorelevant saliva-based dissolution for optimisation of orally disintegrating formulations of felodipine (2018)
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Ali, J., Zgair, A., Hameed, G. S., Garnett, M. C., Roberts, C. J., Burley, J. C., & Gershkovich, P. (2019). Application of biorelevant saliva-based dissolution for optimisation of orally disintegrating formulations of felodipine. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 555, 228-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.11.051

The oral cavity is of great importance to the performance of orally retained formulations, including: orally disintegrating tablets, taste-masked formulations, and buccal/sublingual delivery systems. With regards to in vitro dissolution assessment of... Read More about Application of biorelevant saliva-based dissolution for optimisation of orally disintegrating formulations of felodipine.