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The ITIM-Containing Receptor: Leukocyte-Associated Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor-1 (LAIR-1) Modulates Immune Response and Confers Poor Prognosis in Invasive Breast Carcinoma (2020)
Journal Article

Background: The leukocyte-associated immunoglobulin-like receptor-1 (LAIR-1) plays a role in immune response homeostasis, extracellular matrix remodelling and it is overexpressed in many high-grade cancers. This study aimed to elucidate the biologica... Read More about The ITIM-Containing Receptor: Leukocyte-Associated Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor-1 (LAIR-1) Modulates Immune Response and Confers Poor Prognosis in Invasive Breast Carcinoma.

Discovery of a Novel Polymer for Xeno-Free, Long-Term Culture of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Expansion (2020)
Journal Article

Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can be expanded and differentiated in vitro into almost any adult tissue cell type, and thus have great potential as a source for cell therapies with biomedical application. In this study, a fully-defined polymer... Read More about Discovery of a Novel Polymer for Xeno-Free, Long-Term Culture of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Expansion.

New models of adipogenic differentiation highlight a cell-autonomous response to temperature (2020)
Journal Article

Temperature is a key regulator of brown adipose tissue (BAT) function, acting through central sensory inputs to influence metabolism and energy storage. Although animal models have produced a wealth of information on the pathways, effectors and respo... Read More about New models of adipogenic differentiation highlight a cell-autonomous response to temperature.

Experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analysis of risk perceptions and mental health in a student cohort (2020)
Working Paper

Objective: This study examined the COVID-19 risk perceptions and mental health of university students on returning to campus in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: An online survey was completed during the first four weeks of the academic... Read More about Experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analysis of risk perceptions and mental health in a student cohort.

The Ncoa7 locus regulates V-ATPase formation and function, neurodevelopment and behaviour (2020)
Journal Article

Members of the Tre2/Bub2/Cdc16 (TBC), lysin motif (LysM), domain catalytic (TLDc) protein family are associated with multiple neurodevelopmental disorders, although their exact roles in disease remain unclear. For example, nuclear receptor coactivato... Read More about The Ncoa7 locus regulates V-ATPase formation and function, neurodevelopment and behaviour.

High tissue inhibitor of matrix-metalloproteinase 2 expression correlates with poor prognosis in breast cancer (2020)
Conference Proceeding

Background & objectives TIMP2, tissue inhibitor of matrix-metalloproteinase 2, inhibits the matrix-metalloproteinase, MMP2, but may activate pro-MMP2. Hence its correlation with prognosis in breast cancer (BC) is contradictory. This study investigat... Read More about High tissue inhibitor of matrix-metalloproteinase 2 expression correlates with poor prognosis in breast cancer.

Epen-23. A computational analysis of the tumour immune microenvironment in paediatric ependymoma (2020)
Journal Article

Ependymoma is the third commonest childhood brain tumour. Relapse is frequent, often fatal and current therapeutic strategies are inadequate. Previous ependymoma research describes an immunosuppressive environment with T-cell exhaustion, indicating a... Read More about Epen-23. A computational analysis of the tumour immune microenvironment in paediatric ependymoma.

Epen-22. Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies upregulation of IKZF1 in PFA2 myeloid subpopulation driving an anti-tumor phenotype (2020)
Journal Article

We have previously shown immune gene phenotype variations between posterior fossa ependymoma subgroups. PFA1 tumors chronically secrete IL-6, which pushes the infiltrating myeloid cells to an immune suppressive function. In contrast, PFA2 tumors have... Read More about Epen-22. Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies upregulation of IKZF1 in PFA2 myeloid subpopulation driving an anti-tumor phenotype.

Bi-allelic Pathogenic Variants in HS2ST1 Cause a Syndrome Characterized by Developmental Delay and Corpus Callosum, Skeletal, and Renal Abnormalities (2020)
Journal Article

Heparan sulfate belongs to the group of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), highly sulfated linear polysaccharides. Heparan sulfate 2-O-sulfotransferase 1 (HS2ST1) is one of several specialized enzymes required for heparan sulfate synthesis and catalyzes the... Read More about Bi-allelic Pathogenic Variants in HS2ST1 Cause a Syndrome Characterized by Developmental Delay and Corpus Callosum, Skeletal, and Renal Abnormalities.

Preparation of a User-Defined Peptide Gel for Controlled 3D Culture Models of Cancer and Disease (2020)
Journal Article

There is a growing awareness that cells grown in 3D better model in vivo behavior than those grown in 2D. In this protocol, we describe a simple and tunable 3D hydrogel, suitable for culturing cells and tissue in a setting that matches their native e... Read More about Preparation of a User-Defined Peptide Gel for Controlled 3D Culture Models of Cancer and Disease.

Ligand-directed covalent labelling of a GPCR with a fluorescent tag in live cells (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020, The Author(s). To study the localisation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) in their native cellular environment requires their visualisation through fluorescent labelling. To overcome the requirement for genetic modification of the recept... Read More about Ligand-directed covalent labelling of a GPCR with a fluorescent tag in live cells.

Ran GTPase is an independent prognostic marker in malignant melanoma which promotes tumour cell migration and invasion (2020)
Journal Article

Aims Ran GTPase is involved in nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of proteins and is overexpressed in several cancers. The expression of Ran in malignant melanoma (MM) and its functional activity have not been described and were investigated in this study.... Read More about Ran GTPase is an independent prognostic marker in malignant melanoma which promotes tumour cell migration and invasion.

Patterns of biomarker expression in patients treated with primary endocrine therapy – a unique insight using core needle biopsy tissue microarray (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020, The Author(s). Purpose: Prediction of response to primary endocrine therapy (PET) in older women is based on measurement of oestrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PgR) and human epidermal growth factor (HER)-2. This study uses a uniq... Read More about Patterns of biomarker expression in patients treated with primary endocrine therapy – a unique insight using core needle biopsy tissue microarray.

A same?day assay predicts apoptotic response to combined BCL?2 and MCL?1 BH3?mimetic targeting in multiple myeloma cells (2020)
Journal Article

Recent advances in treatment options for multiple myeloma (MM) have positive impact on patient survival. However, there is a short fall of rapid and reliable assays that can predict patient response to novel agents. The anti-apoptotic proteins B-cell... Read More about A same?day assay predicts apoptotic response to combined BCL?2 and MCL?1 BH3?mimetic targeting in multiple myeloma cells.

3D hydrogels reveal medulloblastoma subgroup differences and identify extracellular matrix subtypes that predict patient outcome (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. on behalf of The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common malignant brain tumour in children and is subdivided into... Read More about 3D hydrogels reveal medulloblastoma subgroup differences and identify extracellular matrix subtypes that predict patient outcome.

Advance care planning in patients with advanced cancer: A 6-country, cluster-randomised clinical trial (2020)
Journal Article

Background: Advance care planning (ACP) supportsindividuals to define, discuss, and record goals and preferences for future medical treatment and care. Despite being internationally recommended, randomized clinical trials of ACP in patients with adva... Read More about Advance care planning in patients with advanced cancer: A 6-country, cluster-randomised clinical trial.

AKT isoforms have discrete expression in Triple Negative breast cancers and roles in cisplatin sensitivity (2020)
Journal Article

AKT, a serine threonine kinase, exists in three different isoforms and is known for regulating several biological processes including tumorigenesis. In this study, we investigated the expression and net effect of the individual isoforms in triple neg... Read More about AKT isoforms have discrete expression in Triple Negative breast cancers and roles in cisplatin sensitivity.

Nucleolar protein 10 (NOP10) predicts poor prognosis in invasive breast cancer (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose Nucleolar protein 10 (NOP10) is required for ribosome biogenesis and telomere maintenance and plays a key role in carcinogenesis. This study aims to evaluate the clinical and prognostic significance of NOP10 in breast cancer (BC). Methods... Read More about Nucleolar protein 10 (NOP10) predicts poor prognosis in invasive breast cancer.

Markers of steroid receptor, kinase signalling pathways and Ki-67 expression in relation to tamoxifen sensitivity and resistance (2020)
Journal Article

Background: It remains clinically important to identify ER positive breast cancers likely to respond to tamoxifen (TAM) and so we aimed to select a group of biomarkers able to predict response. We also assessed whether data from different sample type... Read More about Markers of steroid receptor, kinase signalling pathways and Ki-67 expression in relation to tamoxifen sensitivity and resistance.

Annual mammographic screening to reduce breast cancer mortality in women from age 40 years: long-term follow-up of the uk age rct (2020)
Journal Article

Background There remains disagreement on the long-term effect of mammographic screening in women aged 40-49 years. Objectives The long-term follow-up of a randomised controlled trial that offered annual mammography to women aged 40-49 years. The esti... Read More about Annual mammographic screening to reduce breast cancer mortality in women from age 40 years: long-term follow-up of the uk age rct.