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A Shortcut from Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) to Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC): c-MYC a Promising Target for Preventative Strategies and Individualized Therapy (2021)
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Guo, F., Estévez-Vázquez, O., Benedé-Ubieto, R., Maya-Miles, D., Zheng, K., Gallego-Durán, R., …Nevzorova, Y. A. (2022). A Shortcut from Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) to Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC): c-MYC a Promising Target for Preventative Strategies and Individualized Therapy. Cancers, 14(1), Article 192. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14010192

Background: Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) has risen as one of the leading etiologies for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Oncogenes have been suggested to be responsible for the high risk of MAFLD-related HCC. We analyzed the impact... Read More about A Shortcut from Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) to Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC): c-MYC a Promising Target for Preventative Strategies and Individualized Therapy.

Saliva for COVID-19 testing: Simple but useless or an undervalued resource? (2021)
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Pijuan-Galito, S., Tarantini, F. S., Tomlin, H., Jenkins, H., Thompson, J. L., Scales, D., …Denning, C. (2021). Saliva for COVID-19 testing: Simple but useless or an undervalued resource?. Frontiers in Virology, 1, Article 778790. https://doi.org/10.3389/fviro.2021.778790

During the COVID-19 pandemic, countries with robust population-based asymptomatic testing were generally successful in controlling virus spread, hence reducing hospitalizations and deaths. This effectiveness inspired widespread asymptomatic surveilla... Read More about Saliva for COVID-19 testing: Simple but useless or an undervalued resource?.

The distribution of reproductive risk factors disclosed the heterogeneity of receptor-defined breast cancer subtypes among Tanzanian women (2021)
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Rweyemamu, L. P., Akan, G., Adolf, I. C., Magorosa, E. P., Mosha, I. J., Dharsee, N., …Atalar, F. (2021). The distribution of reproductive risk factors disclosed the heterogeneity of receptor-defined breast cancer subtypes among Tanzanian women. BMC Women's Health, 21(1), Article 423. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-021-01536-6

Background: Recent epidemiological studies suggest that reproductive factors are associated with breast cancer (BC) molecular subtypes. However, these associations have not been thoroughly studied in the African populations. The present study aimed t... Read More about The distribution of reproductive risk factors disclosed the heterogeneity of receptor-defined breast cancer subtypes among Tanzanian women.

Intra-operative assessment of sentinel lymph nodes for breast cancer surgery: An update (2021)
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Barkur, S., Notingher, I., & Rakha, E. (2022). Intra-operative assessment of sentinel lymph nodes for breast cancer surgery: An update. Surgical Oncology, 40, Article 101678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suronc.2021.101678

Lymph node (LN) involvement is the strongest prognostic factor in operable breast cancer (BC). Therefore, accurate assessment of LN status is essential for management of BC patients. The introduction of sentinel LN approach reduced the need for exten... Read More about Intra-operative assessment of sentinel lymph nodes for breast cancer surgery: An update.

Intravenous or oral antibiotic treatment in adults and children with cystic fibrosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection: the TORPEDO-CF RCT (2021)
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Langton Hewer, S. C., Smyth, A. R., Brown, M., Jones, A. P., Hickey, H., Kenna, D., …Williamson, P. R. (2021). Intravenous or oral antibiotic treatment in adults and children with cystic fibrosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection: the TORPEDO-CF RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 25(65), 1-158. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta25650

Background People with cystic fibrosis are susceptible to pulmonary infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This may become chronic and lead to increased mortality and morbidity. If treatment is commenced promptly, infection may be eradicated through... Read More about Intravenous or oral antibiotic treatment in adults and children with cystic fibrosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection: the TORPEDO-CF RCT.

Transcriptomic Analysis of Cardiomyocyte Extracellular Vesicles in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Reveals Differential snoRNA Cargo (2021)
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James, V., Nizamudeen, Z. A., Lea, D., Dottorini, T., Holmes, T. L., Johnson, B. B., …Smith, J. G. (2021). Transcriptomic Analysis of Cardiomyocyte Extracellular Vesicles in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Reveals Differential snoRNA Cargo. Stem Cells and Development, 30(24), 1215-1227. https://doi.org/10.1089/scd.2021.0202

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is characterised by increased left ventricular wall thickness that can lead to devastating conditions such as heart failure and sudden cardiac death. Despite extensive study, the mechanisms mediating many of the asso... Read More about Transcriptomic Analysis of Cardiomyocyte Extracellular Vesicles in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Reveals Differential snoRNA Cargo.

Untangling the clinicopathological significance of MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex in sporadic breast cancers (2021)
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Alblihy, A., Shoqafi, A., Toss, M. S., Algethami, M., Harris, A. E., Jeyapalan, J. N., …Madhusudan, S. (2021). Untangling the clinicopathological significance of MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex in sporadic breast cancers. npj Breast Cancer, 7(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-021-00350-5

The MRE11–RAD50–NBS1 (MRN) complex is critical for genomic stability. Although germline mutations in MRN may increase breast cancer susceptibility, such mutations are extremely rare. Here, we have conducted a comprehensive clinicopathological study o... Read More about Untangling the clinicopathological significance of MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex in sporadic breast cancers.

Concurrent ibrutinib plus venetoclax in relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma: the safety run-in of the phase 3 SYMPATICO study (2021)
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Wang, M., Ramchandren, R., Chen, R., Karlin, L., Chong, G., Jurczak, W., …Tam, C. S. (2021). Concurrent ibrutinib plus venetoclax in relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma: the safety run-in of the phase 3 SYMPATICO study. Journal of Hematology and Oncology, 14, Article 179. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13045-021-01188-x

Ibrutinib plus venetoclax, given with an ibrutinib lead-in, has shown encouraging clinical activity in early phase studies in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). The ongoing phase 3 SYMPATICO study evaluates the safety and efficacy of concurrently administer... Read More about Concurrent ibrutinib plus venetoclax in relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma: the safety run-in of the phase 3 SYMPATICO study.

Understanding and addressing vaccine hesitancy in the context of COVID-19: development of a digital intervention (2021)
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Knight, H., Jia, R., Ayling, K., Bradbury, K., Baker, K., Chalder, T., …Vedhara, K. (2021). Understanding and addressing vaccine hesitancy in the context of COVID-19: development of a digital intervention. Public Health, 201, 98-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.10.006

Objectives: Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was identified in late 2019, spreading to over 200 countries and resulting in almost two million deaths worldwide. The emergence of safe and effective vaccines provides a route out of th... Read More about Understanding and addressing vaccine hesitancy in the context of COVID-19: development of a digital intervention.

Targeting protein kinase CK2 in the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma (2021)
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Jayaraman, P. S., & Gaston, K. (2021). Targeting protein kinase CK2 in the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma. Exploration of Targeted Anti-tumor Therapy, 2(5), 434-447. https://doi.org/10.37349/etat.2021.00055

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a disease with a very poor prognosis and limited treatment options. Although targeted therapies directed towards specific mutations found in CCA are becoming available and are showing great potential, many tumors do not ca... Read More about Targeting protein kinase CK2 in the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma.

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and self-isolation on students and staff in higher education: A qualitative study (2021)
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Knight, H., Carlisle, S., O’connor, M., Briggs, L., Fothergill, L., Al-Oraibi, A., …Blake, H. (2021). Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and self-isolation on students and staff in higher education: A qualitative study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(20), Article 10675. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010675

This qualitative study explored the impact of COVID-19 self-isolation and social restriction measures on university students, through the perspectives of both students and the staff supporting them. The study comprised 11 focus groups (students) and... Read More about Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and self-isolation on students and staff in higher education: A qualitative study.

Assessment of proliferation in breast cancer: cell cycle or mitosis? An observational study (2021)
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Lashen, A. G., Toss, M. S., Katayama, A., Gogna, R., Mongan, N. P., & Rakha, E. A. (2021). Assessment of proliferation in breast cancer: cell cycle or mitosis? An observational study. Histopathology, 79(6), 1087-1098. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.14542

Background and aims: Proliferation is an important indicator of breast cancer (BC) prognosis, but is assessed using different approaches. Not all cells in the cell cycle are committed to division. This study aimed to characterise quantitative differe... Read More about Assessment of proliferation in breast cancer: cell cycle or mitosis? An observational study.

Concordance between core needle biopsy and surgical excision specimens for Ki-67 in breast cancer–a systematic review of the literature (2021)
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Kalvala, J., Parks, R. M., Green, A. R., & Cheung, K. L. (2022). Concordance between core needle biopsy and surgical excision specimens for Ki-67 in breast cancer–a systematic review of the literature. Histopathology, 80(3), 468-484. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.14555

Aims: The biomarkers oestrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) are routinely measured in patients with breast cancer with international consensus on how they should be interpreted. There i... Read More about Concordance between core needle biopsy and surgical excision specimens for Ki-67 in breast cancer–a systematic review of the literature.

A Reinterpretation of Evidence for the Endothelial Glycocalyx Filtration Structure (2021)
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Arkill, K. P. (2021). A Reinterpretation of Evidence for the Endothelial Glycocalyx Filtration Structure. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9, Article 734661. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.734661

The endothelial glycocalyx is thought to be the primary macromolecular filter for fluid flux out of the vasculature. This filter maintains the higher protein concentration within the vessel lumen relative to the tissue. Whilst the arguments for the e... Read More about A Reinterpretation of Evidence for the Endothelial Glycocalyx Filtration Structure.

Low-Power Sonication Can Alter Extracellular Vesicle Size and Properties (2021)
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Nizamudeen, Z. A., Xerri, R., Parmenter, C., Suain, K., Markus, R., Chakrabarti, L., & Sottile, V. (2021). Low-Power Sonication Can Alter Extracellular Vesicle Size and Properties. Cells, 10(9), Article 2413. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10092413

Low-power sonication is widely used to disaggregate extracellular vesicles (EVs) after isolation, however, the effects of sonication on EV samples beyond dispersion are unclear. The present study analysed the characteristics of EVs collected from mes... Read More about Low-Power Sonication Can Alter Extracellular Vesicle Size and Properties.

Oestrogen-regulated protein SLC39A6: a biomarker of good prognosis in luminal breast cancer (2021)
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Althobiti, M., El-Sharawy, K. A., Joseph, C., Aleskandarany, M., Toss, M. S., Green, A. R., & Rakha, E. A. (2021). Oestrogen-regulated protein SLC39A6: a biomarker of good prognosis in luminal breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 189(3), 621-630. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-021-06336-y

Purpose The outcome of the luminal oestrogen receptor-positive (ER +) subtype of breast cancer (BC) is highly variable and patient stratification needs to be refined. We assessed the prognostic significance of oestrogen-regulated solute carrier fami... Read More about Oestrogen-regulated protein SLC39A6: a biomarker of good prognosis in luminal breast cancer.

B Lymphocytes Accumulate and Proliferate in Human Skin at Sites of Cutaneous Antigen Challenge (2021)
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Egbuniwe, I. U., Harris, R. J., Nakamura, M., Nestle, F. O., Akbar, A. N., Karagiannis, S. N., & Lacy, K. E. (2022). B Lymphocytes Accumulate and Proliferate in Human Skin at Sites of Cutaneous Antigen Challenge. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 142(3), 726-731.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2021.06.038

The frequency and clinical significance of DNA polymerase beta (POLβ) expression in breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) (2021)
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Al-Kawaz, A., Ali, R., Toss, M. S., Miligy, I. M., Mohammed, O. J., Green, A. R., …Rakha, E. A. (2021). The frequency and clinical significance of DNA polymerase beta (POLβ) expression in breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 190, 39-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-021-06357-7

Background: The prediction of clinical behaviour of breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and its progression to invasive disease remains a challenge. Alterations of DNA damage repair mechanisms are associated with invasive breast cancer (BC). This... Read More about The frequency and clinical significance of DNA polymerase beta (POLβ) expression in breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

A validation study of the identification of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in England using population-based health data (2021)
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Bishton, M. J., Stilwell, P., Card, T. R., Lanyon, P., Ban, L., Elliss-Brookes, L., …Bythell, M. (2021). A validation study of the identification of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in England using population-based health data. British Journal of Haematology, 194(6), 1039-1044. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17768

We assessed the validity of coded healthcare data to identify cases of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) identified 127 cases within five hospital Trusts 2013–2018 using ICD-10 codes D76.1, D76.2 and D76.3.... Read More about A validation study of the identification of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in England using population-based health data.

What is the Definition of Cure in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer? (2021)
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Morgan, H., Ellis, L., O’Dowd, E. L., Murray, R. L., Hubbard, R., & Baldwin, D. R. (2021). What is the Definition of Cure in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer?. Oncology and Therapy, 9(2), 365-371. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40487-021-00163-3

The concept of cure from cancer is important to patients, but can be difficult to communicate in terms that are meaningful. This is because there are a number of definitions of cure that are applied by clinicians, patients and the public, and by poli... Read More about What is the Definition of Cure in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer?.