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The impact of tumour biology on the management of primary breast cancer in older women—based on a research programme in Nottingham (2021)
Journal Article
Parks, R. M., Green, A. R., & Cheung, K.-L. (2021). The impact of tumour biology on the management of primary breast cancer in older women—based on a research programme in Nottingham. Annals of Breast Surgery, 5, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.21037/abs-20-130

The incidence of breast cancer increases with age. Average life expectancies are increasing; the older population is expanding globally. This presents a huge challenge on an international scale in the coming years as more older people are living with... Read More about The impact of tumour biology on the management of primary breast cancer in older women—based on a research programme in Nottingham.

Molecular disruption of DNA polymerase β for platinum sensitisation and synthetic lethality in epithelial ovarian cancers (2021)
Journal Article
Ali, R., Alblihy, A., Miligy, I. M., Alabdullah, M. L., Alsaleem, M., Toss, M. S., …Madhusudan, S. (2021). Molecular disruption of DNA polymerase β for platinum sensitisation and synthetic lethality in epithelial ovarian cancers. Oncogene, 40(14), 2496-2508. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-021-01710-y

Targeting PARP1 [Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase 1] for synthetic lethality is a new strategy for BRCA germ-line mutated or platinum sensitive ovarian cancers. However, not all patients respond due to intrinsic or acquired resistance to PARP1 inhibitor.... Read More about Molecular disruption of DNA polymerase β for platinum sensitisation and synthetic lethality in epithelial ovarian cancers.

Age-related biology of early-stage operable breast cancer and its impact on clinical outcome (2021)
Journal Article
Cheung, K. L., Ellis, I. O., Morgan, D. A., Rakha, E. A., Green, A. R., & Syed, B. M. (2021). Age-related biology of early-stage operable breast cancer and its impact on clinical outcome. Cancers, 13(6), Article 1417. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13061417

As age advances, breast cancer (BC) tends to change its biological characteristics. This study aimed to explore the natural progression of such changes. The study included 2383 women with clinically T0-2N0-1M0 BC, managed by primary surgery and optim... Read More about Age-related biology of early-stage operable breast cancer and its impact on clinical outcome.

A new view of macula densa cell microanatomy (2021)
Journal Article
Gyarmati, G., Shroff, U. N., Riquier-Brison, A., Kriz, W., Kaissling, B., Neal, C. R., …Peti-Peterdi, J. (2021). A new view of macula densa cell microanatomy. AJP - Renal Physiology, 320(3), F492-F504. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00546.2020

Although macula densa (MD) cells are chief regulatory cells in the nephron with unique microanatomical features, they have been difficult to study in full detail due to their inaccessibility and limitations in earlier microscopy techniques. The prese... Read More about A new view of macula densa cell microanatomy.

Complex Relationship Between Cardiac Fibroblasts and Cardiomyocytes in Health and Disease (2021)
Journal Article
Hall, C., Gehmlich, K., Denning, C., & Pavlovic, D. (2021). Complex Relationship Between Cardiac Fibroblasts and Cardiomyocytes in Health and Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association, 10(5), Article e019338. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.120.019338

Cardiac fibroblasts are the primary cell type responsible for deposition of extracellular matrix in the heart, providing support to the contracting myocardium and contributing to a myriad of physiological signaling processes. Despite the importance o... Read More about Complex Relationship Between Cardiac Fibroblasts and Cardiomyocytes in Health and Disease.

The ICON Trauma Study: The Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on Major Trauma workload in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Adiamah, A., Thompson, A., Lewis-Lloyd, C., Dickson, E., Blackburn, L., Moody, N., …Brooks, A. (2021). The ICON Trauma Study: The Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on Major Trauma workload in the UK. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 47, 637–645. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-020-01593-w

Background
The global pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has impacted population health and care delivery worldwide. As information emerges regarding the impact of “lockdown measures” and changes to clinical practice worldwide; there is no comparative in... Read More about The ICON Trauma Study: The Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on Major Trauma workload in the UK.

Understanding cell‐cell communication and signaling in the colorectal cancer microenvironment (2021)
Journal Article
Almusawi, S., Ahmed, M., & Nateri, A. S. (2021). Understanding cell‐cell communication and signaling in the colorectal cancer microenvironment. Clinical and Translational Medicine, 11(2), Article e308. https://doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.308

Carcinomas are complex heterocellular systems containing epithelial cancer cells, stromal fibroblasts, and multiple immune cell‐types. Cell‐cell communication between these tumor microenvironments (TME) and cells drives cancer progression and influen... Read More about Understanding cell‐cell communication and signaling in the colorectal cancer microenvironment.

Detection and Quantification of Novel C‐terminal TDP‐43 Fragments in ALS‐TDP (2021)
Journal Article
Feneberg, E., Charles, P. D., Finelli, M. J., Scott, C., Kessler, B. M., Fischer, R., …Turner, M. R. (2021). Detection and Quantification of Novel C‐terminal TDP‐43 Fragments in ALS‐TDP. Brain Pathology, 31(4), Article e12923. https://doi.org/10.1111/bpa.12923

The pathological hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the presence of cytoplasmic inclusions, containing C‐terminal fragments of the protein TDP‐43. Here, we tested the hypothesis that highly sensitive mass spectrometry with parallel re... Read More about Detection and Quantification of Novel C‐terminal TDP‐43 Fragments in ALS‐TDP.

Students’ Views Towards SARS-CoV-2 Mass Asymptomatic Testing, Social Distancing and Self-Isolation in a University Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Blake, H., Knight, H., Jia, R., Corner, J., Morling, J. R., Denning, C., …Vedhara, K. Students’ Views Towards SARS-CoV-2 Mass Asymptomatic Testing, Social Distancing and Self-Isolation in a University Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

We aimed to explore university students’ perceptions and experiences of SARS-CoV-2 mass asymptomatic testing, social distancing and self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This qualitative study comprised of four rapid online focus groups conduc... Read More about Students’ Views Towards SARS-CoV-2 Mass Asymptomatic Testing, Social Distancing and Self-Isolation in a University Setting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study.

The role of ALDH1A1 in contributing to breast tumour aggressiveness: A study conducted in an African population (2021)
Journal Article
Gyan, E., Green, A., Ahenkorah-Fondjo, L., Jackson, A., Toss, M. S., Akakpo, P. K., …Owiredu, W. (2021). The role of ALDH1A1 in contributing to breast tumour aggressiveness: A study conducted in an African population. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology, 51, Article 151696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2020.151696

Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 member A1 (ALDH1A1) is one of the most well studied breast cancer stem cells. Its expression has been associated with poor clinicopathological features and clinical outcomes in several studies. This paper studies the expressi... Read More about The role of ALDH1A1 in contributing to breast tumour aggressiveness: A study conducted in an African population.

Clinicopathological and Functional Evaluation Reveal NBS1 as a Predictor of Platinum Resistance in Epithelial Ovarian Cancers (2021)
Journal Article
Alblihy, A., Alabdullah, M. L., Ali, R., Algethami, M., Toss, M. S., Mongan, N. P., …Madhusudan, S. (2021). Clinicopathological and Functional Evaluation Reveal NBS1 as a Predictor of Platinum Resistance in Epithelial Ovarian Cancers. Biomedicines, 9(1), Article 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9010056

Platinum resistance seriously impacts on the survival outcomes of patients with ovarian cancers. Platinum-induced DNA damage is processed through DNA repair. NBS1 is a key DNA repair protein. Here, we evaluated the role of NBS1 in ovarian cancers. NB... Read More about Clinicopathological and Functional Evaluation Reveal NBS1 as a Predictor of Platinum Resistance in Epithelial Ovarian Cancers.

ABCB1 inhibition provides a novel therapeutic target to block TWIST1-induced migration in medulloblastoma (2021)
Journal Article
Nasir, A., Cardall, A., Othman, R. T., Nicolaou, N., Lourdusamy, A., Linke, F., …Coyle, B. (2021). ABCB1 inhibition provides a novel therapeutic target to block TWIST1-induced migration in medulloblastoma. Neuro-Oncology Advances, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/noajnl/vdab030

Background: Therapeutic intervention in metastatic medulloblastoma is dependent upon elucidating the underlying metastatic mechanism. We investigated whether an epithelialmesenchymal transition (EMT)-like pathway could drive medulloblastoma metastasi... Read More about ABCB1 inhibition provides a novel therapeutic target to block TWIST1-induced migration in medulloblastoma.

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
Joseph, C., Alsaleem, M. A., Toss, M. S., Kariri, Y. A., Althobiti, M., Alsaeed, S., …Rakha, E. A. (2020). The ITIM-Containing Receptor: Leukocyte-Associated Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor-1 (LAIR-1) Modulates Immune Response and Confers Poor Prognosis in Invasive Breast Carcinoma. Cancers, 13(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13010080

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
Nasir, A., Thorpe, J., Burroughs, L., Meurs, J., Pijuan‐Galito, S., Irvine, D. J., …Denning, C. (2020). Discovery of a Novel Polymer for Xeno-Free, Long-Term Culture of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Expansion. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 10(6), Article 2001448. https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202001448

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
Velickovic, K., Lugo Leija, H., McGinlay, S., Symonds, M., & Sottile, V. (2020). New models of adipogenic differentiation highlight a cell-autonomous response to temperature. Biocell, 44(4), 501-512. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2020.012942

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)
Preprint / Working Paper
Jia, R., Knight, H., Blake, H., Corner, J., Denning, C., Ball, J., …Vedhara, K. Experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analysis of risk perceptions and mental health in a student cohort

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
Castroflorio, E., den Hoed, J., Svistunova, D., Finelli, M. J., Cebrian-Serrano, A., Corrochano, S., …Oliver, P. L. (2021). The Ncoa7 locus regulates V-ATPase formation and function, neurodevelopment and behaviour. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 78(7), 3503-3524. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-020-03721-6

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)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Heyman, T., Joseph, C., Craze, M., Green, A., Nolan, C., Rueda, O., …Mukherjee, A. (2020). High tissue inhibitor of matrix-metalloproteinase 2 expression correlates with poor prognosis in breast cancer.

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.