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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Therapy Guided by Measurable Residual Disease (2023)
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Munir, T., Cairns, D. A., Bloor, A., Allsup, D., Cwynarski, K., Pettitt, A., Paneesha, S., Fox, C. P., Eyre, T. A., Forconi, F., Elmusharaf, N., Kennedy, B., Gribben, J., Pemberton, N., Sheehy, O., Preston, G., Schuh, A., Walewska, R., Duley, L., Howard, D., …Hillmen, P. (2024). Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Therapy Guided by Measurable Residual Disease. New England Journal of Medicine, 390(4), 326-337. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2310063

BACKGROUND: The combination of ibrutinib and venetoclax has been shown to improve outcomes in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) as compared with chemoimmunotherapy. Whether ibrutinib-venetoclax and personalization of treatment duration... Read More about Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Therapy Guided by Measurable Residual Disease.

Analysis of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Subtypes as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke (2023)
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ABDULKADIR, R., RAKKAR, K., OTHMAN, O., SPRIGG, N., BATH, P., & BAYRAKTUTAN, U. (2023). Analysis of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Subtypes as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke. Scientific Reports, 13, Article 21843. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48907-7

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), expressing markers for stemness (CD34), immaturity (CD133) and endothelial maturity (KDR), may determine the extent of post-stroke vascular repair. Given the prevalence of stroke in elderly, this study explored wh... Read More about Analysis of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Subtypes as Clinical Biomarkers for Elderly Patients with Ischaemic Stroke.

Analysis of endothelial progenitor cell subtypes as clinical biomarkers for elderly patients with ischaemic stroke (2023)
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Kadir, R. R. A., Rakkar, K., Othman, O. A., Sprigg, N., Bath, P. M., & Bayraktutan, U. (2023). Analysis of endothelial progenitor cell subtypes as clinical biomarkers for elderly patients with ischaemic stroke. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 21843. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48907-7

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), expressing markers for stemness (CD34), immaturity (CD133) and endothelial maturity (KDR), may determine the extent of post-stroke vascular repair. Given the prevalence of stroke in elderly, this study explored wh... Read More about Analysis of endothelial progenitor cell subtypes as clinical biomarkers for elderly patients with ischaemic stroke.

An examination of resting-state functional connectivity in patients with active Crohn's disease (2023)
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Francis, S. T., Moran, G. W., Eldeghaidy, S., Radford, S., & Thapaliya, G. (2023). An examination of resting-state functional connectivity in patients with active Crohn's disease. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, Article 1265815. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1265815

Background: Alterations in resting state functional connectivity (rs-FC) in Crohn’s Disease (CD) have been documented in default mode network (DMN) and frontal parietal network (FPN) areas, visual, cerebellar, salience and attention resting-state-net... Read More about An examination of resting-state functional connectivity in patients with active Crohn's disease.

An examination of resting-state functional connectivity in patients with active Crohn’s disease (2023)
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Thapaliya, G., Eldeghaidy, S., Radford, S. J., Francis, S. T., & Moran, G. W. (in press). An examination of resting-state functional connectivity in patients with active Crohn’s disease. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17, Article 1265815. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1265815

Background: Alterations in resting state functional connectivity (rs-FC) in Crohn’s Disease (CD) have been documented in default mode network (DMN) and frontal parietal network (FPN) areas, visual, cerebellar, salience and attention resting-state-net... Read More about An examination of resting-state functional connectivity in patients with active Crohn’s disease.

Biologic therapy for inflammatory bowel disease: Real-world comparative effectiveness and impact of drug sequencing in 13,222 patients within the UK IBD BioResource (2023)
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Kapizioni, C., Desoki, R., Lam, D., Balendran, K., Al-Sulais, E., Subramanian, S., …Raine, T. (2024). Biologic therapy for inflammatory bowel disease: Real-world comparative effectiveness and impact of drug sequencing in 13,222 patients within the UK IBD BioResource. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, 18(6), 790-800. https://doi.org/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjad203

Background and Aims
To compare effectiveness of different biologic therapies and sequences in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) using real-world data from a large cohort with long exposure.

Methods
Demographic, disease, treatment an... Read More about Biologic therapy for inflammatory bowel disease: Real-world comparative effectiveness and impact of drug sequencing in 13,222 patients within the UK IBD BioResource.

Impact of MYC and BCL2 double expression on outcomes in primary CNS lymphoma: a UK multicenter analysis (2023)
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Poynton, E., Chernucha, E., Day, J. W., Prodger, C., Hopkins, D., Rakesh, P., O'Neill, T., Thakrar, N., Akarca, A., Jamal, E., Ali, A. S., Kirkwood, A. A., Pomplun, S., Marafioti, T., Calaminici, M., Kirkwood, A. A., Greaves, P., Chaganti, S., McKay, P., Smith, J., …Okosun, J. (2024). Impact of MYC and BCL2 double expression on outcomes in primary CNS lymphoma: a UK multicenter analysis. Blood Advances, 8(7), 1772–1775. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011426

Outcomes of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell administration in the treatment of neurologic sequelae in children with spina bifida (2023)
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Nguyen, L. T., Le, H. T., Nguyen, K. T., Bui, H. T., Nguyen, A. P. T., Ngo, D. V., Hoang, D. M., & Ngo, M. D. (2023). Outcomes of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell administration in the treatment of neurologic sequelae in children with spina bifida. Stem Cell Research and Therapy, 14(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-023-03349-w

Background:

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell (BMMNC) infusion in the management of neurological sequelae in children with spina bifida (SB).

Methods:

BMMNCs were harvested from bilateral anter... Read More about Outcomes of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell administration in the treatment of neurologic sequelae in children with spina bifida.

Dosage of high‐dose methotrexate as CNS prophylaxis in DLBCL: A detailed analysis of toxicity and impact on CNS relapse (2023)
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Wilson, M. R., Kirkwood, A. A., Wong Doo, N., Soussain, C., Choquet, S., Lees, C., Fox, C., Preston, G., Ahearne, M., Strüßmann, T., Clavert, A., Rusconi, C., Ku, M., Khwaja, J., Narkhede, M., Lewis, K., Durot, E., Smith, J., Renaud, L., Ferreri, A. J. M., …Eyre, T. A. (2024). Dosage of high‐dose methotrexate as CNS prophylaxis in DLBCL: A detailed analysis of toxicity and impact on CNS relapse. American Journal of Hematology, 99(2), E46-E50. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.27167

Unravelling transcriptomic complexity in breast cancer through modulation of DARPP-32 expression and signalling pathways (2023)
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Saidy, B., Vasan, R., Durant, R., Greener, M., Immanuel, A., Green, A. R., …Storr, S. J. (2023). Unravelling transcriptomic complexity in breast cancer through modulation of DARPP-32 expression and signalling pathways. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 21163. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48198-y

DARPP-32 is a key regulator of protein-phosphatase-1 (PP-1) and protein kinase A (PKA), with its function dependent upon its phosphorylation state. We previously identified DKK1 and GRB7 as genes with linked expression using Artificial Neural Network... Read More about Unravelling transcriptomic complexity in breast cancer through modulation of DARPP-32 expression and signalling pathways.

ERS international Congress 2023: highlights from the Basic and Translational Sciences Assembly (2023)
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Reddy, K. D., Bizymi, N., Schweikert, A., Ananth, S., Lim, C. X., Lodge, K. M., …Cuevas-Ocaña, S. (2024). ERS international Congress 2023: highlights from the Basic and Translational Sciences Assembly. ERJ Open Research, 10(2), https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00875-2023

Early career members of Assembly 3 (Basic and Translational Sciences) of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) summarise the key messages discussed during six selected sessions that took place at the ERS International Congress 2023 in Milan, Italy.... Read More about ERS international Congress 2023: highlights from the Basic and Translational Sciences Assembly.

Evolution of Treatment Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (2023)
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Kyriacou, M., Vuyyuru, S., & Moran, G. (2023). Evolution of Treatment Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Medical Research Archives, 11(11), https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i11.4662

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), which encompasses Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, represents a chronic and progressive condition characterised by periods of active inflammation interspersed with periods of remission. The r... Read More about Evolution of Treatment Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes. (2023)
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Ng, C., Dellschaft, N. S., Hoad, C., Marciani, L., Spiller, R., Crooks, C., …Smyth, A. R. (2023). A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes. NIHR Open Research, 3(65), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13510.1

Background

People with cystic fibrosis (CF) can experience recurrent chest infections, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and gastrointestinal symptoms. New cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator drugs improve lung fun... Read More about A randomised crossover trial of tezacaftor-ivacaftor for gut dysfunction in cystic fibrosis with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes..

Multiparametric Renal Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Prediction and Annual Monitoring of the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease over Two Years (2023)
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Buchanan, C. E., Mahmoud, H., Cox, E. F., Prestwich, B. L., Noble, R. A., Selby, N. M., …Francis, S. T. (2023). Multiparametric Renal Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Prediction and Annual Monitoring of the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease over Two Years. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(23), Article 7282. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12237282

Background: Multiparametric renal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) provides a non-invasive method to assess kidney structure and function, but longitudinal studies are limited. Methods: A total of 22 patients with CKD category G3-4 (estimated glomeru... Read More about Multiparametric Renal Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Prediction and Annual Monitoring of the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease over Two Years.

Feedback control in hemodialysis (2023)
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Randhay, A., Tarek Eldehni, M., & Selby, N. M. (2023). Feedback control in hemodialysis. Seminars in Dialysis, https://doi.org/10.1111/sdi.13185

A number of systems of feedback control during dialysis have been developed, which have the shared characteristic of prospectively measuring physiological parameters and then automatically altering dialysis parameters in real time according to a pre-... Read More about Feedback control in hemodialysis.

Altered Regulation of the Glucose Transporter GLUT3 in PRDX1 Null Cells Caused Hypersensitivity to Arsenite (2023)
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Ali, R., Alhaj Sulaiman, A., Memon, B., Pradhan, S., Algethami, M., Aouida, M., …Ramotar, D. (2023). Altered Regulation of the Glucose Transporter GLUT3 in PRDX1 Null Cells Caused Hypersensitivity to Arsenite. Cells, 12(23), Article 2682. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12232682

Targeting tumour metabolism through glucose transporters is an attractive approach. However, the role these transporters play through interaction with other signalling proteins is not yet defined. The glucose transporter SLC2A3 (GLUT3) is a member of... Read More about Altered Regulation of the Glucose Transporter GLUT3 in PRDX1 Null Cells Caused Hypersensitivity to Arsenite.

Using a machine learning model to risk stratify for the presence of significant liver disease in a primary care population (2023)
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Bennett, L., Mostafa, M., Hammersley, R., Purssell, H., Patel, M., Street, O., …Guha, I. N. (2023). Using a machine learning model to risk stratify for the presence of significant liver disease in a primary care population. Journal of Medical Artificial Intelligence, 6, Article 27. https://doi.org/10.21037/jmai-23-35

Background: Current strategies for detecting significant chronic liver disease (CLD) in the community are based on the extrapolation of diagnostic tests used in secondary care settings. Whilst this approach provides clinical utility, it has limitatio... Read More about Using a machine learning model to risk stratify for the presence of significant liver disease in a primary care population.

Safety of bendamustine for the treatment of indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a UK real-world experience (2023)
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Shotton, R., Broadbent, R., Alchawaf, A., Mohamed, M. B., Gibb, A., Martinez-Calle, N., Fox, C. P., Bishton, M., Pender, A., Gleeson, M., Cunningham, D., Davies, A. J., Yadollahi, S., Eyre, T. A., Collins, G. P., Djebbari, F., Kassam, S., Garland, P., Watts, E., Osborne, W., …Linton, K. M. (2024). Safety of bendamustine for the treatment of indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a UK real-world experience. Blood Advances, 8(4), 878-888. https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011305

Bendamustine is among the most effective chemotherapeutics for indolent B-cell non- Hodgkin lymphomas (iNHL), but trial reports of significant toxicity, including opportunistic infections and excess deaths, led to prescriber warnings. We conducted a... Read More about Safety of bendamustine for the treatment of indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a UK real-world experience.

The expression of high mobility group protein 3 (HMGB3) in breast cancer with emphasis on its role in lymphovascular invasion (2023)
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Aljohani, A., Alsaeed, S., Toss, M., Raafat, S., GREEN, A., & Rakha, E. (2023). The expression of high mobility group protein 3 (HMGB3) in breast cancer with emphasis on its role in lymphovascular invasion. American Journal of Cancer Research, 13(11), 5334–5351

Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) is a common phenomenon in breast cancer (BC), and it is correlated to poor outcome. However, the biomarkers that influence the development of LVI remain to be defined. Through rigorous bioinformatics analyses, high mobil... Read More about The expression of high mobility group protein 3 (HMGB3) in breast cancer with emphasis on its role in lymphovascular invasion.

High incidence of antibiotic resistance amongst isolates of Helicobacter pylori collected in Nottingham, UK, between 2001 and 2018 (2023)
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Garvey, E., Rhead, J., Suffian, S., Whiley, D., Mahmood, F., Bakshi, N., …Robinson, K. (2023). High incidence of antibiotic resistance amongst isolates of Helicobacter pylori collected in Nottingham, UK, between 2001 and 2018. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 72(11), Article 001776. https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.001776

Introduction. Helicobacter pylori is the leading cause of peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. The most common treatment regimens use combinations of two or three antibiotics and a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) to suppress stomach acid. The World Health O... Read More about High incidence of antibiotic resistance amongst isolates of Helicobacter pylori collected in Nottingham, UK, between 2001 and 2018.