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Epithelial cell dysfunction, a major driver of asthma development (2020)
Journal Article
Heijink, I. H., Kuchibhotla, V. N. S., Roffel, M. P., Maes, T., Knight, D. A., Sayers, I., & Nawijn, M. C. (2020). Epithelial cell dysfunction, a major driver of asthma development. Allergy, 75(8), 1902-1917. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.14421

Airway epithelial barrier dysfunction is frequently observed in asthma and may have important implications. The physical barrier function of the airway epithelium is tightly interwoven with its immunomodulatory actions, while abnormal epithelial repa... Read More about Epithelial cell dysfunction, a major driver of asthma development.

Discovery of highly selective inhibitors of calmodulin-dependent kinases that restore insulin sensitivity in the diet-induced obese in vivo mouse model. (2020)
Journal Article
Fromont, C., Atzori, A., Kaur, D., Hashmi, L., Greco, G., Cabanillas, A., …Butterworth, S. (2020). Discovery of highly selective inhibitors of calmodulin-dependent kinases that restore insulin sensitivity in the diet-induced obese in vivo mouse model. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 63(13), 6784–6801. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01803

Mass transport of lipopolysaccharide induced H<inf>2</inf>O<inf>2</inf> detected by an intracellular carbon nanoelectrode sensor (2020)
Journal Article
Hicks, J., Silman, N. J., Jackson, S., Aylott, J., & Rawson, F. (2020). Mass transport of lipopolysaccharide induced H2O2 detected by an intracellular carbon nanoelectrode sensor. Bioelectrochemistry, 135, Article 107547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2020.107547

Hydrogen peroxide is a key component of the innate immune response, regulating how a cell responds to a bacterial threat; however, being transient in nature makes it extremely difficult to detect. We show the development of an improved biosensor capa... Read More about Mass transport of lipopolysaccharide induced H<inf>2</inf>O<inf>2</inf> detected by an intracellular carbon nanoelectrode sensor.

ERS international congress, madrid, 2019: Highlights from the airway diseases, asthma and COPD assembly (2020)
Journal Article
Lahousse, L., Bahmer, T., Cuevas-Ocaña, S., Flajolet, P., Mathioudakis, A. G., McDonnell, M., …Bonvini, S. J. (2020). ERS international congress, madrid, 2019: Highlights from the airway diseases, asthma and COPD assembly. ERJ Open Research, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00341-2019

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2019 in Madrid, Spain, was a platform for scientific discussion of the highest quality scientific research, cutting-edge techniques and innovative new therapies within the respiratory fiel... Read More about ERS international congress, madrid, 2019: Highlights from the airway diseases, asthma and COPD assembly.

FibroScan-AST (FAST) score for the non-invasive identification of patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with significant activity and fibrosis: a prospective derivation and global validation study (2020)
Journal Article
Newsome, P. N., Sasso, M., Deeks, J. J., Paredes, A., Boursier, J., Chan, W.-K., …Harrison, S. A. (2020). FibroScan-AST (FAST) score for the non-invasive identification of patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with significant activity and fibrosis: a prospective derivation and global validation study. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 5(4), 362-373. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253%2819%2930383-8

Background
The burden of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing globally, and a major priority is to identify patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) who are at greater risk of progression to cirrhosis, and who will be ca... Read More about FibroScan-AST (FAST) score for the non-invasive identification of patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with significant activity and fibrosis: a prospective derivation and global validation study.

How can gene-editing of human pluripotent stem cells help cystic fibrosis? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cuevas Ocana, S., Wong, A., Aushev, M., Ye Yang, J., Perkins, N., Bear, C., …Gray, M. (2019). How can gene-editing of human pluripotent stem cells help cystic fibrosis?. European Respiratory Journal, 54(suppl 63), Article OA2125. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2019.oa2125

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a monogenic recessive disorder, affecting 70,000 people worldwide. CF is due to mutations in the CFTR gene, resulting in a defective protein that leads to symptoms in numerous organs, especially lungs. Despite recent advances,... Read More about How can gene-editing of human pluripotent stem cells help cystic fibrosis?.

Anticholinergic Drug Exposure and the Risk of Dementia: A Nested Case-Control Study (2019)
Journal Article
Coupland, C. A., Hill, T., Dening, T., Morriss, R., Moore, M., & Hippisley-Cox, J. (2019). Anticholinergic Drug Exposure and the Risk of Dementia: A Nested Case-Control Study. JAMA Internal Medicine, 179(8), 1084-1093. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0677

IMPORTANCE Anticholinergic medicines have short-term cognitive adverse effects, but it
is uncertain whether long-term use of these drugs is associated with an increased risk of dementia.

OBJECTIVE To assess associations between anticholinergic dr... Read More about Anticholinergic Drug Exposure and the Risk of Dementia: A Nested Case-Control Study.

Drug Development for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Landscape and Challenges (2019)
Journal Article
Thiagarajan, P., & Aithal, G. P. (2019). Drug Development for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Landscape and Challenges. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 9(4), 515-521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jceh.2019.03.002

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now the leading cause of chronic liver disease in industrialized economies. With no licensed treatment currently available, together with a growing prevalence that parallels global increases in obesity and... Read More about Drug Development for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Landscape and Challenges.

Refractoriness to rituximab-based therapy and elevated serum B2-microglobulin predict for inferior survival in marginal zone lymphoma (2019)
Journal Article
Sorigue, M., Bishton, M., Domingo-Domenech, E., McMillan, A., Prusila, R., García, O., …Sancho, J. (2019). Refractoriness to rituximab-based therapy and elevated serum B2-microglobulin predict for inferior survival in marginal zone lymphoma. Leukemia & Lymphoma, 60(10), 2524-2531. https://doi.org/10.1080/10428194.2019.1594212

Short responses to immunochemotherapy predict for an inferior OS in follicular lymphoma. We set out to determine whether this is also the case in marginal zone lymphoma. A group of 139 marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) patients treated with front-line imm... Read More about Refractoriness to rituximab-based therapy and elevated serum B2-microglobulin predict for inferior survival in marginal zone lymphoma.

Identification and prospective stability of electronic nose (eNose)-derived inflammatory phenotypes in patients with severe asthma. (2018)
Journal Article
Brinkman, P., Wagener, A. H., Hekking, P.-P., Bansal, A. T., Maitland-van der Zee, A.-H., Wang, Y., …Study Group, U.-B. (2019). Identification and prospective stability of electronic nose (eNose)-derived inflammatory phenotypes in patients with severe asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 143(5), 1811-1820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2018.10.058

Background: Severe asthma is a heterogeneous condition, as shown by independent cluster analyses based on demographic, clinical, and inflammatory characteristics. A next step is to identify molecularly driven phenotypes using “omics” technologies. Mo... Read More about Identification and prospective stability of electronic nose (eNose)-derived inflammatory phenotypes in patients with severe asthma..

Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging of Excitable Cells (2018)
Preprint / Working Paper
Howe, C. L., Webb, K. F., Abayzeed, S. A., Anderson, D. J., Denning, C., & Russell, N. A. Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging of Excitable Cells

Surface plasmons are highly sensitive to refractive index variations adjacent to the surface. This sensitivity has been exploited successfully for chemical and biological assays. In these systems, a surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based sensor detect... Read More about Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging of Excitable Cells.

Improved bowel function in patients with spina bifida after bone marrow-derived mononuclear cell transplantation: A report of 2 cases (2018)
Journal Article
Liem, N. T., Chinh, V. D., Thinh, N. T., Minh, N. D., & Duc, H. M. (2018). Improved bowel function in patients with spina bifida after bone marrow-derived mononuclear cell transplantation: A report of 2 cases. American Journal of Case Reports, 19, 1010-1018. https://doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.909801

Objective: Congenital defects/diseases Background: Bowel dysfunction is observed in 42.2–71.2% of patients with spina bifida. Traditional treatments yield limited results. The objective of this paper is to report on improvement in bowel function in 2... Read More about Improved bowel function in patients with spina bifida after bone marrow-derived mononuclear cell transplantation: A report of 2 cases.

Evaluation of laboratory tests for cirrhosis and for alcohol use, in the context of alcoholic cirrhosis (2017)
Journal Article

Laboratory tests can play an important role in assessment of alcoholic patients, including for evaluation of liver damage and as markers of alcohol intake. Evidence on test performance should lead to better selection of appropriate tests and improved... Read More about Evaluation of laboratory tests for cirrhosis and for alcohol use, in the context of alcoholic cirrhosis.

Addressing unmet needs in understanding asthma mechanisms (2017)
Journal Article
Edwards, M. R., Saglani, S., Schwarze, J., Skevaki, C., Smith, J. A., Ainsworth, B., …Wheelock, C. (2017). Addressing unmet needs in understanding asthma mechanisms. European Respiratory Journal, 49(5), Article 1602448. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02448-2016

Asthma is a heterogeneous, complex disease with clinical phenotypes that incorporate persistent symptoms and acute exacerbations. It affects many millions of Europeans throughout their education and working lives and puts a heavy cost on European pro... Read More about Addressing unmet needs in understanding asthma mechanisms.

Assessing ‘second-look’ tumour resectability in childhood posterior fossa ependymoma—a centralised review panel and staging tool for future studies (2016)
Journal Article
Millward, C. P., Malluci, C., Jaspan, T., Macarthur, D., Heyward, R., Cox, T., …Grundy, R. G. (2016). Assessing ‘second-look’ tumour resectability in childhood posterior fossa ependymoma—a centralised review panel and staging tool for future studies. Child's Nervous System, 32, 2189–2196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-016-3225-9

The detection of oesophageal varices using a novel, disposable, probe-based transnasal endoscope: a prospective diagnostic pilot study (2016)
Journal Article

Background & Aims
Screening for oesophageal varices (OV) using conventional oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (C-OGD) is invasive and requires costly monitoring, recovery, and decontamination facilities. We aimed to evaluate the technical feasibility, acc... Read More about The detection of oesophageal varices using a novel, disposable, probe-based transnasal endoscope: a prospective diagnostic pilot study.

Pharmacogenetics of Asthma (2015)
Book Chapter
Fenech, A. G., Sayers, I., & Portelli, M. A. (2015). Pharmacogenetics of Asthma. In G. Grech, & I. Grossman (Eds.), Preventive and Predictive Genetics: Towards Personalised Medicine (241-274). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15344-5_9

The study of pharmacogenetics has expanded from what were initially casual drug response observations present in families, to a fully-fledged science with direct therapeutic applications, within a timespan of less than 60 years. Within the field of a... Read More about Pharmacogenetics of Asthma.