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SBRC-Nottingham: sustainable routes to platform chemicals from C1 wastes Gases (2016)
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Burbidge, A., & Minton, N. P. (2016). SBRC-Nottingham: sustainable routes to platform chemicals from C1 wastes Gases. Biochemical Society Transactions, 44(3), 684-686. https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20160010

SBRC-Nottingham (www.sbrc-nottingham.ac.uk) was one of the first three UK university-based Synthetic Biology Research Centres (SBRCs) to be funded by the BBSRC and EPSRC as part of the recommendations made in the UKs Synthetic Biology Roadmap. It was... Read More about SBRC-Nottingham: sustainable routes to platform chemicals from C1 wastes Gases.

Deficits in object-in-place but not relative recency performance in the APPswe/PS1dE9 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: implications for object recognition (2016)
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Bonardi, C., Pardon, M., & Armstrong, P. (2016). Deficits in object-in-place but not relative recency performance in the APPswe/PS1dE9 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: implications for object recognition. Behavioural Brain Research, 313, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2016.07.008

Performance was examined on three variants of the spontaneous object recognition (SOR) task, in 5-month old APPswe/PS1dE9 mice and wild-type littermate controls. A deficit was observed in an object-in-place (OIP) task, in which mice are preexposed to... Read More about Deficits in object-in-place but not relative recency performance in the APPswe/PS1dE9 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease: implications for object recognition.

Consequences of late-stage non-small cell lung cancer cachexia on muscle metabolic processes (2016)
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Murton, A. J., Maddocks, M., Stephens, F. B., Marimuthu, K., England, R., & Wilcock, A. (in press). Consequences of late-stage non-small cell lung cancer cachexia on muscle metabolic processes. Clinical Lung Cancer, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cllc.2016.06.003

Introduction: Loss of muscle is common in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and contributes to the high morbidity and mortality of this group. The exact mechanisms behind the loss of muscle are unclear. Patients and methods... Read More about Consequences of late-stage non-small cell lung cancer cachexia on muscle metabolic processes.

Uncoupling the Structure–Activity Relationships of β2 Adrenergic Receptor Ligands from Membrane Binding (2016)
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Dickson, C. J., Hornak, V., Velez-Vega, C., McKay, D. J., Reilly, J., Sandham, D. A., …Duca, J. S. (2016). Uncoupling the Structure–Activity Relationships of β2 Adrenergic Receptor Ligands from Membrane Binding. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 59(12), 5780-5789. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00358

Ligand binding to membrane proteins may be significantly influenced by the interaction of ligands with the membrane. In particular, the microscopic ligand concentration within the membrane surface solvation layer may exceed that in bulk solvent, resu... Read More about Uncoupling the Structure–Activity Relationships of β2 Adrenergic Receptor Ligands from Membrane Binding.

Caffeine alters the behavioural and body temperature responses to mephedrone without causing long-term neurotoxicity in rats (2016)
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Shortall, S. E., Green, A. R., Fone, K. C., & King, M. V. (2016). Caffeine alters the behavioural and body temperature responses to mephedrone without causing long-term neurotoxicity in rats. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 30(7), https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881116650408

Administration of caffeine with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) alters the pharmacological properties of MDMA in rats. The current study examined whether caffeine alters the behavioural and neurochemical effects of mephedrone, which has simi... Read More about Caffeine alters the behavioural and body temperature responses to mephedrone without causing long-term neurotoxicity in rats.

On the pivotal role of PPARa in adaptation of the heart to hypoxia and why fat in the diet increases hypoxic injury (2016)
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Cole, M., Abd Jamil, A. H., Heather, L. C., Murray, A. J., Sutton, E. R., Slingo, M., …Clarke, K. (2016). On the pivotal role of PPARa in adaptation of the heart to hypoxia and why fat in the diet increases hypoxic injury. FASEB Journal, 30(8), 2684-2697. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201500094R

The role of peroxisome proliferator activated alpha (PPAR?) -mediated metabolic remodeling in cardiac adaptation to hypoxia has yet to be defined. Here, mice were housed in hypoxia for 3 weeks before in vivo contractile function was measured using c... Read More about On the pivotal role of PPARa in adaptation of the heart to hypoxia and why fat in the diet increases hypoxic injury.

Non-destructive characterisation of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation using LC-MS-based metabolite footprinting (2016)
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Surrati, A., Linforth, R. S., Fisk, I. D., Sottile, V., & Kim, D. (in press). Non-destructive characterisation of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation using LC-MS-based metabolite footprinting. Analyst, 12, https://doi.org/10.1039/c6an00170j

Bone regeneration is a complex biological process where major cellular changes take place to support the osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal bone progenitors. To characterise these biological changes and better understand the pathways regulatin... Read More about Non-destructive characterisation of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation using LC-MS-based metabolite footprinting.

Isoaspartate, Carbamoyl phosphate synthase-1, and carbonic anhydrase-III as biomarkers of liver injury (2016)
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Carter, W., Vigneswara, V., Newlaczyl, A., Wayne, D., Ahmed, B., Saddington, S., …Kharbanda, K. (2016). Isoaspartate, Carbamoyl phosphate synthase-1, and carbonic anhydrase-III as biomarkers of liver injury. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 458(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.01.158

We had previously shown that alcohol consumption can induce cellular isoaspartate protein damage via an impairment of the activity of protein isoaspartyl methyltransferase (PIMT), an enzyme that triggers repair of isoaspartate protein damage. To furt... Read More about Isoaspartate, Carbamoyl phosphate synthase-1, and carbonic anhydrase-III as biomarkers of liver injury.

Cas3 is a limiting factor for CRISPR-Cas immunity in Escherichia coli cells lacking H-NS (2016)
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Majsec, K., Bolt, E. L., & Ivan?i?-Ba?e, I. (in press). Cas3 is a limiting factor for CRISPR-Cas immunity in Escherichia coli cells lacking H-NS. BMC Microbiology, 16(28), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0643-5

Background: CRISPR-Cas systems provide adaptive immunity to mobile genetic elements in prokaryotes. In many bacteria, including E. coli, a specialized ribonucleoprotein complex called Cascade enacts immunity by “an interference reaction" between CRIS... Read More about Cas3 is a limiting factor for CRISPR-Cas immunity in Escherichia coli cells lacking H-NS.

Stepwise evolution of Elk-1 in early deuterostomes (2016)
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Saxton, J., Ferjentsik, Z., Ducker, C., & Shaw, P. E. (in press). Stepwise evolution of Elk-1 in early deuterostomes. FEBS Journal, 283(6), https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.13607

Metazoans have multiple ETS paralogues with overlapping or indiscriminate biological functions. Elk- 1, one of three mammalian Ternary Complex Factors (TCFs), is a well-conserved, ETS domain-containing transcriptional regulator of mitogen-responsive... Read More about Stepwise evolution of Elk-1 in early deuterostomes.

Housing stakeholder preferences for the “soft” features of sustainable and healthy housing design in the UK (2016)
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Prochorskaite, A., Couch, C., Malys, N., & Maliene, V. (2016). Housing stakeholder preferences for the “soft” features of sustainable and healthy housing design in the UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010111

It is widely recognised that the quantity and sustainability of new homes in the UK need to increase. However, it is important that sustainable housing is regarded holistically, and not merely in environmental terms, and incorporates elements that en... Read More about Housing stakeholder preferences for the “soft” features of sustainable and healthy housing design in the UK.

The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2016: towards curated quantitative interactions between 1300 protein targets and 6000 ligands (2015)
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Southan, C., Sharman, J. L., Benson, H. E., Faccenda, E., Pawson, A. J., Alexander, S. P., …Davies, J. A. (2016). The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2016: towards curated quantitative interactions between 1300 protein targets and 6000 ligands. Nucleic Acids Research, 44(D1), D1054-D1068. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkv1037

The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (GtoPdb, http://www.guidetopharmacology.org) provides expert-curated molecular interactions between successful and potential drugs and their targets in the human genome. Developed by the International Union of Bas... Read More about The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2016: towards curated quantitative interactions between 1300 protein targets and 6000 ligands.

The use of viral 2A sequence for the simultaneous over-expression of both the vgf gene and enhanced green fluorescent protein eGFP (2015)
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Lewis, J. E., Brameld, J. M., Hill, P., Barrett, P., Ebling, F. J., & Jethwa, P. (in press). The use of viral 2A sequence for the simultaneous over-expression of both the vgf gene and enhanced green fluorescent protein eGFP. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 256, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.08.013

Introduction: The viral 2A sequence has become an attractive alternative to the traditional internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) for simultaneous over-expression of two genes and in combination with recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAV) has bee... Read More about The use of viral 2A sequence for the simultaneous over-expression of both the vgf gene and enhanced green fluorescent protein eGFP.

Contribution of serotonin and dopamine to changes in core body temperature and locomotor activity in rats following repeated administration of mephedrone (2015)
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Shortall, S. E., Spicer, C. H., Ebling, F. J., Green, A. R., Fone, K. C., & King, M. V. (2016). Contribution of serotonin and dopamine to changes in core body temperature and locomotor activity in rats following repeated administration of mephedrone. Addiction Biology, 21(6), 1127-1139. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.12283

© 2015 Society for the Study of Addiction The psychoactive effects of mephedrone are commonly compared with those of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, but because of a shorter duration of action, users often employ repeated administration to mainta... Read More about Contribution of serotonin and dopamine to changes in core body temperature and locomotor activity in rats following repeated administration of mephedrone.

Comparative analysis of MCDM methods for the assessment of sustainable housing affordability (2015)
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Mulliner, E., Malys, N., & Maliene, V. (2016). Comparative analysis of MCDM methods for the assessment of sustainable housing affordability. Omega, 59(Part B), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2015.05.013

While affordability is traditionally assessed in economic terms, this paper tests a new assessment method that draws closer links with sustainability by considering economic, social and environmental criteria that impact on a household’s quality of l... Read More about Comparative analysis of MCDM methods for the assessment of sustainable housing affordability.

Close-range photogrammetry enables documentation of environment-induced deformation of architectural heritage (2015)
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Sužiedelytė-Visockienė, J., Bagdžiūnaitė, R., Malys, N., & Maliene, V. (2015). Close-range photogrammetry enables documentation of environment-induced deformation of architectural heritage. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 14(6),

Deformation, damage and permanent loss of heritage assets due to various physical and environmental factors has always been a major problem. As the availability of funds for conservation and restoration is limited, the digital documentation of herita... Read More about Close-range photogrammetry enables documentation of environment-induced deformation of architectural heritage.

The role of Cas8 in type I CRISPR interference (2015)
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Cass, S., Haas, K., Stoll, B., Alkhnbashi, O., Sharma, K., Urlaub, H., …Bolt, E. (2015). The role of Cas8 in type I CRISPR interference. Bioscience Reports, 35, Article e00197. https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20150043

CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat) systems provide bacteria and archaea with adapt- ive immunity to repel invasive genetic elements. Type I systems use ‘cascade’ [CRISPR-associated (Cas) complex for antiviral defence] r... Read More about The role of Cas8 in type I CRISPR interference.