All Outputs (108)

XTRACT - Standardised protocols for automated tractography in the human and macaque brain (2020)
Journal Article
Warrington, S., Bryant, K. L., Khrapitchev, A. A., Sallet, J., Charquero-Ballester, M., Douaud, G., …Sotiropoulos, S. N. (2020). XTRACT - Standardised protocols for automated tractography in the human and macaque brain. NeuroImage, 217, Article 116923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116923

We present a new software package with a library of standardised tractography protocols devised for the robust automated extraction of white matter tracts both in the human and the macaque brain. Using in vivo data from the Human Connectome Project (... Read More about XTRACT - Standardised protocols for automated tractography in the human and macaque brain.

Thrombocytosis helps to stratify risk of colorectal cancer in patients referred on a 2-week-wait pathway (2020)
Journal Article
Bailey, J. A., Hanbali, N., Premji, K., Bunce, J., Mashlab, S., Simpson, J. A., …Banerjea, A. (2020). Thrombocytosis helps to stratify risk of colorectal cancer in patients referred on a 2-week-wait pathway. International Journal of Colorectal Disease, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-020-03597-9

Mediators of the predictive relationship between a self-report measure of central mechanisms and future knee pain outcomes in the knee pain in the community (KPIC) cohort (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Matthews, R., Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Frowd, N., Swaithes, L., Stocks, J., Sarmanova, A., …Walsh, D. A. (2020). Mediators of the predictive relationship between a self-report measure of central mechanisms and future knee pain outcomes in the knee pain in the community (KPIC) cohort.

Pain distant from the index site and sensitization in people with knee pain and low back pain (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Akin-Akinyosoye, K., Georgopoulos, V., Frowd, N., Swaithes, L., Stocks, J., Fernandes, G. S., …Walsh, D. (2020). Pain distant from the index site and sensitization in people with knee pain and low back pain.

Effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine in autoimmune rheumatic diseases treated with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (2020)
Journal Article
Mallen, C. D., Nakafero, G., Grainge, M. J., Myles, P. R., Zhang, W., Doherty, M., …Abhishek, A. (2020). Effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine in autoimmune rheumatic diseases treated with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs. Rheumatology, 59(12), 3666–3675. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa078

Objectives The effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine in people with autoimmune rheumatic disease (AIRDs) is not known. We investigated whether the influenza vaccine is effective in preventing respiratory morbidity, mortality and all-cause m... Read More about Effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccine in autoimmune rheumatic diseases treated with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs.

Self-help Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Carers of People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial (2020)
Journal Article
Potter, K., Golijana?Moghaddam, N., Evangelou, N., Mhizha-Murira, J., & Nair, R. (2021). Self-help Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Carers of People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 28, 279-294. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-020-09711-x

Introduction: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an established psychological therapy, but its effectiveness for carers of people with Multiple Sclerosis experiencing carer-related strain has not been established. This study assessed the... Read More about Self-help Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Carers of People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial.

Neuropsychological outcomes of children with Optic Pathway Glioma (2020)
Journal Article
Papini, C., Dineen, R. A., Walker, D. A., Thomas, S., & Pitchford, N. J. (2020). Neuropsychological outcomes of children with Optic Pathway Glioma. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 3344. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59896-2

Optic Pathway Glioma (OPG) is a relatively common brain tumour in childhood; however, there is scarce understanding of neuropsychological sequelae in these survivors. In this study, 12 children with diagnosis of OPG before 6 years of age received a c... Read More about Neuropsychological outcomes of children with Optic Pathway Glioma.

The 2019 WHO classification of tumours of the breast (2020)
Journal Article
Tan, P. H., Ellis, I., Allison, K., Brogi, E., Fox, S. B., Lakhani, S., …Cree, I. A. (2020). The 2019 WHO classification of tumours of the breast. Histopathology, 77(2), 181-185. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.14091

Cost?effectiveness of the HepCATT intervention in specialist drug clinics to improve case?finding and engagement with HCV treatment for people who inject drugs in England (2020)
Journal Article
Ward, Z., Reynolds, R., Campbell, L., Martin, N. K., Harrison, G., Irving, W., …Vickerman, P. (2020). Cost‐effectiveness of the HepCATT intervention in specialist drug clinics to improve case‐finding and engagement with HCV treatment for people who inject drugs in England. Addiction, 115(8), 1509-1521. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14978

Metallotexaphyrins as MRI-Active Catalytic Antioxidants for Neurodegenerative Disease: A Study on Alzheimer’s Disease (2020)
Journal Article
Brewster II, J. T., Thiabaud, G. D., Harvey, P., Zafar, H., Reuther, J. F., Dell'Acqua, S., …Sessler, J. L. (2020). Metallotexaphyrins as MRI-Active Catalytic Antioxidants for Neurodegenerative Disease: A Study on Alzheimer’s Disease. Chem, 6(3), 703-724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2019.12.016

The complex etiology of neurodegeneration continues to stifle efforts to develop effective therapeutics. New agents elucidating key pathways causing neurodegeneration might serve to increase our understanding and potentially lead to improved treatmen... Read More about Metallotexaphyrins as MRI-Active Catalytic Antioxidants for Neurodegenerative Disease: A Study on Alzheimer’s Disease.

Randomised, double-blind, multicentre, mixed-methods, dose-escalation feasibility trial of mirtazapine for better treatment of severe breathlessness in advanced lung disease (BETTER-B feasibility) (2020)
Journal Article
Higginson, I. J., Wilcock, A., Johnson, M. J., Bajwah, S., Lovell, N., Yi, D., …Brown, S. (2020). Randomised, double-blind, multicentre, mixed-methods, dose-escalation feasibility trial of mirtazapine for better treatment of severe breathlessness in advanced lung disease (BETTER-B feasibility). Thorax, 75(2), 176-179. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213879

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. New treatments are required for severe breathlessness in advanced disease. We conducted a randomised feasibility trial of mirtazapine over 28 days in adults with... Read More about Randomised, double-blind, multicentre, mixed-methods, dose-escalation feasibility trial of mirtazapine for better treatment of severe breathlessness in advanced lung disease (BETTER-B feasibility).

A novel stable isotope tracer method to simultaneously quantify skeletal muscle protein synthesis and breakdown (2020)
Journal Article
Atherton, P. J., Crossland, H., Smith, K., Atherton, P. J., & Wilkinson, D. J. (2020). A novel stable isotope tracer method to simultaneously quantify skeletal muscle protein synthesis and breakdown. Metabolism Open, 5, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metop.2020.100022

Background/Aims: Methodological challenges have been associated with the dynamic measurement of muscle protein breakdown (MPB), as have the measurement of both muscle protein synthesis (MPS) and MPB within the same experiment. Our aim was to use the... Read More about A novel stable isotope tracer method to simultaneously quantify skeletal muscle protein synthesis and breakdown.

Do Mutations Turn p53 into an Oncogene? (2019)
Journal Article
Pitolli, C., Wang, Y., Mancini, M., Shi, Y., Melino, G., & Amelio, I. (2019). Do Mutations Turn p53 into an Oncogene?. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(24), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20246241

p53-Mediated Tumor Suppression: DNA-Damage Response and Alternative Mechanisms (2019)
Journal Article
Pitolli, C., Wang, Y., Candi, E., Shi, Y., Melino, G., & Amelio, I. (2019). p53-Mediated Tumor Suppression: DNA-Damage Response and Alternative Mechanisms. Cancers, 11(12), https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers11121983

© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The tumor suppressor p53 regulates different cellular pathways involved in cell survival, DNA repair, apoptosis, and senescence. However, according to an increasing number of studies, the p53-... Read More about p53-Mediated Tumor Suppression: DNA-Damage Response and Alternative Mechanisms.

The heavy metals lead and cadmium are cytotoxic to human bone osteoblasts via induction of redox stress (2019)
Journal Article
Al-Ghafari, A., Elmorsy, E., Fikry, E., Alrowaili, M., & Carter, W. G. (2019). The heavy metals lead and cadmium are cytotoxic to human bone osteoblasts via induction of redox stress. PLoS ONE, 14(11), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225341

The heavy metals (HMs) lead and cadmium are persistent environmental pollutants capable of inducing ill-health in exposed individuals. One of the primary sites of accumulation and potential damage from HMs is bone, and we therefore examined the acute... Read More about The heavy metals lead and cadmium are cytotoxic to human bone osteoblasts via induction of redox stress.

Move-It ???: Digital worksite exercise in China - outcome and process evaluation (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Blake, H., Lai, B., Houdmont, J., & Griffiths, A. (2019). Move-It ???: Digital worksite exercise in China - outcome and process evaluation. In 5th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC 2019) Book of Abstracts

Reduced Myelin Signal in Normal-appearing White Matter in Neuromyelitis Optica Measured by 7T Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2019)
Journal Article
Chou, I., Tanasescu, R., Mougin, O. E., Gowland, P. A., Tench, C. R., Whitehouse, W. P., …Constantinescu, C. S. (2019). Reduced Myelin Signal in Normal-appearing White Matter in Neuromyelitis Optica Measured by 7T Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 14378. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50928-0

Whether the integrity of normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) is preserved in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) is open to debate. To examine whether the tissue integrity of NAWM in NMOSD is compromised compared to that in healthy contr... Read More about Reduced Myelin Signal in Normal-appearing White Matter in Neuromyelitis Optica Measured by 7T Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Antenatal infection and intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants: a meta-analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Huang, J., Meng, J., Choonara, I., Xiong, T., Wang, Y., Wang, H., …Mu, D. (2019). Antenatal infection and intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants: a meta-analysis. Medicine, 98(31), Article e16665. https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000016665

Clinical update on head and neck cancer: molecular biology and ongoing challenges (2019)
Journal Article
Alsahafi, E., Begg, K., Amelio, I., Raulf, N., Lucarelli, P., Sauter, T., & Tavassoli, M. (2019). Clinical update on head and neck cancer: molecular biology and ongoing challenges. Cell Death and Disease, 10(8), Article 540. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-019-1769-9

Global patterns in monthly activity of influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, and metapneumovirus: a systematic analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Li, Y., Reeves, R. M., Wang, X., Bassat, Q., Brooks, W. A., Cohen, C., …Zar, H. J. (2019). Global patterns in monthly activity of influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, and metapneumovirus: a systematic analysis. Lancet Global Health, 7(8), e1031-e1045. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x%2819%2930264-5

Background: Influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, and metapneumovirus are the most common viruses associated with acute lower respiratory infections in young children (