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Paternal periconception metabolic health and offspring programming (2021)
Journal Article
Eid, N., Morgan, H. L., & Watkins, A. J. (2021). Paternal periconception metabolic health and offspring programming. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665121003736

The association between maternal metabolic status at the time of conception and subsequent embryogenesis and offspring development has been studied in detail. However, less attention has been given to the significance of paternal nutrition and metabo... Read More about Paternal periconception metabolic health and offspring programming.

Modifying the m6A brain methylome by ALKBH5-mediated demethylation: a new contender for synaptic tagging (2021)
Journal Article
Martinez De La Cruz, B., Markus, R., Malla, S., Haig, M. I., Gell, C., Sang, F., …Knight, H. M. (2021). Modifying the m6A brain methylome by ALKBH5-mediated demethylation: a new contender for synaptic tagging. Molecular Psychiatry, 26(12), 7141-7153. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01282-z

Synaptic plasticity processes, which underlie learning and memory formation, require RNA to be translated local to synapses. The synaptic tagging hypothesis has previously been proposed to explain how mRNAs are available at specific activated synapse... Read More about Modifying the m6A brain methylome by ALKBH5-mediated demethylation: a new contender for synaptic tagging.

Treatment of COVID-19 in pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Giesbers, S., Goh, E., Kew, T., Allotey, J., Brizuela, V., Kara, E., …Mofenson, L. (2021). Treatment of COVID-19 in pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 267, 120-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.10.007

Objective: Clinical trials evaluating pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of COVID-19, either excluded pregnant women or included very few women. Unlike the numerous systematic reviews on prevalence, symptoms and adverse outcomes of COV... Read More about Treatment of COVID-19 in pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Feasibility of Photodynamic Therapy for Glioblastoma with the Mitochondria-Targeted Photosensitizer Tetramethylrhodamine Methyl Ester (TMRM) (2021)
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Vasilev, A., Sofi, R., Smith, S. J., Rahman, R., Teschemacher, A. G., & Kasparov, S. (2021). Feasibility of Photodynamic Therapy for Glioblastoma with the Mitochondria-Targeted Photosensitizer Tetramethylrhodamine Methyl Ester (TMRM). Biomedicines, 9(10), Article 1453. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9101453

One of the most challenging problems in the treatment of glioblastoma (GBM) is the highly infiltrative nature of the disease. Infiltrating cells that are non-resectable are left behind after debulking surgeries and become a source of regrowth and rec... Read More about Feasibility of Photodynamic Therapy for Glioblastoma with the Mitochondria-Targeted Photosensitizer Tetramethylrhodamine Methyl Ester (TMRM).

Use of pooled serum samples to assess herd disease status using commercially available ELISAs (2021)
Journal Article
Hernandez-Medrano, J. H., Fernando Espinosa-Castilloa, L., Rodrigueza, A. D., Gutierreza, C. G., & Wapenaar, W. (2021). Use of pooled serum samples to assess herd disease status using commercially available ELISAs. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 53(5), Article 507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-021-02939-1

Pooled samples are used in veterinary and human medicine as a cost-effective approach to monitor disease prevalence. Nonetheless, there is limited information on the effect of pooling on test performance, and research is required to determine the app... Read More about Use of pooled serum samples to assess herd disease status using commercially available ELISAs.

A Systematic Review of the Biological Effects of Cordycepin (2021)
Journal Article
Radhi, M., Ashraf, S., Lawrence, S., Tranholm, A. A., Wellham, P. A. D., Hafeez, A., …De Moor, C. H. (2021). A Systematic Review of the Biological Effects of Cordycepin. Molecules, 26(19), Article 5886. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26195886

We conducted a systematic review of the literature on the effects of cordycepin on cell survival and proliferation, inflammation, signal transduction and animal models. A total of 1204 publications on cordycepin were found by the cut-off date of 1 Fe... Read More about A Systematic Review of the Biological Effects of Cordycepin.

Exploring the challenges of accessing medication for patients with cystic fibrosis (2021)
Journal Article
Herbert, S., Rowbotham, N., Smith, S., Wilson, P., Elliott, Z., Leighton, P., …Smyth, A. R. (2022). Exploring the challenges of accessing medication for patients with cystic fibrosis. Thorax, 77(3), 295-297. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217140

Reducing treatment burden in cystic fibrosis (CF) is the top research priority for patients and clinicians. Difficulty accessing medication is one aspect of treatment burden. We investigated this with an online survey available globally for patients... Read More about Exploring the challenges of accessing medication for patients with cystic fibrosis.

Model Systems to Study the Chronic, Polymicrobial Infections in Cystic Fibrosis: Current Approaches and Exploring Future Directions (2021)
Journal Article
O’Toole, G. A., Crabbé, A., Kümmerli, R., LiPuma, J. J., Bomberger, J. M., Davies, J. C., …Whiteson, K. (2021). Model Systems to Study the Chronic, Polymicrobial Infections in Cystic Fibrosis: Current Approaches and Exploring Future Directions. mBio, 12(5), https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01763-21

A recent workshop titled “Developing Models to Study Polymicrobial Infections,” sponsored by the Dartmouth Cystic Fibrosis Center (DartCF), explored the development of new models to study the polymicrobial infections associated with the airways of pe... Read More about Model Systems to Study the Chronic, Polymicrobial Infections in Cystic Fibrosis: Current Approaches and Exploring Future Directions.

Evidence around early induction of labor in women of advanced maternal age and those using assisted reproductive technology (2021)
Journal Article
Venkatanarayanan, N., & Walker, K. F. (2021). Evidence around early induction of labor in women of advanced maternal age and those using assisted reproductive technology. Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 77, 42-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2021.08.007

Worldwide, there has been a trend toward later motherhood. Concurrently, the incidence of subfertility has been on the rise, necessitating conception using assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs). These pregnancies are considered high risk due to f... Read More about Evidence around early induction of labor in women of advanced maternal age and those using assisted reproductive technology.

Telehealth after the pandemic: Will the inverse care law apply? (Commentary) (2021)
Journal Article
Calthorpe, R. J., & Smyth, A. R. (2021). Telehealth after the pandemic: Will the inverse care law apply? (Commentary). Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 20, 47-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2021.08.023

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of telehealth within the cystic fibrosis (CF) community to deliver CF care. The article by Solomon and colleagues exploring the patient and family experiences of telehealth care delivery, as part of the C... Read More about Telehealth after the pandemic: Will the inverse care law apply? (Commentary).

CG7379 and ING1 suppress cancer cell invasion by maintaining cell–cell junction integrity (2021)
Journal Article
Rusu, A. D., Cornhill, Z. E., Coutiño, B. C., Uribe, M. C., Lourdusamy, A., Markus, Z., …Georgiou, M. (2021). CG7379 and ING1 suppress cancer cell invasion by maintaining cell–cell junction integrity. Open Biology, 11(9), Article 210077. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.210077

Approximately 90% of cancer-related deaths can be attributed to a tumour's ability to spread. We have identified CG7379, the fly orthologue of human ING1, as a potent invasion suppressor. ING1 is a type II tumour suppressor with well-established role... Read More about CG7379 and ING1 suppress cancer cell invasion by maintaining cell–cell junction integrity.

Intestinal function and transit associate with gut microbiota dysbiosis in cystic fibrosis (2021)
Working Paper
Marsh, R., Gavillet, H., Hanson, L., Ng, C., Mitchell-Whyte, M., Major, G., …van der Gast, C. Intestinal function and transit associate with gut microbiota dysbiosis in cystic fibrosis

Background Most people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms and are at risk of gut complications. Gut microbiota dysbiosis is apparent within the CF population across all age groups, with evidence linking dysbiosis to int... Read More about Intestinal function and transit associate with gut microbiota dysbiosis in cystic fibrosis.

Rationally designed drug delivery systems for the local treatment of resected glioblastoma (2021)
Journal Article
Bastiancich, C., Malfanti, A., Préat, V., & Rahman, R. (2021). Rationally designed drug delivery systems for the local treatment of resected glioblastoma. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 177, Article 113951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2021.113951

Glioblastoma (GBM) is a particularly aggressive brain cancer associated with high recurrence and poor prognosis. The standard of care, surgical resection followed by concomitant radio- and chemotherapy, leads to low survival rates. The local delivery... Read More about Rationally designed drug delivery systems for the local treatment of resected glioblastoma.

Observational cohort study of changing trends in non-invasive ventilation in very preterm infants and associations with clinical outcomes (2021)
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Sand, L., Szatkowski, L., Kwok, T. C., Sharkey, D., Todd, D. A., Budge, H., & Ojha, S. (2022). Observational cohort study of changing trends in non-invasive ventilation in very preterm infants and associations with clinical outcomes. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 107(2), 150-155. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-322390

Objective: To determine the change in non-invasive ventilation (NIV) use over time in infants born at

Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom (2021)
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Kaji, F. A., Martinez‐Calle, N., Bishton, M. J., Figueroa, R., Adlington, J., O’Donoghue, M., …Fox, C. P. (2021). Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Haematology, 195(4), 561-570. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.17747

Observational studies with long-term follow-up of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) are scarce. Patient data over a period of four decades were retrospectively analysed from databases at Not-tingham University Hospitals Tr... Read More about Improved survival outcomes despite older age at diagnosis: an era‐by‐era analysis of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma treated at a single referral centre in the United Kingdom.

Intratumour heterogeneity in microRNAs expression regulates glioblastoma metabolism (2021)
Journal Article
Alfardus, H., de los Angeles Estevez Cebrero, M., Rowlinson, J., Lourdusamy, A., Abdelrazig, S., Ortori, C., …Smith, S. (2021). Intratumour heterogeneity in microRNAs expression regulates glioblastoma metabolism. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 15908. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95289-9

While specific microRNA (miRNA) signatures have been identified in glioblastoma (GBM), the intratumour heterogeneity in miRNA expression has not yet been characterised. In this study, we reveal significant alterations in miRNA expression across three... Read More about Intratumour heterogeneity in microRNAs expression regulates glioblastoma metabolism.

Chemosensitization of temozolomide-resistant pediatric diffuse midline glioma using potent nanoencapsulated forms of a N(3)-propargyl analogue (2021)
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Heravi Shargh, V., Luckett, J., Bouzinab, K., Paisey, S., Turyanska, L., Singleton, W. G., …Coyle, B. (2021). Chemosensitization of temozolomide-resistant pediatric diffuse midline glioma using potent nanoencapsulated forms of a N(3)-propargyl analogue. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13(30), 35266-35280. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c04164

The lack of clinical response to the alkylating agent temozolomide (TMZ) in pediatric diffuse midline/intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) has been associated with O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT) expression and mismatch repair deficiency. He... Read More about Chemosensitization of temozolomide-resistant pediatric diffuse midline glioma using potent nanoencapsulated forms of a N(3)-propargyl analogue.

Neurological manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalised children and adolescents in the UK: a prospective national cohort study (2021)
Journal Article
Ray, S. T. J., Abdel-Mannan, O., Sa, M., Fuller, C., Wood, G. K., Pysden, K., …Benjamin, L. (2021). Neurological manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalised children and adolescents in the UK: a prospective national cohort study. Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 5(9), 631-641. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642%2821%2900193-0

Background: The spectrum of neurological and psychiatric complications associated with paediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection is poorly understood. We aimed to analyse the range and prevalence of these complications in hospitalised children and adolescents.... Read More about Neurological manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalised children and adolescents in the UK: a prospective national cohort study.

Temporal trends of in utero and early postnatal transfer of extremely preterm infants between 2011 and 2016: a UK population study (2021)
Journal Article
Shipley, L., Hyliger, G., & Sharkey, D. (2022). Temporal trends of in utero and early postnatal transfer of extremely preterm infants between 2011 and 2016: a UK population study. Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 107(2), 201-205. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-322195

Objective Early postnatal transfer (PNT) of extremely preterm infants is associated with adverse outcomes compared with in utero transfer (IUT). We aimed to explore recent national trends of IUT and early PNT. Design Observational cohort study... Read More about Temporal trends of in utero and early postnatal transfer of extremely preterm infants between 2011 and 2016: a UK population study.

A pipeline for making 31P NMR accessible for small- and large-scale lipidomics studies (2021)
Journal Article
Furse, S., Williams, H. E. L., Watkins, A. J., Virtue, S., Vidal-Puig, A., Amarsi, R., …Koulman, A. (2021). A pipeline for making 31P NMR accessible for small- and large-scale lipidomics studies. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 413(19), 4763-4773. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-021-03430-4

Detailed molecular analysis is of increasing importance in research into the regulation of biochemical pathways, organismal growth and disease. Lipidomics in particular is increasingly sought after as it provides insight into molecular species involv... Read More about A pipeline for making 31P NMR accessible for small- and large-scale lipidomics studies.