PBMC-derived extracellular vesicles in a smoking-related inflammatory disease model (2023)
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Gomez, N. E., James, V., Arkill, K. P., Nizamudeen, Z. A., Onion, D., & Fairclough, L. C. (2023). PBMC-derived extracellular vesicles in a smoking-related inflammatory disease model. European Journal of Immunology, 53(6), Article 2250143. https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.202250143

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) function as mediators of intercellular communication and as such influence the recipient cell function. EVs derived from immune cells can carry out many of the same functions as their parental cells, as they carry costimu... Read More about PBMC-derived extracellular vesicles in a smoking-related inflammatory disease model.

Clinical and molecular significance of the RNA m6A methyltransferase complex in prostate cancer (2023)
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Lothion-Roy, J., Haigh, D. B., Harris, A. E., Metzler, V. M., Alsaleem, M., Toss, M. S., …Woodcock, C. L. (2023). Clinical and molecular significance of the RNA m6A methyltransferase complex in prostate cancer. Frontiers in Genetics, 13, Article 1096071. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.1096071

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant internal mRNA modification and is dynamically regulated through distinct protein complexes that methylate, demethylate, and/or interpret the m6A modification. These proteins, and the m6A modification, are... Read More about Clinical and molecular significance of the RNA m6A methyltransferase complex in prostate cancer.

Handbook of Stem Cell Therapy (2022)
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Haider, K. H. (Ed.). (2022). Handbook of Stem Cell Therapy. Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2655-6

The handbook comprehensively reviews the therapeutic potential of stem cells and stem cell secretome-based cell-free strategies in regenerative medicine. The chapters in section I and section II respectively discuss the diverse applications of mesenc... Read More about Handbook of Stem Cell Therapy.

Temporal extracellular vesicle protein changes following intraarticular treatment with integrin α10β1-selected mesenchymal stem cells in equine osteoarthritis (2022)
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Clarke, E. J., Johnson, E., Caamaño Gutierrez, E., Andersen, C., Berg, L. C., Jenkins, R. E., …Peffers, M. J. (2022). Temporal extracellular vesicle protein changes following intraarticular treatment with integrin α10β1-selected mesenchymal stem cells in equine osteoarthritis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, Article 1057667. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.1057667

Introduction: Equine osteoarthritis (OA) is a heterogeneous, degenerative disease of the musculoskeletal system with multifactorial causation, characterized by a joint metabolic imbalance. Extracellular vesicles are nanoparticles involved in intracel... Read More about Temporal extracellular vesicle protein changes following intraarticular treatment with integrin α10β1-selected mesenchymal stem cells in equine osteoarthritis.

Exploring anti-androgen therapies in hormone dependent prostate cancer and new therapeutic routes for castration resistant prostate cancer (2022)
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Harris, A. E., Metzler, V. M., Lothion-Roy, J., Varun, D., Woodcock, C. L., Haigh, D. B., …Jeyapalan, J. N. (2022). Exploring anti-androgen therapies in hormone dependent prostate cancer and new therapeutic routes for castration resistant prostate cancer. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13, Article 1006101. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.1006101

Androgen deprivation therapies (ADTs) are important treatments which inhibit androgen-induced prostate cancer (PCa) progression by either preventing androgen biosynthesis (e.g. abiraterone) or by antagonizing androgen receptor (AR) function (e.g. bic... Read More about Exploring anti-androgen therapies in hormone dependent prostate cancer and new therapeutic routes for castration resistant prostate cancer.

The role of extracellular vesicle miRNAs and tRNAs in synovial fibroblast senescence (2022)
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Wijesinghe, S. N., Anderson, J., Brown, T. J., Nanus, D. E., Housmans, B., Green, J. A., …Peffers, M. J. (2022). The role of extracellular vesicle miRNAs and tRNAs in synovial fibroblast senescence. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 9, Article 971621. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2022.971621

Extracellular vesicles are mediators of intercellular communication with critical roles in cellular senescence and ageing. In arthritis, senescence is linked to the activation of a pro-inflammatory phenotype contributing to chronic arthritis pathogen... Read More about The role of extracellular vesicle miRNAs and tRNAs in synovial fibroblast senescence.

Optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy can differentiate equine osteoarthritic plasma extracellular vesicles from healthy controls (2022)
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Clarke, E. J., Lima, C., Anderson, J. R., Castanheira, C., Beckett, A., James, V., …Peffers, M. J. (2022). Optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy can differentiate equine osteoarthritic plasma extracellular vesicles from healthy controls. Analytical Methods, 14(37), 3661-3670. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ay00779g

Equine osteoarthritis is a chronic degenerative disease of the articular joint, characterised by cartilage degradation resulting in pain and reduced mobility and thus is a prominent equine welfare concern. Diagnosis is usually at a late stage through... Read More about Optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy can differentiate equine osteoarthritic plasma extracellular vesicles from healthy controls.

Small non-coding RNA landscape of extracellular vesicles from a post-traumatic model of equine osteoarthritis (2022)
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Anderson, J. R., Jacobsen, S., Walters, M., Bundgaard, L., Diendorfer, A., Hackl, M., …Peffers, M. J. (2022). Small non-coding RNA landscape of extracellular vesicles from a post-traumatic model of equine osteoarthritis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, Article 901269. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.901269

Extracellular vesicles comprise an as yet inadequately investigated intercellular communication pathway in the field of early osteoarthritis. We hypothesised that the small non-coding RNA expression pattern in synovial fluid and plasma would change d... Read More about Small non-coding RNA landscape of extracellular vesicles from a post-traumatic model of equine osteoarthritis.

Impact of COVID-19 on student attainment and pedagogical needs when undertaking independent scientific research (2022)
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Jeyapalan, J. N., James, V., Gardner, D. S., Lothion-Roy, J. H., Mongan, N. P., & Rutland, C. S. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on student attainment and pedagogical needs when undertaking independent scientific research. Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia, https://doi.org/10.1111/ahe.12842

Research is often an essential component of completing a veterinary medicine degree, with universities worldwide aiming to teach students a variety of techniques and general research comprehension and skills. As universities worldwide navigated the C... Read More about Impact of COVID-19 on student attainment and pedagogical needs when undertaking independent scientific research.

Epithelial to mesenchymal transition influences fibroblast phenotype in colorectal cancer by altering miR-200 levels in extracellular vesicles (2022)
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Bhome, R., Emaduddin, M., James, V., House, L. M., Thirdborough, S. M., Mellone, M., …Sayan, A. E. (2022). Epithelial to mesenchymal transition influences fibroblast phenotype in colorectal cancer by altering miR-200 levels in extracellular vesicles. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 11(5), Article e12226. https://doi.org/10.1002/jev2.12226

Colorectal cancer (CRC) with a mesenchymal gene expression signature has the greatest propensity for distant metastasis and is characterised by the accumulation of cancer-associated fibroblasts in the stroma. We investigated whether the epithelial to... Read More about Epithelial to mesenchymal transition influences fibroblast phenotype in colorectal cancer by altering miR-200 levels in extracellular vesicles.