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Long-range directional growth of neurites induced by magnetic forces (2025)
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Nahar, T., Gates, M., Secret, E., Siaugue, J.-M., Fresnais, J., Rotherham, M., …Telling, N. D. (in press). Long-range directional growth of neurites induced by magnetic forces. Acta biomaterialia, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2024.12.057

The ability to control the growth and orientation of neurites over long distances has significant implications for regenerative therapies and the development of physiologically relevant brain tissue models. In this study, the forces generated on magn... Read More about Long-range directional growth of neurites induced by magnetic forces.

State of the Art in Sub-Phenotyping Midbrain Dopamine Neurons (2024)
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Basso, V., Döbrössy, M. D., Thompson, L. H., Kirik, D., Fuller, H. R., & Gates, M. A. (2024). State of the Art in Sub-Phenotyping Midbrain Dopamine Neurons. Biology, 13(9), 690. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology13090690

Dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) comprise around 75% of all dopaminergic neurons in the human brain. While both groups of dopaminergic neurons are in close proximity in the midbrai... Read More about State of the Art in Sub-Phenotyping Midbrain Dopamine Neurons.

Proteomic characterization of human LMNA-related congenital muscular dystrophy muscle cells (2024)
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Storey, E., Holt, I., Brown, S., Synowsky, S., Shirran, S., & Fuller, H. (2024). Proteomic characterization of human LMNA-related congenital muscular dystrophy muscle cells. Neuromuscular Disorders, 38, 26-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2024.03.006

LMNA-related congenital muscular dystrophy (L-CMD) is caused by mutations in the LMNA gene, encoding lamin A/C. To further understand the molecular mechanisms of L-CMD, proteomic profiling using DIA mass spectrometry was conducted on immortalized myo... Read More about Proteomic characterization of human LMNA-related congenital muscular dystrophy muscle cells.

Increased NLRP1 mRNA and Protein Expression Suggests Inflammasome Activation in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal and Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex in Schizophrenia (2024)
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Španić Popovački, E., Vogrinc, D., Fuller, H., Langer Horvat, L., Mayer, D., Kopić, J., … Šimić, G. (2024). Increased NLRP1 mRNA and Protein Expression Suggests Inflammasome Activation in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal and Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex in Schizophrenia. Biomolecules, 14(3), Article 302. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom14030302

Schizophrenia is a complex mental condition, with key symptoms marked for diagnosis including delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, reduced emotional expression, and social dysfunction. In the context of major developmental hypotheses of... Read More about Increased NLRP1 mRNA and Protein Expression Suggests Inflammasome Activation in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal and Medial Orbitofrontal Cortex in Schizophrenia.

AAV9-mediated SMN gene therapy rescues cardiac desmin but not lamin A/C and elastin dysregulation in Smn2B/- spinal muscular atrophy mice Human Molecular Genetics (2023)
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Brown, S., Šoltić, D., Synowsky, S. A., Shirran, S. L., Chilcott, E., Shorrock, H. K., …Fuller, H. (2023). AAV9-mediated SMN gene therapy rescues cardiac desmin but not lamin A/C and elastin dysregulation in Smn2B/- spinal muscular atrophy mice Human Molecular Genetics. Human Molecular Genetics, Article ddad121. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddad121

Structural, functional and molecular cardiac defects have been reported in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients and mouse models. Previous quantitative proteomics analyses demonstrated widespread molecular defects in the severe Taiwanese SMA mouse... Read More about AAV9-mediated SMN gene therapy rescues cardiac desmin but not lamin A/C and elastin dysregulation in Smn2B/- spinal muscular atrophy mice Human Molecular Genetics.

Enhanced expression of the human Survival motor neuron 1 gene from a codon-optimised cDNA transgene in vitro and in vivo (2023)
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Nafchi, N., Chilcott, E., Owen, S., Fuller, H., Bowerman, M., & Yáñez-Muñoz, R. (2023). Enhanced expression of the human Survival motor neuron 1 gene from a codon-optimised cDNA transgene in vitro and in vivo. Gene Therapy, 30, 812–825. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-023-00406-0

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disease particularly characterised by degeneration of ventral motor neurons. Survival motor neuron (SMN) 1 gene mutations cause SMA, and gene addition strategies to replace the faulty SMN1 copy are a t... Read More about Enhanced expression of the human Survival motor neuron 1 gene from a codon-optimised cDNA transgene in vitro and in vivo.

Genotype-phenotype correlations in human diseases caused by mutations of LINC complex-associated genes: a systematic review and meta-summary (2022)
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Fuller, H., & Storey, E. (2022). Genotype-phenotype correlations in human diseases caused by mutations of LINC complex-associated genes: a systematic review and meta-summary. Cells, https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11244065

Mutations in genes encoding proteins associated with the linker of nucleoskel-eton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex within the nuclear envelope cause dif-ferent diseases with varying phenotypes including skeletal muscle, cardiac, metabolic, or nervous... Read More about Genotype-phenotype correlations in human diseases caused by mutations of LINC complex-associated genes: a systematic review and meta-summary.

A Meta-summary and Bioinformatic Analysis Identified Interleukin 6 as a Master Regulator of COVID-19 Severity Biomarkers (2022)
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Ghanem, M., Owen, S., Mohamed, A., & Fuller, H. (2022). A Meta-summary and Bioinformatic Analysis Identified Interleukin 6 as a Master Regulator of COVID-19 Severity Biomarkers. Cytokine, 159, Article 156011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2022.156011

With the rising demand for improved COVID-19 disease monitoring and prognostic markers, studies have aimed to identify biomarkers using a range of screening methods. However, the selection of biomarkers for validation from large datasets may result i... Read More about A Meta-summary and Bioinformatic Analysis Identified Interleukin 6 as a Master Regulator of COVID-19 Severity Biomarkers.

The Proteome Signatures of Fibroblasts from Patients with Severe, Intermediate and Mild Spinal Muscular Atrophy Show Limited Overlap (2022)
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Brown, S. J., Kline, R. A., Synowsky, S. A., Shirran, S. L., Holt, I., Sillence, K. A., …Fuller, H. R. (2022). The Proteome Signatures of Fibroblasts from Patients with Severe, Intermediate and Mild Spinal Muscular Atrophy Show Limited Overlap. Cells, 11(17), https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11172624

Most research to characterise the molecular consequences of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has focused on SMA I. Here, proteomic profiling of skin fibroblasts from severe (SMA I), intermediate (SMA II), and mild (SMA III) patients, alongside age-match... Read More about The Proteome Signatures of Fibroblasts from Patients with Severe, Intermediate and Mild Spinal Muscular Atrophy Show Limited Overlap.

An Anatomy of the Blood Eagle: The Practicalities of Viking Torture (2022)
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Murphy, L. J., Fuller, H. R., Willan, P. L., & Gates, M. (2022). An Anatomy of the Blood Eagle: The Practicalities of Viking Torture. Speculum, 1-39. https://doi.org/10.1086/717332

The infamous blood eagle ritual has long been controversial: did Viking-Age Nordic people really torture one another to death by severing their ribs from their spine and removing their lungs, or is it all a misunderstanding of some complicated poetry... Read More about An Anatomy of the Blood Eagle: The Practicalities of Viking Torture.

SMA - TREATMENT (2021)
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Owen, S., Šoltić, D., Synowsky, S., Crompton, E., Yáñez-Muñoz, R., Schneider, B., …Fuller, H. (2021). SMA - TREATMENT. Neuromuscular Disorders, 31, S131-S132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2021.07.295

Proteins associated with the sarcomere and costamere in hearts are dysregulated in two mouse models of spinal muscular atrophy

Investigation of the blood proteome in response to spinal cord injury in rodent models (2021)
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Hulme, C. H., Fuller, H. R., Riddell, J., Shirran, S. L., Botting, C. H., Osman, A., & Wright, K. T. (2022). Investigation of the blood proteome in response to spinal cord injury in rodent models. Spinal Cord, 60(4), 320-325. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-021-00692-8

STUDY DESIGN: Explanatory and Mechanistic Study
OBJECTIVES: A better understanding of the ‘whole-body’ response following spinal cord injury (SCI) is needed to guide future research aimed at developing novel therapeutic interventions and identifying... Read More about Investigation of the blood proteome in response to spinal cord injury in rodent models.

An interaction of heart disease-associated proteins POPDC1/2 with XIRP1 in transverse tubules and intercalated discs. (2020)
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Holt, I., Fuller, H. R., Schindler, R. F., Shirran, S. L., Brand, T., & Morris, G. E. (2020). An interaction of heart disease-associated proteins POPDC1/2 with XIRP1 in transverse tubules and intercalated discs. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12860-020-00329-3

BACKGROUND: Popeye domain-containing proteins 1 and 2 (POPDC1 and POPDC2) are transmembrane proteins involved in cyclic AMP-mediated signalling processes and are required for normal cardiac pacemaking and conduction. In order to identify novel protei... Read More about An interaction of heart disease-associated proteins POPDC1/2 with XIRP1 in transverse tubules and intercalated discs..

Muscle cell differentiation and development pathway defects in Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (2020)
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Storey, E., Holt, I., Morris, G., & Fuller, H. (2020). Muscle cell differentiation and development pathway defects in Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscular Disorders, 443-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2020.04.002

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is a rare genetic disorder characterised by the early development of muscle contractures, progressive muscle weakness, and heart abnormalities. The latter may result in serious complications, or in severe case... Read More about Muscle cell differentiation and development pathway defects in Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy.

Quantitative proteomic profiling of the rat substantia nigra places glial fibrillary acidic protein at the hub of proteins dysregulated during aging: Implications for idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (2020)
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Gómez-Gálvez, Y., Fuller, H., Synowsky, S., Shirran, L., & Gates, M. (2020). Quantitative proteomic profiling of the rat substantia nigra places glial fibrillary acidic protein at the hub of proteins dysregulated during aging: Implications for idiopathic Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 1417-1432. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.24622

There is a strong correlation between aging and onset of idiopathic Parkinson’s disease, but little is known about whether cellular changes occur during normal aging that may explain this association. Here, proteomic and bioinformatic analysis was co... Read More about Quantitative proteomic profiling of the rat substantia nigra places glial fibrillary acidic protein at the hub of proteins dysregulated during aging: Implications for idiopathic Parkinson’s disease.