Investigating the use of marine-derived glycosaminoglycans as mimetics for heparan sulphate in fibroblast growth factor signalling (2023)
Thesis
Chen, S. (2023). Investigating the use of marine-derived glycosaminoglycans as mimetics for heparan sulphate in fibroblast growth factor signalling. (Thesis). Keele University

Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are polypeptide growth factors and are potent regulators of cell proliferation, cell differentiation, cell migration and angiogenesis (Ornitz and Itoh, 2001). FGFs can bind with fibroblast growth factor receptors with... Read More about Investigating the use of marine-derived glycosaminoglycans as mimetics for heparan sulphate in fibroblast growth factor signalling.

The potential for compression garments to influence upper limb function in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (2023)
Thesis
Alshehab, M. A. H. A. M. (2023). The potential for compression garments to influence upper limb function in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy. (Thesis). Keele University

Cerebral palsy (CP) is an umbrella term that describes a group of people with various motor, sensory and mental dysfunctions caused by permanent damage to the developing brain. Depending on the location and size of the brain damage, signs and symptom... Read More about The potential for compression garments to influence upper limb function in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy.

Predicting the potential value of the new discharge medicines service in England (2023)
Journal Article
Thayer, N., Mackridge, A. J., & White, S. (2023). Predicting the potential value of the new discharge medicines service in England. Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, 14(3), 248-255. https://doi.org/10.1093/jphsr/rmad020

Objectives In 2021, community pharmacies in England were commissioned to support patients post-discharge through the discharge medicines service (DMS). Past studies described the benefit of DMS in avoiding readmissions. This study aimed to estimate t... Read More about Predicting the potential value of the new discharge medicines service in England.

Proteomic Analyses of Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation Plasma Highlight Cartilage Acidic Protein 1 as a Candidate for Preclinical Screening. (2023)
Journal Article
Hulme, C., & Wright, K. (2023). Proteomic Analyses of Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation Plasma Highlight Cartilage Acidic Protein 1 as a Candidate for Preclinical Screening. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 51(6), 1422-1433. https://doi.org/10.1177/03635465231156616

BACKGROUND: Stratification is required to ensure that only patients likely to benefit receive autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI). It would be advantageous to identify biomarkers to predict ACI outcome that are measurable in blood, avoiding the... Read More about Proteomic Analyses of Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation Plasma Highlight Cartilage Acidic Protein 1 as a Candidate for Preclinical Screening..

Developing in vitro models of traumatic injury for neural tissue engineering applications (2023)
Thesis
Wiseman, J. P. (2023). Developing in vitro models of traumatic injury for neural tissue engineering applications. (Thesis). Keele University

Penetrating traumatic brain injury (pTBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) cause significant neurological damage and debilitation. The management of these central nervous system (CNS) injuries is largely supportive, with no clinically available regenerat... Read More about Developing in vitro models of traumatic injury for neural tissue engineering applications.

Investigating the therapeutic potential of the glucocorticoid antagonist, mifepristone, for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (2023)
Thesis
Sutton, E. R. (2023). Investigating the therapeutic potential of the glucocorticoid antagonist, mifepristone, for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy. (Thesis). Keele University

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disease characterised by loss of alpha motor neurons and muscle atrophy. When untreated, mortality occurs within the first two years of life in the most severe cases. Extensive research has led to thre... Read More about Investigating the therapeutic potential of the glucocorticoid antagonist, mifepristone, for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy.

Drug Resistance in Medulloblastoma Is Driven by YB-1, ABCB1 and a Seven-Gene Drug Signature. (2023)
Journal Article
Taylor, L., Wade, P. K., Johnson, J. E., Aldighieri, M., Morlando, S., Di Leva, G., …Coyle, B. (2023). Drug Resistance in Medulloblastoma Is Driven by YB-1, ABCB1 and a Seven-Gene Drug Signature. Cancers, 15(4), Article 1086. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15041086

Therapy resistance represents an unmet challenge in the treatment of medulloblastoma. Accordingly, the identification of targets that mark drug-resistant cell populations, or drive the proliferation of resistant cells, may improve treatment strategie... Read More about Drug Resistance in Medulloblastoma Is Driven by YB-1, ABCB1 and a Seven-Gene Drug Signature..

Toward a General Protocol for Catalytic Oxidative Transformations Using Electrochemically Generated Hypervalent Iodine Species (2023)
Journal Article
Elsherbini, M., & Moran, W. J. (2023). Toward a General Protocol for Catalytic Oxidative Transformations Using Electrochemically Generated Hypervalent Iodine Species. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 88(3), 1424-1433. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.2c02309

A simple catalytic electrosynthetic protocol for oxidative transformations mediated by hypervalent iodine reagents has been developed. In this protocol, electricity drives the iodine(I)/iodine(III) catalytic cycle enabling catalysis with in situ gene... Read More about Toward a General Protocol for Catalytic Oxidative Transformations Using Electrochemically Generated Hypervalent Iodine Species.

Hypoxic conditions promote a proliferative, poorly differentiated phenotype in COPD lung tissue progenitor cells in vitro (2023)
Journal Article
Dale, T. P., Santer, M. D., Haris, M., Zuo, W., & Forsyth, N. R. (2023). Hypoxic conditions promote a proliferative, poorly differentiated phenotype in COPD lung tissue progenitor cells in vitro. Experimental Lung Research, 49(1), 12-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/01902148.2022.2158404

PURPOSE: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients experience hypoxemia and lung tissue hypoxia, causing vasoconstriction, and at its most severe Cor pulmonale. However, minimal attention has been given to the effects of hypoxia at the ce... Read More about Hypoxic conditions promote a proliferative, poorly differentiated phenotype in COPD lung tissue progenitor cells in vitro.

Latonduine-1-Amino-Hydantoin Hybrid, Triazole-Fused Latonduine Schiff Bases and Their Metal Complexes: Synthesis, X-ray and Electron Diffraction, Molecular Docking Studies and Antiproliferative Activity (2023)
Journal Article
Wittmann, C., Gruene, T., Prado-Roller, A., Aranđelović, S., Reynisson, J., & Arion, V. B. (2023). Latonduine-1-Amino-Hydantoin Hybrid, Triazole-Fused Latonduine Schiff Bases and Their Metal Complexes: Synthesis, X-ray and Electron Diffraction, Molecular Docking Studies and Antiproliferative Activity. Inorganics, 11(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics11010030

A series of latonduine derivatives, namely 11-nitro-indolo[2,3-d]benzazepine-7-(1-amino-hydantoin) (B), triazole-fused indolo[2,3-d]benzazepine-based Schiff bases HL1 and HL2 and metal complexes [M(p-cymene)(HL1)Cl]Cl, where M = Ru (1), Os (2), and [... Read More about Latonduine-1-Amino-Hydantoin Hybrid, Triazole-Fused Latonduine Schiff Bases and Their Metal Complexes: Synthesis, X-ray and Electron Diffraction, Molecular Docking Studies and Antiproliferative Activity.