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A Multitargeted Approach in the Discovery of an Organorhodium Anticancer Agent Based On Vorinostat as a Potent Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor. (2020)
Journal Article
Reynisson. (2020). A Multitargeted Approach in the Discovery of an Organorhodium Anticancer Agent Based On Vorinostat as a Potent Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202005758

The combination of more than one bioactive moiety in a mulitargeted anticancer agent may result in synergistic activity of its components. Using this concept, bioorganometallic compounds were designed to feature a metal center, a 2-pyridinecarbothioa... Read More about A Multitargeted Approach in the Discovery of an Organorhodium Anticancer Agent Based On Vorinostat as a Potent Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor..

Telomerase inhibition, telomere attrition and proliferation arrest of cancer cells induced by phosphorothioate ASO-NLS conjugates targeting hTERC and siRNAs targeting hTERT (2020)
Journal Article
Diala, I., Shiohama, Y., Fujita, T., Kotake, Y., Demonacos, C., Krstic-Demonacos, M., Di Leva, G., & Fujii, M. (2020). Telomerase inhibition, telomere attrition and proliferation arrest of cancer cells induced by phosphorothioate ASO-NLS conjugates targeting hTERC and siRNAs targeting hTERT. Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids, 39(1-3), 407 - 425. https://doi.org/10.1080/15257770.2020.1713357

Telomerase activity has been regarded as a critical step in cellular immortalization and carcinogenesis and because of this, regulation of telomerase represents an attractive target for anti-tumor specific therapeutics. Recently, one avenue of cancer... Read More about Telomerase inhibition, telomere attrition and proliferation arrest of cancer cells induced by phosphorothioate ASO-NLS conjugates targeting hTERC and siRNAs targeting hTERT.

Pharmacological properties of rutin and its potential uses for Alzheimer’s disease. (2020)
Journal Article
Chen, R., Hassan, H., Rawlinson, C., & Morgan, D. (2020). Pharmacological properties of rutin and its potential uses for Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Experimental Stroke and Translational Medicine, 13(2), 1-12

Rutin, a flavonoid with a wide range of biological activities, has a long history of use in nutritional supplements owing to its action against oxidative stress, inflammation, and hyperglycemia. Because of its pharmacological properties such as antio... Read More about Pharmacological properties of rutin and its potential uses for Alzheimer’s disease..

Sodium Hyaluronate Supplemented Culture Media as a New hMSC Chondrogenic Differentiation Media-Model for in vitro/ex vivo Screening of Potential Cartilage Repair Therapies. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Sodium Hyaluronate Supplemented Culture Media as a New hMSC Chondrogenic Differentiation Media-Model for in vitro/ex vivo Screening of Potential Cartilage Repair Therapies. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 243 -?. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00243

Surgical strategies to treat articular cartilage injury such as microfracture, expose human bone marrow stem cells (hMSCs) to synovial fluid and its components. High molecular weight hyaluronan (hMwt HA) is one of the most abundant bioactive macromol... Read More about Sodium Hyaluronate Supplemented Culture Media as a New hMSC Chondrogenic Differentiation Media-Model for in vitro/ex vivo Screening of Potential Cartilage Repair Therapies..

Development of a novel doxorubicin delivery system for pancreatic cancer (2020)
Thesis
Al-Ameri, J. J. M. Development of a novel doxorubicin delivery system for pancreatic cancer. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/416228

Pancreatic cancer is considered as the 4th most aggressive cancer in the Western world. There is a direct link between
pancreatic cancer diagnosis and patient age with high occurrence of the disease happening in the 65-75-year age group. The majori... Read More about Development of a novel doxorubicin delivery system for pancreatic cancer.

Effects of ageing on the vulnerability of the substantia nigra pars compacta dopaminergic neurons: implications in Parkinson’s disease (2020)
Thesis
Gómez Gálvez, Y. Effects of ageing on the vulnerability of the substantia nigra pars compacta dopaminergic neurons: implications in Parkinson’s disease. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/416558

The degeneration of dopaminergic neurons (DAn) in the midbrain substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) is a definitive feature of Parkinson's disease (PD). Although age has been established as one of the main risk factors, the role that ageing has in t... Read More about Effects of ageing on the vulnerability of the substantia nigra pars compacta dopaminergic neurons: implications in Parkinson’s disease.

Molecular crosstalk between non-SMN-related and SMN-related spinal muscular atrophy (2020)
Journal Article
Šoltić, D., & Fuller, H. (2020). Molecular crosstalk between non-SMN-related and SMN-related spinal muscular atrophy

Most cases of spinal muscular atrophy are caused by functional loss of the survival of motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene, while less than 5% of cases are attributed to genes other than SMN. Mutations in LMNA, the lamin A/C encoding gene, cause an adult form... Read More about Molecular crosstalk between non-SMN-related and SMN-related spinal muscular atrophy.

Pro-Inflammatory Priming of Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Alters the Protein Cargo of Their Extracellular Vesicles (2020)
Journal Article
Kehoe, O., Hyland, M., Mennan, C., Wilson, E., & Clayton, A. (2020). Pro-Inflammatory Priming of Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Alters the Protein Cargo of Their Extracellular Vesicles. Cells, https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9030726

Umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells (UCMSCs) have shown an ability to modulate the immune system through the secretion of paracrine mediators, such as extracellular vesicles (EVs). However, the culture conditions that UCMSCs are grown in can alt... Read More about Pro-Inflammatory Priming of Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Alters the Protein Cargo of Their Extracellular Vesicles.

Injected human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells do not appear to elicit an inflammatory response in a murine model of osteoarthritis (2020)
Journal Article
Perry, J., McCarthy, H., Bou-Gharios, G., van't Hof, R., Milner, P., Mennan, C., & Roberts, S. (2020). Injected human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells do not appear to elicit an inflammatory response in a murine model of osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 2(2), 100044 - 100044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100044

Objective This study investigated the effect of hUC-MSCs on osteoarthritis (OA) progression in a xenogeneic model. Design Male, 10 week-old C57Bl/6 mice underwent sham surgery (n=15) or partial medial meniscectomy (PMM;n=76). 5x105 hUC-MSCs (from 3 d... Read More about Injected human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells do not appear to elicit an inflammatory response in a murine model of osteoarthritis.

Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors induce autophagy and have a protective effect in an in-vitro ischaemia model (2020)
Journal Article
Chen. (2020). Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors induce autophagy and have a protective effect in an in-vitro ischaemia model. Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58482-w

This study compared effects of five hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) prolyl hydroxylases (PHD) inhibitors on PC12 cells and primary rat neurons following oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD). At 100 µM, the PHD inhibitors did not cause cytotoxicity and apo... Read More about Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors induce autophagy and have a protective effect in an in-vitro ischaemia model.

Investigating the possible mechanisms and gender effects of Omega-3 fatty acids on neuroblastoma, breast and prostate cancers (2019)
Thesis
Sutton, E. R. Investigating the possible mechanisms and gender effects of Omega-3 fatty acids on neuroblastoma, breast and prostate cancers. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417795

Cancer is a worldwide disease characterised by uncontrollable cell division and tumour growth making it a leading cause of death worldwide. The use of dietary products such a poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) to reduce cancer growth is a current a... Read More about Investigating the possible mechanisms and gender effects of Omega-3 fatty acids on neuroblastoma, breast and prostate cancers.

The Oswestry-Bristol Classification. (2019)
Journal Article
Kuiper. (2019). The Oswestry-Bristol Classification. The Bone & Joint Journal, 102 - 107. https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.102B1.BJJ-2019-0366.R3

AIMS: Trochlear dysplasia is a significant risk factor for patellofemoral instability. The Dejour classification is currently considered the standard for classifying trochlear dysplasia, but numerous studies have reported poor reliability on both pla... Read More about The Oswestry-Bristol Classification..

Antimicrobial nano-ninjas as chaperones of gemcitabine for pancreatic cancer (2019)
Thesis
Foulkes, R. L. Antimicrobial nano-ninjas as chaperones of gemcitabine for pancreatic cancer. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417786

Pancreatic cancer is well known for its extremely high death rate, with the current treatments purely used to extend and better the quality of the patient's life instead of providing a “cure”. Because of this, novel drug delivery methods are being lo... Read More about Antimicrobial nano-ninjas as chaperones of gemcitabine for pancreatic cancer.

Discovery and Characterisation of Dual Inhibitors of Tryptophan 2,3-Dioxygenase (TDO2) and Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) Using Virtual Screening (2019)
Journal Article
Reynisson. (2019). Discovery and Characterisation of Dual Inhibitors of Tryptophan 2,3-Dioxygenase (TDO2) and Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) Using Virtual Screening. Molecules, https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24234346

Cancers express tryptophan catabolising enzymes indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) and tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO2) to produce immunosuppressive tryptophan metabolites that undermine patients' immune systems, leading to poor disease outcomes.... Read More about Discovery and Characterisation of Dual Inhibitors of Tryptophan 2,3-Dioxygenase (TDO2) and Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) Using Virtual Screening.

Discovery of novel phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C drug-like inhibitors as potential anticancer agents. (2019)
Journal Article
Reynisson. (2019). Discovery of novel phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C drug-like inhibitors as potential anticancer agents. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 111919 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.111919

Phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C (PC-PLC) is a promising target for new anticancer treatment. Herein, we report our work in the discovery of novel drug-like PC-PLC inhibitors. Virtual screening led to the identification of promising hits... Read More about Discovery of novel phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C drug-like inhibitors as potential anticancer agents..

The cytotoxic potential of cationc triangulenes against tumour cells (2019)
Journal Article
Reynisson. (2019). The cytotoxic potential of cationc triangulenes against tumour cells. MedChemComm, 1881-1891. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9MD00305C

TOTA (trioxatriangulenium ion) is a close-shelled carbocation known to intercalate strongly with the DNA double helix (J. Reynisson, G. B. Schuster, S. B. Howerton, L. D. Williams, R. N. Barnett, C. L. Cleveland, U. Landman, N. Harrit, J. B. Chaires,... Read More about The cytotoxic potential of cationc triangulenes against tumour cells.

The use of virtual patients for developing the evidence informed, shared decision making of clinicians (2019)
Thesis
Jacklin, S. The use of virtual patients for developing the evidence informed, shared decision making of clinicians. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414956

Background
Shared decision-making (SDM) involves a patient and a health professional sharing information to arrive at a decision that aligns with both the best available evidence and the patient’s preferences. Research shows that SDM is not occurrin... Read More about The use of virtual patients for developing the evidence informed, shared decision making of clinicians.

Acetyl-CoA-mediated activation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isocitrate lyase 2 (2019)
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Reynisson. (2019). Acetyl-CoA-mediated activation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isocitrate lyase 2. Nature communications, 4639 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12614-7

Isocitrate lyase is important for lipid utilisation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis but its ICL2 isoform is poorly understood. Here we report that binding of the lipid metabolites acetyl-CoA or propionyl-CoA to ICL2 induces a striking structural rearra... Read More about Acetyl-CoA-mediated activation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isocitrate lyase 2.