Development and validation of a bioluminescence assay for high throughput screening of potent and rapidly cytocidal compounds against intraerythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum (2020)
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Famodimu, M. T. Development and validation of a bioluminescence assay for high throughput screening of potent and rapidly cytocidal compounds against intraerythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417173

The emergence of P. falciparum resistant to current front-line artemisinin combination therapies underscores the urgent demand for new candidate molecules for a single exposure radical cure and prophylaxis drug. Developing a suitable candidate compon... Read More about Development and validation of a bioluminescence assay for high throughput screening of potent and rapidly cytocidal compounds against intraerythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum.

Mechanical loading of bioengineered skeletal muscle in-vitro to mimic the transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of skeletal muscle in-vivo (2020)
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Turner, D. C. Mechanical loading of bioengineered skeletal muscle in-vitro to mimic the transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of skeletal muscle in-vivo. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417183

Skeletal muscle (SkM) is an extremely abundant and mechano-sensitive tissue, demonstrating increases in mass and function following mechanical loading/resistance exercise (RE). Over the past 3 decades, there has been considerable progress in the deve... Read More about Mechanical loading of bioengineered skeletal muscle in-vitro to mimic the transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of skeletal muscle in-vivo.

Human platelets use a cytosolic Ca2+ nanodomain to activate Ca2+-dependent shape change independently of platelet aggregation (2020)
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Harper. (2020). Human platelets use a cytosolic Ca2+ nanodomain to activate Ca2+-dependent shape change independently of platelet aggregation. Cell Calcium, 90, Article 102248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceca.2020.102248

Human platelets use a rise in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration to activate all stages of thrombus formation, however, how they are able to decode cytosolic Ca2+ signals to trigger each of these independently is unknown. Other cells create local Ca2+ sign... Read More about Human platelets use a cytosolic Ca2+ nanodomain to activate Ca2+-dependent shape change independently of platelet aggregation.

Vulnerability of drug-resistant EML4-ALK rearranged lung cancer to transcriptional inhibition (2020)
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Paliouras, A. R., Buzzetti, M., Shi, L., Donaldson, I. J., Magee, P., Sahoo, S., Leong, H.-S., Fassan, M., Carter, M., Di Leva, G., Krebs, M. G., Blackhall, F., Lovly, C. M., & Garofalo, M. (2020). Vulnerability of drug-resistant EML4-ALK rearranged lung cancer to transcriptional inhibition. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 12(7), Article e11099. https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201911099

A subset of lung adenocarcinomas is driven by the EML4-ALK translocation. Even though ALK inhibitors in the clinic lead to excellent initial responses, acquired resistance to these inhibitors due to on-target mutations or parallel pathway alterations... Read More about Vulnerability of drug-resistant EML4-ALK rearranged lung cancer to transcriptional inhibition.

Tendon and Cytokine Marker Expression by Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Hyaluronate/Poly-Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid (PLGA)/Fibrin Three-Dimensional (3D) Scaffold. (2020)
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(2020). Tendon and Cytokine Marker Expression by Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Hyaluronate/Poly-Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid (PLGA)/Fibrin Three-Dimensional (3D) Scaffold. Cells, https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9051268

We developed a (three-dimensional) 3D scaffold, we named HY-FIB, incorporating a force-transmission band of braided hyaluronate embedded in a cell localizing fibrin hydrogel and poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) nanocarriers as transient components... Read More about Tendon and Cytokine Marker Expression by Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Hyaluronate/Poly-Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid (PLGA)/Fibrin Three-Dimensional (3D) Scaffold..

A Multitargeted Approach in the Discovery of an Organorhodium Anticancer Agent Based On Vorinostat as a Potent Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor. (2020)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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(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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Physico-Chemically Distinct Nanomaterials Synthesized from Derivates of a Poly(Anhydride) Diversify the Spectrum of Loadable Antibiotics. (2020)
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Mira, A., Codina, H., Jenkins, S., Rodriguez-Diaz, J., Mallavia, R., Falco, A., & Sainz-Urruela, C. (2020). Physico-Chemically Distinct Nanomaterials Synthesized from Derivates of a Poly(Anhydride) Diversify the Spectrum of Loadable Antibiotics. Nanomaterials, https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030486

Recent advances in the field of nanotechnology such as nanoencapsulation offer new biomedical applications, potentially increasing the scope and efficacy of therapeutic drug delivery. In addition, the discovery and development of novel biocompatible... Read More about Physico-Chemically Distinct Nanomaterials Synthesized from Derivates of a Poly(Anhydride) Diversify the Spectrum of Loadable Antibiotics..

Injected human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells do not appear to elicit an inflammatory response in a murine model of osteoarthritis (2020)
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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)
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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.

Do Asian Patients Require Only Half of the Clozapine Dose Prescribed for Caucasians? A Critical Overview (2020)
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Farooq. (2020). Do Asian Patients Require Only Half of the Clozapine Dose Prescribed for Caucasians? A Critical Overview. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 4-10. https://doi.org/10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_379_19

Since 1997, studies have found that Asians need lower clozapine doses than Caucasians. Caucasians with average clozapine metabolism may need from 300 to 600 mg/day to reach the therapeutic range (350 ng/ml). Thus, serum clozapine concentration-to-dos... Read More about Do Asian Patients Require Only Half of the Clozapine Dose Prescribed for Caucasians? A Critical Overview.

The Oswestry-Bristol Classification. (2019)
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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..

Investigating the possible mechanisms and gender effects of Omega-3 fatty acids on neuroblastoma, breast and prostate cancers (2019)
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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.

Antimicrobial nano-ninjas as chaperones of gemcitabine for pancreatic cancer (2019)
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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.