Life Sciences

Day, Andrew S., Bener, Abdulbari, Tewfik, Ihab, Vajro, Pietro and Zughaier, Susu M. 2022. Editorial: The Role of Vitamin D in Gut Health and Disease in Children. Frontiers in Public Health. 10 912773. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.912773

Al Ozairi, E., Al Awadi, R., El Samad, A., Taghadom, E., Al-Kandari, J., Abdul-Ghani, M., Oliver, N., Whitcher, B. and Guess, N. 2022. A Randomised Crossover Trial: Exploring the Dose-Response effect Of Carbohydrate restriction on glycaemia in people with well-controlled type 2 diabetes (D-ROC2). Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 36 (1), pp. 51-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.13030

Safi, A. 2022. The impact of workplace physical activity & Sedentary behaviour interventions on employees’ health, wellbeing, and behaviour change. School of Life Sciences Seminar: Translating Research: From Bench to Public Health. University of Westminster, London 06 Apr 2022

Safi, A. 2022. BBC Pashto: Dr Ayaz Safi for BBC Pashto on health and nutrition during Ramadan.

Laich, A., Patel, H., Zarantonello, A., Sim, R.B. and Inal, J.M. 2022. C2 by-pass: cross-talk between the complement classical and alternative pathways. Immunobiology. 227 (3) 152225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imbio.2022.152225

Fiamoncini, J, Donado-Pestana, C.M., Duarte, G.B.S., Rundle, M, Thomas, E.L., Kiselova-Kaneva, Y., Gundersen, T.E., Bunzel, D., Trezzi, J.P., Kulling, S.E., Hiller, K., Sonntag, D., Ivanova, D., Brennan, L., Wopereis, S., van Ommen, B., Frost, G., Bell, J.D., Drevon, C.A. and Daniel, H. 2022. Plasma metabolic signatures of healthy overweight subjects challenged with an oral glucose tolerance test. Frontiers in Nutrition: Nutrition and Metabolism. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.898782

Patodia, S., Somani, A., Liu, J.Y.W., Cattaneo, A., Paradisco, B., Garcia, M., Othman, M., Diehl, B., Foong, J. and Thom, M. 2022. Serotonin transporter in the temporal lobe, hippocampus and amygdala in SUDEP. Brain Pathology. 32 (5) e13074. https://doi.org/10.1111/bpa.13074

Fletcher, D., Brown, E., Javadala, J., Uysal Onganer, P. and Guinn, B-A. 2022. microRNA expression in acute myeloid leukaemia: New targets for therapy? European Journal of Haemotology. 3 (3), pp. 596-608. https://doi.org/10.1002/jha2.441

Gu, J., Scotti, F., Reich, E., Kirchhoff, R., Booker, A. and Heinrich, P.M. 2022. Chrysanthemum species used as food and medicine: Understanding quality differences on the global market. South African Journal of Botany. 148, pp. 123-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2022.04.009

D'alessio, S., Cheng, H., Eaton, L., Kraev, I., Pamenter, M.E. and Lange, S. 2022. Acute Hypoxia Alters Extracellular Vesicle Signatures and the Brain Citrullinome of Naked Mole-Rats (Heterocephalus glaber). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23 (9) 4683. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23094683

Sorokin, E., Basty, N., Whitcher, B., Liu, Y., Bell, J.D., Cohen, R.L., Cule, M. and Thomas, E.L. 2022. Analysis of MRI-derived spleen iron in the UK Biobank identifies genetic variation linked to iron homeostasis and hemolysis. American Journal of Human Genetics. 109 (6), pp. P1092-1104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.04.013

Mohammed, M. 2022. Dr Manal Mohammed for The Conversation about why eating fermented food aids gut health. The Conversation.

Liu, Joan Y W, Hawsawi, Hassan B, Sharma, Niraj, Carmichael, David W, Diehl, Beate, Thom, Maria and Lemieux, Louis 2022. Safety of intracranial electroencephalography during functional electromagnetic resonance imaging in humans at 1.5 tesla using a head transmit RF coil: Histopathological and heat-shock immunohistochemistry observations. NeuroImage. 254 119129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119129

Manić, L., Wallace, D., Uysal Onganer, P., Taalab, Y.M., Farooqi, A.A., Antonijević, B. and Djordjevic, A.B. 2022. Epigenetic Mechanisms of Metal Carcinogenicity. Toxicology Reports. 9, pp. 778-787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2022.03.037

Sheridan, D.A., Shawa, I.T., Thomas, E.L., Felmlee, D.J., Bridge, S.H., Neely, D., Cobbold, J.F., Holmes, E., Bassendine, M.F. and Taylor-Robinson, S.D. 2022. Infection with the hepatitis C virus causes viral genotype-specific differences in cholesterol metabolism and hepatic steatosis. Scientific Reports. 12 5562. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09588-w

Goodrich, J., Ridge, Damien and Cartwright, Tina 2022. A Qualitative Study Exploring Patient Shadowing as a Method to Improve Patient-Centred Care: Ten Principles for a New Gold Standard. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 34 (2) mzac018. https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzac018

Mortoglou, M., Manić, L., Buha Djordjevic, A., Bulat, Z., Đorđević, Vladimir, Manis, Katherine, Valle, Elizabeth, York, Lauren, Wallace, D. and Uysal Onganer, P. 2022. Nickel's Role in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Potential Involvement of microRNAs. Toxics. 10 (3) 148. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10030148

Rajan, Logesh, Radhakrishnan, Arun, Alagarsamy, Keshav Narayan, Srivastava, Abhay, Dhingra, Sanjiv, Booker, Anthony, Rolfe, Viven, Palaniswamy, Dhanabal and Mohankumar, Suresh Kumar 2022. Green tea polyphenols in cardiometabolic health: A critical appraisal on Phytogenomics towards personalized green tea. PharmaNutrition. 20 100296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phanu.2022.100296

Sum, K. 2022. From tweeting to tweetposium. So what? A reflection. The Journal of Social Media for Learning. 3 (1), pp. 10-12. https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.jsml.article518

Gaspar Quinonez, C., Lee, J.J., Lim, J., Odell, M., Lawson, C.P., Anyogu, A., Raheem, S. and Eoh, H. 2022. Fatty acid metabolism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a double-edged sword. mBio. 13 (1) e03559-21. https://doi.org/10.15698/mic2022.05.777

Tveita, Torkjel, Eftedal, Ingrid and Deb, Sanjoy 2022. Editorial: Survival in Extreme Environments - Adaptation or Decompensation? Volume I. Frontiers in Physiology. 13, p. 836210. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.836210

Gibson, R., Oliver, N., McGowan, Barbara, Vetter, Céline, Palla, Luigi, D'Annibale, Maria, Linley, Jayne, Lorencatto, F. and Guess, Nicola 2022. Towards targeted dietary support for shift workers with type 2 diabetes (Shift‐Diabetes study): A mixed‐methods case study protocol. Diabetic Medicine. 39 (3) e14714. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14714

Osimo, E., Brugger, S., Thomas, E.L. and Howes, O. 2022. A cross-sectional MR study of body fat volumes and distribution in chronic schizophrenia. Schizophrenia. 8 24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-022-00233-z

Whitcher, B., Thanaj, M., Cule, M., Liu, Y., Basty, N., Sorokin, E., Bell, J.D. and Thomas, E.L. 2022. Precision MRI Phenotyping Enables Detection of Small Changes in Body Composition for Longitudinal Cohorts. Scientific Reports. 12 3748. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07556-y

Nyga, A., Stamati, Katerina, Redondo, Patricia A, Azimi, Tayebeh, Feber, Andrew, Neves, Joana B, Hamoudi, Rifat, Presneau, Nadège, El Sheikh, Soha, Tran, Maxine G B, Emberton, Mark, Loizidou, Marilena and Cheema, Umber 2022. Renal tumouroids: challenges of manufacturing 3D cultures from patient derived primary cells. Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling. 16, pp. 637-648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12079-022-00666-2

Tiekou Lorinczova, H., Begum, G., Temouri, L., Renshaw, D. and Zariwala, M. 2022. Co-Administration of Iron and Bioavailable Curcumin Reduces Levels of Systemic Markers of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in a Placebo-Controlled Randomised Study. Nutrients. 14 (3) 712. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14030712

Safi, A., Cole, M., Kelly, A., Deb, S. and Walker, N. 2022. A Comparison of Physical Activity and Sedentary Lifestyle of University Employees through ActiGraph and IPAQ-LF. Physical Activity and Health. 6 (1), pp. 5-15. https://doi.org/10.5334/paah.163

Hundal, S. and Green, Julia 2022. Experience of Western Herbal Medicine practitioners in supporting brain health in mid-life and older patients: a qualitative research study. Journal of Herbal Medicine. 32 100547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hermed.2022.100547

Nunn, A.V.W., Guy, G.W. and Bell, J.D. 2022. Thermodynamics and Inflammation: Insights into Quantum Biology and Ageing. Quantum Reports. 4, pp. 47-74. https://doi.org/10.3390/quantum4010005

Martin, S., Tyrrell, J., Thomas, E.L., Bown, M.J., Wood, A.R., Beaumont, R.N., Tsoi, L.C., Stuart, P.E., Elder, J.T., Law, P., Houlston, R., Kabrhel, C., Papadimitriou, N., Gunter, M.J., Bull, C.J., Bell, J.A., Vincent, E.E., Sattar, N., Dunlop, M.G., Tomlinson, I.P.M., Bell, J.D., Frayling, T. and Yaghootkar, H. 2022. Disease consequences of higher adiposity uncoupled from its adverse metabolic effects using Mendelian randomisation. eLife. 11 e72452. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.72452

Mortoglou, M., Miralles, F., Arisan, E.D., Dart, A., Jurcevic, S., Lange, S. and Uysal Onganer, P. 2022. microRNA-21 Regulates Stemness in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23 (3) 1275. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23031275

Gaspar Quinonez, C., Lee, J.J., Lim, J., Odell, M., Lawson, C.P., Anyogu, A., Raheem, S. and Eoh, H. 2022. The Role of Fatty Acid Metabolism in Drug Tolerance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. mBio. 13 (1), pp. e03559-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03559-21

Wesolowska-Andersen, A., Brorsson, C.A., Bizzotto, R., Mari, A., Tura, A., Koivula, R., Mahajan, A., Viñuela, A., Fernandez Tajes, J, Sharma, S., Haid, M., Prehn, C., Artati, A., Hong, M-G, Musholt, P.B, Kurbasic, A., Masi, F., Tsirigos, K, Pedersen, H., Gudmundsdottir, V., Thomas, C., Banasik, K., Jennison, C., Jones, A., Kennedy, G., Bell, J.D., Thomas, E.L., Frost, G., Thomsen, H., Allin, K., Hansen, T.H., Vestergaard, H., Hansen, T., Rutters, F., Elders, P., t'Hart, L., Bonnefond, A., Canouil, M., Brage, S., Kokkola, T., Heggie, A., McEvoy, D., Hattersley, A., McDonald, T., Teare, H., Ridderstrale, M., Walker, M., Forgie, I., Giordano, G.N., Froguel, P., Pavo, I., Ruetten, H., Pedersen, O., Dermitzakis, E., Franks, P.W., Schwenk, J.M., Adamski, J., Pearson, E., McCarthy, M.I., Brunak, S. and IMI DIRECT Consortium 2022. Four groups of type 2 diabetes contribute to the etiological and clinical heterogeneity in newly diagnosed individuals: An IMI DIRECT study. Cell Reports Medicine. 3 (1) 100477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100477

Martin, Susan, Sorokin, Elena P, Thomas, E Louise, Sattar, Naveed, Cule, Madeleine, Bell, Jimmy D and Yaghootkar, H. 2022. Estimating the Effect of Liver and Pancreas Volume and Fat Content on Risk of Diabetes: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Diabetes Care. 45 (2), pp. 460-468. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc21-1262

Wickstead, E. S., Irving, M. A., Getting, S. J. and McArthur, S. 2022. Exploiting formyl peptide receptor 2 to promote microglial resolution: a new approach to Alzheimer's disease treatment. The FEBS Journal. 289 (7), pp. 1801-1822. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.15861

Simon Arunga, Tumu Mbarak, Abel Ebong, James Mwesigye, Dan Kuguminkiriza, Abeer H.A. Mohamed-Ahmed, Jeremy John Hoffman, Astrid Leck, Victor Hu and Matthew Burton 2021. Chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2% as a treatment for recalcitrant fungal keratitis in Uganda: a pilot study. BMJ Open Ophthalmology. 6 e000698. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2020-000698

Marili Niglas, Brandon Whitcher, Marjola Thanaj, Nicolas Basty, Camilo Bell-Bradford, Liliana Szabo, Elizabeth Louise Thomas and Jimmy D Bell 2025. Preprint: Automated Cobb Angle Measurement at Scale: Identifying Undiagnosed Scoliosis in the UK Biobank. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.28.25324832

Curtis, C. 2021. Anthropometric Profiles and Physical Characteristics in Competitive Female English Premiership Rugby Union Players. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 16 (9), p. 1234–1241. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2020-0017

Hassan Morad, Suaib Luqman, Chun-Hsiang Tan and Peter McNaughton 2021. TRPM2 ion channels steer neutrophils towards a source of hydrogen peroxide. Dynamic Cell IV. 14 - 19 Mar 2021 The Biochemical Society.

Nihaya A. Al-Sheyab, Mohannad Al Nsour, Yousef S. Khader, Hind Yousif, Mohammad S. Alyahya, Hana Taha, Marco Bardus, Malika Al Kattan and Mirwais Amiri 2021. Midwives and women's perspectives on family planning in Jordan: human rights, gender equity, decision-making and power dynamics. Heliyon. 7 (8) E07810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07810