Life Sciences

Azimi, Bahareh, Thomas, Lily, Fusco, A., Kalaoglu-Altan, Ozlem Ipek, Basnett, P., Cinelli, P., De Clerck, Karen, Roy, I., Donnarumma, G., Coltelli, M., Danti, S. and Lazzeri, A. 2020. Electrosprayed Chitin Nanofibril/Electrospun Polyhydroxyalkanoate Fiber Mesh as Functional Nonwoven for Skin Application. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 11 (3), p. e62. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb11030062

Ward, A., Dubey, P., Basnett, P., Lika, G., Newman, G., Corrigan, D., Russell, C., Kim, J., Chakrabarty, S., Connolly, P. and Roy, I. 2020. Toward a Closed Loop, Integrated Biocompatible Biopolymer Wound Dressing Patch for Detection and Prevention of Chronic Wound Infections. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 8 1039. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.01039

Mohammed, M. 2020. Dr Manal Mohammed for The Conversation on three major scientific controversies about coronavirus. The Conversation.

Pacharra, S., McMahon, S., Duffy, P., Basnett, P., Yu, W., Seisel, S., Stervbo, U., Babel, N., Roy, I., Viebahn, R., Wang, W. and Salber, J. 2020. Cytocompatibility Evaluation of a Novel Series of PEG-Functionalized Lactide-Caprolactone Copolymer Biomaterials for Cardiovascular Applications. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 8 991. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00991

Mursaleen, L., Somavarapu, S. and Zariwala, M. 2020. Deferoxamine and Curcumin Loaded Nanocarriers Protect Against Rotenone-Induced Neurotoxicity. Journal of Parkinson's Disease. 10 (1), pp. 99-111. https://doi.org/10.3233/JPD-191754

Fraser, J., Usman, M., Thomas, K.C., Ahmed, M., Dolidze, A., Zuruwath Zareer, F., Begum, G., Elliott, B. and Macleod, E. 2020. "I've Seen You": A conversation about the Transformative Potential of Working in Partnership. in: Mercer-Mapstone, L. and Abbot, S. (ed.) The Power of Partnership: Students, Staff and Faculty Revolutionizing Higher Education Elon, North Carolina Elon University. pp. 205-219

Patel, N., Zariwala, M. and Al-Obaidi, H. 2020. Fabrication of Biopolymer Based Nanoparticles for the Entrapment of Chromium and Iron Supplements. Processes. 8, p. 707. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8060707

Mursaleen, Leah, Noble, Brendon, Chan, S., Somavarapu, Satyanarayana and Zariwala, M. 2020. N-Acetylcysteine Nanocarriers Protect against Oxidative Stress in a Cellular Model of Parkinson's Disease. Antioxidants. 9 (7), p. 600. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9070600

Lorinczova, H., Fitzsimons, O., Mursaleen, L., Renshaw, D., Begum, G. and Zariwala, M. 2020. Co-Administration of Iron and a Bioavailable Curcumin Supplement Increases Serum BDNF Levels in Healthy Adults. Antioxidants. 9 (8) 645. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9080645

Smit, Nico J., Joubert, Adri, Lawton, Scott P., Hayes, Polly M. and Cook, Courtney A. 2020. Morphological and molecular characterization of an African freshwater fish trypanosome, including its development in a leech vector. International Journal for Parasitology. 50 (10 /11), pp. 921-929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.06.004

Mohammed, Aram, Zurek, Jakub, Madueke, Somto, Al-Kassimy, Hareir, Yaqoob, Muhammad, Houacine, Chahinez, Ferraz, Amina, Kalgudi, Rachith, Zariwala, Mohammed Gulrez, Hawkins, Nicholas and Al-Obaidi, H. 2020. Generation of High Dose Inhalable Effervescent Dispersions against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms. Pharmaceutical Research. 37 (8), p. 150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-020-02878-w

Mani, P., Fidal Kumar, V.T., Bowman, K., Chandra, T.S., Keshavarz, T. and Kyazze, G. 2020. Development of an electroactive aerobic biocathode for microbial fuel cell applications. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 12 (5), pp. 607-612. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12871

Merchant, M. 2020. Investigating Physical and Chemical Interaction of Aspergillus terreus Spores for Changes in Morphology and Physiology. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/v00z1

Rajendram, R., Patel, V. and Preedy, V.R. 2020. Recommended resources for oxidative stress and dietary antioxidants in neurological diseases. in: Martin, C.R. and Preedy, V.R. (ed.) Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants in Neurological Diseases Academic Press. pp. 393-397

Chikadze, N., Tevzadze, M., Janelidze, M. and Porakishvili, N. 2020. Naturally-Occurring Autoantibodies to Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) and its Subunits in Ovarian cyst Patients. Georgian Medical News. 298, pp. 100-105.

Chikadze, N., Tevzadze, M., Gachechiladze, N. and Porakishvili, N. 2020. Elevated levels of naturally occurring autoantibodies to human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) β core fragment in a female patient with thyroid follicular adenoma: Case report. Georgian Medical News. 299, pp. 106-110.

Machann, J., Stefan, N., Wagner, R., Fritsche, A., Bell, J.D., Whitcher, B., Häring, H.U., Birkenfeld, A., Nikolaou, K., Schick, F. and Thomas, E.L. 2020. Normalized indices derived from visceral adipose mass assessed by MRI and their correlation with markers for insulin resistance and prediabetes. Nutrients. 12 (7) 2064. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12072064

Gavinho, B., Sabatke, B., Rossi, I., Feijoli, V., Macedo, J., Evans-Osses, I., Palmisano, G., Lange, S. and Ramirez, M.I. 2020. Peptidylarginine Deiminase inhibition abolishes the production of large extracellular vesicles from Giardia intestinalis, affecting host-pathogen interactions by hindering adhesion to host cells. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 10 417. https://doi.org/10.1101/586438

Morgan, C.A., Mesquita, M., Ashioti, M., Beech, J.S., Williams, S.C.R., Irving, E. and Cash, D. 2020. Late changes in blood-brain barrier permeability in a rat tMCAO model of stroke detected by gadolinium-enhanced MRI. Neurological Research. 42 (10), pp. 844-852. https://doi.org/10.1080/01616412.2020.1786637

Schuhladen, K., Lukasiewicz, B., Basnett, P., Roy, I. and Boccaccini, A.R. 2020. Comparison of the Influence of 45S5 and Cu-Containing 45S5 Bioactive Glass (BG) on the Biological Properties of Novel Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)/BG Composites. Materials. 13 (11) 2607. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13112607

Basnett, P., Marcello, E., Lukasiewicz, B., Nigmatullin, R., Paxinou, A., Ahmad, M.A., Gurumayum , B. and Roy, I. 2020. Antimicrobial Materials with Lime Oil and a Poly (3-hydroxyalkanoate) Produced via Valorisation of Sugar Cane Molasses. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 11 (2) 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfb11020024

Tamimi, R. 2020. Effects of Quorum Quenchers on Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia Aggregation, Adhesion to Surfaces, and Biofilm Formation. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/qzxy1

Arisan, E., Uysal Onganer, P. and Lange, S. 2020. Putative Roles for Peptidylarginine Deiminases in COVID-19. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21 (13) 4662. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21134662

Bowden, T.J., Kraev, I. and Lange, S. 2020. Extracellular Vesicles and Post-translational Protein Deimination Signatures in Haemolymph of the American Lobster (Homarus americanus) . Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 106, pp. 79-102 FSIM-D-20-00642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2020.06.053

Elliott, B., Hayes, L., Hughes, D. and Burtscher, M. 2020. Editorial: Exercise as a Countermeasure to Human Aging. Frontiers in Physiology. 11 883. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.00883

Arazi, H., Salek, L., Nikfal, E., Izadi, M., Tufano, J.J., Elliott, B. and Brughelli, M. 2020. Comparable endocrine and neuromuscular adaptations to variable vs. constant gravity-dependent resistance training among young women. Journal of translational medicine. 18 (239) 239. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-020-02411-y

Zubaidah, E., Ike Susanti, I., Yuwono, S.S., Rahayu, A.P., Srianta, I. and Tewfik, I. 2020. The combined impact of sauerkraut with Leuconostoc mesenteroides to enhance immunomodulatory activity in Escherichia coli-infected mice. European Food Research and Technology. 246 (8), pp. 1889-1893. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-020-03540-w

Atabaki-Pasdar, N., Ohlsson, M., Viñuela, A., Frau, F., Pomares-Millan, H., Haid, M., Jones, A., Thomas, E.L., Koivula, R., Kurbasic, A., Mutie, P., Fitipaldi, H., Fernandez, J., Dawed, A., Giordano, G., Forgie, I., McDonald, T., Rutters, F., Cederberg, H., Chabanova, E., Dale, M., Masi, F., Thomas, C., Allin, K., Hansen, T., Heggie, A., Hong, M., Elders, P., Kennedy, G., Kokkola, T., Pedersen, H., Mahajan, A., McEvoy, D., Pattou, F., Raverdy, V., Häussler, R., Sharma, S., Thomsen, H., Vangipurapu, J., Vestergaard, H., ‘t Hart, L., Adamski, J., Musholt, P., Brage, S., Brunak, S., Dermitzakis, E., Frost, G., Hansen, T., Laakso, M., Pedersen, O., Ridderstråle, M., Ruetten, H., Hattersley, A., Walker, M., Beulens, J., Mari, A., Schwenk, J., Gupta, R., McCarthy, M., Pearson, E., Bell, J.D., Pavo, I. and Franks, P. 2020. Predicting and elucidating the etiology of fatty liver disease: A machine learning modeling and validation study in the IMI DIRECT cohorts. PLoS Medicine. 17 (6) e1003149. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003149

Fixsen, Alison, Seers, H. and Polley, M.J. 2020. Applying critical systems thinking to social prescribing: a relational model of stakeholder “buy-in”. BMC Health Services Research. 20 (80) 580. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05443-8

Blesia, V. 2020. Excessive iron accumulation mediated oxidative stress and β-cell dysfunction via perturbations of insulin secretion in MIN6 cells. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/qzvvw

Keith, R. 2020. A brief history of free school meals in the UK . theconversation.com.

Adegboye, A.R.A., Moore, A.P., Comegna, S., Tewfik, I., Draper, A. and Begum, G. 2020. Attitudinal Determinants of diet and lifestyle among African and Caribbean women living in the UK : study design and rationale - Diets of African and Caribbean women. World Nutrition. 11 (1), pp. 97-109. https://doi.org/10.26596/wn.202011197-109

Eriksen, R., Perez, I.G., Posma, J.M., Haid, M., Sharma, S., Thomas, E.L., Koivula, R.W., Bizzotto, R., Mari, A., Giordano, G.N., Pavo, I., Schwenk, J., De Masi, F., Tsirigos, K., Brunak, S., Vinuela, A., Mahajan, A., McDonald, T.J., Kokkola, T., Teare, H.J.A., Hansen, T.H., Fernandez, J., Jones, A., Jennison, C., Walker, M., McCarthy, M., Pedersen, O., Reutten, H., Forgie, I., Bell, J.D., Pearson, E., Franks, P.W., Adamski, J., Holmes, E. and Frost, G.S. 2020. Dietary metabolite profiling brings new insight into the relationship between nutrition and metabolic risk: An IMI Direct study. EBioMedicine. 58 102932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.102932

Alenaini, Wareed, Parkinson, J., McCarthy, John P., Goldstone, Anthony P., Wilman, Henry R., Banerjee, Rajarshi, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Bell, Jimmy D. and Thomas, E.L. 2020. Ethnic Differences in Body Fat Deposition and Liver Fat Content in Two UK-Based Cohorts. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). 28 (11), pp. 2142-2152. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.22948

Getting, S.J., McArthur, S., Wickstead, E. and Biggs, C.S. 2020. Reversal of beta-Amyloid-Induced Microglial Toxicity In Vitro by Activation of Fpr2/3. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2020 2139192. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/2139192

Aldraimli, M., Soria, D., Parkinson, J., Thomas, E.L., Bell, J.D., Dwek, M. and Chaussalet, T.J. 2020. Machine Learning Prediction of Susceptibility to Visceral Fat Associated Diseases. Health and Technology. 10, pp. 925-944. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-020-00446-1

Roen, A. 2020. Evaluating individuals with extreme phenotypes of HIV-1 contributes towards better healthcare management of all HIV-1 positive individuals. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/qz989

Ecker, A., Romani, A., Sáray, S., Káli,S., Migliore, M., Falck, J., Lange, S., Mercer, A., Thomson, A.M., Muller, M., Reimann, M.W. and Ramaswamy, S. 2020. Data‐driven integration of hippocampal CA1 synaptic physiology in silico. Hippocampus. 30 (11), pp. 1129-1145. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23220

Wood, C., Flynn, M., Law, R., Naufahu, J. and Smyth, N. 2020. The effect of the visual exercise environment on the response to psychological stress: a pilot study. Anxiety, Stress and Coping. 33 (6), pp. 716-729. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2020.1770231

Littlejohns, T., Holliday, J., Gibson, L., Garratt, S., Oesingmann, N., Alfaro-Almagro, F., Bell, J.D., Boultwood, C., Collins, R., Conroy, M., Crabtree, N., Doherty, N., Frangi, A., Harvey, N., Leeson, P., Miller, K., Neubauer, S., Petersen, S., Sellors, J., Sheard, S., Smith, S., Sudlow, C., Matthews, P. and Allen, N. 2020. The UK Biobank imaging enhancement of 100,000 participants: rationale, data collection, management and future directions. Nature Communications . 11 2624. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15948-9