Life Sciences

Nouanthong, Phonethipsavanh, Hübschen, Judith M., Billamay, Somxay, Mongkhoune, Sodaly, Vilivong, Keooudomphone, Khounvisith, Vilaysone, Sinner, Regina, Grandadam, Marc, Phonekeo, Darouny, Black, Antony P. and Muller, Claude, P. 2019. Varicella zoster and fever rash surveillance in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. BMC Infectious Diseases. 19 392. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3990-7

Pauly, M., Xaydalasouk, K., Innoula, N., Snoeck, C.J., Black, A.P., Pommasichan, S., Phoutana, V. and Muller, C.P. 2019. Livestock diseases threatening smallholder farmers in Lao people's Democratic Republic. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 79 (Supplement 1) 71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.11.182

Okunade, K.S., John-Olabode, S., Akinsola, O.J., Akinajo, O., Akanmu, S.A. and Kanki, P.J. 2019. Effects of selenium supplementation on pregnancy outcome and disease progression in HIV-infected pregnant women in Lagos, Nigeria: Study protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Medicine. 98 (3) e12735. https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000012735

Sengchaleun, V., Khampanisong, P., Aye-Soukhathammavong, P., Reinharz, D. and Black, A.P. 2019. Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding vaccination among healthcare workers in Lao PDR. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 50 (2), pp. 383-391.

Pauly, Maude, Sayasinh, Kong, Muller, Claude P, Sayasone, Somphou and Black, A. 2019. High prevalence of helminth infections in mother-child pairs from three central provinces of Lao People's Democratic Republic. Parasite epidemiology and control. 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2019.e00122

Pauly, Maude, Snoeck, Chantal J, Phoutana, Vannaphone, Keosengthong, Amphone, Sausy, Aurélie, Khenkha, Latdavone, Nouanthong, Phonethipsavanh, Samountry, Bounthome, Jutavijittum, Prapan, Vilivong, Keooudomphone, Hübschen, Judith M., Black, A., Pommasichan, Sisavath and Muller, Claude P. 2019. Cross-species transmission of poultry pathogens in backyard farms: ducks as carriers of chicken viruses. Avian Pathology. 48 (6), pp. 503 - 511. https://doi.org/10.1080/03079457.2019.1628919

Garson, J.A., Usher, L., Al-Chalabi, A., Huggett, J., Day, E. and McCormick, A.L. 2019. Response to the Letter from Garcia-Montojo and colleagues concerning our paper entitled, Quantitative analysis of human endogenous retrovirus-K transcripts in postmortem premotor cortex fails to confirm elevated expression of HERV-K RNA in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 7 102. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40478-019-0756-9

Kovalevskaya, N. V., Whicher, C., Corpas, M., Shaw, R. and Nielsen, F. 2019. Simplifying access to human genomic data: community platform Repositive.io. European Journal of Human Genetics. 26 (S), p. 714. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-018-0247-7

Jassem, W., Xystrakis, E., Ghnewa, Y.G., Yuksel, M., Pop, O., Martinez-Llordella, M., Jabri, Y., Huang, X., Lozano, J.J., Quaglia, A., Sanchez-Fueyo, A., Coussios, C.C., Rela, M., Friend, P., Heaton, N. and Ma, Y. 2019. Normothermic Machine Perfusion (NMP) Inhibits Proinflammatory Responses in the Liver and Promotes Regeneration. Hepatology. 70 (2), pp. 682-695. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.30475

Carolin Lackner, Luca Quagliata, William Cross, Sebastian Ribi, Karl Heinimann, Viola Paradiso, Cristina Quintavalle, Monika Kovacova, Daniel Baumhoer, Salvatore Piscuoglio, Luigi Terracciano and Michal Kovac 2019. Convergent Evolution of Copy Number Alterations in Multi-Centric Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Scientific Reports. 9 4611. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40843-9

Ann-Marie Baker, William Cross, Kit Curtius, Ibrahim Al Bakir, Chang-Ho Ryan Choi, Hayley Louise Davis, Daniel Temko, Sujata Biswas, Pierre Martinez, Marc J. Williams, James O. Lindsay, Roger Feakins, Roser Vega, Stephen J. Hayes, Tomlinson, I., Stuart A.C. McDonald, Morgan Moorghen, Andrew Silver, James E. East, Nicholas A. Wright, Lai Mun Wang, Manuel Rodriguez-Justo, Marnix Jansen, Ailsa L. Hart, Simon J. Leedham and Trevor Graham 2019. Evolutionary history of human colitis-associated colorectal cancer. Gut. 68, pp. 985-995. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2018-316191

Chandler D. Gatenbee, Ann-Marie Baker, Ryan O. Schenck, Margarida Neves, Sara Yakub Hasan, Pierre Martinez, William C.H. Cross, Marnix Jansen, Manuel Rodriguez-Justo, Andrea Sottoriva, Simon Leedham, Mark Robertson-Tessi, Trevor A. Graham and Alexander Anderson 2019. Preprint: Niche engineering drives early passage through an immune bottleneck in progression to colorectal cancer. biorxiv.org. https://doi.org/10.1101/623959

Giulio Caravagna, Timon Heide, Marc Williams, Luis Zapata, Daniel Nichol, Ketevan Chkhaidze, William Cross, George D. Cresswell, Benjamin Werner, Ahmet Acar, Chris P. Barnes, Guido Sanguinetti, Trevor A. Graham and Andrea Sottoriva 2019. Preprint: Model-based tumor subclonal reconstruction. biorxiv.org. https://doi.org/10.1101/586560

Eszter Lakatos, Marc J. Williams, Ryan O. Schenck, William C. H. Cross, Jacob Househam, Benjamin Werner, Chandler Gatenbee, Mark Robertson-Tessi, Chris P. Barnes, Alexander R. A. Anderson, Andrea Sottoriva and Trevor A. Graham 2019. Preprint: Evolutionary dynamics of neoantigens in growing tumours. biorxiv.org. https://doi.org/10.1101/536433

Cunningham, K.P., Holden, R.G., Escribano‐Subias, P.M., Cogolludo, A., Veale, E.L. and Mathie, A. 2019. Characterization and regulation of wild‐type and mutant TASK‐1 two pore domain potassium channels indicated in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Journal of Physiology. 597 (4), pp. 1087-1101. https://doi.org/10.1113/jp277275

McIver, V.J., Mattin, L.R., Evans, G.H. and Yau, A.M.W. 2019. The effect of brisk walking in the fasted versus fed state on metabolic responses, gastrointestinal function, and appetite in healthy men. International Journal of Obesity. 43, pp. 1691-1700. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-018-0215-x

McIver, V.J., Mattin, L.R., Evans, G.H. and Yau, A.M.W. 2019. Diurnal influences of fasted and non-fasted brisk walking on gastric emptying rate, metabolic responses, and appetite in healthy males. Appetite. 143 104411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2019.104411

Faravelli, G., Raimondi, S., Marchese, L., Partridge, F.A., Soria, C., Mangione, P.P., Canetti, D., Perni, M., Aprile, F.A., Zorzoli, I., Di Schiavi, E., Lomas, D.A., Bellotti, V., Sattelle, D.B. and Giorgetti, S. 2019. C. elegans expressing D76N β2-microglobulin: a model for in vivo screening of drug candidates targeting amyloidosis. Scientific Reports. 9 19960. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56498-5

Brayson, D., Frustaci, A., Verardo, R., Chimenti, C., Russo, M.A., Hayward, R., Ahmad, S.M., Vizcay-Barrena, G., Protti, A., Zammit, P.S., dos Remedios, C.G., Ehler, E., Shah, A.M. and Shanahan, C.M. 2019. Prelamin A mediates myocardial inflammation in dilated and HIV-associated cardiomyopathies. JCI Insight. 4 (22) e126315. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.126315

Daniel Brayson, Alessandra Frigiola and James E. Clark 2019. Dynamic heart rate response to multi-day unsupported ultra-endurance cycle racing: a case report. Experimental Physiology. 104 (2), pp. 174-179. https://doi.org/10.1113/ep087341

Rhian M. Touyz, Aikaterini Anagnostopoulou, Livia L. Camargo, Francisco J. Rios and Augusto C. Montezano 2019. Vascular Biology of Superoxide-Generating NADPH Oxidase 5—Implications in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 30 (7), pp. 1027-1040. https://doi.org/10.1089/ars.2018.7583

Rhian Touyz, Aikaterini Anagnostopoulou, Francisco Rios, Augusto C. Montezano and Livia L. Camargo 2019. NOX5: Molecular biology and pathophysiology. Experimental Physiology. 104 (5), pp. 605-616. https://doi.org/10.1113/ep086204

Lange, S. and Nicholas, A.P. 2019. Special Issue: Peptidylarginine Deiminases and Protein Deimination in Health and Disease. MDPI.

Mehta, K. and Patel, V.B. 2019. Measurement of 4-Hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) Protein Adducts by ELISA. in: Hancock, J. and Conway, M.E. (ed.) Redox mediated Siganl Transduction. Methods in Molecular Biology New York Humana Press.

Safi, A., Cole, M. and Walker, N. 2019. A comparison of two widely used physical activity monitoring methods to determine physical activity rates of University employees. Public Health Institution Conference. Liverpool John Moore University 04 Jul 2018

Safi, A. 2019. The importance of engaging in regular physical activity on health and wellbeing. RESFEST Annual Conference. Birmingham City University 03 Jul 2019

Safi, A. 2019. Physical activity, health and well-being interventions in the university workplace. 14th Annual Health Conference. Birmingham City University, UK 02 Jul 2019

Safi, A., Kelly, A.L., Cole, M. and Walker, N. 2019. Promoting Physical Activity Amongst University Employees. British Psychological Society (BPS) 2019 Annual Conference. Voco St. John’s Solihull, UK 02 - 03 Dec 2019

Safi, A., Cole, M., Walker, N. and Kelly, A.L. 2019. An evaluation of physical activity levels amongst university employees. British Association Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) 2019 Annual Conference. King Power Stadium, Leicester, UK 19 - 20 Nov 2019

Safi, A. 2019. The researcher on a mission to get staff exercising in the office. Birmingham City University Press Office.

Safi, A. 2019. Blog post: Ramadan: Fitness Survival Guide. Birmingham City University.

Safi, A. 2019. How to fast responsibly during the Muslim holy month. The Independent.

Safi, A. 2019. The Conversation: Ramadan: four tips to help you eat right and stay healthy. The Conversation.

Watson, Jayne L., Sanchez-Garrido, Julia, Goddard, Philippa J., Torraca, V., Mostowy, Serge, Shenoy, Avinash R. and Clements, Abigail 2019. Shigella sonnei O-Antigen Inhibits Internalization, Vacuole Escape, and Inflammasome Activation. mBio. 10 (6) e02654-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02654-19

Vincenzo Torraca, Myrsini Kaforou, Jayne Watson, Gina M. Duggan, Hazel Guerrero-Gutierrez, Sina Krokowski, Michael Hollinshead, Thomas B. Clarke, Rafal J. Mostowy, Gillian S. Tomlinson, Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu, Abigail Clements and Serge Mostowy 2019. Shigella sonnei infection of zebrafish reveals that O-antigen mediates neutrophil tolerance and dysentery incidence. PLOS Pathogens. 15 (12) e1008006. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008006

Rougeot, Julien, Torraca, V., Zakrzewska, Ania, Kanwal, Zakia, Jansen, Hans J., Sommer, Frida, Spaink, Herman P. and Meijer, Annemarie H. 2019. RNAseq Profiling of Leukocyte Populations in Zebrafish Larvae Reveals a cxcl11 Chemokine Gene as a Marker of Macrophage Polarization During Mycobacterial Infection. Frontiers in Immunology. 10 832. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2019.00832

Annemarie Meijer and Torraca, V. 2019. CXCR4 signaling regulates metastatic onset by controlling neutrophil motility and response to malignant cells. Scientific Reports. 9 2399. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38643-2

Masud, Samrah, Prajsnar, Tomasz K., Torraca, V., Lamers, Gerda E. M., Benning, Marianne, Van der Vaart, Michiel and Meijer, Annemarie H. 2019. Macrophages target Salmonella by Lc3-associated phagocytosis in a systemic infection model. Autophagy. 15 (5), pp. 796-812. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2019.1569297

Torraca, V., Gomes, Margarida C., Sarris, Milka and Mostowy, Serge 2019. Meeting report: Zebrafish Infection and Immunity 2019. Lab Animal. 48, pp. 284-287. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41684-019-0400-0

Khalid, Q. 2019. Mechanisms into the development of fatty liver disease: role of bile acids, Betaine and MHY908. PhD thesis University of Westminster Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/v291w