Life Sciences

Roffet-Salque, M., Regert, M., Evershed, R.P., Outram, A.K., Cramp, L.J., Decavallas, O., Dunne, J., Gerbault, P., Mileto, S., Mirabaud, S., Paakkonen, M., Smyth, J., Soberl, L., Whelton, H.L., Alday-Ruiz, A., Asplund, H., Bartkowiak, M., Bayer-Niemeier, E., Belhouchet, L., Bernardini, F., Budja, M., Cooney, G., Cubas, M., Danaher, E.M., Diniz, M., Domboroczki, L., Fabbri, C., Gonzalez-Urquijo, J.E., Guilaine, J., Hachi, S., Hartwell, B.N., Hofmann, D., Hohle, I., Ibanez, J.J., Karul, N., Kherbouche, F., Kiely, J., Kotsakis, K., Lueth, F., Mallory, J.P., Manen, C., Marciniak, A., Maurice-Chabard, B., Mc Gonigle, M.A., Mulazzani, S., Ozdogan, M., Peric, O.S., Peric, S.R., Petrasch, J., Petrequin, A.M., Petrequin, P., Poensgen, U., Pollard, C.J., Poplin, F., Radi, G., Stadler, P., Stauble, H., Tasic, N., Urem-Kotsou, D., Vukovic, J.B., Walsh, F., Whittle, A., Wolfram, S., Zapata-Pena, L. and Zoughlami, J. 2015. Widespread exploitation of the honeybee by early Neolithic farmers. Nature. 527 (7577), pp. 226-230. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature15757

Gerbault, P. and Thomas, M.G. 2015. Human evolutionary genetics. in: International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences (second edition) Elsevier. pp. 289-296

Granger, C.A., Pilkington, K., Draper, A. and Polley, M.J. 2015. Barriers to working with people affected by cancer: Preliminary qualitative data from a mixed methods exploration of practitioner perspectives in nutritional therapy. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 7 (6), p. 681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2015.07.009

Elliott, B. 2015. The role of acute ambient hypoxia in the regulation of myostatin. PhD thesis University of Westminster Biomedical Sciences https://doi.org/10.34737/9ww8v

Bailey, I., Ferrier, C. and Smith, C.L. 2015. Curriculum and beyond: Mathematics support for first year life science students. CETL-MSOR Conference 2015. University of Greenwich 08 Sep 2015 The Sigma Network.

Jurcevic, S., Humfrey, C., Uddin, M., Warrington, S., Larsson, B. and Keen, C. 2015. The effect of a selective CXCR2 antagonist (AZD5069) on human blood neutrophil count and innate immune functions. Br J Clin Pharmacol. . 80 (6), pp. 1324-36. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.12724

Can, V.C., Locke, I.C. and Getting, S.J. 2015. The effect of melanocortin peptides on Interleukin 1-beta induced chondrocyte cell death and inflammation. Physiology 2015 . Cardiff, UK. 08 Jul 2015

Lawrence, K.M., Jackson, T.R, Jamieson, D., Stevens, A., Owens, G., Sayan, B.S, Locke, I.C. and Townsend, P.A. 2015. Urocortin – From Parkinson’s disease to the skeleton. International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 30, pp. 130-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2014.12.005

di Gesso, J.L., Kerr, J.S., Zhang, Q., Raheem, S., Yalamanchili, S.K., O’Hagan, D., Kay, C.D. and O'Connell, M.A. 2015. Flavonoid metabolites reduce tumor necrosis factor-α secretion to a greater extent than their precursor compounds in human THP-1 monocytes. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 59 (6), pp. 1143-1154. https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201400799

Amin, H.P., Czank, C., Raheem, S., Zhang, Q., Botting, N.P., Cassidy, A. and Kay, C.D. 2015. Anthocyanins and their physiologically relevant metabolites alter the expression of IL-6 and VCAM-1 in CD40L and oxidized LDL challenged vascular endothelial cells. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 59 (6), pp. 1095-1106. https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201400803

Lange, S., Stratton, D., Moore, C., Inal, J., Zheng, L. and Li, Z. 2015. Prostate cancer cells stimulated by calcium-mediated activation of protein kinase C undergo a refractory period before re-releasing calcium-bearing microvesicles. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 460 (3), pp. 511-517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.03.061

Lange, S., Stratton, D., Moore, C., Antwi-Baffour, S. and Inal, J. 2015. Microvesicles released constitutively from prostate cancer cells differ biochemically and functionally to stimulated microvesicles released through sublytic C5b-9. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 460 (3), p. 589–595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.03.074

Romani, A., Antille, N., Mercer, A., Dynes, J.A., Falk, J., Gevaert, M., Gonzalo, J.K., Kali, S., Kanari, L., Migliore, M., Lange, S., Muller, E.B., Ramaswamy, S., Reimann, M., Riquelme, R.J.L., Rössert, C.A., Shi, Y., Telefont, M., Van Geit, W.A.H., Markram, H., Thomson, A. and W.A.H. Van Geit 2015. Data-driven Hippocampus CA1 Modeling in the Human Brain Project. Neuroscience 2015. Chicago 17 Oct 2015 Society for Neuroscience.

Elliott, B. and Sukan, A. 2015. Wearable technology in academia: the use of Google Glass in the life sciences. Compass: Journal of Learning & Teaching . 6 (10).

Warford, A. and Madgwick, A. 2015. Digestive system. in: Orchard, G. and Nation, B. (ed.) Cell Structure and Function Oxford UK Oxford University Press. pp. 220-245

Can, V.C., Locke, I.C. and Getting, S.J. 2015. The effect of melanocortin peptides on Interleukin 1-beta induced chondrocyte cell death and inflammation. Physiology 2015. Cardiff Jun 2015

Kholia, S., Jorfi, S., Thompson, P.R., Causey, C.P., Nicholas, A.P., Inal, J. and Lange, S. 2015. A novel role for peptidylarginine deiminases in microvesicle release reveals therapeutic potential of PAD inhibition in sensitizing prostate cancer cells to chemotherapy. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 4 (1) 26192. https://doi.org/10.3402/jev.v4.26192

Jorfi, S., Ansa-Addo, E.A., Kholia, S., Stratton, D., Valley, S., Lange, S. and Inal, J. 2015. Inhibition of microvesiculation sensitizes prostate cancer cells to chemotherapy and reduces docetaxel dose required to limit tumor growth in vivo. Scientific Reports. 5 (13006) 13006. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep13006

Tsertsvadze, T., Mitskevich, N., Ghirdaladze, D. and Porakishvili, N. 2015. Correlation between the expression of CD32 and CD180 receptors on CLL cells and MEC1 cell line. Georgian Medical News. 3 (240), pp. 56-59.

Porakishvili, N., Vispute, K., Rajakaruna, N., Kulikova, N., Tsertsvadze, T., Nathwani, A., Damle, R.N., Clark, E.A., Rai, K.R., Chiorazzi, N. and Lydyard, P.M. 2015. Rewiring of sIgM-mediated intracellular signaling through theCD180 Toll-like receptor. Molecular Medicine. 21, pp. 46-57. https://doi.org/10.2119/molmed.2014.00265

RESULTS, U.K., Concern Worldwide, University of Westminster and Keith, R. 2015. What works for Nutrition? Stories of success from Vietnam, Uganda and Kenya. London, UK Results UK.

Sutherland, K.A., Goodall, R.L., McCormick, A.L., Kapaata, A., Lyagoba, F., Kaleebu, P., Thiltgen, G., Gilks, C.F., Spyer, M., Kityo, C., Pillay, D., Dunn, D. and Gupta, R.K. 2015. Gag-Protease Sequence Evolution Following Protease Inhibitor Monotherapy Treatment Failure in HIV-1 Viruses Circulating in East Africa. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 31 (10), pp. 1032-1037. https://doi.org/10.1089/aid.2015.0138

Sutherland, K.A., Parry, C.M., McCormick, A.L., Kapaata, A., Lyagoba, F., Kaleebu, P., Gilks, C.F., Goodall, R., Spyer, M., Kityo, C., Pillay, D., Gupta, R.K. and DART Virology Group 2015. Evidence for Reduced Drug Susceptibility without Emergence of Major Protease Mutations following Protease Inhibitor Monotherapy Failure in the SARA Trial. PLoS ONE. 10 (9) e0137834. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137834

Calisti, G., Tavares, A., Macartney, M.J., McCormick, A.L., Labbett, W., Jacobs, M., Dusheiko, G., Rosenberg, W.M. and Haque, T. 2015. IL28B genotype predicts response to chronic hepatitis C triple therapy with telaprevir or boceprevir in treatment naïve and treatment-experienced patients other than prior partial- and null-responders. SpringerPlus. 4 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-1137-x

McCormick, A.L., Macartney, M.J., Abdi-Abshir, I., Labbett, W., Smith, C., Irish, D., Webster, D.P. and Haque, T. 2015. Evaluation of sequencing of HCV core/E1, NS5A and NS5B as a genotype predictive tool in comparison with commercial assays targeting 5′UTR. Journal of Clinical Virology. 66 (May), pp. 56-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2015.03.006

Chung, E., Ferns, R.B., He, M., Rigatti, R., Grant, P., McCormick, A.L., Bhagani, S., Webster, D.P., Nastouli, E. and Waters, L.J. 2015. Ultra-deep sequencing provides insights into the virology of hepatitis C super-infections in a case of three sequential infections with different genotypes. Journal of Clinical Virology. 70 (Sept), pp. 63-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2015.06.105

Moralli, D., Nudel, R., Chan, M.T.M., Green, C.M., Volpi, E., Benítez-Burraco, A., Newbury, D.F. and García-Bellido, P. 2015. Language impairment in a case of a complex chromosomal rearrangement with a breakpoint downstream of FOXP2 . Molecular Cytogenetics. 8 36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13039-015-0148-1

Murphy, J.J. 2015. Evidence for targeting of CD38 mRNA by the post-transcriptional regulator protein ZFP36L1. 4th European Congress of Immunology. Vienna 08 Sep 2015

Rani, A., Greenlaw, R., Galustian, C. and Murphy, J.J. 2015. The Notch target Hes1, is a STAT5 target gene with implications in cancer. 2015 Meeting of the ICIS in Bamberg, Germany, October 11th -14th. Bamberg, Germany Oct 2015 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2015.08.214

Elliott, B., Simonson, T.S., Getting, S.J., Renshaw, D., Wagner Peter, D. and MacKenzie, R. 2015. Acute hypoxia reduces plasma myostatin independent of hypoxic dose. 8th International Conference on Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle Wasting. Paris 04 - 06 Dec 2015 The Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders.

Kabir, M.S., Clements, M.O., Atkins, M. and Kimmitt, P.T. 2015. Application of RT-Bst to enhance detection of pathogenic viruses of the respiratory tract. British Journal of Biomedical Science. 72 (3), pp. 128-134.

Kimmitt, P.T. and Redway, K. 2015. Comparison of virus dispersal and aerosolization by different hand-drying devices. European Public Health Conference. Milan 14 Oct 2015

Wood, C. and Hall, K. 2015. Physical Education or Playtime: which is more effective at promoting physical activity in primary school children? BMC Research Notes. 8 (12). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-0979-1

Ferrier, C. 2015. The Workplace Simulation Project. IBMS Congress 2015. ICC Birmingham 28 Sep 2015

Thomas, E.L. and Bell, J.D. 2015. Body fat MRS. eMagRes. 4 (3), pp. 663-672. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1478

Wood, C., Pretty, J. and Griffin, M. 2015. A case-control study of the health and wellbeing benefits of allotment gardening. Journal of Public Health. 38 (3), pp. e336-e344. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdv146

Guess, N.D., Dornhorst, A., Oliver, N., Bell, J.D., Thomas, E.L. and Frost, G.S. 2015. A randomized controlled trial: the effect of inulin on weight management and ectopic fat in subjects with prediabetes. Nutrition & Metabolism. 12 (36). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12986-015-0033-2

Keshtgar, M., Robertson, C.E. and Dwek, M. Keshtgar, M. (ed.) 2015. The Breast Cancer Cookbook. London Quadrille.

Borga, M., Thomas, E.L., Romu, T., Rosander, J., Fitzpatrick, J., Leinhard, O.D., Bell, J.D. and Borger Magnus 2015. Validation of a fast method for quantification of intra-abdominal and subcutaneous adipose tissue for large-scale human studies. NMR in Biomedicine. 28 (12), pp. 1747-1753. https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.3432

Cuthbertson, D.J., Shojaee-Moradie, F., Sprung, V.S., Jones, H., Pugh, C.J., Richardson, P., Kemp, G.J., Barrett, M., Jackson, N.C., Thomas, E.L., Bell, J.D. and Umpleby, A.M. 2015. Dissociation between exercise-induced reduction in liver fat and changes in hepatic and peripheral glucose homeostasis in obese patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Clinical Science. 130 (2), pp. 93-104. https://doi.org/10.1042/CS20150447