Life Sciences

Reddy, N.L., Jones, T.A., Wayte, S.C., Adesanya, O., Sankar, S., Yeo, Y.C., Tripathi, G., McTernan, P.G., Randeva, H.S., Kumar, S., Hutchinson, C.E. and Barber, T.M. 2014. Identification of Brown Adipose Tissue Using MR Imaging in a Human Adult With Histological and Immunohistochemical Confirmation. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 99 (1), pp. E117-E121. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2013-2036

Al-Daghri, N.M., Al-Attas, O.S., Alokail, M.S., Alkharfy, K.M., Yousef, M., Vinodson, B., Amer, O.E., Alnaami, A.M., Sabico, S., Tripathi, G., Piya, M.K., McTernan, P.G. and Chrousos, G.P. 2014. Maternal inheritance of circulating irisin in humans. Clinical Science. 126 (12), pp. 837-844. https://doi.org/10.1042/CS20130426

Adaikalakoteswari, A., Jayashri, R., Sukumar, N., Venkataraman, H., Pradeepa, R., Gokulakrishnan, K., Anjana, R., McTernan, P.G., Tripathi, G., Patel, V., Kumar, S,, Mohan, V. and Saravanan, P. 2014. Vitamin B12 deficiency is associated with adverse lipid profile in Europeans and Indians with type 2 diabetes. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 13 (1), p. 129. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-014-0129-4

Piya, M.K., Harte, A.L., Sivakumar, K., Tripathi, G., Voyias, P.D., James, S., Sabico, S., Al-Daghri, N.M., Saravanan, P., Barber, T.M., Kumar, S., Vatish, M. and McTernan, P.G. 2014. The Identification of Irisin in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid: Influence of Adiposity, Metabolic Markers and Gestational Diabetes. American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism. 306 (5), pp. E512-E518. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00308.2013

Zupančič, Š., Kocbek, P., Zariwala, M., Renshaw, D., Gul, M.O., Elsaid, Z., Taylor, K.M.G. and Somavarapu, S. 2014. Design and Development of Novel Mitochondrial Targeted. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 11 (7), pp. 2334-2345. https://doi.org/10.1021/mp500003q

Anyogu, A., Awamaria, B., Sutherland, J.P. and Ouoba, L.I.I. 2014. Molecular characterisation and antimicrobial activity of bacteria associated with submerged lactic acid cassava fermentation. Food Control. 39, pp. 119-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.11.005

Gerbault, P., Allaby, R.G., Boivin, N., Rudzinski, A., Grimaldi, I.M., Pires, J.C., Climer Vigueira, C., Dobney, K., Gremillion, K.J., Barton, L., Arroyo-Kalin, M., Purugganan, M.D., Rubio de Casas, R., Bollongino, R., Burger, J., Fuller, D.Q., Bradley, D.G., Balding, D.J., Richerson, P.J., Gilbert, M.T., Larson, G. and Thomas, M.G. 2014. Storytelling and story testing in domestication. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111 (17), pp. 6159-6164. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1400425111

Gerbault, P., Liebert, A., Swallow, D.M. and Thomas, M.G. 2014. Lactose malabsorption and nutrition. in: Lomer, M. (ed.) Advanced Nutrition and Dietetics in Gastroenterology Wiley. pp. 202-209

Granger, C.A., Pilkington, K., Draper, A. and Polley, M.J. 2014. Working with people affected by cancer – Phase 1 of a mixed methods exploration of practitioner perspectives in nutritional therapy. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 6 (5), pp. 613-614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2014.07.010

Locke, I.C. and Murray, J.F. 2014. Anatomy, embryology, and cell families. in: Orchard, G. and Nation, B. (ed.) Cell Structure & Function Oxford, UK Oxford University Press. pp. 82-110

Can, V.C., Locke, I.C. and Getting, S.J. 2014. The melanocortin receptor antagonist SHU9119 inhibits the anti-inflammatory/pro-resolving properties of a-MSH and D[TRP8]-y-MSH in lipopolysaccharide stimulated chondrocytes. Pharmacology 2014. Queen Elizabeth Centre II, London, UK 16 Dec 2014 British Pharmacological Society.

de Ferrars, R.M., Czank, C., Saha, S., Needs, P.W., Zhang, Q., Raheem, S., Botting, N.P., Kroon, P.A. and Kay, C.D. 2014. Methods for Isolating, Identifying, and Quantifying Anthocyanin Metabolites in Clinical Samples. Analytical Chemistry. 86 (20), pp. 10052-10058. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac500565a

Moykkynen, T., Coleman, S.K., Semenov, A. and Keinänen, K. 2014. The N-terminal domain modulates α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor desensitization. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289 (19), pp. 13197-13205. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M113.526301

Luchkina, N.V., Huupponen, J., Clarke, V.R., Coleman, S.K., Keinänen, K., Taira, T. and Lauri SE 2014. Developmental switch in the kinase dependency of long-term potentiation depends on expression of GluA4 subunit-containing AMPA receptors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111 (11), p. 4321–4326. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1315769111

Lange, S., Stratton, D., Kholia, S., Jorfi, S., Antwi-Baffour, S. and Inal, J. 2014. Label-free real-time acoustic sensing of microvesicle release from prostate cancer (PC3) cells using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 453 (3), p. 619–624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.09.132

Lange, S., Rocha-Ferreira, E., Thei, L., Mawjee, P., Thompson, P.R., Nicholas, A.P., Hristova, M., Peebles, D. and Raivich, G. 2014. Peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs): novel drug targets for prevention of neuronal damage following hypoxic ischemic insult (HI) in neonates. Journal of Neurochemistry. 130 (4), pp. 555-562. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.12744

Rocha-Ferreira, E., Francesch-Domenech, E., Thei, L., Rahim, A., Lange, S., Peebles, D., Hristova, M. and Raivich, G. 2014. The Role of Infection and the TNF Family of Cytokines in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury. Reproductive Sciences. 21 (3 suppl), pp. 108A-109A. https://doi.org/10.1177/1933719114528275

Elliott, B., Renshaw, D., Getting, S.J., Watt, P.W. and MacKenzie, R. 2014. Acute hypoxia alters myotube size in vitro and myostatin signalling in vivo. FASEB. San Diego Jul 2015 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.

Elliott, B., Renshaw, D., Getting, S.J., Watt, P., Howard, D. and MacKenzie, R. 2014. The role of acute hypoxia in skeletal muscle atrophy. Physiology. London 30 Jun 2014 The Physiological Society.

Dorofejeva, O., Dwek, M. and Barr, A.J. 2014. Functional Studies On Receptor-Type Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases Of The R3 Subgroup Using Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC) Assays . Pharmacology 2014. London 16 Dec 2014 British Pharmacological Society.

Howat, W.J., Lewis, A., Jones, P., Kampf, C., Pontén, F., F, van der Loos, C.M., Gray, N., Womack, C. and Warford, A. 2014. Antibody validation of immunohistochemistry for biomarker discovery: Recommendations of a consortium of academic and pharmaceutical based histopathology researchers. Methods. 70 (1), pp. 34-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2014.01.018

Warford, A., Akbar, H. and Riberio, D. 2014. Antigen retrieval, blocking, detection and visualisation systems in immunohistochemistry: A review and practical evaluation of tyramide and rolling circle amplification systems. Methods. 70 (1), p. 28–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymeth.2014.03.001

Hayes, P.M., Lawton, S.P., Smit, N.J., Gibson, W.C. and Davies, A.J. 2014. Morphological and molecular characterization of a marine fish trypanosome from South Africa, including its development in a leech vector. Parasites and Vectors. 7 (50). https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-50

Hayes, P.M., Varga, V., Olego-Fernandez, S., Sunter, J., Ginger, M.L., Gull, K. and Dr Michael Ginger 2014. Modulation of a cytoskeletal calpain-like protein induces major transitions in trypanosome morphology. Journal of Cell Biology. 206 (3), pp. 377-384. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201312067

Kwan, I., Wright, T. and Rhodes, G. 2014. The changing landscape of e-textbooks: smarter, interactive and engaging learning. Westminster Learning and Teaching Symposium. Marylebone, London

Rhodes, G. 2014. Learning by devising Assessments: How to harness the enthusiasm of our students in their own learning. Crowdsourcing in HE. Bristol Feb 2014

Barton, J., Sandercock, G., Pretty, J. and Wood, C. 2014. The effect of playground and nature-based interventions on physical activity and self-esteem in UK school children. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 25 (2), pp. 196-206. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2014.915020

Wood, C., Sandercock, G. and Barton, J. 2014. Interactions between physical activity and the environment to improve adolescent psychological wellbeing: a randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Environment and Health. 7 (2), pp. 144-155. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJENVH.2014.067359

Wood, C., Gladwell, V. and Barton, J. 2014. A repeated measures experiment of school playing environment to increase physical activity and enhance self esteem in UK school children. PLoS ONE. 9 (9) e108701. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108701

Dubey, P., Bagdadi, A., Boccaccini, A., Knowles, J., Stevens, M., Harding, S., Roy, I. and Ravi, S. 2014. Poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate): a novel natural material for cardiac tissue engineering. BHF Regenerative Medicine Centre Joint Annual and SAB meetings. Imperial College, London 31 Jul 2014

Lizarraga Valderrama, L., Percy, L. and Roy, I. 2014. Nerve tissue engineering using blends of polyhydroxyalkanoates. 8th International Conference on Polymer and Fiber Biotechnology. Braga, Portugal 25 May 2014

Roy, I. 2014. Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates and their medical applications. International Symposium on Biopolymers. Santos, Brazil 30 Sep 2014

Roy, I. and Visakh, P.M. (ed.) 2014. Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) based blends, composites and nanocomposites. London Royal Society of Chemistry.

Sukan, A., Roy, I. and Keshavarz, T. 2014. Agro-Industrial Waste Materials as Substrates for the Production of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyric Acid). Journal of Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology. 5 (4), pp. 229-240. https://doi.org/10.4236/jbnb.2014.54027

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G., Keshavarz, T. and Tron, T. 2014. Synthesis and characterisation of novel keratin-cellulose based graft composites. University of Westminster Faculty of Science and Technology Postgraduate Fair. University of Westminster, London, UK 29 Apr 2014

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G., Keshavarz, T. and Tron, T. 2014. Enzymatic grafting: A novel approach to develop multifunctional materials of interest. 8th International Conference on Energy, Materials and Nanotechnology. Florida, USA 25 Nov 2014

Kaneva, M., Kerrigan, M.J.P., Grieco, P., Curley, G.P., Locke, I.C. and Getting, S.J. 2014. Melanocortin peptides protect chondrocytes from mechanically induced cartilage injury. Biochemical Pharmacology. 92 (2), pp. 336-347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2014.08.019

Fothergill, D.P. and Chong, Nelson W. 2014. O067 STARS SiRNA knockdown altered cardiac hypertrophy associated gene expression in cardiac myoblasts and rendered cells susceptible to hydrogen peroxide induced cell death. Global Heart. 9 (1 Supp), pp. e18-e18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2014.03.1281

Rani, A., Greenlaw, R., Runglall, M., Jurcevic, S. and John, S. 2014. FRA2 is a STAT5 target gene regulated by IL-2 in human CD4 T cells. PLoS ONE. 9 (2), p. e90370. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090370

Jakubowski, J.A., Zhou, C., Jurcevic, S., Winters, K.J., Lachno, D.R., Frelinger, A.L., Gupta, N., Howard, J., Payne, C.D. and Mant, T. 2014. A phase 1 study of prasugrel in patients with sickle cell disease: effects on biomarkers of platelet activation and coagulation. Thrombosis Research. 133 (2), pp. 190-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2013.12.008