Life Sciences

Zorzela, L., Golder, S., Liu, Y., Pilkington, K., Hartling, L., Joffe, A., Loke, Y. and Vohra, S. 2014. Quality of reporting in systematic reviews of adverse events: systematic review. British Medical Journal. 348, p. f7668. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f7668

Opoku-Okrah, C., Gordge, M.P., Kweku Nakua, E., Abgenyega, T., Parry, M., Robertson, C.E. and Smith, C.L. 2014. An investigation of the protective effect of alpha+-thalassaemia against severe Plasmodium falciparum amongst children in Kumasi, Ghana. International Journal of Laboratory Haematology. 36 (1), pp. 62-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijlh.12122

Fernando, E., Keshavarz, T. and Kyazze, G. 2014. Complete degradation of the azo dye Acid Orange-7 and bioelectricity generation in an integrated microbial fuel cell, aerobic two-stage bioreactor system in continuous flow mode at ambient temperature. Bioresource Technology. 156, pp. 155-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.01.036

Adelaja, O., Keshavarz, T. and Kyazze, G. 2014. Enhanced biodegradation of phenanthrene using different inoculum types in a microbial fuel cell. Engineering in Life Sciences. 14 (2), pp. 218-228. https://doi.org/10.1002/elsc.201300089

Safari, M., Amache, R., Esmaeilishirazifard, E. and Keshavarz, T. 2014. Microbial metabolism of quorum-sensing molecules acyl-homoserine lactones, γ-heptalactone and other lactones. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 98 (8), pp. 3401-3412. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-014-5518-9

Frost, G.S., Sleeth Michelle, L., Sahuri-Arisoylu, Meliz, Lizarbe, Blanca, Cerdan, Sebastian, Brody, Leigh, Anastasovska, J., Ghourab, Samar, Hankir, M., Zhang Shuai, Carling, David, Swann, Jonathan, Gibson, G.R., Viardot, A., Morrison, Douglas, Thomas, E.L. and Bell, J.D. 2014. The short-chain fatty acid acetate reduces appetite via a central homeostatic mechanism. Nature Communications. 5 3611. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4611

Fernando, E., Keshavarz, T. and Kyazze, G. 2014. External resistance as a potential tool for influencing azo dye reductive decolourisation kinetics in microbial fuel cells. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 89, pp. 7-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2013.12.011

Gale, C., Thomas, E.L., Jeffries, Suzan, Durighel, G., Logan, Karen M., Parkinson, J.R.C., Uthaya, S.N., Santhakumaran, S., Bell, J.D. and Modi, N. 2014. Adiposity and hepatic lipid in healthy full-term, breastfed, and formula-fed human infants: a prospective short-term longitudinal cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutition. 99 (5), pp. 1034-1040. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.113.080200

Brock, C., Whitehouse, J., Tewfik, I. and Towell, A. 2014. American skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora): a randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study of its effects on mood in healthy volunteers. Phytotherapy Research. 28 (5), pp. 692-698. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.5044

Scholtz, S., Miras, A.D., Chhina, N., Prechtl, C.G., Sleeth Michelle, L., Daud Norlida, M., Ismail Nurhafzan, Durighel, G., Ahmed, A.R., Olbers, T., Vincent, R.P., Alaghband-Zadeh, J., Ghatei, M.A., Waldman, A.D., Frost, G.S., Bell, J.D., le Roux, C.W. and Goldstone, A.P. 2014. Obese patients after gastric bypass surgery have lower brain-hedonic responses to food than after gastric banding. Gut. 63 (6), pp. 891-902. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2013-305008

Koivula, R.W., Heggie, A., Barnett, A., Cederberg, H., Hansen, T.H., Koopman, A.D., Ridderstråle, M., Rutters, F., Vestergaard, H., Gupta, R., Herrgård, S., Heymans, M.W., Perry, M.H., Rauh, S., Siloaho, M., Teare, H.J.A., Thorand, B., Bell, J.D., Brunak, S., Frost, G.S., Jablonka, B., Mari, A., McDonald, T.J., Dekker, J.M., Hansen, T., Hattersley, A., Laakso, M., Pedersen, O., Koivisto, V., Ruetten, H., Walker, M., Pearson, E. and Franks, P.W. 2014. Discovery of biomarkers for glycaemic deterioration before and after the onset of type 2 diabetes: rationale and design of the epidemiological studies within the IMI DIRECT Consortium. Diabetologia. 57 (6), pp. 1132-1142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-014-3216-x

Goldstone, A.P., Prechtl, C.G., Scholtz, S., Miras, A.D., Chhina, N., Durighel, G., Deliran, S.S., Beckmann, C., Ghatei, M.A., Ashby, D.R., Waldman, A.D., Gaylinn, B.D., Thorner, M.O., Frost, G.S., Bloom, S.R. and Bell, J.D. 2014. Ghrelin mimics fasting to enhance human hedonic, orbitofrontal cortex, and hippocampal responses to food. American Journal of Clinical Nutition. 99 (6), pp. 1319-1330. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.113.075291

Daud Norlida, M., Ismail Nurhafzan, Thomas, E.L., Fitzpatrick, J., Swann Jonathan, Costabile, A., Pedersen, C., Frost, G.S., Bell, J.D., Childs, C.E. and Goldstone, A.P. 2014. The impact of oligofructose on stimulation of gut hormones, appetite regulation and adiposity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 22 (6), pp. 1430-1438. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.20754

Conway, M.E., El Hindy, M., Hezwani, M., Hull, J., Corry, D., Mansbridge, A., Hassler, M., Patel, V., Kehoe, P.G., Love, S., Harris, M., Forshaw, T., Lee, C.S., El Amraoui, F. and Wilson, A. 2014. The branched-chain aminotransferase proteins: novel redox chaperones for protein disulfide isomerase: implications in Alzheimer’s disease. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 20 (16), pp. 2497-2513. https://doi.org/10.1089/ars.2012.4869

Kiss, T., Borsody, P., Terstyanszky, G., Winter, S., Greenwell, P., McEldowney, S. and Heindl, H. 2014. Large-scale virtual screening experiments on Windows Azure-based cloud resources. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience. 26 (10), pp. 1760-1770. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpe.3113

Chilumuri, A., Markiv, A. and Milton, N.G.N. 2014. Immunocytochemical staining of endogenous nuclear proteins with the HIS-1 anti-poly-histidine monoclonal antibody: a potential source of error in His-tagged protein detection. Acta Histochemica. 116 (6), pp. 1022-1028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acthis.2014.04.006

Adelaja, O., Kyazze, G. and Keshavarz, T. 2014. Effect of hydraulic retention time on the performance of a novel tubular MFC fed with petroleum hydrocarbons. New Biotechnology. 31, p. S98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2014.05.1845

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G., Tron, T. and Keshavarz, T. 2014. A preliminary study on the development and characterisation of enzymatically grafted P(3HB)-ethyl cellulose based novel composites. Cellulose. 21 (5), pp. 3613-3621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-014-0337-9

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G., Tron, T. and Keshavarz, T. 2014. Laccase-assisted grafting of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) onto the bacterial cellulose as backbone polymer: development and characterisation. Carbohydrate Polymers. 113, pp. 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.07.003

Granger, C.A., Polley, M.J., Pilkington, K. and Draper, A. 2013. Understanding the professional characteristics, needs and experience of nutritional therapy practitioners working with cancer patients. European Journal of Integrative Medicine. 5 (6), p. 579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eujim.2013.08.018

Pilkington, K. 2013. Acupuncture therapy for psychiatric illness. International Review of Neurobiology. 111, pp. 197-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-411545-3.00010-9

Naufahu, J., Cunliffe, A. and Murray, J.F. 2013. The roles of melanin-concentrating hormone in energy balance and reproductive function: are they connected? Reproduction. 146, pp. R141-R150. https://doi.org/10.1530/REP-12-0385

Mourino, V., Cattalini, J.P., Roether, J.A., Dubey, P., Roy, I. and Boccaccini, A.R. 2013. Composite polymer-bioceramic scaffolds with drug delivery capability for bone tissue engineering. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 10 (10), pp. 1353-1365. https://doi.org/10.1517/17425247.2013.808183

Reffatti, P., Roy, I., Odell, M. and Keshavarz, T. 2013. Evidence for the involvement of intracellular Ca 2+ ions in the elicitation mechanism of Bacillus Licheniformis. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology. OnlineFirst. https://doi.org/10.1159/000351515

Miura, K., Stamler, J., Brown, I.J., Ueshima, H., Nakagawa, H., Sakurai, M., Chan, Q., Appel, L.J., Okayama, A., Okuda, N., Curb, J.D., Rodriguez, B.L., Robertson, C.E., Zhao, L. and Elliott, P. 2013. Relationship of dietary monounsaturated fatty acids to blood pressure: the international study of macro/micronutrients and blood pressure. Journal of Hypertension. 31 (6), pp. 1144-1150. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283604016

Green, J. and Kalisch, A. 2013. Milk thistle (Silybum marianum). Concerted Action for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Assessment in the Cancer Field (CAM-Cancer).

Draper, A., Adamson, A.J., Clegg, S., Malam, S., Rigg, M. and Duncan, S. 2013. Front-of-pack nutrition labelling: are multiple formats a problem for consumers? European Journal of Public Health. 23 (3), pp. 517-521. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckr144

Brock, C., Whitehouse, J., Tewfik, I. and Towell, A. 2013. Identity issues surrounding American skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora) and an optimised high performance liquid chromatography method to authenticate commercially available products. Journal of Herbal Medicine. 3 (2), pp. 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hermed.2013.02.001

Iqbal, H.M.N., Kyazze, G. and Keshavarz, T. 2013. Advances in the valorization of lignocellulosic materials by biotechnology: an overview. BioResources. 8 (2), pp. 3157-3176. https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.8.2.3157-3176

Gillespie, S., Milton, N.G.N., Ashioti, M. and Gavins, F.N.E. 2013. Sulforaphane alters cerebral leukocyte endothelial cell interactions post global ischaemia reperfusion. FASEB Journal. 27, p. 687.18.

Hewitt, G., Draper, A. and Ismail, S. 2013. Using participatory approaches with older people in a residential home in Guyana: challenges and tensions. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 28 (1), pp. 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-012-9182-1

Cuesta-Vargas, A.I., Férnandez-Lao, C., Cantarero-Villanueva, I., Castro-Sánchez, A.M., Fernández-de-Las Peñas, C., Polley, M.J. and Arroyo-Morales, M. 2013. Psychometric properties of the QuickPIPER: a shortened version of the PIPER Fatigue scale. European Journal of Cancer Care. 22 (2), pp. 245-252. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12022

Kourtesi, C., Ball, A.R., Huang, Y.-Y., Jachak, S.M., Vera, D.M.A., Khondkar, P., Gibbons, S., Hamblin, M.R. and Tegos, G.P. 2013. Microbial efflux systems and inhibitors: Approaches to drug discovery and the challenge of clinical implementation. Open Microbiology Journal. 7. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874285801307010034

Khatoon, M., Islam, E., Islam, R., Rahman, A.A., Alam, A.H.M.K., Khondkar, P., Rashid, M. and Parvin, S. 2013. Estimation of total phenol and in vitro antioxidant activity of Albizia procera leaves. BMC Research Notes. 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-121

Mohamed-Ahmed, A.H.A., Ginn, C., Croft, S.L. and Brocchini, S. 2013. Anti-infectives. in: Ijeoma F. Uchegbu, Andreas G. Schätzlein, Woei Ping Cheng and Aikaterini Lalatsa (ed.) Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience Springer Nature. pp. 429-464

Mohamed-Ahmed, A.H.A., Les, K.A., Croft, S.L. and Brocchini, S. 2013. Preparation and characterisation of amphotericin B-copolymer complex for the treatment of leishmaniasis. Polymer Chemistry. 4, pp. 584-591. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2py20425h

Les, K.A., Mohamed-Ahmed, A.H.A., Balan, S., Choi, J.-W., Martin, D., Yardley, V., Powell, K., Godwin, A. and Brocchini, S. 2013. Poly(methacrylic acid) complexation of amphotericin B to treat neglected diseases. Polymer Chemistry. 5, pp. 1037-1048. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3py01051a

Mohamed-Ahmed, A.H.A., Brocchini, S., Ginn, C. and Croft, S.L. 2013. Anti-infectives. in: Ijeoma F. Uchegbu,, Andreas G. Schätzlein, Woei Ping Cheng and Aikaterini Lalatsa (ed.) Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience Springer Nature. pp. 429-464

Mohamed-Ahmed, A.H.A., Seifert, K., Yardley, V., Burrell-Saward, H., Brocchini, S. and Croft, S.L. 2013. Antileishmanial activity, uptake, and biodistribution of an amphotericin B and poly(α-glutamic acid) complex. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 57 (10), pp. 4608-4614. https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.02343-12

Washi, S., Al Dhahiri, A., Platat, C., Ali, H., Masuadi, E., Jarar, A., Helou, F. and Tewfik, I. 2013. Methods of Measuring Overweight and Obesity, Among 6-9 Years School Children in ALAIN CITY, UAE. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 63 (Supplement 1), pp. 69-70.