Life Sciences

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.

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

Asmita Samadder, A., Das, J., Das, S., De, A., Saha, S., Bhattacharyya, S.S. and Khuda-Bukhsh, A.R. 2013. Poly (lactic-co-glycolic) acid loaded nano-insulin has greater potentials of combating arsenic induced hyperglycemia in mice: some novel findings. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 267 (1), pp. 57-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2012.12.018

Saha, S., Sikdar, S., Mukherjee, A., Bhadra, K., Boujedaini, N. and Khuda-Bukhsh, A.R. 2013. Ethanolic extract of the Goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis, has demonstrable chemopreventive effects on HeLa cells in vitro: Drug--DNA interaction with calf thymus DNA as target. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 36 (1), pp. 202-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2013.03.023

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.

Elizabeth M. Williamson, Ava Lorenc, Anthony Booker and Nicola Robinson 2013. The rise of traditional Chinese medicine and its materia medica: A comparison of the frequency and safety of materials and species used in Europe and China. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 149 (2), pp. 453-462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2013.06.050

Maragkoudaki, X., Poston, L. and Taylor, Paul 2013. Maternal obesity results in lower energy expenditure in adult offspring when exposed to an obesogenic diet in adulthood. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 120 (9), p. e4. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.12324

Carter Rebeca, Angelina Mouralidarane, Junpei Soeda, Ray Shruva, Joaquim Pombo, Xanthi Maragkoudaki, Ruma Saraswati, Marco Novelli, Guiseppe Fusai, Lucilla Poston, Paul D. Taylor and Jude A. Oben 2013. Developmental programming in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease in mice. Pancreatology. 13 (1), pp. e7-e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pan.2012.12.024

Mouralidarane, A., Soeda, J., Visconti-Pugmire, C., Samuelsson, A.M., Pombo, J., Maragkoudaki, X., Butt, A., Saraswati, R., Novelli, M., Fusai, G., Poston, L., Taylor, P.D. and Oben, J.A. 2013. Maternal obesity programs offspring nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by innate immune dysfunction in mice. Hepatology. 58 (1), pp. 128-138. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.26248

Tam, Matthew D.B.S., Laycock, Stephen, Jayne, David, Babar, Judith and Noble, Brendon 2013. 3-D printouts of the tracheobronchial tree generated from CT images as an aid to management in a case of tracheobronchial chondromalacia caused by relapsing polychondritis. Journal of Radiology Case Reports. 7 (8), pp. 34-43. https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v7i8.1390

Jilka, Robert L., Noble, Brendon and Weinstein, Robert S. 2013. Osteocyte apoptosis. Bone. 54 (2), pp. 264-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2012.11.038

Cameron, Kate, Travers, Paul, Chander, Chaman, Buckland, Tom, Campion, Charlie and Noble, Brendon 2013. Directed osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem/precursor cells on silicate substituted calcium phosphate. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 101A (1), pp. 13-22. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.34261

Amlogu, A., Godden, K., Tewfik, I., Tewfik, S. and Wambebe, C. 2013. Public Health Nutrition Intervention Programme to Attenuate the Progression of HIV to AIDS among People Living with HIV (PLWH) in Abuja, Nigeria: A Conceptual Framework. International Journal of Food, Nutrition and Public Health. 6 (1), pp. 83-98.

Bener, A., Al Darwish, Mohammed S., Tewfik, I. and Hoffmann, Georg F. 2013. The impact of dietary and lifestyle factors on the risk of dental caries among young children in Qatar. Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association. 88 (2), pp. 67-73. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.EPX.0000430962.70261.8e

Nazila Jafari, Sarah A. Kuehne, Clare E. Bryant, Mamoun Elawad, Brendan W. Wren, Nigel P. Minton, Elaine Allan and Mona Bajaj-Elliott 2013. Clostridium difficile modulates host innate immunity via toxin-independent and dependent mechanism(s). PLoS ONE. 8 (7) e69846. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069846

Afolabi, Muhammed O., Ndure, Jorjoh, Drammeh, Abdoulie, Darboe, Fatoumatta, Mehedi, Shams-Rony, Rowland-Jones, Sarah L., Borthwick, Nicola, Black, Antony, Ambler, Gwen, John-Stewart, Grace C., Reilly, Marie, Hanke, Tomáš and Flanagan, Katie, L. 2013. A phase I randomized clinical trial of candidate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 vaccine MVA. HIVA administered to Gambian infants. PLoS ONE. 8 (10) e78289. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078289

Akinbami, A.A., Dosunmu, A.O., Adediran, A.A., Oshinaike, O.O., Osunkalu, V.O., John-olabode, S. and Arogundade, O.M. 2013. Serum ferritin levels in adults with sickle cell disease in Lagos, Nigeria. Journal of Blood Medicine. 2013:4, pp. 59-63. https://doi.org/10.2147/jbm.s42212

Adediran, Adewumi, Wright, Kikelomo, Akinbami, Akinsegun, Dosunmu, Adedoyin, Oshinaike, Olajumoke, Osikomaiya, Bodunrin and John-olabode, Sarah 2013. Prevalence of priapism and its awareness amongst male homozygous sickle cell patients in Lagos. Advances in Urology. Volume 2013 90328. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/890328

Akinbami, A.A., John-olabode, S., Rabiu, K.A., Adewunmi, A.A., Dosunmu, A.O., Adediran, A., Osunkalu, V.O., Osikomaiya, B.I. and Ismail, K.A. 2013. Hematological profile of normal pregnant women in Lagos, Nigeria. International Journal of Women’s Health. 5, pp. 227-232. https://doi.org/10.2147/ijwh.s42110

Akinbami, Akinsegun, Bode-Shojobi, Ibidun, John-olabode, Sarah, Oshinaike, Olajumoke, Adediran, Adewumi, Ojelabi, Olaitan, Ismail, Kamal and Osikomaiya, Bodunrin 2013. Prevalence of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in HIV Infected Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. World Journal of AIDS. 3 (2), pp. 105-110. https://doi.org/10.4236/wja.2013.32014

Akinbami, Akinsegun, Popoola, Abiodun, Adediran, Adewumi, Dosunmu, Adedoyin, Oshinaike, Olajumoke, Adebola, Philip and John-olabode, Sarah 2013. Full blood count pattern of pre-chemotherapy breast cancer patients in Lagos, Nigeria. Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine. 4 (1), pp. 574-579.

Olajumoke, Oshinaike, Akinsegun, Akinbami, Njideka, Okubadejo, Oluwadamilola, Ojo, Olaitan, Ojelabi, Adedoyin, Dosunmu, Adewumi, Adediran, Akinola, Dada and John-olabode, Sarah 2013. New-Onset Seizures in HIV Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy at a Tertiary Centre in South-West, Nigeria. World Journal of AIDS. 3 (2), pp. 67-70. https://doi.org/10.4236/wja.2013.32009

Kannangara, N. 2013. Sphingolipid synthases of Toxoplasma gondii and other organisms. PhD thesis Durham University Biophysical sciences

Wang, Y., Hu, Y., Chao, C., Yuksel, M., Colle, I., Flavell, R.A., Ma, Y., Yan, H. and Wen, L. 2013. Role of IRAK-M in Alcohol Induced Liver Injury. PLoS ONE. 9 (1) e57085. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057085

Majounie, E., Cross, W., Newsway, V., Dillman, A., Vandrovcova, J., Morris, C.M., Nalls, M.A., Ferrucci, E., Owen, M.J., O'Donovan, M.C., Cookson, M.R., Singleton, A.B., de Silva, R. and Morris, H.R. 2013. Variation in tau isoform expression in different brain regions and disease states. Neurobiology of Aging. 34 (7), pp. 1922.e7-1922.e12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.01.017