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A caspase-3 'death-switch' in colorectal cancer cells for induced and synchronous tumor apoptosis in vitro and in vivo facilitates the development of minimally invasive cell death biomarkers (2013)
Journal Article
Simpson, K. L., Cawthorne, C., Zhou, C., Hodgkinson, C. L., Walker, M. J., Trapani, F., Kadirvel, M., Brown, G., Dawson, M. J., MacFarlane, M., Williams, K. J., Whetton, A. D., & Dive, C. (2013). A caspase-3 'death-switch' in colorectal cancer cells for induced and synchronous tumor apoptosis in vitro and in vivo facilitates the development of minimally invasive cell death biomarkers. Cell Death and Disease, 4(5), e613-e613. https://doi.org/10.1038/cddis.2013.137

Novel anticancer drugs targeting key apoptosis regulators have been developed and are undergoing clinical trials. Pharmacodynamic biomarkers to define the optimum dose of drug that provokes tumor apoptosis are in demand; acquisition of longitudinal t... Read More about A caspase-3 'death-switch' in colorectal cancer cells for induced and synchronous tumor apoptosis in vitro and in vivo facilitates the development of minimally invasive cell death biomarkers.

Secondary bone tumors in prostate cancer: New treatments on the horizon (2013)
Book Chapter
Sturge, J. (2013). Secondary bone tumors in prostate cancer: New treatments on the horizon. In M. Berhouma (Ed.), Bone tumors: Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment (145-175). Nova Science Publishers

Secondary bone tumors associated with the advancement of solid tumors of the prostate and other tissue sites result in the increased risk of intractable bone pain, pathological skeletal fracture and spinal-cord compression. In addition to increasing... Read More about Secondary bone tumors in prostate cancer: New treatments on the horizon.

CH-01 is a hypoxia-activated prodrug that sensitizes cells to hypoxia/reoxygenation through inhibition of Chk1 and aurora A (2013)
Journal Article
Cazares-Körner, C., Pires, I. M., Swallow, I. D., Grayer, S. C., O'Connor, L. J., Olcina, M. M., Christlieb, M., Conway, S. J., & Hammond, E. M. (2013). CH-01 is a hypoxia-activated prodrug that sensitizes cells to hypoxia/reoxygenation through inhibition of Chk1 and aurora A. ACS Chemical Biology, 8(7), 1451-1459. https://doi.org/10.1021/cb4001537

The increased resistance of hypoxic cells to all forms of cancer therapy presents a major barrier to the successful treatment of most solid tumors. Inhibition of the essential kinase Checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1) has been described as a promising cancer... Read More about CH-01 is a hypoxia-activated prodrug that sensitizes cells to hypoxia/reoxygenation through inhibition of Chk1 and aurora A.

High and low, but not intermediate, PRAME expression levels are poor prognostic markers in myelodysplastic syndrome at disease presentation (2013)
Journal Article
Liberante, F. G., Pellagatti, A., Boncheva, V., Bowen, D. T., Mills, K. I., Boultwood, J., & Guinn, B. A. (2013). High and low, but not intermediate, PRAME expression levels are poor prognostic markers in myelodysplastic syndrome at disease presentation. British journal of haematology, 162(2), 282-285. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.12352

A Missense Mutation in the Sodium Channel β2 Subunit Reveals SCN2B as a New Candidate Gene for Brugada Syndrome (2013)
Journal Article
Riuró, H., Beltran-Alvarez, P., Tarradas, A., Selga, E., Campuzano, O., Vergés, M., Pagans, S., Iglesias, A., Brugada, J., Brugada, P., Vázquez, F. M., Pérez, G. J., Scornik, F. S., & Brugada, R. (2013). A Missense Mutation in the Sodium Channel β2 Subunit Reveals SCN2B as a New Candidate Gene for Brugada Syndrome. Human Mutation, 34(7), 961-966. https://doi.org/10.1002/humu.22328

Brugada Syndrome (BrS) is a familial disease associated with sudden cardiac death. A 20%-25% of BrS patients carry genetic defects that cause loss-of-function of the voltage-gated cardiac sodium channel. Thus, 70%-75% of patients remain without a gen... Read More about A Missense Mutation in the Sodium Channel β2 Subunit Reveals SCN2B as a New Candidate Gene for Brugada Syndrome.

Photothermal colloid antibodies for shape-selective recognition and killing of microorganisms (2013)
Journal Article
Borovička, J., Metheringham, W. J., Madden, L. A., Walton, C. D., Stoyanov, S. D., & Paunov, V. N. (2013). Photothermal colloid antibodies for shape-selective recognition and killing of microorganisms. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(14), 5282-5285. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja400781f

We have developed a class of selective antimicrobial agents based on the recognition of the shape and size of the bacterial cells. These agents are anisotropic colloid particles fabricated as negative replicas of the target cells which involve templa... Read More about Photothermal colloid antibodies for shape-selective recognition and killing of microorganisms.

Megakaryocytes assemble podosomes that degrade matrix and protrude through basement membrane (2013)
Journal Article
Schachtner, H., Calaminus, S. D. J., Sinclair, A., Monypenny, J., Blundell, M. P., Leon, C., Holyoake, T. L., Thrasher, A. J., Michie, A. M., Vukovic, M., Gachet, C., Jones, G. E., Thomas, S. G., Watson, S. P., & Machesky, L. M. (2013). Megakaryocytes assemble podosomes that degrade matrix and protrude through basement membrane. Blood, 121(13), 2542-2552. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2012-07-443457

Megakaryocytes give rise to platelets via extension of proplatelet arms, which are released through the vascular sinusoids into the bloodstream. Megakaryocytes and their precursors undergo varying interactions with the extracellular environment in th... Read More about Megakaryocytes assemble podosomes that degrade matrix and protrude through basement membrane.

Parallels between embryo and cancer cell metabolism (2013)
Journal Article
Smith, D., & Sturmey, R. (2013). Parallels between embryo and cancer cell metabolism. Biochemical Society Transactions, 41(2), 664 - 669. https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20120352

A key characteristic of cancer cells is the ability to switch from a predominantly oxidative metabolism to glycolysis and the production of lactate even when oxygen is plentiful. This metabolic switch, known as the Warburg effect, was first described... Read More about Parallels between embryo and cancer cell metabolism.

The automated monocyte count is independently predictive of overall survival from diagnosis in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and of survival following first-line chemotherapy (2013)
Journal Article
Mazumdar, R., Evans, P., Culpin, R., Bailey, J., & Allsup, D. (2013). The automated monocyte count is independently predictive of overall survival from diagnosis in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and of survival following first-line chemotherapy. Leukemia Research, 37(6), 614-618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leukres.2013.02.020

We conducted an analysis of the effect of monocytosis at diagnosis of CLL on subsequent overall (OS) and treatment-free survival (TFS). Monocyte counts were performed using the Sysmex XE2100™ analyser. A monocyte count >0.91×109L-1 at the time of dia... Read More about The automated monocyte count is independently predictive of overall survival from diagnosis in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and of survival following first-line chemotherapy.

New targets for the immunotherapy of colon cancer - Does reactive disease hold the answer (2013)
Journal Article
Boncheva, V., Bonney, S. A., Brooks, S. E., Tangney, M., O'Sullivan, G., Mirnezami, A., & Guinn, B. A. (2013). New targets for the immunotherapy of colon cancer - Does reactive disease hold the answer. Cancer Gene Therapy, 20(3), 157-168. https://doi.org/10.1038/cgt.2013.5

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in both men and women, posing a serious demographic and economic burden worldwide. In the United Kingdom, CRC affects 1 in every 20 people and it is often detected once well establ... Read More about New targets for the immunotherapy of colon cancer - Does reactive disease hold the answer.