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The CD105:CD106 microparticle ratio is CD106 dominant in polycystic ovary syndrome compared to type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects (2019)
Journal Article
Al-Qaissi, A., Alqarni, S., Javed, Z., Atkin, S. L., Sathyapalan, T., Vince, R., & Madden, L. A. (2019). The CD105:CD106 microparticle ratio is CD106 dominant in polycystic ovary syndrome compared to type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects. Endocrine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-019-02059-9

© 2019, The Author(s). Background: A retrospective analysis was carried out from patients and controls during the past 5 years from a series of studies investigating endothelial microparticles (MP). Methods: In total, 319 samples from 207 individuals... Read More about The CD105:CD106 microparticle ratio is CD106 dominant in polycystic ovary syndrome compared to type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects.

Tissue iron promotes wound repair via M2 macrophage polarisation and the chemokines CCL17 and CCL22 (2019)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, H. N., Roberts, E. R., Stafford, A. R., Banyard, K. L., Matteucci, P., Mace, K. A., & Hardman, M. J. (2019). Tissue iron promotes wound repair via M2 macrophage polarisation and the chemokines CCL17 and CCL22. American Journal of Pathology, 189(11), 2196-2208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2019.07.015

Macrophages are important for effective iron recycling and erythropoiesis, but they also play a crucial role in wound healing, orchestrating tissue repair. Recently, we demonstrated a significant accumulation of iron in healing wounds and a requireme... Read More about Tissue iron promotes wound repair via M2 macrophage polarisation and the chemokines CCL17 and CCL22.

Prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation in ambulatory patients with heart failure (2019)
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Pellicori, P., Urbinati, A., Kaur, K., Zhang, J., Shah, P., Kazmi, S., Capucci, A., Cleland, J. G., & Clark, A. L. (2019). Prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation in ambulatory patients with heart failure. The American journal of cardiology, 124(10), 1554-1560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.08.018

Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) commonly co-exist. We aimed to determine the prevalence and incidence of AF in ambulatory patients with HF. HF was defined by the presence of symptoms or signs supported by objective evidence of cardiac... Read More about Prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation in ambulatory patients with heart failure.

Images depicting headache pain – a tool to aid the diagnosis of cluster headache: a pilot study (2019)
Journal Article
Buture, A., Boland, J. W., Ahmed, F., & Dikomitis, L. (2019). Images depicting headache pain – a tool to aid the diagnosis of cluster headache: a pilot study. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 12, 691-698. https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S207128

Introduction and objective: The diagnosis of primary headaches is based on the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3). Cluster headache (CH), a debilitating primary headache, is often misdiagnosed as migraine. In the absence of b... Read More about Images depicting headache pain – a tool to aid the diagnosis of cluster headache: a pilot study.

Mibefradil, a T-type Ca2+ channel blocker also blocks Orai channels by action at the extracellular surface (2019)
Journal Article
Li, P., Rubaiy, H. N., Chen, G.-L., Hallett, T., Zaibi, N., Zeng, B., Saurabh, R., & Xu, S.-Z. (2019). Mibefradil, a T-type Ca2+ channel blocker also blocks Orai channels by action at the extracellular surface. British Journal of Pharmacology, 176, 3845–3856. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.14788

Background and purpose
Mibefradil (Mib), a T‐type Ca2+ channel blocker, has been investigated for treating solid tumours. However, its underlying mechanisms are still unclear. Here we aimed to investigate the pharmacological aspect of Mib on ORAI st... Read More about Mibefradil, a T-type Ca2+ channel blocker also blocks Orai channels by action at the extracellular surface.

Guidelines for the emergency department management of traumatic brain injury : an impact assessment and development of a prognostic model to inform hospital admission decisions (2019)
Thesis
Marincowitz, C. Guidelines for the emergency department management of traumatic brain injury : an impact assessment and development of a prognostic model to inform hospital admission decisions. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222054

Background
1.4 million patients attend English and Welsh Emergency Departments (ED) annually following head injury. 95% attend with a high level of consciousness, of whom 1% have life-threatening traumatic brain injuries (TBI), whilst 7% have TBI on... Read More about Guidelines for the emergency department management of traumatic brain injury : an impact assessment and development of a prognostic model to inform hospital admission decisions.

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein in chronic heart failure: Patient characteristics, phenotypes, and mode of death (2019)
Journal Article
Pellicori, P., Zhang, J., Cuthbert, J., Urbinati, A., Shah, P., Kazmi, S., Clark, A. L., & Cleland, J. G. (2020). High-sensitivity C-reactive protein in chronic heart failure: Patient characteristics, phenotypes, and mode of death. Cardiovascular research, 116(1), 91-100. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvz198

Aims: Plasma concentrations of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) are often raised in chronic heart failure (CHF) and might indicate inflammatory processes that could be a therapeutic target. We aimed to study the associations between hsCRP,... Read More about High-sensitivity C-reactive protein in chronic heart failure: Patient characteristics, phenotypes, and mode of death.

The relationship between anthropometric measures and cardiometabolic health in shift work: findings from the Atlantic PATH Cohort Study (2019)
Journal Article
Sweeney, E., Yu, Z. M., Dummer, T. J. B., Cui, Y., DeClercq, V., Forbes, C., Grandy, S. A., Keats, M., Parker, L., & Adisesh, A. (2020). The relationship between anthropometric measures and cardiometabolic health in shift work: findings from the Atlantic PATH Cohort Study. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 93(1), 67-76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-019-01459-8

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between anthropometric measures and cardiometabolic health in shift workers compared to non-shift workers. Methods: A population health study was conducted with 4155 shift workers and 8258 non-shift workers from... Read More about The relationship between anthropometric measures and cardiometabolic health in shift work: findings from the Atlantic PATH Cohort Study.

Atherogenic lipid stress induces platelet hyperactivity through CD36-mediated hyposensitivity to prostacyclin-; the role of phosphodiesterase 3A. (2019)
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Berger, M., Raslan, Z., Aburima, A., Magwenzi, S., Wraith, K. S., Spurgeon, B. E., Hindle, M. S., Law, R., Febbraio, M., & Naseem, K. M. (2020). Atherogenic lipid stress induces platelet hyperactivity through CD36-mediated hyposensitivity to prostacyclin-; the role of phosphodiesterase 3A. Haematologica, 105(3), 808-819. https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2018.213348

©2020 Ferrata Storti Foundation Prostacyclin (PGI2) controls platelet activation and thrombosis through a cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling cascade. However, in patients with cardiovascular diseases this protective mechanism fails for r... Read More about Atherogenic lipid stress induces platelet hyperactivity through CD36-mediated hyposensitivity to prostacyclin-; the role of phosphodiesterase 3A..

“Man in the driving seat”: A grounded theory study of the psychosocial experiences of Black African and Black Caribbean men treated for prostate cancer and their partners (2019)
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Bamidele, O., McGarvey, H., Lagan, B. M., Parahoo, K., Chinegwundoh MBE, F., & McCaughan, E. (2019). “Man in the driving seat”: A grounded theory study of the psychosocial experiences of Black African and Black Caribbean men treated for prostate cancer and their partners. Psycho-oncology, 28(8), 1712-1720. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5150

Objective: Evidence suggests that treatment side‐effects of prostate cancer (CaP) substantially affect the psychosocial well‐being of affected men and their partners. However, this phenomenon is poorly understood among high risk (1 in 4) Black Africa... Read More about “Man in the driving seat”: A grounded theory study of the psychosocial experiences of Black African and Black Caribbean men treated for prostate cancer and their partners.