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Comparison of the effect of high-dose inhaled budesonide and fluticasone on adrenal function in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2012)
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Fahim, A., Faruqi, S., Wright, C. E., Kastelik, J. A., & Morice, A. H. (2012). Comparison of the effect of high-dose inhaled budesonide and fluticasone on adrenal function in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 7(3), 140-144. https://doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.98846

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of respiratory-related morbidity and mortality. Inhaled steroids are frequently used in patients with moderate to severe disease and may lead to adrenal suppression. Object... Read More about Comparison of the effect of high-dose inhaled budesonide and fluticasone on adrenal function in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Cognitive behavioural intervention for adults with anxiety complications of asthma: Prospective randomised trial (2012)
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Parry, G. D., Cooper, C. L., Moore, J. M., Yadegarfar, G., Campbell, M. J., Esmonde, L., Morice, A. H., & Hutchcroft, B. J. (2012). Cognitive behavioural intervention for adults with anxiety complications of asthma: Prospective randomised trial. Respiratory medicine, 106(6), 802-810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2012.02.006

Background: High levels of asthma-related fear and panic exacerbate asthma symptoms and complicate the management of asthma. Asthma-specific fear may be reduced by a cognitive behavioural intervention. We aimed to test if there is a reduction in asth... Read More about Cognitive behavioural intervention for adults with anxiety complications of asthma: Prospective randomised trial.

Inflammatory stimuli up-regulate transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 expression in human bronchial fibroblasts (2012)
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Sadofsky, L. R., Ramachandran, R., Crow, C., Cowen, M., Compton, S. J., & Morice, A. H. (2012). Inflammatory stimuli up-regulate transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 expression in human bronchial fibroblasts. Experimental Lung Research, 38(2), 75-81. https://doi.org/10.3109/01902148.2011.644027

Lung fibroblasts are involved in interstitial lung disease, chronic asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The expanded fibroblast population in airway disease leads to airway remodeling and contributes to the inflammatory process... Read More about Inflammatory stimuli up-regulate transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 expression in human bronchial fibroblasts.

Cough hypersensitivity syndrome is an important clinical concept: A pro/con debate (2011)
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Morice, A. H., McGarvey, L. P., & Dicpinigaitis, P. V. (2012). Cough hypersensitivity syndrome is an important clinical concept: A pro/con debate. Lung, 190(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-011-9351-y

The major etiologies of chronic cough are generally accepted to consist of upper airway cough syndrome (formerly postnasal drip syndrome), eosinophilic airway inflammation (asthma, nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis), and gastroesophageal reflux di... Read More about Cough hypersensitivity syndrome is an important clinical concept: A pro/con debate.

Chronic cough and esomeprazole: A double-blind placebo-controlled parallel study (2011)
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Faruqi, S., Molyneux, I. D., Fathi, H., Wright, C., Thompson, R., & Morice, A. H. (2011). Chronic cough and esomeprazole: A double-blind placebo-controlled parallel study. Respirology : official journal of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, 16(7), 1150-1156. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02014.x

Background and objective: Gastro-oesophageal reflux has been implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic cough. Guidelines on management suggest a therapeutic trial of anti-reflux medication. Esomeprazole is a proton pump inhibitor licensed for the lon... Read More about Chronic cough and esomeprazole: A double-blind placebo-controlled parallel study.

Palmitoylation of human proteinase-activated receptor-2 differentially regulates receptor-triggered ERK1/2 activation, calcium signalling and endocytosis (2011)
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Botham, A., Guo, X., Xiao, Y. P., Morice, A. H., Compton, S., & Sadofsky, L. R. (2011). Palmitoylation of human proteinase-activated receptor-2 differentially regulates receptor-triggered ERK1/2 activation, calcium signalling and endocytosis. Biochemical Journal, 438(2), 359-367. https://doi.org/10.1042/BJ20101958

hPAR2 (human proteinase-activated receptor-2) is a member of the novel family of proteolytically activated GPCRs (G-protein-coupled receptors) termed PARs (proteinase-activated receptors). Previous pharmacological studies have found that activation o... Read More about Palmitoylation of human proteinase-activated receptor-2 differentially regulates receptor-triggered ERK1/2 activation, calcium signalling and endocytosis.

Gastro-oesophageal reflux, eosinophilic airway inflammation and chronic cough (2011)
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Pacheco, A., Faro, V., Cobeta, I., Royuela, A., Molyneux, I., & Morice, A. H. (2011). Gastro-oesophageal reflux, eosinophilic airway inflammation and chronic cough. Respirology : official journal of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, 16(6), 994-999. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02010.x

Background and objective: Patients with eosinophilic airway inflammation (EAI) often show a therapeutic response to corticosteroids. Non-invasive methods of diagnosing EAI are potentially useful in guiding therapy, particularly in conditions such as... Read More about Gastro-oesophageal reflux, eosinophilic airway inflammation and chronic cough.

Serum LDH in chronic cough: A potential marker of airway inflammation (2011)
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Faruqi, S., Wilmot, R., Wright, C., & Morice, A. H. (2012). Serum LDH in chronic cough: A potential marker of airway inflammation. Clinical Respiratory Journal, 6(2), 81-87. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-699X.2011.00250.x

Introduction and Objectives: Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) is found in almost all tissues of the body and five different isoenzymes are known (LDH-1 to LDH-5). LDH can be elevated in many pathological conditions. We have observed serum LDH to be increa... Read More about Serum LDH in chronic cough: A potential marker of airway inflammation.

Airway reflux, cough and respiratory disease (2011)
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Molyneux, I. D., & Morice, A. H. (2011). Airway reflux, cough and respiratory disease. Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease, 2(4), 237-248. https://doi.org/10.1177/2040622311406464

It is increasingly accepted that the effects of gastro-oesophageal reflux are not limited to the gastrointestinal tract. The adjacent respiratory structures are also at risk from material ejected from the proximal oesophagus as a result of the failur... Read More about Airway reflux, cough and respiratory disease.

N-linked glycosylation regulates human proteinase-activated receptor-1 cell surface expression and disarming via neutrophil proteinases and thermolysin (2011)
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Xiao, Y. P., Morice, A. H., Compton, S. J., & Sadofsky, L. (2011). N-linked glycosylation regulates human proteinase-activated receptor-1 cell surface expression and disarming via neutrophil proteinases and thermolysin. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286(26), 22991-23002. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.204271

Proteinase-activated receptor 1 (PAR1) induces activation of platelet and vascular cells after proteolytic cleavage of its extracellular N terminus by thrombin. In pathological situations, other proteinases may be generated in the circulation and mig... Read More about N-linked glycosylation regulates human proteinase-activated receptor-1 cell surface expression and disarming via neutrophil proteinases and thermolysin.

Gastroesophageal reflux and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A prospective study (2011)
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Fahim, A., Dettmar, P. W., Morice, A. H., & Hart, S. P. (2011). Gastroesophageal reflux and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A prospective study. 00 Journal not listed, 47(4), 200-205. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47040028

Background and Objective: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. There is evidence of the increased prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease in patients with IPF. The aim of this prospec... Read More about Gastroesophageal reflux and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A prospective study.

Review article: Reflux in cough and airway disease (2011)
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Morice, A. H. (2011). Review article: Reflux in cough and airway disease. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 33(SUPPL. 1), 48-52. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.4581.x

Chronic cough was previously thought to be attributed to three main aetiologies; asthma, reflux and postnasal drip. There is little to differentiate these three different diagnoses in the patients with chronic cough in terms of histology, cytokine pr... Read More about Review article: Reflux in cough and airway disease.

Relationship Between Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux and Airway Diseases: The Airway Reflux Paradigm (2011)
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Pacheco-Galván, A., Hart, S. P., & Morice, A. H. (2011). Relationship Between Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux and Airway Diseases: The Airway Reflux Paradigm. Archivos de Bronconeumología, 47(4), 195-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1579-2129%2811%2970046-5

Our understanding of the relationship between gastro-oesophageal reflux and respiratory disease has recently undergone important changes. The previous paradigm of airway reflux as synonymous with the classic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) c... Read More about Relationship Between Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux and Airway Diseases: The Airway Reflux Paradigm.

Cough hypersensitivity syndrome: A distinct clinical entity (2010)
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Morice, A. H., Faruqi, S., Wright, C. E., Thompson, R., & Bland, J. M. (2011). Cough hypersensitivity syndrome: A distinct clinical entity. Lung, 189(1), 73-79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-010-9272-1

We postulate that most patients with chronic cough have a single discrete clinical entity: Cough Hypersensitivity Syndrome. We constructed a questionnaire that elicits the major components of the syndrome. Here we describe the validation of this ques... Read More about Cough hypersensitivity syndrome: A distinct clinical entity.

TRPA1 is activated by direct addition of cysteine residues to the N-hydroxysuccinyl esters of acrylic and cinnamic acids (2010)
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Sadofsky, L. R., Boa, A. N., Maher, S. A., Birrell, M. A., Belvisi, M. G., & Morice, A. H. (2011). TRPA1 is activated by direct addition of cysteine residues to the N-hydroxysuccinyl esters of acrylic and cinnamic acids. Pharmacological research : the official journal of the Italian Pharmacological Society, 63(1), 30-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2010.11.004

The nociceptor TRPA1 is thought to be activated through covalent modification of specific cysteine residues on the N terminal of the channel. The precise mechanism of covalent modification with unsaturated carbonyl-containing compounds is unclear, th... Read More about TRPA1 is activated by direct addition of cysteine residues to the N-hydroxysuccinyl esters of acrylic and cinnamic acids.

Quantifying chronic cough: Objective versus subjective measurements (2010)
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Faruqi, S., Thompson, R., Wright, C., Sheedy, W., & Morice, A. H. (2011). Quantifying chronic cough: Objective versus subjective measurements. Respirology : official journal of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, 16(2), 314-320. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1843.2010.01893.x

Background and objective: The assessment of chronic cough has been improved by the development of objective ambulatory cough monitoring systems and subjective quality of life questionnaires. Experimental induction of cough is a useful tool in the ass... Read More about Quantifying chronic cough: Objective versus subjective measurements.