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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cardiovascular Consequences of Myocardial Bridging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (2022)
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Bruce, C., Ubhi, N., McKeegan, P., & Sanders, K. (2023). Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cardiovascular Consequences of Myocardial Bridging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. The American journal of cardiology, 188, P110-P119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.10.059

Myocardial bridging (MB) is a congenital variant in which a segment of a coronary artery follows an atypical intramural course under a “bridge” of myocardium and is notably common in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This systematic review and meta-... Read More about Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cardiovascular Consequences of Myocardial Bridging in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Anatomy Nights: An international public engagement event increases audience knowledge of brain anatomy (2022)
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Sanders, K. A., Philp, J. A., Jordan, C. Y., Cale, A. S., Cunningham, C. L., & Organ, J. M. (2022). Anatomy Nights: An international public engagement event increases audience knowledge of brain anatomy. PLoS ONE, 17(6 June), Article e0267550. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267550

Anatomy Nights is an international public engagement event created to bring anatomy and anatomists back to public spaces with the goal of increasing the public's understanding of their own anatomy by comparison with non-human tissues. The event consi... Read More about Anatomy Nights: An international public engagement event increases audience knowledge of brain anatomy.

A new classification system for the anatomical variations of the human circle of Willis: A systematic review (2021)
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Ayre, J. R., Bazira, P. J., Abumattar, M., Makwana, H. N., & Sanders, K. A. (2022). A new classification system for the anatomical variations of the human circle of Willis: A systematic review. Journal of anatomy, 240(6), 1187-1204. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13616

The circle of Willis (CoW) is an anastomotic arterial network located on the base of the brain. Studies have shown that it demonstrates considerable anatomical variation in humans. This systematic review aimed to identify and catalogue the described... Read More about A new classification system for the anatomical variations of the human circle of Willis: A systematic review.

Anatomical variations of the circle of Willis and their prevalence, with a focus on the posterior communicating artery: A literature review and meta-analysis (2020)
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Jones, J. D., Castanho, P., Bazira, P., & Sanders, K. (2021). Anatomical variations of the circle of Willis and their prevalence, with a focus on the posterior communicating artery: A literature review and meta-analysis. Clinical Anatomy, 34(7), 978-990. https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.23662

The circle of Willis is an anastomotic network of arteries surrounding the base of the brain, providing collateral circulation to prevent ischemia. It has, however, long been established that it exhibits considerable anatomical variation when compare... Read More about Anatomical variations of the circle of Willis and their prevalence, with a focus on the posterior communicating artery: A literature review and meta-analysis.

Clay-Based Modeling in the Anatomist's Toolkit: A Systematic Review (2020)
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Curlewis, K., Leung, B., Perera, M., Bazira, P. J., & Sanders, K. A. (2021). Clay-Based Modeling in the Anatomist's Toolkit: A Systematic Review. Anatomical Sciences Education, 14(2), 252-262. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.1996

© 2020 The Authors. Anatomical Sciences Education published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Association for Anatomy Anatomical education has suffered from reduced teaching time and poor availability of staff and resources over the past... Read More about Clay-Based Modeling in the Anatomist's Toolkit: A Systematic Review.

Genome-wide DNA methylation changes in CD19+ B cells from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients (2018)
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Maltby, V. E., Lea, R. A., Graves, M. C., Sanders, K. A., Benton, M. C., Tajouri, L., …Lechner-Scott, J. (2018). Genome-wide DNA methylation changes in CD19+ B cells from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients. Scientific reports, 8, Article 17418. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35603-0

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system. The inflammatory process in MS is driven by both T and B cells and current therapies are targeted to each of these cell types. Epigenetic mechanis... Read More about Genome-wide DNA methylation changes in CD19+ B cells from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients.

Ultra-violet body painting: A new tool in the spectrum of anatomy education (2018)
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Finn, G. M., Bazira, P. J., Bateman, J., & Sanders, K. A. (2018). Ultra-violet body painting: A new tool in the spectrum of anatomy education. European Journal of Anatomy, 22(6), 521-527

This descriptive article explores the use of ultraviolet (UV) body painting within anatomy education. Whilst the use of body painting is not new, UV paint has not previously been used within medical education. It is well documented that body painting... Read More about Ultra-violet body painting: A new tool in the spectrum of anatomy education.

DNA methylation changes in CD4+ T cells isolated from multiple sclerosis patients on dimethyl fumarate (2018)
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Maltby, V. E., Lea, R. A., Ribbons, K. A., Sanders, K. A., Kennedy, D., Min, M., …Lechner-Scott, J. (2018). DNA methylation changes in CD4+ T cells isolated from multiple sclerosis patients on dimethyl fumarate. Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical, 4(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/2055217318787826

Background: Dimethyl fumarate is an oral treatment for multiple sclerosis, whose mechanism of action is not fully understood. Objective: To investigate the effects of dimethyl fumarate on DNA methylation in the CD4+ T cells of multiple sclerosis pati... Read More about DNA methylation changes in CD4+ T cells isolated from multiple sclerosis patients on dimethyl fumarate.

Erythrocyte microRNA sequencing reveals differential expression in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (2018)
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Groen, K., Maltby, V. E., Lea, R. A., Sanders, K. A., Fink, J. L., Scott, R. J., …Lechner-Scott, J. (2018). Erythrocyte microRNA sequencing reveals differential expression in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Journal Title BMC Medical Genomics, 11(1), Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-018-0365-7

Background: There is a paucity of knowledge concerning erythrocytes in the aetiology of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) despite their potential to contribute to disease through impaired antioxidant capacity and altered haemorheological features. Several stud... Read More about Erythrocyte microRNA sequencing reveals differential expression in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

Differential methylation at MHC in CD4+ T cells is associated with multiple sclerosis independently of HLA-DRB1 (2017)
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Maltby, V. E., Lea, R. A., Sanders, K. A., White, N., Benton, M. C., Scott, R. J., & Lechner-Scott, J. (2017). Differential methylation at MHC in CD4+ T cells is associated with multiple sclerosis independently of HLA-DRB1. Clinical epigenetics, 9(1), Article 71. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-017-0371-1

Background: Although many genetic variants have been associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) risk, they do not explain all the disease risk and there remains uncertainty as to how these variants contribute to disease. DNA methylation is an epigenetic... Read More about Differential methylation at MHC in CD4+ T cells is associated with multiple sclerosis independently of HLA-DRB1.

Next-generation sequencing reveals broad down-regulation of microRNAs in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis CD4+ T cells (2016)
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Sanders, K. A., Benton, M. C., Lea, R. A., Maltby, V. E., Agland, S., Griffin, N., …Lechner-Scott, J. (2016). Next-generation sequencing reveals broad down-regulation of microRNAs in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis CD4+ T cells. Clinical epigenetics, 8(1), Article 87. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-016-0253-y

Background: Immunoactivation is less evident in secondary progressive MS (SPMS) compared to relapsing-remitting disease. MicroRNA (miRNA) expression is integral to the regulation of gene expression; determining their impact on immune-related cell fun... Read More about Next-generation sequencing reveals broad down-regulation of microRNAs in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis CD4+ T cells.

Erythrocytes in multiple sclerosis – forgotten contributors to the pathophysiology? (2016)
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Groen, K., Maltby, V. E., Sanders, K. A., Scott, R. J., Tajouri, L., & Lechner-Scott, J. (2016). Erythrocytes in multiple sclerosis – forgotten contributors to the pathophysiology?. Multiple Sclerosis Journal - Experimental, Translational and Clinical, 2, https://doi.org/10.1177/2055217316649981

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterised by lymphocytic infiltration of the central nervous system and subsequent destruction of myelin and axons. On the background of a genetic predisposition to autoimmunity, environmental trig... Read More about Erythrocytes in multiple sclerosis – forgotten contributors to the pathophysiology?.

Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling of CD8+ T cells shows a distinct epigenetic signature to CD4+ T cells in multiple sclerosis patients (2015)
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Maltby, V. E., Graves, M. C., Lea, R. A., Benton, M. C., Sanders, K. A., Tajouri, L., …Lechner-Scott, J. (2015). Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling of CD8+ T cells shows a distinct epigenetic signature to CD4+ T cells in multiple sclerosis patients. Clinical epigenetics, 7(1), Article 118. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-015-0152-7

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is thought to be a T cell-mediated autoimmune disorder. MS pathogenesis is likely due to a genetic predisposition triggered by a variety of environmental factors. Epigenetics, particularly DNA methylation, provide... Read More about Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling of CD8+ T cells shows a distinct epigenetic signature to CD4+ T cells in multiple sclerosis patients.

Polymeric nanofibrous substrates stimulate pluripotent stem cells to form three-dimensional multilayered patty-like spheroids in feeder-free culture and maintain their pluripotency (2014)
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Alamein, M. A., Wolvetang, E. J., Ovchinnikov, D. A., Stephens, S., Sanders, K., & Warnke, P. H. (2015). Polymeric nanofibrous substrates stimulate pluripotent stem cells to form three-dimensional multilayered patty-like spheroids in feeder-free culture and maintain their pluripotency. Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, 9(9), 1078-1083. https://doi.org/10.1002/term.1960

Expansion of pluripotent stem cells in defined media devoid of animal-derived feeder cells to generate multilayered three-dimensional (3D) bulk preparations or spheroids, rather than two-dimensional (2D) monolayers, is advantageous for many regenerat... Read More about Polymeric nanofibrous substrates stimulate pluripotent stem cells to form three-dimensional multilayered patty-like spheroids in feeder-free culture and maintain their pluripotency.