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Impact of COVID-19 on vascular patients worldwide: analysis of the COVIDSurg data (2021)
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Hitchman, L., & Machin, M. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on vascular patients worldwide: analysis of the COVIDSurg data. Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 62(6), 558-70. https://doi.org/10.23736/S0021-9509.21.12024-5

BACKGROUND: The COVIDSurg collaborative was an international multicenter prospective analysis of perioperative data from 235 hospitals in 24 countries. it found that perioperative COVID-19 infection was associated with a mortality rate of 24%. at the... Read More about Impact of COVID-19 on vascular patients worldwide: analysis of the COVIDSurg data.

The use of perioperative prophylactic antibiotics following excision of ulcerated skin lesions in the UK – A national, multi-speciality survey of clinicians (2021)
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Totty, J., Matin, R., Wernham, A., Ray, R., Thomas-Jones, E., & Abbott, R. (in press). The use of perioperative prophylactic antibiotics following excision of ulcerated skin lesions in the UK – A national, multi-speciality survey of clinicians. Clinical and experimental dermatology, https://doi.org/10.1111/ced.15075

Skin cancer is the most common malignancy in the UK, and up to a third of lesions are ulcerated at the time of excision. Ulceration has been shown to increase the risk of developing surgical site infection post-excision, with some studies finding inf... Read More about The use of perioperative prophylactic antibiotics following excision of ulcerated skin lesions in the UK – A national, multi-speciality survey of clinicians.

Impact of pharmacological interventions on anthropometric indices in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomised controlled trials (2021)
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Abdalla, M. A., Shah, N., Deshmukh, H., Sahebkar, A., Östlundh, L., Al‐Rifai, R. H., …Sathyapalan, T. (in press). Impact of pharmacological interventions on anthropometric indices in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomised controlled trials. Clinical Endocrinology, https://doi.org/10.1111/cen.14663

Context: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous condition affecting women of reproductive age and is associated with increased body weight. Objective: To review the literature on the effect of different pharmacological interventions on t... Read More about Impact of pharmacological interventions on anthropometric indices in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Genetic risk for the polycystic ovary syndrome, bone mineral density and fractures in women and men: A UK Biobank Mendelian randomisation study (2021)
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Deshmukh, H., Shah, N., Papageorgiou, M., Abdalla, M. A., Lhaf, F., Aye, M., & Sathyapalan, T. (2022). Genetic risk for the polycystic ovary syndrome, bone mineral density and fractures in women and men: A UK Biobank Mendelian randomisation study. Bone, 155, Article 116285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2021.116285

Introduction: There is conflicting data on the effect of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) on bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture risk. Recent genetic data suggest that men may also carry genetic risk factors for PCOS; the associations of these fa... Read More about Genetic risk for the polycystic ovary syndrome, bone mineral density and fractures in women and men: A UK Biobank Mendelian randomisation study.

Potential Biomarkers to Predict Acute Ischemic Stroke in Type 2 Diabetes (2021)
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Moin, A. S. M., Nandakumar, M., Al-Qaissi, A., Sathyapalan, T., Atkin, S. L., & Butler, A. E. (2021). Potential Biomarkers to Predict Acute Ischemic Stroke in Type 2 Diabetes. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8, Article 744459. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2021.744459

Background and Purpose: Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), encompassing myocardial infarction, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease. We hypothesized that those biomarkers indicative of acute is... Read More about Potential Biomarkers to Predict Acute Ischemic Stroke in Type 2 Diabetes.

Chlorhexidine versus Povidone-Iodine Skin Antisepsis Prior to Upper Limb Surgery (CIPHUR): An International Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study (2021)
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Wade, R., Bourke, G., Wormald, J., Totty, J., Stanley, G., Lewandowski, A., …The CIPHUR Collaborative. (2021). Chlorhexidine versus Povidone-Iodine Skin Antisepsis Prior to Upper Limb Surgery (CIPHUR): An International Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study. BJS Open, 5(6), Article zrab117. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrab117

Introduction: Surgical site infection (SSI) is the most common and costly complication of surgery. International guidelines recommend topical alcoholic chlorhexidine (CHX) prior to surgery but upper limb surgeons continue to use other antiseptics, ci... Read More about Chlorhexidine versus Povidone-Iodine Skin Antisepsis Prior to Upper Limb Surgery (CIPHUR): An International Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study.

Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitors impair FcγRIIA-driven platelet responses to bacteria in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (2021)
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Naylor-Adamson, L., Chacko, A., Booth, Z., Caserta, S., Jarvis, J., Khan, S., …Arman, M. (2021). Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitors impair FcγRIIA-driven platelet responses to bacteria in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Frontiers in immunology, 12, Article 766272. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.766272

Bacterial infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and infection risk increases in patients treated with the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (Btk) inhibitor, ibrutinib. Btk and related kinases (like Tec)... Read More about Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitors impair FcγRIIA-driven platelet responses to bacteria in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Hypoglycemia-induced changes in complement pathways in type 2 diabetes (2021)
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Moin, A. S. M., Nandakumar, M., Diboun, I., Al-Qaissi, A., Sathyapalan, T., Atkin, S. L., & Butler, A. E. (2021). Hypoglycemia-induced changes in complement pathways in type 2 diabetes. Atherosclerosis, 46, 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athplu.2021.11.002

Background and aims: An association between hypoglycaemia and adverse cardiovascular events has been suggested from longitudinal and retrospective cohort studies. The complement pathway proteins in hypoglycemia are not well studied. Here, we hypothes... Read More about Hypoglycemia-induced changes in complement pathways in type 2 diabetes.

Heat shock-related protein responses and inflammatory protein changes are associated with mild prolonged hypoglycemia (2021)
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Moin, A. S. M., Nandakumar, M., Kahal, H., Sathyapalan, T., Atkin, S. L., & Butler, A. E. (2021). Heat shock-related protein responses and inflammatory protein changes are associated with mild prolonged hypoglycemia. Cells, 10(11), Article 3109. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10113109

Mild hypoglycemia is common in clinical practice. Severe hypoglycemia results in heat shock protein and associate co-chaperone changes. Whether mild prolonged hypoglycemia elic-its a similar response with inflammatory and oxidative-stress responses c... Read More about Heat shock-related protein responses and inflammatory protein changes are associated with mild prolonged hypoglycemia.

Synthesis and analysis of small molecules to restrain the function of tissue factor within tumour cells (2021)
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Adeniran, O. I., Mohammad, M. A., Featherby, S., Maraveyas, A., Boa, A. N., & Ettelaie, C. (2021). Synthesis and analysis of small molecules to restrain the function of tissue factor within tumour cells. Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 26(10), 752-764. https://doi.org/10.52586/4985

Introduction: The restriction of prolyl-protein cis/trans isomerase 1 (Pin1) activity has been shown to prevent the release of tissue factor (TF) leading to the accumulation of the latter protein within the cell. This study tested the ability of nove... Read More about Synthesis and analysis of small molecules to restrain the function of tissue factor within tumour cells.

Evaluation of Antimicrobial and Wound Healing Effects of Gold Nanoparticles Containing Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Aqueous Extract (2021)
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Korani, S., Rashidi, K., Hamelian, M., Jalalvand, A. R., Tajehmiri, A., Korani, M., …Sahebkar, A. (2021). Evaluation of Antimicrobial and Wound Healing Effects of Gold Nanoparticles Containing Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Aqueous Extract. Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, 2021, Article 7019130. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/7019130

Background. Wound healing is a complex process of replacing devitalized cellular structures and tissues with healthy cells and tissue. Nanotechnology has been increasingly proposed as a novel platform to treat wounds and skin regeneration. The aim of... Read More about Evaluation of Antimicrobial and Wound Healing Effects of Gold Nanoparticles Containing Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Aqueous Extract.

Real-World Use of Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the SURE UK Multicentre, Prospective, Observational Study (2021)
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Holmes, P., Bell, H. E., Bozkurt, K., Catarig, A. M., Clark, A., Machell, A., & Sathyapalan, T. (2021). Real-World Use of Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the SURE UK Multicentre, Prospective, Observational Study. Diabetes Therapy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13300-021-01141-8

Introduction: Once-weekly (OW) semaglutide was associated with clinically relevant improvements in glycaemic control and body weight versus comparators in the SUSTAIN randomised controlled trials (RCTs). SURE UK, which is one of a series of individua... Read More about Real-World Use of Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the SURE UK Multicentre, Prospective, Observational Study.

Previous structured education attendance and the relationship with HbA1c and hypoglycaemia awareness in people living with type 1 diabetes mellitus using FreeStyle Libre: insights from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) Nationwide Audit (2021)
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Shah, N., Deshmukh, H., Wilmot, E. G., Patmore, J., Choudhary, P., Christian, P., …Sathyapalan, T. (in press). Previous structured education attendance and the relationship with HbA1c and hypoglycaemia awareness in people living with type 1 diabetes mellitus using FreeStyle Libre: insights from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) Nationwide Audit. British Journal of Diabetes, https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2021.308

Impact of severe hypoglycemia on the heat shock and related protein response (2021)
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Atkin, A. S., Moin, A. S. M., Nandakumar, M., Al-Qaissi, A., Sathyapalan, T., Atkin, S. L., & Butler, A. E. (2021). Impact of severe hypoglycemia on the heat shock and related protein response. Scientific reports, 11(1), Article 17057. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96642-8

Heat shock proteins contribute to diabetes-induced complications and are affected by glycemic control. Our hypothesis was that hypoglycemia-induced heat shock and related protein changes would be amplified in type 2 diabetes (T2D). This prospective,... Read More about Impact of severe hypoglycemia on the heat shock and related protein response.

Provision of exercise services in patients with peripheral artery disease in the United Kingdom (2021)
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Harwood, A. E., Pymer, S., Ibeggazene, S., Ingle, L., Caldow, E., & Birkett, S. T. (in press). Provision of exercise services in patients with peripheral artery disease in the United Kingdom. Vascular, https://doi.org/10.1177/17085381211035259

Objectives: Supervised exercise programmes (SEPs) are a vital treatment for people with intermittent claudication, leading improvements in walking distance and quality of life and are recommended in multiple national and international guidelines. We... Read More about Provision of exercise services in patients with peripheral artery disease in the United Kingdom.

De-palmitoylation of tissue factor regulates its activity, phosphorylation and cellular functions (2021)
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Ettelaie, C., Featherby, S., Rondon, A. M. R., Greenman, J., Versteeg, H. H., & Maraveyas, A. (2021). De-palmitoylation of tissue factor regulates its activity, phosphorylation and cellular functions. Cancers, 13(15), Article 3837. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13153837

In this study, the role of de-palmitoylation of tissue factor (TF) in the decryption of its activity was explored. TF-tGFP constructs were prepared by mutagenesis-substitution at Cys245 to prevent or mimic palmitolyation. Additionally, to reduce TF d... Read More about De-palmitoylation of tissue factor regulates its activity, phosphorylation and cellular functions.

Factor VIIa regulates the level of cell-surface tissue factor through separate but cooperative mechanisms (2021)
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Madkhali, Y., Rondon, A. M., Featherby, S., Maraveyas, A., Greenman, J., & Ettelaie, C. (2021). Factor VIIa regulates the level of cell-surface tissue factor through separate but cooperative mechanisms. Cancers, 13(15), Article 3718. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13153718

Procoagulant activity of tissue factor (TF) in response to injury or inflammation is accompanied with cellular signals which determine the fate of cells. However, to prevent excessive signalling, TF is rapidly dissipated through release into microves... Read More about Factor VIIa regulates the level of cell-surface tissue factor through separate but cooperative mechanisms.

Adaptive study design to assess effect of TRPV4 inhibition in patients with chronic cough (2021)
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Ludbrook, V. J., Hanrott, K. E., Kreindler, J. L., Marks-Konczalik, J. E., Bird, N. P., Hewens, D. A., …Smith, J. (2021). Adaptive study design to assess effect of TRPV4 inhibition in patients with chronic cough. ERJ Open Research, 7(3), Article 00269-2021. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00269-2021

Objective Airway sensory nerves involved in the cough reflex are activated by adenosine triphosphate (ATP) agonism of P2X purinoceptor 3 (P2X3) receptors. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channel activation causes ATP release from air... Read More about Adaptive study design to assess effect of TRPV4 inhibition in patients with chronic cough.

Love is in the hair: arginine methylation of human hair proteins as novel cardiovascular biomarkers (2021)
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Marsden, A. J., Riley, D. R., Birkett, S., Rodriguez-Barucg, Q., Guinn, B. A., Carroll, S., …Beltran-Alvarez, P. (in press). Love is in the hair: arginine methylation of human hair proteins as novel cardiovascular biomarkers. Amino acids, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-021-03024-5

Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of death worldwide. Extensive cardiovascular biomarkers are available using blood tests but very few, if any, investigations have described non-invasive tests for cardiovascular biomarkers based on readily av... Read More about Love is in the hair: arginine methylation of human hair proteins as novel cardiovascular biomarkers.

Type 2 Diabetes Coagulopathy Proteins May Conflict With Biomarkers Reflective of COVID-19 Severity (2021)
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Moin, A. S. M., Al-Qaissi, A., Sathyapalan, T., Atkin, S. L., & Butler, A. E. (2021). Type 2 Diabetes Coagulopathy Proteins May Conflict With Biomarkers Reflective of COVID-19 Severity. Frontiers in endocrinology, 12, Article 658304. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.658304

Objective: Detailed proteomic analysis in a cohort of patients with differing severity of COVID-19 disease identified biomarkers within the complement and coagulation cascades as biomarkers for disease severity has been reported; however, it is uncle... Read More about Type 2 Diabetes Coagulopathy Proteins May Conflict With Biomarkers Reflective of COVID-19 Severity.