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Frequency over function : raised levels of CD127low/- regulatory T cells in the tumour microenvironment compared with the periphery of head and neck cancer patients (2014)
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Drennan, S., Stafford, N. D., Greenman, J., & Green, V. L. (2014). Frequency over function : raised levels of CD127low/- regulatory T cells in the tumour microenvironment compared with the periphery of head and neck cancer patients. Journal of clinical & cellular immunology, 5(4), Article 241. https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9899.1000241

Objective: Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are known to infiltrate the tumour microenvironment of many cancers, including head and neck malignancies, and are thought to contribute to the host's impaired anti-tumour immune response. However, their immunosu... Read More about Frequency over function : raised levels of CD127low/- regulatory T cells in the tumour microenvironment compared with the periphery of head and neck cancer patients.

PGC1β activates an antiangiogenic program to repress neoangiogenesis in muscle ischemia (2014)
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Yadav, V., Matsakas, A., Lorca, S., & Narkar, V. A. (2014). PGC1β activates an antiangiogenic program to repress neoangiogenesis in muscle ischemia. Cell reports, 8(3), 783-797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2014.06.040

Revascularization of ischemic skeletalmuscle is governed by a balance between pro- and antiangiogenic factors in multiple cell types but particularly in myocytes and endothelial cells. Whereas the regulators of proangiogenic factors are well defined... Read More about PGC1β activates an antiangiogenic program to repress neoangiogenesis in muscle ischemia.

HIF-1 alpha-independent hypoxia-induced rapid PTK6 stabilization is associated with increased motility and invasion (2014)
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Poujade, F.-A., Harvey, A. J., Blokland, N. J. G., Broos, A. W. T., Eccles, S. A., Hammond, E. M., Pires, I. M., Senra, J. M., & Span, P. N. (2014). HIF-1 alpha-independent hypoxia-induced rapid PTK6 stabilization is associated with increased motility and invasion. Cancer Biology and Therapy, 15(10), 1350-1357. https://doi.org/10.4161/cbt.29822

© 2014 Landes Bioscience. PTK6/Brk is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase overexpressed in cancer. Here we demonstrate that cytosolic PTK6 is rapidly and robustly induced in response to hypoxic conditions in a HIF-1-independent manner. Furthermore, a prop... Read More about HIF-1 alpha-independent hypoxia-induced rapid PTK6 stabilization is associated with increased motility and invasion.

Clinical response to primary letrozole therapy in elderly patients with early breast cancer : possible role for p53 as a biomarker (2014)
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Garimella, V., Hussain, T., Agarwal, V., Radhakrishna, S., Fox, J. N., Kneeshaw, P. J., Long, E. D., Mahapatra, T. K., McManus, P. L., Lind, M. J., Drew, P. J., & Cawkwell, L. (2014). Clinical response to primary letrozole therapy in elderly patients with early breast cancer : possible role for p53 as a biomarker. International journal of surgery, 12(8), 821-826. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.06.009

Primary tamoxifen therapy has been widely used to treat elderly women with ER-positive breast cancer in the past. Aromatase inhibitors may be more beneficial than tamoxifen when used as primary endocrine therapy in elderly patients. We aimed to retro... Read More about Clinical response to primary letrozole therapy in elderly patients with early breast cancer : possible role for p53 as a biomarker.

Telomere dysfunction accurately predicts clinical outcome in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, even in patients with early stage disease (2014)
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Lin, T. T., Norris, K., Heppel, N. H., Pratt, G., Allan, J. M., Allsup, D. J., Bailey, J., Cawkwell, L., Hills, R., Grimstead, J. W., Jones, R. E., Britt-Compton, B., Fegan, C., Baird, D. M., & Pepper, C. (2014). Telomere dysfunction accurately predicts clinical outcome in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, even in patients with early stage disease. British journal of haematology, 167(2), 214-223. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.13023

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Defining the prognosis of individual cancer sufferers remains a significant clinical challenge. Here we assessed the ability of high-resolution single telomere length analysis (STELA), combined with an experimentally d... Read More about Telomere dysfunction accurately predicts clinical outcome in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, even in patients with early stage disease.

Human TRPM8 and TRPA1 pain channels, including a gene variant with increased sensitivity to agonists (TRPA1 R797T), exhibit differential regulation by SRC-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (2014)
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Morgan, K., Sadofsky, L. R., Crow, C., & Morice, A. H. (2014). Human TRPM8 and TRPA1 pain channels, including a gene variant with increased sensitivity to agonists (TRPA1 R797T), exhibit differential regulation by SRC-tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Bioscience Reports, 34(4), 469-478. https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20140061

TRPM8 (transient receptor potential M8) and TRPA1 (transient receptor potential A1) are cold-temperature-sensitive nociceptors expressed in sensory neurons but their behaviour in neuronal cells is poorly understood. Therefore DNA expression construct... Read More about Human TRPM8 and TRPA1 pain channels, including a gene variant with increased sensitivity to agonists (TRPA1 R797T), exhibit differential regulation by SRC-tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

Amino acids in the uterine luminal fluid reflects the temporal changes in transporter expression in the endometrium and conceptus during early pregnancy in cattle (2014)
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Forde, N., Simintiras, C. A., Sturmey, R., Mamo, S., Kelly, A. K., Spencer, T. E., Bazer, F. W., & Lonergan, P. (2014). Amino acids in the uterine luminal fluid reflects the temporal changes in transporter expression in the endometrium and conceptus during early pregnancy in cattle. PLoS ONE, 9(6), e100010. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100010

In cattle, conceptus-maternal interactions are critical for the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. A major component of this early interaction involves the transport of nutrients and secretion of key molecules by uterine epithelial cells to... Read More about Amino acids in the uterine luminal fluid reflects the temporal changes in transporter expression in the endometrium and conceptus during early pregnancy in cattle.

Expression analysis of mouse Rhobtb3 using a LacZ reporter and preliminary characterization of a knockout strain (2014)
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Lutz, J., Grimm-Günter, E. M. S., Joshi, P., & Rivero, F. (2014). Expression analysis of mouse Rhobtb3 using a LacZ reporter and preliminary characterization of a knockout strain. Histochemistry and cell biology, 142(5), 511-528. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00418-014-1235-9

RhoBTB3 is an atypical member of the Rho family of small GTPases. It localizes at the Golgi apparatus and endosomes and is involved in vesicle trafficking and in targeting proteins for degradation in the proteasome. Previous studies using Northern bl... Read More about Expression analysis of mouse Rhobtb3 using a LacZ reporter and preliminary characterization of a knockout strain.

Oral tolerance to cancer can be abrogated by T regulatory cell inhibition (2014)
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Whelan, M. C., Casey, G., Larkin, J. O., Guinn, B. A., O'Sullivan, G. C., & Tangney, M. (2014). Oral tolerance to cancer can be abrogated by T regulatory cell inhibition. PLoS ONE, 9(5), Article e97602. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097602

Oral administration of tumour cells induces an immune hypo-responsiveness known as oral tolerance. We have previously shown that oral tolerance to a cancer is tumour antigen specific, non-cross-reactive and confers a tumour growth advantage. We inves... Read More about Oral tolerance to cancer can be abrogated by T regulatory cell inhibition.

Advances in processes for PET radiotracer synthesis: Separation of [18F]fluoride from enriched [18O]water (2014)
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He, P., Haswell, S. J., Pamme, N., & Archibald, S. J. (2014). Advances in processes for PET radiotracer synthesis: Separation of [18F]fluoride from enriched [18O]water. Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation, and methods for use in agriculture, industry, and medicine, 91, 64-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.04.021

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful scientific and clinical tool for the study and visualization of human physiology that can provide important information about metabolism and diseases such as cancer. At present, [ 18 F]fluorodeoxygluco... Read More about Advances in processes for PET radiotracer synthesis: Separation of [18F]fluoride from enriched [18O]water.

Clinical relevance of immune parameters in the tumor microenvironment of head and neck cancers (2014)
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Wallis, S. P., Stafford, N. D., & Greenman, J. (2015). Clinical relevance of immune parameters in the tumor microenvironment of head and neck cancers. Head & neck, 37(3), 449-459. https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.23736

© 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Background. The tumour microenvironment is a highly complex region where multiple interactions occur between host and cancer cells. The host response is defined by the presence and function of different tumour infiltrat... Read More about Clinical relevance of immune parameters in the tumor microenvironment of head and neck cancers.

Metabolic heterogeneity during preimplantation development: The missing link? (2014)
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Brison, D. R., Sturmey, R. G., & Leese, H. J. (2014). Metabolic heterogeneity during preimplantation development: The missing link?. Human Reproduction Update, 20(5), 632-640. https://doi.org/10.1093/humupd/dmu018

BACKGROUND Most tissues in the body rely on the presence of gap junctions in order to couple their component cells electrically and metabolically via intercellular transport of ions, metabolites and signalling agents. As a result, cells within tissue... Read More about Metabolic heterogeneity during preimplantation development: The missing link?.

The visualization of biofilms in chronic diabetic foot wounds using routine diagnostic microscopy methods (2014)
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Oates, A., Bowling, F. L., Boulton, A. J. M., Bowler, P. G., Metcalf, D. G., & McBain, A. J. (2014). The visualization of biofilms in chronic diabetic foot wounds using routine diagnostic microscopy methods. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2014, Article 153586. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/153586

Diabetic foot wounds are commonly colonised by taxonomically diverse microbial communities and may additionally be infected with specific pathogens. Since biofilms are demonstrably less susceptible to antimicrobial agents than are planktonic bacteria... Read More about The visualization of biofilms in chronic diabetic foot wounds using routine diagnostic microscopy methods.

Estrogen receptor-alpha promotes alternative macrophage activation during cutaneous repair (2014)
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Campbell, L., Emmerson, E., Williams, H., Saville, C. R., Krust, A., Chambon, P., Mace, K. A., & Hardman, M. J. (2014). Estrogen receptor-alpha promotes alternative macrophage activation during cutaneous repair. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 134(9), 2447-2457. https://doi.org/10.1038/jid.2014.175

Efficient local monocyte/macrophage recruitment is critical for tissue repair. Recruited macrophages are polarized toward classical (proinflammatory) or alternative (prohealing) activation in response to cytokines, with tight temporal regulation cruc... Read More about Estrogen receptor-alpha promotes alternative macrophage activation during cutaneous repair.

Amplification of bacteria-induced platelet activation is triggered by FcγRIIA, integrin αiIbβ3, and platelet factor 4 (2014)
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Arman, M., Krauel, K., Tilley, D. O., Weber, C., Cox, D., Greinacher, A., Kerrigan, S. W., & Watson, S. P. (2014). Amplification of bacteria-induced platelet activation is triggered by FcγRIIA, integrin αiIbβ3, and platelet factor 4. Blood, 123(20), 3166-3174. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2013-11-540526

Bacterial adhesion to platelets is mediated via a range of strain-specific bacterial surface proteins that bind to a variety of platelet receptors. It is unclear how these interactions lead to platelet activation. We demonstrate a critical role for t... Read More about Amplification of bacteria-induced platelet activation is triggered by FcγRIIA, integrin αiIbβ3, and platelet factor 4.

Low temperature plasma: a novel focal therapy for localized prostate cancer? (2014)
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Hirst, A. M., Frame, F. M., Maitland, N. J., & O’Connell, D. (2014). Low temperature plasma: a novel focal therapy for localized prostate cancer?. Biomed research international, 2014, Article 878319. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/878319

Despite considerable advances in recent years for the focal treatment of localized prostate cancer, high recurrence rates and detrimental side effects are still a cause for concern. In this review, we compare current focal therapies to a potentially... Read More about Low temperature plasma: a novel focal therapy for localized prostate cancer?.

How does iron interact with sporopollenin exine capsules? An X-ray absorption study including microfocus XANES and XRF imaging (2014)
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Archibald, S. J., Atkin, S. L., Bras, W., Diego-Taboada, A., Mackenzie, G., Mosselmans, J. F. W., Nikitenko, S., Quinn, P. D., Thomas, M. F., & Young, N. A. (2014). How does iron interact with sporopollenin exine capsules? An X-ray absorption study including microfocus XANES and XRF imaging. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2(8), 945-959. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3tb21523g

Sporopollenin exine capsules (SECs) derived from plant spores and pollen grains have been proposed as adsorption, remediation and drug delivery agents. Despite many studies there is scant structural data available. This X-ray absorption investigation... Read More about How does iron interact with sporopollenin exine capsules? An X-ray absorption study including microfocus XANES and XRF imaging.

The ryanodine receptor agonist 4-chloro-3-ethylphenol blocks ORAI store-operated channels: 4-Chloro-3-ethylphenol inhibits ORAI channels (2014)
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Zeng, B., Chen, G.-L., Daskoulidou, N., & Xu, S.-Z. (2014). The ryanodine receptor agonist 4-chloro-3-ethylphenol blocks ORAI store-operated channels: 4-Chloro-3-ethylphenol inhibits ORAI channels. British Journal of Pharmacology, 171(5), 1250-1259. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.12528

Background Depletion of the Ca2+ store by ryanodine receptor (RyR) agonists induces store‐operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE). 4‐Chloro‐3‐ethylphenol (4‐CEP) and 4‐chloro‐m‐cresol (4‐CmC) are RyR agonists commonly used as research tools and diagnostic reagen... Read More about The ryanodine receptor agonist 4-chloro-3-ethylphenol blocks ORAI store-operated channels: 4-Chloro-3-ethylphenol inhibits ORAI channels.

Multimetallic complexes and functionalized gold nanoparticles based on a combination of d- and f-Elements (2014)
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Stasiuk, G. J., Bell, J. D., Holmes, H., Sung, S., Toscani, A., Wainwright, L., White, A. J. P., & Wilton-Ely, J. D. E. T. (2014). Multimetallic complexes and functionalized gold nanoparticles based on a combination of d- and f-Elements. Inorganic chemistry, 53(4), 1989-2005. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic401936w

The new DO3A-derived dithiocarbamate ligand, DO3A-ᵗBu-CS₂K, is formed by treatment of the ammonium salt [DO3A-ᵗBu]HBr with K₂CO₃ and carbon disulfide. DO3A-ᵗBu-CS₂K reacts with the ruthenium complexes cis-[RuCl₂(dppm)₂] and [Ru(CH═CHC₆H₄Me-4)Cl(CO)(B... Read More about Multimetallic complexes and functionalized gold nanoparticles based on a combination of d- and f-Elements.