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Junction jump sign: a useful adjunct to the precise positioning of the catheter tip during endovenous thermal ablation (2011)
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Samuel, N., Wallace, T., Smith, G. E., Shahin, Y., & Chetter, I. C. (2011). Junction jump sign: a useful adjunct to the precise positioning of the catheter tip during endovenous thermal ablation. Ultrasound, 19(2), 97-98. https://doi.org/10.1258/ult.2011.011006

Duplex ultrasound imaging plays a key role in the increasingly popular, minimally invasive endothermal treatment of varicose veins. Accurate placement of the echodense tip of endovenous catheter distal to the site of junctional incompetence is by far... Read More about Junction jump sign: a useful adjunct to the precise positioning of the catheter tip during endovenous thermal ablation.

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.

The effect of soy phytoestrogen supplementation on thyroid status and cardiovascular risk markers in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism: A randomized, double-blind, crossover study (2011)
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Sathyapalan, T., Manuchehri, A. M., Thatcher, N. J., Rigby, A. S., Chapman, T., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2011). The effect of soy phytoestrogen supplementation on thyroid status and cardiovascular risk markers in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism: A randomized, double-blind, crossover study. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 96(5), 1442-1449. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2010-2255

Context: There is concern whether soy phytoestrogens may affect thyroid function. If true, soy phytoestrogens may be expected to have a greater impact in subjects with subclinical hypothyroidism. Objective: The primary aim was to determine the effect... Read More about The effect of soy phytoestrogen supplementation on thyroid status and cardiovascular risk markers in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism: A randomized, double-blind, crossover study.

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.

A pilot study to investigate the role of the 26S proteasome in radiotherapy resistance and loco-regional recurrence following breast conserving therapy for early breast cancer (2011)
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ELFadl, D., Hodgkinson, V. C., Long, E. D., Scaife, L., Drew, P. J., Lind, M. J., & Cawkwell, L. (2011). A pilot study to investigate the role of the 26S proteasome in radiotherapy resistance and loco-regional recurrence following breast conserving therapy for early breast cancer. The Breast : official journal of the European Society of Mastology, 20(4), 334-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2011.02.017

Breast conserving therapy is a currently accepted method for managing patients with early stage breast cancer. However, approximately 7% of patients may develop loco-regional tumour recurrence within 5 years. We previously reported that expression of... Read More about A pilot study to investigate the role of the 26S proteasome in radiotherapy resistance and loco-regional recurrence following breast conserving therapy for early breast cancer.

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.

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors effect on endothelial dysfunction: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2011)
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Shahin, Y., Khan, J. A., Samuel, N., & Chetter, I. (2011). Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors effect on endothelial dysfunction: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Atherosclerosis, 216(1), 7-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.02.044

ObjectiveSeveral studies have assessed the effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) on endothelial dysfunction as measured by brachial flow-mediated vasodilatation (FMD). We conducted a meta-analysis to investigate this effect in co... Read More about Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors effect on endothelial dysfunction: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Repeatedly identified differentially expressed proteins (RIDEPs) from antibody microarray proteomic analysis (2011)
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Hodgkinson, V. C., ELFadl, D., Drew, P. J., Lind, M. J., & Cawkwell, L. (2011). Repeatedly identified differentially expressed proteins (RIDEPs) from antibody microarray proteomic analysis. Journal of Proteomics, 74(5), 698-703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2011.02.014

Antibody microarrays are powerful new tools in the field of comparative proteomics. The success of the biomarker discovery pipeline relies on the quality of data generated in the discovery phase and careful selection of proteins for the verification... Read More about Repeatedly identified differentially expressed proteins (RIDEPs) from antibody microarray proteomic analysis.

Randomized clinical trial of endovenous laser ablation compared with conventional surgery for great saphenous varicose veins (2011)
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Carradice, D., Mekako, A. I., Mazari, F. A. K., Samuel, N., Hatfield, J., & Chetter, I. C. (2011). Randomized clinical trial of endovenous laser ablation compared with conventional surgery for great saphenous varicose veins. British journal of surgery, 98(4), 501-510. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.7394

Background: Endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) is a popular minimally invasive treatment for varicose veins. Surgical treatment, featuring junctional ligation and inversion stripping, has shown excellent clinical and cost effectiveness. The clinical ef... Read More about Randomized clinical trial of endovenous laser ablation compared with conventional surgery for great saphenous varicose veins.

Low molecular weight heparin suppresses tissue factor-mediated cancer cell invasion and migration in vitro (2011)
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Ettelaie, C., Fountain, D., Collier, M. E. W., Beeby, E., Xiao, Y. P., & Maraveyas, A. (2011). Low molecular weight heparin suppresses tissue factor-mediated cancer cell invasion and migration in vitro. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 2(2), 363-367. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2011.211

Elevated expression of tissue factor (TF) has been associated with an increased risk of thrombosis in the majority of cancers. Moreover, treatment of cancer patients with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) appears to have beneficial effects that rea... Read More about Low molecular weight heparin suppresses tissue factor-mediated cancer cell invasion and migration in vitro.

Ultrasound evaluation of carotid body tumours (2011)
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Samuel, N., Smith, G., Wolstenhulme, S., & Chetter, I. (2011). Ultrasound evaluation of carotid body tumours. Ultrasound, 19(1), 26-30. https://doi.org/10.1258/ult.2010.010037

Carotid body tumour (CBT) is a rare neoplasm that usually presents as an asymptomatic slow-growing neck mass at the carotid bifurcation. Due to these benign attributes, CBTs often go undiagnosed for a few years before a lateral neck mass becomes clin... Read More about Ultrasound evaluation of carotid body tumours.

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.

Do angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors improve walking distance in patients with symptomatic lower limb arterial disease? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2010)
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Shahin, Y., Mazari, F., & Chetter, I. (2011). Do angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors improve walking distance in patients with symptomatic lower limb arterial disease? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. International journal of surgery, 9(3), 209-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2010.12.006

Background
Several studies have reported the clinical effects of long-term treatment with cardioprotective medications in patients with lower limb peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in terms of reducing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. A numbe... Read More about Do angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors improve walking distance in patients with symptomatic lower limb arterial disease? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Targeted epidermal growth factor receptor therapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma: where do we stand? (2010)
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Agarwal, V., Lind, M. J., & Cawkwell, L. (2011). Targeted epidermal growth factor receptor therapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma: where do we stand?. Cancer Treatment Reviews, 37(7), 533-542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctrv.2010.11.004

The median survival for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma remains extremely poor and there is a need for the development of more effective treatment modalities. The epidermal growth factor receptor is frequently over-expressed in malignant... Read More about Targeted epidermal growth factor receptor therapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma: where do we stand?.

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.