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Development of a novel risk prediction and risk stratification score for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) (2018)
Journal Article
Deshmukh, H., Papageorgiou, M., Kilpatrick, E. S., Atkin, S. L., & Sathyapalan, T. (in press). Development of a novel risk prediction and risk stratification score for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Clinical Endocrinology, 90(1), 162-169. https://doi.org/10.1111/cen.13879

Objective
The aim of this study was to develop a simple phenotypic algorithm that can capture the underlying clinical and hormonal abnormalities to help in the diagnosis and risk stratification of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Methods
The study... Read More about Development of a novel risk prediction and risk stratification score for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Cardiovascular profile of pharmacological agents used for the management of polycystic ovary syndrome (2018)
Journal Article
Alalami, H., Sathyapalan, T., & Atkin, S. L. (2019). Cardiovascular profile of pharmacological agents used for the management of polycystic ovary syndrome. Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 10, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2042018818805674

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have an adverse metabolic profile with an increased risk of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2DM); however, it is unclear if PCOS is associated with increased cardiovascular events in later years independe... Read More about Cardiovascular profile of pharmacological agents used for the management of polycystic ovary syndrome.

Muscle mass measures and incident osteoporosis in a large cohort of postmenopausal women (2018)
Journal Article
Papageorgiou, M., Sathyapalan, T., & Schutte, R. (2019). Muscle mass measures and incident osteoporosis in a large cohort of postmenopausal women. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 10(1), 131-139. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12359

© 2018 The Authors. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of the Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders Background: Despite several muscle mass measures being used in the current defi... Read More about Muscle mass measures and incident osteoporosis in a large cohort of postmenopausal women.

Effects of acute insulin-induced hypoglycaemia on endothelial microparticles in adults with and without type 2 diabetes (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Qaissi, A., Papageorgiou, M., Deshmukh, H., Madden, L. A., Rigby, A., Kilpatrick, E. S., Atkin, S. L., & Sathyapalan, T. (2019). Effects of acute insulin-induced hypoglycaemia on endothelial microparticles in adults with and without type 2 diabetes. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 21(3), 533-540. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.13548

Aims
Endothelial microparticles (EMPs) are novel surrogate markers of endothelial injury and dysfunction that may be differentially produced in response to acute insulin‐induced hypoglycaemia in adults with and without type 2 diabetes.

Agreement between blood draw techniques for assessing platelet activation by flow cytometry (2018)
Journal Article
Welch, E. L., Crooks, M. G., & Hart, S. P. (2019). Agreement between blood draw techniques for assessing platelet activation by flow cytometry. Platelets, 30(4), 530-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2018.1535705

It is widely believed that assays of platelet activation are susceptible to preanalytical variables related to blood draw technique. We assessed platelet activation by whole blood flow cytometry and investigated the effects of: (1) drawing blood into... Read More about Agreement between blood draw techniques for assessing platelet activation by flow cytometry.

Effect of Theophylline as Adjunct to Inhaled Corticosteroids on Exacerbations in Patients with COPD: A Randomized Clinical Trial (2018)
Journal Article
Devereux, G., Cotton, S., Fielding, S., McMeekin, N., Barnes, P. J., Briggs, A., Burns, G., Chaudhuri, R., Chrystyn, H., Davies, L., De Soyza, A., Gompertz, S., Haughney, J., Innes, K., Kaniewska, J., Lee, A., Morice, A., Norrie, J., Sullivan, A., Wilson, A., & Price, D. (2018). Effect of Theophylline as Adjunct to Inhaled Corticosteroids on Exacerbations in Patients with COPD: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 320(15), 1548-1559. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2018.14432

© 2018 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Importance: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major global health issue and theophylline is used extensively. Preclinical investigations have demonstrated that low plasma conce... Read More about Effect of Theophylline as Adjunct to Inhaled Corticosteroids on Exacerbations in Patients with COPD: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Environmental effects of ambient temperature and relative humidity on insulin pharmacodynamics in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Qaissi, A., Papageorgiou, M., Javed, Z., Heise, T., Rigby, A. S., Garrett, A. T., Hepburn, D., Kilpatrick, E. S., Atkin, S. L., & Sathyapalan, T. (2019). Environmental effects of ambient temperature and relative humidity on insulin pharmacodynamics in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 21(3), 569-574. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.13555

Objective
This study aimed to explore the effects of ambient temperature and relative humidity on insulin pharmacodynamics in adults with type 1 diabetes.

Research Design
A 3‐way, cross‐over, randomised study was performed in adults with type 1 diab... Read More about Environmental effects of ambient temperature and relative humidity on insulin pharmacodynamics in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Implication for Drug Metabolism on Assisted Reproductive Techniques—A Literature Review (2018)
Journal Article
Reyes-Muñoz, E., Sathyapalan, T., Rossetti, P., Shah, M., Long, M., Buscema, M., Valenti, G., La Rosa, V. L., Cianci, S., & Vitale, S. G. (2018). Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Implication for Drug Metabolism on Assisted Reproductive Techniques—A Literature Review. Advances in Therapy, 35(11), 1805-1815. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-018-0810-1

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects 6–10% of women and could be considered one of the most common endocrine alterations in women of reproductive age. The syndrome is characterized by several hormonal and metabolic alterations, including insulin... Read More about Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Implication for Drug Metabolism on Assisted Reproductive Techniques—A Literature Review.

Textural analysis demonstrates heterogeneous [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in radiologically normal lung in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (2018)
Journal Article
Aliyu, S. A., Avery, G., Cawthorne, C., Archibald, S. J., Kadir, T., Willaime, J. M., Morice, A. H., Hart, S. P., & Crooks, M. G. (2018). Textural analysis demonstrates heterogeneous [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in radiologically normal lung in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. European respiratory journal, 52(5), 1801138. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01138-2018

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has revealed increased [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]-FDG) uptake in areas of the lungs that appear normal on high resolution computed tomography (HRCT). We hypothesi... Read More about Textural analysis demonstrates heterogeneous [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in radiologically normal lung in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Variation in geographical treatment intensity affects survival of non-small cell lung cancer patients in England (2018)
Journal Article
Tataru, D., Spencer, K., Bates, A., Wieczorek, A., Jack, R. H., Peake, M. D., Lind, M. J., & Lüchtenborg, M. (2018). Variation in geographical treatment intensity affects survival of non-small cell lung cancer patients in England. Cancer epidemiology, 57, 13-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2018.09.001

© 2018 Objectives: We aimed to determine the geographical variation in the proportion of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients undergoing curative treatment and assess the relationship between treatment access rates and survival outcomes. Metho... Read More about Variation in geographical treatment intensity affects survival of non-small cell lung cancer patients in England.

The effect of phytoestrogen on thyroid in subclinical hypothyroidism: Randomized, double blind, crossover study (2018)
Journal Article
Sathyapalan, T., Dawson, A. J., Rigby, A. S., Thatcher, N. J., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2018). The effect of phytoestrogen on thyroid in subclinical hypothyroidism: Randomized, double blind, crossover study. Frontiers in endocrinology, 9(SEP), Article 531. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2018.00531

Objective: Soy phytoestrogens are suggested to impair thyroid function but the effects of pharmacological doses of soy phytoestrogens are unknown; therefore, this study was performed to determine the effect of high dose soy phytoestrogens (66 mg) on... Read More about The effect of phytoestrogen on thyroid in subclinical hypothyroidism: Randomized, double blind, crossover study.

Lung cancer (2018)
Book Chapter
Grundy, S., Barton, R., Campbell, A., Cowen, M., & Lind, M. (2018). Lung cancer. In S. Hart, & M. Greenstone (Eds.), Foundations of Respiratory Medicine (87-118). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94127-1_6

The accurate diagnosis, staging and management of lung cancer occupies a large part of modern adult respiratory practice. Although smoking is less prevalent, the incidence and mortality of this condition remain high, and earlier detection through scr... Read More about Lung cancer.

Acute and chronic cough (2018)
Book Chapter
Morice, A. H., & Fowles, H. (2018). Acute and chronic cough. In S. Hart, & M. Greenstone (Eds.), Foundations of Respiratory Medicine (73-86). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94127-1_5

Acute cough has a considerable economic impact within the UK because of lost work days. Chronic cough is one of the most common presentations to general respiratory clinics. Cough is often seen in tandem with a wide variety of respiratory conditions... Read More about Acute and chronic cough.

Occurrence of deoxynivalenol in an elderly cohort in the UK: a biomonitoring approach (2018)
Journal Article
Papageorgiou, M., Wells, L., Williams, C., White, K. L., De Santis, B., Liu, Y., Debegnach, F., Miano, B., Moretti, G., Greetham, S., Brera, C., Atkin, S. L., Hardie, L. J., & Sathyapalan, T. (2018). Occurrence of deoxynivalenol in an elderly cohort in the UK: a biomonitoring approach. Food Additives and Contaminants: Part A: Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment, 35(10), 2032-2044. https://doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2018.1508890

Deoxynivalenol (DON) is a Fusarium toxin, to which humans are frequently exposed via diet. Although the elderly are speculated to be sensitive to the toxic effects of DON as a result of age-related conditions, disease and altered DON metabolism, ther... Read More about Occurrence of deoxynivalenol in an elderly cohort in the UK: a biomonitoring approach.

CAMERA - complete assessment of elderly patients with cancer: A non-randomised feasibility study (2018)
Journal Article
Jackson, G., Gabe, R., Johnson, M., Date, K., Harman, D., Maraveyas, A., Roy, R., & Lind, M. J. (2019). CAMERA - complete assessment of elderly patients with cancer: A non-randomised feasibility study. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 10(1), 175-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2018.07.005

One of the primary risk factors in the development of cancer is older age. The demographic shift to an ageing population has given rise to an increased number of older patients with cancer. The extreme heterogeneity within this population renders app... Read More about CAMERA - complete assessment of elderly patients with cancer: A non-randomised feasibility study.

Perfluorinated alkyl acids in the serum and follicular fluid of UK women with and without polycystic ovarian syndrome undergoing fertility treatment and associations with hormonal and metabolic parameters (2018)
Journal Article
Heffernan, A., Cunningham, T., Drage, D., Aylward, L., Thompson, K., Vijayasarathy, S., Mueller, J., Atkin, S., & Sathyapalan, T. (2018). Perfluorinated alkyl acids in the serum and follicular fluid of UK women with and without polycystic ovarian syndrome undergoing fertility treatment and associations with hormonal and metabolic parameters. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 221(7), 1068-1075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2018.07.009

© 2018 Women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) undergoing treatment for infertility could be a sensitive subpopulation for endocrine effects of exposure to perfluorinated alkyl acids (PFAAs), persistent organic pollutants with potential endocri... Read More about Perfluorinated alkyl acids in the serum and follicular fluid of UK women with and without polycystic ovarian syndrome undergoing fertility treatment and associations with hormonal and metabolic parameters.

Anti reflux surgery (2018)
Book Chapter
Rai, Z., Morice, A. H., & Sedman, P. (2018). Anti reflux surgery. In A. H. Morice, & P. W. Dettmar (Eds.), Reflux Aspiration and Lung Disease (357-363). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90525-9_28

Surgery may be necessary to control gross reflux disease, particularly when anatomical abnormalities underlie the pathophysiology. Treatment is generally less successful when directed at isolated airway reflux and aspiration since the refluxate consi... Read More about Anti reflux surgery.