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Suicide Exposure in a Polymediated Age (2021)
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Bell, J., & Westoby, C. (2021). Suicide Exposure in a Polymediated Age. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 694280. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.694280

With growing evidence that media plays a vital role in shaping public understanding of suicidality and influencing behaviours, media portrayals of suicidality have for some time been the focus of suicide prevention efforts. Traditional media has chan... Read More about Suicide Exposure in a Polymediated Age.

VAScular and Chronic Obstructive Lung disease (VASCOL): A longitudinal study on morbidity, symptoms and quality of life among older men in Blekinge county, Sweden (2021)
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Olsson, M., Engström, G., Currow, D. C., Johnson, M., Sandberg, J., & Ekström, M. (2021). VAScular and Chronic Obstructive Lung disease (VASCOL): A longitudinal study on morbidity, symptoms and quality of life among older men in Blekinge county, Sweden. BMJ open, 11(7), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046473

Purpose Despite data showing breathlessness to be more prevalent in older adults, we have little detail about the severity or multidimensional characteristics of breathlessness and other self-reported measures (such as quality of life and other cardi... Read More about VAScular and Chronic Obstructive Lung disease (VASCOL): A longitudinal study on morbidity, symptoms and quality of life among older men in Blekinge county, Sweden.

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.

The significance of HOXB7 and IL17RB serum levels in prognosis of hormonally dependent breast cancer: A pilot study (2021)
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Todorović-Raković, N., Milovanović, J., Greenman, J., & Radulovic, M. (2021). The significance of HOXB7 and IL17RB serum levels in prognosis of hormonally dependent breast cancer: A pilot study. Advances in Medical Sciences, 66(2), 359-365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advms.2021.07.007

Purpose: Improved prognostication of a patient's outcome could allow for personalized treatment decisions in breast cancer. Homeobox B7 (HOXB7) and interleukin 17 receptor B (IL17RB) are proteins reportedly involved in the development of hormonal the... Read More about The significance of HOXB7 and IL17RB serum levels in prognosis of hormonally dependent breast cancer: A pilot study.

Patient activation and patient-reported outcomes of men from a community pharmacy lifestyle intervention after prostate cancer treatment (2021)
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Lemanska, A., Poole, K., Manders, R., Marshall, J., Nazar, Z., Noble, K., Saxton, J. M., Turner, L., Warner, G., Griffin, B. A., & Faithfull, S. (2022). Patient activation and patient-reported outcomes of men from a community pharmacy lifestyle intervention after prostate cancer treatment. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 30(1), 347-358. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06404-5

Purpose: To report patient activation, which is the knowledge, skills, and confidence in self-managing health conditions, and patient-reported outcomes of men after prostate cancer treatment from a community pharmacy lifestyle intervention. Methods:... Read More about Patient activation and patient-reported outcomes of men from a community pharmacy lifestyle intervention after prostate cancer treatment.

Outcomes and characteristics of COVID-19 patients treated with continuous positive airway pressure/high-flow nasal oxygen outside the intensive care setting (2021)
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Sykes, D. L., Crooks, M. G., Thu, K. T., Brown, O. I., Tyrer, T. J., Rennardson, J., Littlefield, C., & Faruqi, S. (2021). Outcomes and characteristics of COVID-19 patients treated with continuous positive airway pressure/high-flow nasal oxygen outside the intensive care setting. ERJ Open Research, 7(4), Article 00318-2021. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00318-2021

Background Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) have been used to manage hypoxaemic respiratory failure secondary to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. Limited data are available for patients treate... Read More about Outcomes and characteristics of COVID-19 patients treated with continuous positive airway pressure/high-flow nasal oxygen outside the intensive care setting.

Host-pathogen adhesion as the basis of innovative diagnostics for emerging pathogens (2021)
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van Belkum, A., Almeida, C., Bardiaux, B., Barrass, S. V., Butcher, S. J., Çaykara, T., Chowdhury, S., Datar, R., Eastwood, I., Goldman, A., Goyal, M., Happonen, L., Izadi-Pruneyre, N., Jacobsen, T., Johnson, P. H., Kempf, V. A. J., Kiessling, A., Bueno, J. L., Malik, A., Malmström, J., …Linke, D. (2021). Host-pathogen adhesion as the basis of innovative diagnostics for emerging pathogens. Diagnostics, 11(7), Article 1259. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11071259

Infectious diseases are an existential health threat, potentiated by emerging and re-emerging viruses and increasing bacterial antibiotic resistance. Targeted treatment of infectious diseases requires precision diagnostics, especially in cases where... Read More about Host-pathogen adhesion as the basis of innovative diagnostics for emerging pathogens.

Urinary iodine concentration and radioactive iodine therapeutic response in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (2021)
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Jiang, Y., Jin, J., Fan, J., Huang, C., Jia, Q., Tan, J., He, X., Zheng, X., Zhao, Y., Zhang, Q., Meng, Z., & Wang, Y. (2021). Urinary iodine concentration and radioactive iodine therapeutic response in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Biomarkers in Medicine, 15(11), 879-890. https://doi.org/10.2217/bmm-2020-0745

Aim: Urinary iodine concentration (UIC) may assess radioactive iodine ablation. Materials & methods: According the 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines, patients were categorized into low-to intermediate-risk or high-risk groups. The iodine c... Read More about Urinary iodine concentration and radioactive iodine therapeutic response in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer.

Nutrient regulation of inflammatory signalling in obesity and vascular disease (2021)
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Palmer, T. M., & Salt, I. P. (2021). Nutrient regulation of inflammatory signalling in obesity and vascular disease. Clinical Science, 135(13), 1563-1590. https://doi.org/10.1042/CS20190768

Despite obesity and diabetes markedly increasing the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, the molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie this association remain poorly characterised. In the last 20 years it has become apparent that chroni... Read More about Nutrient regulation of inflammatory signalling in obesity and vascular disease.

Health professionals’ perceptions of palliative care for end-stage cardiac and respiratory conditions: a qualitative interview study (2021)
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Fairlamb, H. J., & Murtagh, F. E. (2021). Health professionals’ perceptions of palliative care for end-stage cardiac and respiratory conditions: a qualitative interview study. BMC Palliative Care, 20(1), Article 103. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00805-3

Background: End-stage cardiac and respiratory diseases are common in the UK. People with these end-stage conditions experience similar, or even worse, symptomatic suffering to cancer patients but are less likely to receive specialist palliative care... Read More about Health professionals’ perceptions of palliative care for end-stage cardiac and respiratory conditions: a qualitative interview study.

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., Beerahee, M., Behm, D. J., Morice, A., McGarvey, L., Parker, S. M., Birring, S. S., & 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.

Usability, acceptability, and safety analysis of a computer-tailored web-based exercise intervention (exerciseguide) for individuals with metastatic prostate cancer: Multi-methods laboratory-based study (2021)
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Evans, H. E., Forbes, C. C., Galvão, D. A., Vandelanotte, C., Newton, R. U., Wittert, G., Chambers, S., Vincent, A. D., Kichenadasse, G., Girard, D., Brook, N., & Short, C. E. (2021). Usability, acceptability, and safety analysis of a computer-tailored web-based exercise intervention (exerciseguide) for individuals with metastatic prostate cancer: Multi-methods laboratory-based study. JMIR Cancer, 7(3), Article e28370. https://doi.org/10.2196/28370

Background: Digital health interventions such as tailored websites are emerging as valuable tools to provide individualized exercise and behavioral change information for individuals diagnosed with cancer. Objective: The aim of this study is to inves... Read More about Usability, acceptability, and safety analysis of a computer-tailored web-based exercise intervention (exerciseguide) for individuals with metastatic prostate cancer: Multi-methods laboratory-based study.

The Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Dipeptydilpeptidase-4 Inhibitors on Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Complications in Diabetes (2021)
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Yaribeygi, H., Farrokhi, F. R., Abdalla, M. A., Sathyapalan, T., Banach, M., Jamialahmadi, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2021). The Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Dipeptydilpeptidase-4 Inhibitors on Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Complications in Diabetes. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2021, Article 6518221. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6518221

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists are a class of newly introduced antidiabetic medications that potentially lower blood glucose by several molecular pathways. DPP-4 inhibitors are the other type of novel antidiabetic medications whic... Read More about The Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and Dipeptydilpeptidase-4 Inhibitors on Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Complications in Diabetes.

The Cough Reflex: The Janus of Respiratory Medicine (2021)
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Sykes, D. L., & Morice, A. H. (2021). The Cough Reflex: The Janus of Respiratory Medicine. Frontiers in Physiology, 12, Article 684080. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.684080

In clinical practice, we commonly face adversity when encountering dysfunction of the cough reflex. Similar to ancient Roman deity Janus, it often presents with one of two opposing “faces”. Continual aberrant activation of the cough reflex, also know... Read More about The Cough Reflex: The Janus of Respiratory Medicine.

A Novel HAGE/WT1-ImmunoBody® Vaccine Combination Enhances Anti-Tumour Responses When Compared to Either Vaccine Alone (2021)
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Almshayakhchi, R., Nagarajan, D., Vadakekolathu, J., Guinn, B. A., Reeder, S., Brentville, V., Metheringham, R., Pockley, A. G., Durrant, L., & McArdle, S. (2021). A Novel HAGE/WT1-ImmunoBody® Vaccine Combination Enhances Anti-Tumour Responses When Compared to Either Vaccine Alone. Frontiers in Oncology, 11, Article 636977. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.636977

Many cancers, including myeloid leukaemia express the cancer testis antigen (CTA) DDX43 (HAGE) and/or the oncogene Wilms’ tumour (WT1). Here we demonstrate that HAGE/WT1-ImmunoBody® vaccines derived T-cells can kill ex-vivo human CML cell lines expre... Read More about A Novel HAGE/WT1-ImmunoBody® Vaccine Combination Enhances Anti-Tumour Responses When Compared to Either Vaccine Alone.

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., Ingle, L., Sathyapalan, T., & 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.

Regulation of sinus node pacemaking and atrioventricular node conduction by HCN channels in health and disease (2021)
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Boyett, M. R., Yanni, J., Tellez, J., Bucchi, A., Mesirca, P., Cai, X., Logantha, S. J. R., Wilson, C., Anderson, C., Ariyaratnam, J., Stuart, L., Nakao, S., Abd Allah, E., Jones, S., Lancaster, M., Stephenson, R., Chandler, N., Smith, M., Bussey, C., Monfredi, O., …D'Souza, A. (in press). Regulation of sinus node pacemaking and atrioventricular node conduction by HCN channels in health and disease. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2021.06.008

The funny current, If, was first recorded in the heart 40 or more years ago by Dario DiFrancesco and others. Since then, we have learnt that If plays an important role in pacemaking in the sinus node, the innate pacemaker of the heart, and more recen... Read More about Regulation of sinus node pacemaking and atrioventricular node conduction by HCN channels in health and disease.

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.

Soluble Neuropilin-1 Response to Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: Increased Risk or Protection in SARS-CoV-2 Infection? (2021)
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Moin, A. S. M., Al-Qaissi, A., Sathyapalan, T., Atkin, S. L., & Butler, A. E. (2021). Soluble Neuropilin-1 Response to Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: Increased Risk or Protection in SARS-CoV-2 Infection?. Frontiers in endocrinology, 12, Article 665134. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.665134

Introduction: Neuropilin-1(NRP1) is a cofactor that enhances SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus cell infectivity when co-expressed with angiotensin-converting enzyme 2(ACE2). The Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) is activated in type 2 diabetes (T2D); therefore, th... Read More about Soluble Neuropilin-1 Response to Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: Increased Risk or Protection in SARS-CoV-2 Infection?.

Aquatic Therapy for improving Lower Limbs Function in Post-stroke Survivors: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis (2021)
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Ghayour Najafabadi, M., Shariat, A., Dommerholt, J., Hakakzadeh, A., Nakhostin-Ansari, A., Selk-Ghaffari, M., Ingle, L., & Cleland, J. A. (in press). Aquatic Therapy for improving Lower Limbs Function in Post-stroke Survivors: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2021.1929011

Background: Lower limb disability is common in chronic stroke patients, and aquatic therapy is one of the modalities used for the rehabilitation of these patients. Objectives: To summarize the evidence of the effects of aquatic therapy on lower limb... Read More about Aquatic Therapy for improving Lower Limbs Function in Post-stroke Survivors: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.