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Investigating oxygen transport efficiencies in precision-cut liver slice-based organ-on-a-chip devices (2021)
Journal Article
Christensen, M. G., Cawthorne, C., Dyer, C. E., Greenman, J., & Pamme, N. (2021). Investigating oxygen transport efficiencies in precision-cut liver slice-based organ-on-a-chip devices. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 25(4), Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-021-02434-x

Microfluidic ‘organ-on-a-chip’ devices hold great potential for better mimicking the continuous flow microenvironment experienced by tissue and cells in vivo, thereby ensuring realistic transport of nutrients and elimination of waste products. Howeve... Read More about Investigating oxygen transport efficiencies in precision-cut liver slice-based organ-on-a-chip devices.

PI3K inhibition as a novel therapeutic strategy for neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy resistant oesophageal adenocarcinoma (2021)
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Edge, S. D., Renard, I., Pyne, E., Li, C., Moody, H., Roy, R., …Pires, I. M. (2021). PI3K inhibition as a novel therapeutic strategy for neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy resistant oesophageal adenocarcinoma. British Journal of Radiology, 94(1119), Article 20201191. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20201191

OBJECTIVE: Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (neo-CRT) prior to surgery is the standard of care for oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) patients. Unfortunately, most patients fail to respond to treatment. MiR-187 was previously shown to be downregulated in... Read More about PI3K inhibition as a novel therapeutic strategy for neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy resistant oesophageal adenocarcinoma.

Towards dual SPECT/optical bioimaging with a mitochondrial targeting, 99mTc(i) radiolabelled 1,8-naphthalimide conjugate (2020)
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Day, A. H., Domarkas, J., Nigam, S., Renard, I., Cawthorne, C., Burke, B. P., …Pope, S. J. A. (in press). Towards dual SPECT/optical bioimaging with a mitochondrial targeting, 99mTc(i) radiolabelled 1,8-naphthalimide conjugate. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 49(2), 511-523. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9dt04024b

A series of six different 1,8-naphthalimide conjugated dipicolylamine ligands (L1-6) have been synthesised and characterised. The ligands possess a range of different linker units between the napthalimide fluorophore and dipcolylamine chelator which... Read More about Towards dual SPECT/optical bioimaging with a mitochondrial targeting, 99mTc(i) radiolabelled 1,8-naphthalimide conjugate.

Use of non-Gaussian time-of-flight kernels for image reconstruction of Monte Carlo simulated data of ultra-fast PET scanners (2020)
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Efthimiou, N., Thielemans, K., Emond, E., Cawthorne, C., Archibald, S. J., & Tsoumpas, C. (in press). Use of non-Gaussian time-of-flight kernels for image reconstruction of Monte Carlo simulated data of ultra-fast PET scanners. EJNMMI Physics, 7(1), Article 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40658-020-00309-8

Introduction: Time-of-flight (TOF) positron emission tomography (PET) scanners can provide significant benefits by improving the noise properties of reconstructed images. In order to achieve this, the timing response of the scanner needs to be modell... Read More about Use of non-Gaussian time-of-flight kernels for image reconstruction of Monte Carlo simulated data of ultra-fast PET scanners.

Validation of in-house knowledge-based planning model for advance-stage lung cancer patients treated using VMAT radiotherapy (2020)
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Tambe, N., Pires, I. M., Moore, C., Cawthorne, C., & Beavis, A. (2020). Validation of in-house knowledge-based planning model for advance-stage lung cancer patients treated using VMAT radiotherapy. British Journal of Radiology, 93(1106), https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20190535

Objectives: Radiotherapy plan quality may vary considerably depending on planner's experience and time constraints. The variability in treatment plans can be assessed by calculating the difference between achieved and the optimal dose distribution. T... Read More about Validation of in-house knowledge-based planning model for advance-stage lung cancer patients treated using VMAT radiotherapy.

Development of an anatomically correct mouse phantom for dosimetry measurement in small animal radiotherapy research (2019)
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Soultanidis, G., Subiel, A., Renard, I., Reinhart, A. M., Green, V. L., Oelfke, U., …Cawthorne, C. J. (2019). Development of an anatomically correct mouse phantom for dosimetry measurement in small animal radiotherapy research. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 64(12), Article 12NT02. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/ab215b

Significant improvements in radiotherapy are likely to come from biological rather than technical optimization, for example increasing tumour radiosensitivity via combination with targeted therapies. Such paradigms must first be evaluated in preclini... Read More about Development of an anatomically correct mouse phantom for dosimetry measurement in small animal radiotherapy research.

64Cu PET Imaging of the CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor Using a Cross-Bridged Cyclam Bis-Tetraazamacrocyclic Antagonist (2019)
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Burke, B. P., Miranda, C., Lee, R., Renard, I., Nigam, S., Clemente, G., …Archibald, S. J. (2020). 64Cu PET Imaging of the CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor Using a Cross-Bridged Cyclam Bis-Tetraazamacrocyclic Antagonist. Journal of nuclear medicine, 61(1), 123-128. https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.118.218008

© 2020 by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. Expression of the chemokine receptor chemokine C-X-C motif receptor 4 (CXCR4) plays an important role in cancer metastasis, in autoimmune diseases, and during stem cell-based repair pro... Read More about 64Cu PET Imaging of the CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor Using a Cross-Bridged Cyclam Bis-Tetraazamacrocyclic Antagonist.

Visualizing kinetically robust CoIII4L6 assemblies in Vivo: SPECT imaging of the encapsulated [99mTc]TcO4- Anion (2018)
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Burke, B. P., Grantham, W., Burke, M. J., Nichol, G. S., Roberts, D., Renard, I., …Lusby, P. J. (2018). Visualizing kinetically robust CoIII4L6 assemblies in Vivo: SPECT imaging of the encapsulated [99mTc]TcO4- Anion. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(49), 16877-16881. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b09582

© 2018 American Chemical Society. Noncovalent encapsulation is an attractive approach for modifying the efficacy and physiochemical properties of both therapeutic and diagnostic species. Abiotic self-assembled constructs have shown promise, yet many... Read More about Visualizing kinetically robust CoIII4L6 assemblies in Vivo: SPECT imaging of the encapsulated [99mTc]TcO4- Anion.

Characterisation of targeted imaging and theranostic agents for cancer and fibrosis (2018)
Thesis
Thompson, J. A. (2018). Characterisation of targeted imaging and theranostic agents for cancer and fibrosis. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221539

Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is a non-invasive modality that permits the characterisation of biological processes at the molecular level. Integrin αvβ6 and the chemokine receptor CXCR4 are important receptors in the pathogenesis of vari... Read More about Characterisation of targeted imaging and theranostic agents for cancer and fibrosis.

Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Cytotoxicity Studies of titanacalix[4 and 8]arene Complexes (2018)
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Miller-Shakesby, D. M., Nigam, S., Hughes, D. L., Lopez-Estelles, E., Elsegood, M. R., Cawthorne, C. J., …Redshaw, C. (2018). Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Cytotoxicity Studies of titanacalix[4 and 8]arene Complexes. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 47(27), 8992-8999. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8dt01992d

© 2018 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Reaction of 5,11,17,23-tetra-tert-butyl-dihydroxy-26,28-bis(2-pentoxy)calix[4]arene (L(OH)2(Opentyl)2) with [TiCl4] afforded the dichlorotitanoacalix[4]arene complex [TiCl2L(O)2(Opentyl)2] (1) in good yield. Hyd... Read More about Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Cytotoxicity Studies of titanacalix[4 and 8]arene Complexes.

A practical microwave method for the synthesis of fluoromethy 4-methylbenzenesulfonate in tert-amyl alcohol (2018)
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Brocklesby, K. L., Waby, J. S., Cawthorne, C., & Smith, G. D. (2018). A practical microwave method for the synthesis of fluoromethy 4-methylbenzenesulfonate in tert-amyl alcohol. Tetrahedron letters; the international organ for the rapid publication of preliminary communications in organic chemistry, 59(17), 1635-1637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2018.03.039

Fluorine substitution is an established tool in medicinal chemistry to favourably alter the molecular properties of a lead compound of interest. However, gaps still exist in the library of synthetic methods for accessing certain fluorine-substituted... Read More about A practical microwave method for the synthesis of fluoromethy 4-methylbenzenesulfonate in tert-amyl alcohol.

WSB-1 regulates the metastatic potential of hormone receptor negative breast cancer (2018)
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Poujade, F., Mannion, A., Brittain, N., Theodosi, A., Beeby, E., Leszczynska, K. B., …Pires, I. M. (2018). WSB-1 regulates the metastatic potential of hormone receptor negative breast cancer. The British Journal of Cancer, 118(9), 1229-1237. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-018-0056-3

© 2018 Cancer Research UK. Background: Metastatic spread is responsible for the majority of cancer-associated deaths. The tumour microenvironment, including hypoxia, is a major driver of metastasis. The aim of this study was to investigate the role o... Read More about WSB-1 regulates the metastatic potential of hormone receptor negative breast cancer.

Development and evaluation of CXCR4 receptor targeted probes for medical imaging applications (2017)
Thesis
Lee, R. E. (2017). Development and evaluation of CXCR4 receptor targeted probes for medical imaging applications. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224548

The chemokine receptor CXCR4 has been shown to be overexpressed in over 23 different types of cancers, making it an attractive target for therapeutic and imaging agents. Molecular imaging techniques, such as positron emission tomography (PET) and sin... Read More about Development and evaluation of CXCR4 receptor targeted probes for medical imaging applications.

Multimodal nanoparticle imaging agents: Design and applications (2017)
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Burke, B. P., Cawthorne, C., & Archibald, S. J. (2017). Multimodal nanoparticle imaging agents: Design and applications. Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, 375(2107), 20170261. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0261

Molecular imaging, where the location of molecules or nanoscale constructs can be tracked in the body to report on disease or biochemical processes, is rapidly expanding to include combined modality or multimodal imaging. No single imaging technique... Read More about Multimodal nanoparticle imaging agents: Design and applications.

Probing cardiac metabolism in uraemic cardiomyopathy (2017)
Thesis
Atkinson, R. (2017). Probing cardiac metabolism in uraemic cardiomyopathy. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220698

Cardiovascular complications are the leading cause of death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Uraemic cardiomyopathy (UCM) is characterised by structural and cellular remodelling including left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), metabolic re... Read More about Probing cardiac metabolism in uraemic cardiomyopathy.

Mapping arginine methylation in the human body and cardiac disease (2016)
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Onwuli, D. O., Rigau-Roca, L., Cawthorne, C., & Beltran-Alvarez, P. (2017). Mapping arginine methylation in the human body and cardiac disease. Proteomics. Clinical applications, 11(1-2), Article ARTN 1600106. https://doi.org/10.1002/prca.201600106

Purpose Arginine methylation (ArgMe) is one of the most ubiquitous post-translational modifications, and hundreds of proteins undergo ArgMe in e.g. brain. However, the scope of ArgMe in many tissues, including the heart, is currently under explored.... Read More about Mapping arginine methylation in the human body and cardiac disease.

Synthesis, characterization and in vivo evaluation of a magnetic cisplatin delivery nanosystem based on PMAA-graft-PEG copolymers (2016)
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Voulgari, E., Bakandritsos, A., Galtsidis, S., Zoumpourlis, V., Burke, B. P., Clemente, G. S., …Avgoustakis, K. (2016). Synthesis, characterization and in vivo evaluation of a magnetic cisplatin delivery nanosystem based on PMAA-graft-PEG copolymers. Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 243, 342-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.10.021

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. The development of anticancer drug delivery systems which retain or enhance the cytotoxic properties of the drug to tumorous tissues, while reducing toxicity to other organs is of key importance. We investigated different poly(me... Read More about Synthesis, characterization and in vivo evaluation of a magnetic cisplatin delivery nanosystem based on PMAA-graft-PEG copolymers.

The relationship between endogenous thymidine concentrations and [18F]FLT uptake in a range of preclinical tumour models (2016)
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Heinzmann, K., Honess, D. J., Lewis, D. Y., Smith, D., Cawthorne, C., Keen, H., …Brindle, K. M. (2016). The relationship between endogenous thymidine concentrations and [18F]FLT uptake in a range of preclinical tumour models. EJNMMI Research, 6(1), Article 63. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13550-016-0218-3

Background Recent studies have shown that 3′-deoxy-3′-[18F] fluorothymidine ([18F]FLT)) uptake depends on endogenous tumour thymidine concentration. The purpose of this study was to investigate tumour thymidine concentrations and whether they correla... Read More about The relationship between endogenous thymidine concentrations and [18F]FLT uptake in a range of preclinical tumour models.

Structurally optimised BODIPY derivatives for imaging of mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer and heart cells (2016)
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Nigam, S., Burke, B. P., Davies, L. H., Domarkas, J., Wallis, J. F., Waddell, P. G., …Archibald, S. J. (2016). Structurally optimised BODIPY derivatives for imaging of mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer and heart cells. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 52(44), 7114-7117. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc08325g

The structural features required for mitochondrial uptake of BODIPY-based optical imaging agents have been explored. The first derivatives of this class of dyes shown to have mitochondrial membrane potential-dependent uptake in both cancer and heart... Read More about Structurally optimised BODIPY derivatives for imaging of mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer and heart cells.

Development of PDT/PET theranostics: synthesis and biological evaluation of an ¹⁸F-radiolabeled water soluble porphyrin (2015)
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Entract, G. M., Bryden, F., Domarkas, J., Savoie, H., Allott, L., Archibald, S. J., …Boyle, R. W. (2015). Development of PDT/PET theranostics: synthesis and biological evaluation of an ¹⁸F-radiolabeled water soluble porphyrin. Molecular pharmaceutics, 12(12), 4414-4423. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.5b00606

Synthesis of the first water-soluble porphyrin radiolabeled with fluorine-18 is described: a new molecular theranostic agent which integrates the therapeutic selectivity of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with the imaging efficacy of positron emission tom... Read More about Development of PDT/PET theranostics: synthesis and biological evaluation of an ¹⁸F-radiolabeled water soluble porphyrin.