Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Outputs (56)

Removal of Human Leukemic Cells from Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells by Cell Recognition Chromatography with Size Matched Particle Imprints (2020)
Journal Article
Chester, R., Das, A. A. K., Medlock, J., Nees, D., Allsup, D. J., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2020). Removal of Human Leukemic Cells from Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells by Cell Recognition Chromatography with Size Matched Particle Imprints. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 3(2), 789-800. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.9b00770

We report a cell recognition chromatography approach for blood cancer cell separation from healthy peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) based on sizematched functionalized particle imprints. Negative imprints were prepared from layers of 15 μm... Read More about Removal of Human Leukemic Cells from Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells by Cell Recognition Chromatography with Size Matched Particle Imprints.

Early Human Pathophysiological Responses to Exertional Hypobaric Decompression Stress (2023)
Journal Article
Connolly, D., Madden, L. A., Edwards, V., D'Oyly, T., Harridge, S., Smith, T., & Lee, V. (2023). Early Human Pathophysiological Responses to Exertional Hypobaric Decompression Stress. Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance, 94(10), 738-749. https://doi.org/10.3357/AMHP.6247.2023

INTRODUCTION: Consistent blood biomarkers of hypobaric (altitude) decompression stress remain elusive. Recent laboratory investigation of decompression sickness risk at 25,000 ft (7620 m) enabled evaluation of early pathophysiological responses to ex... Read More about Early Human Pathophysiological Responses to Exertional Hypobaric Decompression Stress.

Coagulation Profiles in Humans Exposed to Exertional Hypobaric Decompression Stress Determined by Calibrated Automated Thrombogram (2023)
Journal Article
Madden, L. A., Vince, R. V., Edwards, V. C., Lee, V. M., & Connolly, D. M. (2023). Coagulation Profiles in Humans Exposed to Exertional Hypobaric Decompression Stress Determined by Calibrated Automated Thrombogram. Hemato, 4(4), 301-310. https://doi.org/10.3390/hemato4040024

The blood coagulation response to decompression stress in humans has yet to be fully investigated. Here we utilised calibrated automated thrombogram (CAT) on samples from healthy volunteers exposed to decompression stress to investigate real-time thr... Read More about Coagulation Profiles in Humans Exposed to Exertional Hypobaric Decompression Stress Determined by Calibrated Automated Thrombogram.

Immobilised-enzyme microreactors for the identification and synthesis of conjugated drug metabolites (2023)
Journal Article
Doyle, B., Madden, L. A., Pamme, N., & Jones, H. (2023). Immobilised-enzyme microreactors for the identification and synthesis of conjugated drug metabolites. RSC advances, 13(40), 27696-27704. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ra03742h

The study of naturally circulating drug metabolites has been a focus of interest, since these metabolites may have different therapeutic and toxicological effects compared to the parent drug. The synthesis of metabolites outside of the human body is... Read More about Immobilised-enzyme microreactors for the identification and synthesis of conjugated drug metabolites.

Digital Health Solutions for Weight Loss and Obesity: A Narrative Review (2023)
Journal Article
Irvin, L., Madden, L. A., Marshall, P., & Vince, R. V. (2023). Digital Health Solutions for Weight Loss and Obesity: A Narrative Review. Nutrients, 15(8), Article 1858. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15081858

Personal exercise programmes have long been used and prescribed for weight loss and the improvement of quality of life in obese patients. While individualised programmes are usually the preferred option, they can be more costly and challenging to del... Read More about Digital Health Solutions for Weight Loss and Obesity: A Narrative Review.

Fabrication of Angiogenic Sprouting Coculture of Cell Clusteroids Using an Aqueous Two-Phase Pickering Emulsion System (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, A., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2022). Fabrication of Angiogenic Sprouting Coculture of Cell Clusteroids Using an Aqueous Two-Phase Pickering Emulsion System. ACS Applied Bio Materials, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.2c00168

Tumor cell spheroids and 3D cell culture have generated a lot of interest in the past decade due to their relative ease of production and biomedical research applications. To date, the frontier in tumor 3D models has been pushed to the level of perso... Read More about Fabrication of Angiogenic Sprouting Coculture of Cell Clusteroids Using an Aqueous Two-Phase Pickering Emulsion System.

Vascularized Co‐Culture Clusteroids of Primary Endothelial and Hep‐G2 Cells Based on Aqueous Two‐Phase Pickering Emulsions (2022)
Journal Article
Wang, A., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2022). Vascularized Co‐Culture Clusteroids of Primary Endothelial and Hep‐G2 Cells Based on Aqueous Two‐Phase Pickering Emulsions. Bioengineering, 9(3), Article 126. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering9030126

Three‐dimensional cell culture has been extensively involved in biomedical applications due to its high availability and relatively mature biochemical properties. However, single 3D cell culture models based on hydrogel or various scaffolds do not me... Read More about Vascularized Co‐Culture Clusteroids of Primary Endothelial and Hep‐G2 Cells Based on Aqueous Two‐Phase Pickering Emulsions.

Enhanced clearing of Candida biofilms on a 3D urothelial cell in vitro model using lysozyme-functionalized fluconazole-loaded shellac nanoparticles (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, A., Weldrick, P. J., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2021). Enhanced clearing of Candida biofilms on a 3D urothelial cell in vitro model using lysozyme-functionalized fluconazole-loaded shellac nanoparticles. Biomaterials science / Royal Society of Chemistry, 9(20), 6927-6939. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1bm01035b

Candida urinary tract biofilms are increasingly witnessed in nosocomial infections due to reduced immunity of patients and the hospital ecosystem. The indwelling devices utilized to support patients with urethral diseases that connect the unsterilize... Read More about Enhanced clearing of Candida biofilms on a 3D urothelial cell in vitro model using lysozyme-functionalized fluconazole-loaded shellac nanoparticles.

Biofilm-Infected Human Clusteroid Three-Dimensional Coculture Platform to Replace Animal Models in Testing Antimicrobial Nanotechnologies (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, A., Weldrick, P., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2021). Biofilm-Infected Human Clusteroid Three-Dimensional Coculture Platform to Replace Animal Models in Testing Antimicrobial Nanotechnologies. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13(19), 22182-22194. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c02679

Microbial biofilms are a major concern in wound care, implant devices, and organ infections. Biofilms allow higher tolerance to antimicrobial drugs, can impair wound healing, and potentially lead to sepsis. There has been a recent focus on developing... Read More about Biofilm-Infected Human Clusteroid Three-Dimensional Coculture Platform to Replace Animal Models in Testing Antimicrobial Nanotechnologies.

High-throughput fabrication of hepatic cell clusteroids with enhanced growth and functionality for tissue engineering applications (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, A., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2020). High-throughput fabrication of hepatic cell clusteroids with enhanced growth and functionality for tissue engineering applications. Materials Advances, 1(8), 3022-3032. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ma00635a

Culturing of cells as three-dimensional (3D) clusters can enhance in vitro tests for basic biological research as well as for therapeutics development. Such 3D culture models, however, are often more complicated, cumbersome and expensive than two-dim... Read More about High-throughput fabrication of hepatic cell clusteroids with enhanced growth and functionality for tissue engineering applications.

Advanced biomedical applications based on emerging 3D cell culturing platforms (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, A., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2020). Advanced biomedical applications based on emerging 3D cell culturing platforms. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 8(46), 10487-10501. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tb01658f

It is of great value to develop reliable in vitro models for cell biology and toxicology. However, ethical issues and the decreasing number of donors restrict the further use of traditional animal models in various fields, including the emerging fiel... Read More about Advanced biomedical applications based on emerging 3D cell culturing platforms.

Resistance training leads to large improvements in strength and moderate improvements in physical function in adults who are overweight or obese: a systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Orange, S. T., Madden, L. A., & Vince, R. V. (2020). Resistance training leads to large improvements in strength and moderate improvements in physical function in adults who are overweight or obese: a systematic review. Journal of Physiotherapy, 66(4), 214-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2020.09.009

Questions What are the effects of resistance training on muscle strength, physical function and muscle power in adults who are overweight or obese? Which factors moderate the effects? Design Systematic review of randomised controlled trials, wit... Read More about Resistance training leads to large improvements in strength and moderate improvements in physical function in adults who are overweight or obese: a systematic review.

Bioimprint Mediated Label-Free Isolation of Pancreatic Tumor Cells from a Healthy Peripheral Blood Cell Population (2020)
Journal Article
Pelle, M., Das, A. A. K., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (in press). Bioimprint Mediated Label-Free Isolation of Pancreatic Tumor Cells from a Healthy Peripheral Blood Cell Population. Advanced Biosystems, Article 2000054. https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202000054

New techniques are required for earlier diagnosis and response to treatment of pancreatic cancer. Here, a label-free approach is reported in which circulating pancreatic tumor cells are isolated from healthy peripheral blood cells via cell bioimprint... Read More about Bioimprint Mediated Label-Free Isolation of Pancreatic Tumor Cells from a Healthy Peripheral Blood Cell Population.

Doxorubicin Enhances Procoagulant Activity of Endothelial Cells after Exposure to Tumour Microparticles on Microfluidic Devices (2020)
Journal Article
Algarni, A., Greenman, J., & Madden, L. A. (2020). Doxorubicin Enhances Procoagulant Activity of Endothelial Cells after Exposure to Tumour Microparticles on Microfluidic Devices. Hemato, 1(1), 23-34. https://doi.org/10.3390/bloods1010006

The majority of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy have a significantly increased risk of venous thromboembolism via a mechanism not yet fully elucidated but which most probably involves tumour microparticles (MP) combined with damaged/activated... Read More about Doxorubicin Enhances Procoagulant Activity of Endothelial Cells after Exposure to Tumour Microparticles on Microfluidic Devices.

The effects of empagliflozin vs metformin on endothelial microparticles in overweight/obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (2020)
Journal Article
Javed, Z., Papageorgiou, M., Madden, L. A., Rigby, A. S., Kilpatrick, E. S., Atkin, S. L., & Sathyapalan, T. (2020). The effects of empagliflozin vs metformin on endothelial microparticles in overweight/obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Endocrine Connections, 9(6), 563-569. https://doi.org/10.1530/EC-20-0173

Context: Endothelial microparticles (EMPs) are novel, surrogate biomarkers of endothelial function and have been shown to be elevated in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). It remains poorly understood how pharmacological options for managin... Read More about The effects of empagliflozin vs metformin on endothelial microparticles in overweight/obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Procoagulant tumor microvesicles attach to endothelial cells on biochips under microfluidic flow (2019)
Journal Article
Algarni, A., Greenman, J., & Madden, L. A. (2019). Procoagulant tumor microvesicles attach to endothelial cells on biochips under microfluidic flow. Biomicrofluidics, 13(6), Article 064124. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5123462

Tumor patients are at a high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), and the mechanism by which this occurs may involve tumor-derived microvesicles (MVs). Previously, it has been shown that tumor MVs become attached to endothelial cells in static condi... Read More about Procoagulant tumor microvesicles attach to endothelial cells on biochips under microfluidic flow.

Isolated tumour microparticles induce endothelial microparticle release in vitro (2019)
Journal Article
Faulkner, L. G., Alqarni, S., Maraveyas, A., & Madden, L. A. (2020). Isolated tumour microparticles induce endothelial microparticle release in vitro. Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis, 31(1), 35-42. https://doi.org/10.1097/MBC.0000000000000876

© 2019 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. Cancer induces a hypercoagulable state, resulting in an increased risk of venous thromboembolism. One of the mechanisms driving this is tissue factor (TF) production by the tumour, released in s... Read More about Isolated tumour microparticles induce endothelial microparticle release in vitro.

Targeted removal of blood cancer cells from mixed cell populations by cell recognition with matching particle imprints (2019)
Journal Article
Das, A. A., Remaud, P., Medlock, J., Das, A. A. K., Allsup, D. J., Madden, L. A., …Paunov, V. N. (2019). Targeted removal of blood cancer cells from mixed cell populations by cell recognition with matching particle imprints. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 4(1), 197-205. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9qm00531e

We report a new approach for separation of blood cancer cells from healthy white blood cells based on cell recognition by surface functionalised particle imprints. We prepared polymeric particle imprints from a layer of suspension of monodisperse PMM... Read More about Targeted removal of blood cancer cells from mixed cell populations by cell recognition with matching particle imprints.

Impaired heat shock protein 72 expression in women with polycystic ovary syndrome following a supervised exercise programme (2019)
Journal Article
Vince, R. V., Kirk, R. J., Aye, M. M., Atkin, S. L., & Madden, L. A. (2020). Impaired heat shock protein 72 expression in women with polycystic ovary syndrome following a supervised exercise programme. Cell Stress and Chaperones, 25(1), 73-80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12192-019-01048-1

Induction of heat shock protein expression and the heat shock (stress) response are seen in exercise. This exercise-induced response is thought protective against cellular stress through the expression of heat shock proteins. The highly inducible hea... Read More about Impaired heat shock protein 72 expression in women with polycystic ovary syndrome following a supervised exercise programme.

Feasibility of a novel exercise prehabilitation programme in patients scheduled for elective colorectal surgery: a feasibility randomised controlled trial (2019)
Journal Article
Northgraves, M. J., Arunachalam, L., Madden, L. A., Marshall, P., Hartley, J. E., MacFie, J., & Vince, R. V. (2019). Feasibility of a novel exercise prehabilitation programme in patients scheduled for elective colorectal surgery: a feasibility randomised controlled trial. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-019-05098-0

© 2019, The Author(s). Background and objectives: To investigate the feasibility of delivering a functional exercise-based prehabilitation intervention and its effects on postoperative length of hospital stay, preoperative physical functioning and he... Read More about Feasibility of a novel exercise prehabilitation programme in patients scheduled for elective colorectal surgery: a feasibility randomised controlled trial.

Effect of home-based resistance training performed with or without a high-speed component in adults with severe obesity (2019)
Journal Article
Orange, S. T., Marshall, P., Madden, L. A., & Vince, R. V. (2020). Effect of home-based resistance training performed with or without a high-speed component in adults with severe obesity. Translational Sports Medicine, 3(1), 34-45. https://doi.org/10.1002/tsm2.115

The objectives of this study were to:(a) evaluate the effects of walking and home-based resistance training on function, strength, power, anthropometry, and quality of life (QoL) in adults with severe obesity, and (b) assess whether performing resist... Read More about Effect of home-based resistance training performed with or without a high-speed component in adults with severe obesity.

The CD105:CD106 microparticle ratio is CD106 dominant in polycystic ovary syndrome compared to type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects (2019)
Journal Article
Al-Qaissi, A., Alqarni, S., Javed, Z., Atkin, S. L., Sathyapalan, T., Vince, R., & Madden, L. A. (2019). The CD105:CD106 microparticle ratio is CD106 dominant in polycystic ovary syndrome compared to type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects. Endocrine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-019-02059-9

© 2019, The Author(s). Background: A retrospective analysis was carried out from patients and controls during the past 5 years from a series of studies investigating endothelial microparticles (MP). Methods: In total, 319 samples from 207 individuals... Read More about The CD105:CD106 microparticle ratio is CD106 dominant in polycystic ovary syndrome compared to type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects.

Fabrication of Human Keratinocyte Cell Clusters for Skin Graft Applications by Templating Water-in-Water Pickering Emulsions (2019)
Journal Article
Celik, S., Dominici, S., Filby, B., Das, A., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2019). Fabrication of Human Keratinocyte Cell Clusters for Skin Graft Applications by Templating Water-in-Water Pickering Emulsions. Biomimetics, 4(3), Article 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics4030050

Most current methods for the preparation of tissue spheroids require complex materials, involve tedious physical steps and are generally not scalable. We report a novel alternative, which is both inexpensive and up-scalable, to produce large quantiti... Read More about Fabrication of Human Keratinocyte Cell Clusters for Skin Graft Applications by Templating Water-in-Water Pickering Emulsions.

Bioimprint aided cell recognition and depletion of human leukemic HL60 cells from peripheral blood (2019)
Journal Article
Das, A. A., Medlock, J., Liang, H., Nees, D., Allsup, D. J., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2019). Bioimprint aided cell recognition and depletion of human leukemic HL60 cells from peripheral blood. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 7(22), 3497-3504. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9tb00679f

We report a large scale preparation of bioimprints of layers of cultured human leukemic HL60 cells which can perform cell shape and size recognition from a mixture with peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). We demonstrate that the bioimprint-ce... Read More about Bioimprint aided cell recognition and depletion of human leukemic HL60 cells from peripheral blood.

Circulating endothelial microparticles reduce in concentration following an exercise programme in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (2019)
Journal Article
Kirk, R. J., Madden, L. A., Peart, D. J., Aye, M. M., Atkin, S. L., & Vince, R. V. (2019). Circulating endothelial microparticles reduce in concentration following an exercise programme in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Frontiers in endocrinology, 10(MAR), Article 200. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2019.00200

Purpose: Endothelial dysfunction is a known comorbidity in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The aim was to assess if supervised, moderate intensity exercise could potentially impact markers of endothelial disruption; endothelial cell deri... Read More about Circulating endothelial microparticles reduce in concentration following an exercise programme in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Can sit-to-stand muscle power explain the ability to perform functional tasks in adults with severe obesity? (2018)
Journal Article
Orange, S. T., Marshall, P., Madden, L. A., & Vince, R. V. (2019). Can sit-to-stand muscle power explain the ability to perform functional tasks in adults with severe obesity?. Journal of sports sciences, 37(11), 1227-1234. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1553500

This study examined the relationship between sit-to-stand (STS) power and physical function in adults with severe obesity. Thirty-eight adults (age: 44 ± 12 years; body mass index [BMI]: 45.2 ± 7.8 kg/m2) completed evaluations of STS power, strength... Read More about Can sit-to-stand muscle power explain the ability to perform functional tasks in adults with severe obesity?.

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., …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.

Test-Retest reliability of a commercial linear position transducer (GymAware PowerTool) to measure velocity and power in the Back Squat and Bench Press (2018)
Journal Article
Orange, S. T., Metcalfe, J. W., Vince, R. V., Marshall, P., Madden, L. A., & Liefeith, A. (2020). Test-Retest reliability of a commercial linear position transducer (GymAware PowerTool) to measure velocity and power in the Back Squat and Bench Press. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 34(3), 728-737. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002715

This study examined the test-retest reliability of the GymAware PowerTool (GYM) to measure velocity and power in the free-weight back squat and bench press. Twenty-nine academy rugby league players (age: 17.6 ± 1.0 years; body mass: 87.3 ± 20.8 kg) c... Read More about Test-Retest reliability of a commercial linear position transducer (GymAware PowerTool) to measure velocity and power in the Back Squat and Bench Press.

Validity and reliability of a wearable inertial sensor to measure velocity and power in the back squat and bench press (2018)
Journal Article
Orange, S. T., Metcalfe, J. W., Liefeith, A., Marshall, P., Madden, L. A., Fewster, C. R., & Vince, R. V. (2019). Validity and reliability of a wearable inertial sensor to measure velocity and power in the back squat and bench press. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 33(9), 2398-2408. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002574

Orange, ST, Metcalfe, JW, Liefeith, A, Marshall, P, Madden, LA, Fewster, CR, and Vince, RV. Validity and reliability of a wearable inertial sensor to measure velocity and power in the back squat and bench press. J Strength Cond Res 33(9): 2398-2408,... Read More about Validity and reliability of a wearable inertial sensor to measure velocity and power in the back squat and bench press.

Exercise prehabilitation in elective intra-cavity surgery: A role within the ERAS pathway? A narrative review (2018)
Journal Article
Orange, S. T., Northgraves, M. J., Marshall, P., Madden, L. A., & Vince, R. V. (2018). Exercise prehabilitation in elective intra-cavity surgery: A role within the ERAS pathway? A narrative review. International journal of surgery, 56, 328-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2018.04.054

The Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) model integrates several elements of perioperative care into a standardised clinical pathway for surgical patients. ERAS programmes aim to reduce the rate of complications, improve surgical recovery, and lim... Read More about Exercise prehabilitation in elective intra-cavity surgery: A role within the ERAS pathway? A narrative review.

Short-Term Training and Detraining Effects of Supervised vs. Unsupervised Resistance Exercise in Aging Adults (2018)
Journal Article
Orange, S. T., Marshall, P., Madden, L. A., & Vince, R. V. (2019). Short-Term Training and Detraining Effects of Supervised vs. Unsupervised Resistance Exercise in Aging Adults. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 33(10), 2733-2742. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002536

Orange, ST, Marshall, P, Madden, LA, and Vince, RV. Short-term training and detraining effects of supervised vs. unsupervised resistance exercise in aging adults. J Strength Cond Res 33(10): 2733-2742, 2019-This study compared the effects of a 4-week... Read More about Short-Term Training and Detraining Effects of Supervised vs. Unsupervised Resistance Exercise in Aging Adults.

The effect of a simulated commercial flight environment with hypoxia and low humidity on clotting, platelet, and endothelial function in participants with type 2 diabetes - A cross-over study (2018)
Journal Article
Konya, J., Spurgeon, B. E. J., Al Qaissi, A., Sathyapalan, T., Ajjan, R., Madden, L., …Atkin, S. L. (2018). The effect of a simulated commercial flight environment with hypoxia and low humidity on clotting, platelet, and endothelial function in participants with type 2 diabetes - A cross-over study. Frontiers in endocrinology, 9(FEB), Article 26. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2018.00026

© 2018 Konya, Al Qaissi, Sathyapalan, Ajjan, Madden, Naseem, Garrett, Kilpatrick and Atkin. Aims: To determine if clotting, platelet, and endothelial function were affected by simulated short-haul commercial air flight conditions (SF) in participants... Read More about The effect of a simulated commercial flight environment with hypoxia and low humidity on clotting, platelet, and endothelial function in participants with type 2 diabetes - A cross-over study.

Differing mechanisms of thrombin generation in live haematological and solid cancer cells determined by calibrated automated thrombography (2017)
Journal Article
Adesanya, M. A., Maraveyas, A., & Madden, L. (2017). Differing mechanisms of thrombin generation in live haematological and solid cancer cells determined by calibrated automated thrombography. Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis, 28(8), 602-611. https://doi.org/10.1097/mbc.0000000000000644

© 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. Calibrated automated thrombography (CAT) is emerging as a reliable tool for real-Time estimation of thrombin generation potential. There is a clinical need for knowledge about the pathways under... Read More about Differing mechanisms of thrombin generation in live haematological and solid cancer cells determined by calibrated automated thrombography.

Cancer microvesicles induce tissue factor-related procoagulant activity in endothelial cells in vitro (2017)
Journal Article
Adesanya, M. A., Maraveyas, A., & Madden, L. A. (2017). Cancer microvesicles induce tissue factor-related procoagulant activity in endothelial cells in vitro. Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis, 28(5), 365-372. https://doi.org/10.1097/MBC.0000000000000607

Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. Microvesicles associated with tissue factor (TF) may play a role in cancer-related venous thromboembolism; however, not much is known about their interaction with the tumour stroma, es... Read More about Cancer microvesicles induce tissue factor-related procoagulant activity in endothelial cells in vitro.

Cancer bioimprinting and cell shape recognition for diagnosis and targeted treatment (2017)
Journal Article
Medlock, J., Das, A. A. K., Madden, L. A., Allsup, D. J., & Paunov, V. N. (2017). Cancer bioimprinting and cell shape recognition for diagnosis and targeted treatment. Chemical Society Reviews, 46(16), 5110-5127. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cs00179g

Cancer incidence and mortality have both increased in the last decade and are predicted to continue to rise. Diagnosis and treatment of cancers are often hampered by the inability to specifically target neoplastic cells. Bioimprinting is a promising... Read More about Cancer bioimprinting and cell shape recognition for diagnosis and targeted treatment.

Duramycin-porphyrin conjugates for targeting of tumour cells using photodynamic therapy (2016)
Journal Article
Broughton, L. J., Giuntini, F., Savoie, H., Bryden, F., Boyle, R. W., Maraveyas, A., & Madden, L. A. (2016). Duramycin-porphyrin conjugates for targeting of tumour cells using photodynamic therapy. Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology, 163, 374-384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2016.09.001

Duramycin, through binding with phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), has been shown to be a selective molecular probe for the targeting and imaging of cancer cells. Photodynamic therapy aims to bring about specific cytotoxic damage to tumours through deliv... Read More about Duramycin-porphyrin conjugates for targeting of tumour cells using photodynamic therapy.

The test-retest reliability of four functional mobility tests in apparently healthy adults (2016)
Journal Article
Northgraves, M. J., Hayes, S. C., Marshall, P., Madden, L. A., & Vince, R. V. (2016). The test-retest reliability of four functional mobility tests in apparently healthy adults. Isokinetics and Exercise Science, 24(3), 171-179. https://doi.org/10.3233/ies-160614

Background: Simple field tests are often used to assess functional mobility in clinical settings. Despite having many benefits, these tests are susceptible to measurement error and individual variation. Objectives: To examine the test-retest and abso... Read More about The test-retest reliability of four functional mobility tests in apparently healthy adults.

Duramycin-induced calcium release in cancer cells (2016)
Journal Article
Broughton, L. J., Crow, C., Madden, L. A., & Maraveyas, A. (2016). Duramycin-induced calcium release in cancer cells. Anti-cancer drugs, 27(3), 173-182. https://doi.org/10.1097/cad.0000000000000313

Introduction: Duramycin through binding with phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) has shown potential to be an effective anti-tumour agent. However its mode of action in relation to tumour cells is not fully understood. Methods: PE expression on the surface... Read More about Duramycin-induced calcium release in cancer cells.

Implications of a pre-exercise alkalosis-mediated attenuation of HSP72 on its response to a subsequent bout of exercise (2015)
Journal Article
Peart, D. J., Kirk, R. J., Madden, L. A., & Vince, R. V. (2016). Implications of a pre-exercise alkalosis-mediated attenuation of HSP72 on its response to a subsequent bout of exercise. Amino acids, 48(2), 499-504. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-015-2103-1

The aim of this study was to investigate if a pre-exercise alkalosis-mediated attenuation of HSP72 had any effect on the response of the same stress protein after a subsequent exercise. Seven physically active males [25.0 ± 6.5 years, 182.1 ± 6.0 cm,... Read More about Implications of a pre-exercise alkalosis-mediated attenuation of HSP72 on its response to a subsequent bout of exercise.

Repeated supra-maximal sprint cycling with and without sodium bicarbonate supplementation induces endothelial microparticle release (2013)
Journal Article
Kirk, R. J., Peart, D. J., Madden, L. A., & Vince, R. V. (2014). Repeated supra-maximal sprint cycling with and without sodium bicarbonate supplementation induces endothelial microparticle release. European journal of sport science : the official journal of the European College of Sport Science, 14(4), 345-352. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2013.785600

Under normal homeostatic conditions, the endothelium releases microparticles (MP), which are known to increase under stressful conditions and in disease states. CD105 (endoglin) and CD106 (vascular cell adhesion molecule-1) are expressed on the surfa... Read More about Repeated supra-maximal sprint cycling with and without sodium bicarbonate supplementation induces endothelial microparticle release.

Photothermal colloid antibodies for shape-selective recognition and killing of microorganisms (2013)
Journal Article
Borovička, J., Metheringham, W. J., Madden, L. A., Walton, C. D., Stoyanov, S. D., & Paunov, V. N. (2013). Photothermal colloid antibodies for shape-selective recognition and killing of microorganisms. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(14), 5282-5285. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja400781f

We have developed a class of selective antimicrobial agents based on the recognition of the shape and size of the bacterial cells. These agents are anisotropic colloid particles fabricated as negative replicas of the target cells which involve templa... Read More about Photothermal colloid antibodies for shape-selective recognition and killing of microorganisms.

Increased inducible heat shock protein 72 expression associated with PBMC isolated from patients with haematological tumours (2012)
Journal Article
Madden, L. A., Hayman, Y. A., Underwood, C., Vince, R. V., Greenman, J., Allsup, D., & Ali, S. (2012). Increased inducible heat shock protein 72 expression associated with PBMC isolated from patients with haematological tumours. Scandinavian journal of clinical & laboratory investigation, 72(5), 380-386. https://doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2012.681683

Background. Heat shock protein 72 (Hsp72) is a highly inducible stress protein and molecular chaperone. Cancers have been shown to be associated with increased Hsp72 expression within the tumour itself and this may lead to resistance to apoptosis. Me... Read More about Increased inducible heat shock protein 72 expression associated with PBMC isolated from patients with haematological tumours.

Intraluminal thrombus has a selective influence on matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors (tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases) in the wall of abdominal aortic aneurysms (2012)
Journal Article
Abdul Rahman, M., Mazari, F., Khan, J. A., Madden, L., McCollum, P., Shahin, Y., …Smith, G. (2012). Intraluminal thrombus has a selective influence on matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors (tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases) in the wall of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Annals of vascular surgery, 26(3), 322-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2011.08.015

BACKGROUND The influence of intraluminal thrombus (ILT) on the proteolytic environment within the wall of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is unknown. This is the first study to examine the correlation between ILT thickness and the levels of matrix... Read More about Intraluminal thrombus has a selective influence on matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors (tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases) in the wall of abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Flow focussing of particles and cells based on their intrinsic properties using a simple diamagnetic repulsion setup (2011)
Journal Article
Rodríguez-Villarreal, A. I., Tarn, M. D., Madden, L. A., Lutz, J. B., Greenman, J., Samitier, J., & Pamme, N. (2011). Flow focussing of particles and cells based on their intrinsic properties using a simple diamagnetic repulsion setup. Lab on a chip, 11(7), 1240-1248. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0lc00464b

The continuous flow focussing and manipulation of particles and cells are important factors in microfluidic applications for performing accurate and reproducible procedures downstream. Many particle focussing methods require complex setups or channel... Read More about Flow focussing of particles and cells based on their intrinsic properties using a simple diamagnetic repulsion setup.

Identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-specific peptides for targeted photoantimicrobial chemotherapy (2011)
Journal Article
Vince, R. V., Madden, L. A., Alonso, C. M., Savoie, H., Boyle, R. W., Todman, M., …Greenman, J. (2011). Identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-specific peptides for targeted photoantimicrobial chemotherapy. Photochemical & photobiological sciences : an international journal, 10(4), 515-522. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0pp00267d

The increasing prevalence of multi-drug resistant bacteria, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), necessitates development of alternative modes of bacterial targeting which are not hindered by antibiotic resistance and minimise... Read More about Identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-specific peptides for targeted photoantimicrobial chemotherapy.

The effect of hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning on heat shock protein 72 expression following in vitro stress in human monocytes (2010)
Journal Article
Vince, R. V., Midgley, A. W., Laden, G., & Madden, L. A. (2011). The effect of hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning on heat shock protein 72 expression following in vitro stress in human monocytes. Cell Stress and Chaperones, 16(3), 339-343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12192-010-0246-2

Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is thought to confer protection to cells via a cellular response to free radicals. This process may involve increased expression of heat shock proteins, in particular the highly inducible heat shock protein 72 (Hsp72). Healthy... Read More about The effect of hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning on heat shock protein 72 expression following in vitro stress in human monocytes.

Viability of plant spore exine capsules for microencapsulation (2010)
Journal Article
Barrier, S., Diego-Taboada, A., Thomasson, M. J., Madden, L., Pointon, J. C., Wadhawan, J. D., …Mackenzie, G. (2011). Viability of plant spore exine capsules for microencapsulation. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(4), 975-981. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0jm02246b

Sporopollenin exine capsules (SECs) (outer exoskeletal wall of the spores of Lycopodium clavatum) were extracted and examined for their potential use as microcapsules. They were shown, by laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM), to be void of their... Read More about Viability of plant spore exine capsules for microencapsulation.

Weight-adjusted dalteparin for prevention of vascular thromboembolism in advanced pancreatic cancer patients decreases serum tissue factor and serum-mediated induction of cancer cell invasion (2010)
Journal Article
Maraveyas, A., Ettelaie, C., Echrish, H., Li, C., Gardiner, E., Greenman, J., & Madden, L. A. (2010). Weight-adjusted dalteparin for prevention of vascular thromboembolism in advanced pancreatic cancer patients decreases serum tissue factor and serum-mediated induction of cancer cell invasion. Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis, 21(5), 452-458. https://doi.org/10.1097/mbc.0b013e328338dc49

The aim of the present study was to assess the role of tissue factor and serum-induced cell invasion in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer (APC). A cohort of 39 patients with APC, without thrombosis, receiving chemotherapy, were entered in a ra... Read More about Weight-adjusted dalteparin for prevention of vascular thromboembolism in advanced pancreatic cancer patients decreases serum tissue factor and serum-mediated induction of cancer cell invasion.

Serum IL10 and circulating CD4+CD25high regulatory T cell numbers as predictors of clinical outcome and survival in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (2010)
Journal Article
Alhamarneh, O., Agada, F., Madden, L., Stafford, N., & Greenman, J. (2011). Serum IL10 and circulating CD4+CD25high regulatory T cell numbers as predictors of clinical outcome and survival in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Head & neck, 33(3), 415-423. https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.21464

Background. Patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) commonly have an imbalance in T helper (Th)1/Th2-type cytokines and elevated levels of CD4 + CD25 high regulatory T cells (Treg). Here, we investigated the association of circul... Read More about Serum IL10 and circulating CD4+CD25high regulatory T cell numbers as predictors of clinical outcome and survival in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Hypoxia mediated release of endothelial microparticles and increased association of S100A12 with circulating neutrophils (2009)
Journal Article
Vince, R. V., Chrismas, B., Midgley, A. W., McNaughton, L. R., & Madden, L. A. (2009). Hypoxia mediated release of endothelial microparticles and increased association of S100A12 with circulating neutrophils. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2(1), 2-6. https://doi.org/10.4161/oxim.2.1.7611

Microparticles are released from the endothelium under normal homeostatic conditions and have been shown elevated in disease states, most notably those characterised by endothelial dysfunction. The endothelium is sensitive to oxidative stress/status... Read More about Hypoxia mediated release of endothelial microparticles and increased association of S100A12 with circulating neutrophils.

Binding Optimization through Coordination Chemistry: CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor Antagonists from Ultrarigid Metal Complexes (2009)
Journal Article
Khan, A., Nicholson, G., McRobbie, G., Pannecouque, C., De Clercq, E., Ullom, R., …Greenman, J. (2009). Binding Optimization through Coordination Chemistry: CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor Antagonists from Ultrarigid Metal Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131(10), 3416-3417. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja807921k

A new copper(II) containing bis-macrocyclic CXCR4 chemokine receptor antagonist is shown to have improved binding properties to the receptor protein in comparison to the drug AMD3100 (Plerixafor, Mozobil). The interaction of the metallodrug has been... Read More about Binding Optimization through Coordination Chemistry: CXCR4 Chemokine Receptor Antagonists from Ultrarigid Metal Complexes.

Release of VCAM-1 associated endothelial microparticles following simulated SCUBA dives (2008)
Journal Article
Vince, R. V., McNaughton, L. R., Taylor, L., Midgley, A. W., Laden, G., & Madden, L. A. (2009). Release of VCAM-1 associated endothelial microparticles following simulated SCUBA dives. European journal of applied physiology, 105(4), 507-513. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-008-0927-z

Microparticles (MP) are shed into the circulation from endothelium following activation or apoptosis. Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) is expressed on endothelial cells following activation and here we report quantification of VCAM-1 positi... Read More about Release of VCAM-1 associated endothelial microparticles following simulated SCUBA dives.

Microparticle-associated vascular adhesion molecule-1 and tissue factor follow a circadian rhythm in healthy human subjects (2008)
Journal Article
Madden, L. A., Vince, R. V., Sandström, M. E., Taylor, L., McNaughton, L., & Laden, G. (2008). Microparticle-associated vascular adhesion molecule-1 and tissue factor follow a circadian rhythm in healthy human subjects. Thrombosis and haemostasis, 99(5), 909 - 915. https://doi.org/10.1160/th08-01-0030

An increased risk of death or severe injury due to late-morning thrombotic events is well established. Tissue factor (TF) is the initiator of the coagulation cascade, and endothelial stresses, coupled with production of pro-coagulant microparticles (... Read More about Microparticle-associated vascular adhesion molecule-1 and tissue factor follow a circadian rhythm in healthy human subjects.

Pretreatment with hyperbaric oxygen and its effect on neuropsychometric dysfunction and systemic inflammatory response after cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective randomized double-blind trial (2005)
Journal Article
Alex, J., Laden, G., Cale, A. R. J., Bennett, S., Flowers, K., Madden, L., …Griffin, S. C. (2005). Pretreatment with hyperbaric oxygen and its effect on neuropsychometric dysfunction and systemic inflammatory response after cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective randomized double-blind trial. Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 130(6), 1623-1630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.08.018

Objective: Animal studies have shown that pretreatment with hyperbaric oxygen can induce central nervous system ischemic tolerance and also modulate the inflammatory response. We evaluated this therapy in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. M... Read More about Pretreatment with hyperbaric oxygen and its effect on neuropsychometric dysfunction and systemic inflammatory response after cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective randomized double-blind trial.