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SELECTED BIOMEDICAL GROUP REFERENCES

 

SRBF Groups

 

Biomedical Repository

 

Dementia Group

 

Cytokines and Inflammation Group

 

Infection and Immunity Group

 

Vascular Research Group

  

 

 

Cytokines & Inflammation Group

 

Emsley HCA, Hopkins SJ. (2008) Acute ischaemic stroke and infection: recent and emerging concepts. The Lancet Neurology 7:341-53.

 

Emsley HCA, Smith CJ, Tyrrell PJ, Hopkins SJ. Inflammation in acute ischaemic stroke and its relevance to stroke critical care. Neurocritical Care. (2008) 9: 125-138.

 

Clark SR, McMahon CJ, Gueorguieva I, Rowland M, Scarth S, Georgiou R, Tyrrell PJ, Hopkins SJ, Rothwell NJ. (2007) Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist penetrates human brain at experimentally therapeutic concentrations. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. (2008) 28: 387–394

 

Hopkins SJ. (2007) Central nervous system recognition of peripheral inflammation: a neural, hormonal collaboration. Acta Biomedica.78(Special Supplement 1):231-47.

 

Emsley H, Smith C, Gavin C, Georgiou R, Vail A, Barberan E, Illingworth K, Scarth  S, Wickramasinghe V, Hoadley M, Rothwell N, Tyrrell P, Hopkins S (2007) Clinical outcome following acute ischaemic stroke relates to both activation and autoregulatory inhibition of cytokine production. BMC Neurology 7:5 doi:10.1186/1471-2377-7-5

 

Smith CJ, Emsley HCA, Vail A, Georgiou RF, Rothwell NJ, Tyrrell PJ, Hopkins SJ. (2006) Variability of the systemic acute phase response after ischemic stroke. Journal of Neurological Sciences 251:77-81.

 

Hoadley ME, Hopkins SJ. Comparison of ‘Real-Time’ and Immunometric RT-PCR: RNA Interference  of Reverse Transcriptase-PCR. J Immunol Methods. 2006; 312, 40-44.

 

Emsley, C.A., Smith, C.J., Georgiou, R.F., Vail, A., Hopkins, S.J., Rothwell, N.J., Tyrrell, P.J. (2005) A randomised phase II study of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in acute stroke patients. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry. 76, 1366-1372.

 

Smith,CJ; Emsley,CA; Gavin,CM; Georgiou,RF; Vail,A; Barberan,EM; del  Zoppo,GJ; HallenbeckJM; Rothwell,NJ; Hopkins,SJ; Tyrrell,PJ (2004): Peak  plasma interleukin-6 and other peripheral markers of inflammation in the  first week of ischaemic stroke correlate with brain infarct volume,  stroke severity and long-term outcome. BMC Neurol. 4:2, http:// www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/4/2.

 

Hoadley,ME; Hopkins,SJ (2003): Simple, quantitative measurement of cytokine gene expression using an immunometricic reverse transcriptase- polymerase chain reaction. J. Immunol. Meth. 282, 135-145.

 

Emsley, H.C.A., Smith, C.J., Gavin, C.M., Georgiou, R.F., Vail, A., Barberan, E.M., Hallenbeck, J.M., del Zoppo, G.J., Rothwell, N.J., Tyrrell, P.J., Hopkins, .S.J. (2003): An early and sustained peripheral inflammatory response in acute ischaemic stroke: relationships with infection and atherosclerosis. J. Neuroimmunol. 139, 93-101.

 

Hopkins, S.J. (2003) The pathophysiological role of cytokines. Legal Med 5, S45-57

Turnbull, A.V., Prehar, S., Kennedy A.R., Little R.A., Hopkins S.J. (2003) Interleukin-6 is an afferent signal to the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis during local inflammation in mice. Endocrinology 144, 1894-1906.

 

Zampronio, A.R., Melo, M.C.C., Hopkins, S.J., & Souza, G.E.P. (2000) Involvement of CRH in fever induced by a distinct pre-formed pyrogenic factor (PFPF). Inflamm. Res. 49, 473-479.

 

Hope, J.C., Campbell, F., Hopkins, S.J. (2000) Deficiency of interleukin-2 or interleukin-6 reduces lymphocyte proliferation, but only interleukin-6 deficiency decreases the contact hypersensitivity response. Eur. J. Immunol. 30, 197-203.

 

Warhurst, A.C, Hopkins, S.J & Warhurst, G. (1998) Interferon g induces differential upregulation of a and b chemokine secretion in colonic epithelial cell lines. Gut; 42 , 208-213.

 

Miller, A. J., Hopkins, S. J. & Luheshi, G. (1997) Sites of action of IL-1 in the development of fever and cytokine responses to tissue inflammation in the rat. Br. J. Pharm. 120, 1274-1279.

 

Miller,A. J., Luheshi, G., Rothwell, N. J. &  Hopkins, S. J. (1997) Local cytokine induction by lipopolysaccharide in the rat air pouch and its relationship to the febrile response. Am. J. Physiol. (Endocrinol. Metab.) 41, R857-R861.

 

Luheshi, G., Miller,A. J., Brouwer, S., Dascombe, M. J., Rothwell, N. J. &  Hopkins, S. J.,(1996) Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist inhibits endotoxin fever and systemic interleukin-6 induction in the rat. Am. J. Physiol. 270, (Endocrinol. Metab. 33): E91‑E95.

 

Hopkins, S. J. & Rothwell, N.J. (1995) Cytokines and the nervous system: I Expression and recognition. Trends in Neuroscience 18, 83- 88. 

 

 

Dementia

 

Davidson Y, Amin H, Kelley T, Shi J, Tian J, Lashley T, Bandopadhyay R, DuPlessis D, Neary D, Snowden JS, Sikkink S, Pickering-Brown SM, David M.A. Mann (2009) TDP-43 in ubiquitinated inclusions in the inferior olives in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and in other neurodegenerative diseases; a degenerative process distinct from normal ageing. Acta Neuropathol (in press).

 

Foulds PG, Davidson Y, Mishra M, Johnson N, Weintraub S, Akiyama H, Arai T, Hasegawa M, Bigio EH, Allsop D, Mann DMA (2009) Plasma TDP-43 protein levels correlate with brain pathology in frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Acta Neuropathol (in press).

 

Rollinson S, Rohrer JD, van der Zee J, Sleegers K, Mead S, Engelborgs S, Collinge J, Rossor M, De Deyn PP, Mann DMA, Van Broeckhoven C, Pickering-Brown SM (2009) No association of PGRN 3’UTR rs5848 in frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Neurobiol Aging (in press).

 

Pickering-Brown S, Rollinson S, Du Plessis D, Morrison KE, Varma A, Richardson AMT, Neary D, Snowden JS, Mann DMA (2008) Frequency and clinical characteristics of progranulin (PGRN) mutation carriers in the Manchester frontotemporal lobar degeneration cohort:  comparison to patients with  tau (MAPT) and no known mutation. Brain 131; 721-731.

 

Foulds P, McAuley E, Gibbons L, Davidson Y, Pickering-Brown SM, Neary D, Snowden JS, Allsop D, Mann DMA (2008) TDP-43 protein in plasma may index TDP-43 brain pathology in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Acta Neuropathol 116; 141-146.

 

Davidson Y, Kelley T, Mackenzie IR, Pickering-Brown SM, Du Plessis D, Neary D, Snowden JS, Mann DMA (2007) Ubiquitinated pathological lesions in frontotemporal lobar degeneration contain the TAR DNA-binding protein, TDP-43. Acta Neuropathologica 113: 521-533.

 

Davidson Y, Gibbons L, Pritchard A, Hardicre J, Wren J, Stopford C, Julien C, Thompson J, Payton A, Pickering-Brown SM, Pendleton N, Horan MA, Burns A, Purandare N, Lendon CL, Neary D, Snowden JS, Mann DMA (2007) Apolipoprotein E ε4 allele frequency and age at onset of Alzheimer’s disease.  Dementia Geriatr Cogn Disord 23; 60-66.

 

Snowden JS, Pickering-Brown SM, Du Plessis D, Mackenzie IR, Varma A, Mann DMA, Neary D (2007) Progressive Anomia revisited: focal degeneration associated with progranulin gene mutation. Neurocase 13; 366-377.

 

Rollinson S, Snowden JS, Neary D, Morrison KE, Mann DMA, Pickering-Brown SM (2007) TDP-43 gene analysis in frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Neurosci Lett 419; 1-4.

 

Snowden JS, Stopford C, Julien C, Thompson JC, Davidson Y, Gibbons L, Pritchard A, Lendon CL, Richardson A, Varma A, Neary D, Mann DMA (2007) Cognitive phenotypes in Alzheimer’s disease and genetic risk. Cortex 43; 835-845.

 

Davidson Y, Gibbons L, Pritchard AH, Hardicre J, Wren J, Tian J, Shi J, Stopford C, Julien C, Thompson J, Payton A, Thaker U, Hayes AJ, Iwatsubo T, Lendon CL, Pendleton N, Horan MA, Burns A, Neary D, Snowden JS, Mann DMA (2006) Genetic association between cathepsin D exon 2 C>T polymorphism and Alzheimer’s disease, with pathological correlations with genotype. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 77; 515-517.

 

Shiarli AM, Jennings R, Shi J, Bailey K, Davidson Y, Tian J, Bigio E, Ghetti B, Arima K, Iseki E, Murayama S, Kretzchmar H, Lippa C, Halliday G, MacKenzie J, Khan N, Ravid R,  Dickson D, Wszolek Z, Iwatsubo T, Pickering-Brown SM, Mann DMA (2006) Comparative tau pathology in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration and Alzheimer’s disease. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 32; 374-387.

 

Shi J, Tian J, Pritchard A, Lendon C, Lambert JC, Iwatsubo T, Mann DMA (2006) A 3’-UTR polymorphism in the oxidized LDL receptor 1 gene increases Aβ40 load as cerebral amyloid angiopathy in Alzheimer’s disease. Acta Neuropathol 111; 15-20.

 

Tian J, Shi J, Smallman R, Iwatsubo T, Mann DMA (2006) Relationships in Alzheimer’s disease between the extent of Aβ deposition in cerebral blood vessel walls, as cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and the amount of cerebrovascular smooth muscle cells and collagen. Neuropathol Appl Neurol 32; 332-340.

 

de Silva R, Lashley T, Strand K, Shiarli A-M, Shi J, Bailey KL, Bigio EH, Arima K, Iseki E, Murayama S, Kretzschmar H, Neumann M, Lippa C, Halliday G, MacKenzie J, Ravid R, Dickson D, Wszolek Z, Iwatsubo T, Pickering-Brown SM, Holton J, Lees A, Davies P, Revesz T, Mann DMA (2006) An immunohistochemical study of cases of sporadic and inherited Frontotemporal lobar degeneration using 3R- and 4R-specific tau monoclonal antibodies. Acta Neuropathol 111; 329-340.

 

Mackenzie IRA, Shi J, Shaw CL, Du Plessis D, Neary D, Snowden D, Mann DMA (2006) dementia lacking distinctive histology (DLDH) revisited. Acta Neuropathol 112; 551-559.

 

Mackenzie IRA, Baborie A, Pickering-Brown SM, Du Plessis D, Jaros E, Perry RH, Neary D, Snowden JS, Mann DMA (2006) Heterogeneity of ubiquitin pathology in frontotemporal lobar degeneration: classification and relation to clinical phenotype. Acta Neuropathol 112; 539-549.

 

Snowden JS, Pickering-Brown SM, Mackenzie IR, Richardson AMT, Varma A, Neary D, Mann DMA (2006) Progranulin gene mutations associated with frontotemporal dementia and progressive aphasia. Brain 129; 3091-3102.

 

Davidson Y, Gibbons L, Purandare N, Byrne J, Hardicre J, Wren J, Payton A, Pendleton N, Horan A, Burns A, Mann DMA (2006) Genetic risk factors and vascular dementia. Dementia Geriatr Cogn Disord 22; 15-19.

 

Pickering-Brown SM, Baker M, Gass J, Boeve BF, Loy CT, Brooks WS, Mackenzie IR, Martins RN, Kwok JB, Halliday GM, Kril JJ, Schofield PR, Mann DM, Hutton M (2006) Mutations in progranulin explain atypical phenotypes with variants in MAPT. Brain 129; 3124-3126.

 

 

Infection & Immunity

 

Dark P., Dean P., Warhurst G. (2009) From bench-to-bedside: the promise of rapid infection diagnosis using PCR-based pathogen detection Critical Care, (In press)

 

Hafez M, Hayes K, Goldrick M, Warhurst G, Grencis RK, Roberts IS (2009). The K5 capsule of Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 is important in mediating interactions with intestinal epithelial cells. Infection and Immunity 77: 2995-3003

 

Collett A, Stephens RH, Harwood M, Humphrey M, Dallman L, Bennett J, Carlson GL, Warhurst G. (2008) Investigation of regional mechanisms responsible for poor oral absorption in man of a controlled release preparation of the -adrenoreceptor antagonist, UK-338,003: the rational use of ex vivo intestine to predict in vivo absorption. Drug Metabolism and Disposition 36: 87-94

 

Collett, A., Higgs, N.B. Zeef, L.A. Hayes, A. Salmo, E, Haboubi, N, Carlson, G.L., Warhurst G. (2008) Changes in mucosal expression of bacterial response and epithelial repair  genes precede altered gut permeability during colitis development in mdr1a (-/-) mice. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 14: 620-31

 

Macutkiewicz, C, Carlson GL, Clark EC,  Dobrindt U, Roberts IS, Warhurst G. (2008) Characterisation of commensal E. coli strains involved in transcytosis across gut epithelial cells exposed to metabolic and inflammatory stress. Microbes and Infection 10: 424-31.

 

Edwards-Ingram LC, Gitsham P, Warhurst G, Clarke I, Terentjev Y, Hoyle D, Oliver SG, Stateva LI. (2007) Genotypic and physiological characterization of Saccharomyces boulardii, the probiotic strain of S. cerevisiae.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73:2458-67

 

Gunji, H., S. Scarth, G.L. Carlson, G. Warhurst, R.A. Little, S.J. Hopkins (2006) Variability of bacterial translocation and the influence of interleukin-6 following injury Pathophysiology  13: 39-49

 

Clark, EC., C Hoare, J. Tanianis-Hughes, CJ Watson, GL. Carlson, G.Warhurst. (2005) Interferon-gamma induces translocation of commensal E. Coli across gut epithelial cells via a lipid raft-mediated process. Gastroenterology 128: 1258-1267 (2005)

 

Collett, A. J. Tanianis-Hughes, GL Carlson, M. Harwood, G. Warhurst  Comparison of P-glycoprotein-mediated drug interactions in Caco-2 with human and rodent intestine: relevance to in vivo prediction. European J. Pharmaceutical Sciences 26: 386-393 (2005)

 

Watson C.J., Hoare C., Garrod D.R. Carlson G.L., G Warhurst (2005) Interferon-gamma selectively increases epithelial permeability to large molecules by activating different populations of paracellular pores. Journal of Cell Science 118:  5221-5230

 

Collett A, J. Tanianis-Hughes, G. Warhurst (2004) Rapid induction of P-glycoprotein expression by high permeability compounds in colonic cells in vitro: a possible source of transporter mediated drug interactions? Biochemical Pharmacology 68: 783-790.

 

Clark, EC, S. Patel, Currie, A., G. Warhurst, G.L. Carlson (2003) Acute deprivation of glutamine as a metabolic fuel facilitates TNF- induced bacterial translocation. Gut 52:  226-232.

 

Watson C.J., M. Rowland, Warhurst G  (2001) Functional modelling of tight junctions in colonic epithelial monolayers using PEG oligomers. Am. J. Physiol 281: C388-C397

 

Mahmood B., Warhurst, G., Higgs, N.B., Turnberg L.A. (2000) Carbachol potentiates cholera toxin-induced secretion in a colonic epithelial cell line (HT29-19A) and rat ileal mucosa in vitro J. Health Popul. Nutr. 18: 49-53 (2000)

           

Stephens, R.H., O’Neill, C.A., Warhurst, A., Carlson, G.L., Rowland, M., Warhurst, G. (2000) Kinetic profiling of P-glycoprotein mediated drug efflux in rat and human intestinal epithelia. J. Pharm. Exp. Ther. 296: 1-8

           

Warhurst, A.C., Hopkins, S.H., Warhurst, G., (1998)  Interferon-γ induces a differential up-regulation of α- and β- chemokine secretion in cultured colonocytes. Gut 42: 208-213