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Distinct clinical and neuropathological features of G51D SNCA mutation cases compared with SNCA duplication and H50Q mutation (2015)
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Kiely, A. P., Ling, H., Asi, Y. T., Kara, E., Proukakis, C., Schapira, A. H., …Holton, J. L. (2015). Distinct clinical and neuropathological features of G51D SNCA mutation cases compared with SNCA duplication and H50Q mutation. Molecular Neurodegeneration, 10, 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13024-015-0038-3

We and others have described the neurodegenerative disorder caused by G51D SNCA mutation which shares characteristics of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA). The objective of this investigation was to extend the description of... Read More about Distinct clinical and neuropathological features of G51D SNCA mutation cases compared with SNCA duplication and H50Q mutation.

Predicting cortical bone adaptation to axial loading in the mouse tibia (2015)
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Pereira, A. F., Javaheri, B., Pitsillides, A. A., & Shefelbine, S. J. (2015). Predicting cortical bone adaptation to axial loading in the mouse tibia. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0590

The development of predictive mathematical models can contribute to a deeper understanding of the specific stages of bone mechanobiology and the process by which bone adapts to mechanical forces. The objective of this work was to predict, with spatia... Read More about Predicting cortical bone adaptation to axial loading in the mouse tibia.

Chronic administration of Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists improves trabecular bone mass and architecture in ovariectomised mice (2015)
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Pereira, M., Jeyabalan, J., Jorgensen, C. S., Hopkinson, M., Al-Jazzar, A., Roux, J. P., …Chenu, C. (2015). Chronic administration of Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists improves trabecular bone mass and architecture in ovariectomised mice. BONE, 81, 459-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2015.08.006

Some anti-diabetic therapies can have adverse effects on bone health and increase fracture risk. In this study, we tested the skeletal effects of chronic administration of two Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA), increasingly used for... Read More about Chronic administration of Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists improves trabecular bone mass and architecture in ovariectomised mice.

Acidosis Is a Key Regulator of Osteoblast Ecto-Nucleotidase Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase 1 (NPP1) Expression and Activity (2015)
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Orriss, I. R., Key, M. L., Hajjawi, M. O. R., Millan, J. L., & Arnett, T. R. (2015). Acidosis Is a Key Regulator of Osteoblast Ecto-Nucleotidase Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase 1 (NPP1) Expression and Activity. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 230(12), 3049-3056. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.25041

Previous work has shown that acidosis prevents bone nodule formation by osteoblasts in vitro by inhibiting mineralisation of the collagenous matrix. The ratio of phosphate (Pi) to pyrophosphate (PPi) in the bone microenvironment is a fundamental regu... Read More about Acidosis Is a Key Regulator of Osteoblast Ecto-Nucleotidase Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase 1 (NPP1) Expression and Activity.

Second tectofugal pathway in a songbird (Taeniopygia guttata) revisited: Tectal and lateral pontine projections to the posterior thalamus, thence to the intermediate nidopallium (2015)
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Wild, J. M., & Gaede, A. H. (2015). Second tectofugal pathway in a songbird (Taeniopygia guttata) revisited: Tectal and lateral pontine projections to the posterior thalamus, thence to the intermediate nidopallium. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 524(5), 963-985

Birds are almost always said to have two visual pathways from the retina to the telencephalon: thalamofugal terminating in the Wulst, and tectofugal terminating in the entopallium. Often ignored is a second tectofugal pathway that terminates in the n... Read More about Second tectofugal pathway in a songbird (Taeniopygia guttata) revisited: Tectal and lateral pontine projections to the posterior thalamus, thence to the intermediate nidopallium.

Phospho1 deficiency transiently modifies bone architecture yet produces consistent modification in osteocyte differentiation and vascular porosity with ageing (2015)
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Javaheri, B., Carriero, A., Staines, K. A., Chang, Y. M., Houston, D. A., Oldknow, K. J., …Pitsillides, A. A. (2015). Phospho1 deficiency transiently modifies bone architecture yet produces consistent modification in osteocyte differentiation and vascular porosity with ageing. BONE, 81, 277-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2015.07.035

PHOSPHO1 is one of principal proteins involved in initiating bone matrix mineralisation. Recent studies have found that Phospho1 KO mice (Phospho1-R74X) display multiple skeletal abnormalities with spontaneous fractures, bowed long bones, osteomalaci... Read More about Phospho1 deficiency transiently modifies bone architecture yet produces consistent modification in osteocyte differentiation and vascular porosity with ageing.

Effect of oleic acid supplementation on prostaglandin production in maternal endometrial and fetal allantochorion cells isolated from late gestation ewes (2015)
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Cheng, Z. R., Abayasekara, D. R. E., Elmes, M., Kirkup, S. E., & Wathes, D. C. (2015). Effect of oleic acid supplementation on prostaglandin production in maternal endometrial and fetal allantochorion cells isolated from late gestation ewes. Placenta, 36(9), 1011-1017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2015.07.128

Elevated circulating non-esterified fatty acids including oleic acid (OA) are associated with many pregnancy related complications. Prostaglandins (PGs) play crucial roles during parturition. We investigated the effect of OA supplementation on PG pro... Read More about Effect of oleic acid supplementation on prostaglandin production in maternal endometrial and fetal allantochorion cells isolated from late gestation ewes.

Aggregated a-synuclein and complex I deficiency: exploration of their relationship in differentiated neurons (2015)
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Reeve, A. K., Ludtmann, M. H. R., Angelova, P. R., Simcox, E. M., Horrocks, M. H., Klenerman, D., …Abramov, A. Y. (2015). Aggregated a-synuclein and complex I deficiency: exploration of their relationship in differentiated neurons. https://doi.org/10.1038/cddis.2015.166

α-Synuclein becomes misfolded and aggregated upon damage by various factors, for example, by reactive oxygen species. These aggregated forms have been proposed to have differential toxicities and their interaction with mitochondria may cause dysfunct... Read More about Aggregated a-synuclein and complex I deficiency: exploration of their relationship in differentiated neurons.

Inherited human group IVA cytosolic phospholipase A2 deficiency abolishes platelet, endothelial, and leucocyte eicosanoid generation (2015)
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Kirkby, N. S., Reed, D. M., Edin, M. L., Rauzi, F., Mataragka, S., Vojnovic, I., …Warner, T. D. (2015). Inherited human group IVA cytosolic phospholipase A2 deficiency abolishes platelet, endothelial, and leucocyte eicosanoid generation. FASEB Journal, 29(11), 4568-4578. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.15-275065

Eicosanoids are important vascular regulators, but the phospholipase A2 (PLA2) isoforms supporting their production within the cardiovascular system are not fully understood. To address this, we have studied platelets, endothelial cells, and leukocyt... Read More about Inherited human group IVA cytosolic phospholipase A2 deficiency abolishes platelet, endothelial, and leucocyte eicosanoid generation.

Lipopolysaccharide and toll-like receptor 4 in dogs with congenital portosystemic shunts (2015)
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Tivers, M. S., Lipscomb, V. J., Smith, K. C., Wheeler-Jones, C. P. D., & House, A. K. (2015). Lipopolysaccharide and toll-like receptor 4 in dogs with congenital portosystemic shunts. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2015.07.006

Surgical attenuation of a congenital portosystemic shunt (CPSS) results in increased portal vein perfusion, liver growth and clinical improvement. Portal lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is implicated in liver regeneration via toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 medi... Read More about Lipopolysaccharide and toll-like receptor 4 in dogs with congenital portosystemic shunts.

Tendon overload results in alterations in cell shape and increased markers of inflammation and matrix degradation (2015)
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Thorpe, C. T., Chaudhry, S., Lei, I., Varone, A., Riley, G. P., Birch, H. L., …Screen, H. R. (2015). Tendon overload results in alterations in cell shape and increased markers of inflammation and matrix degradation. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.12333

Tendon injury is thought to involve both damage accumulation within the matrix and an accompanying cell response. While several studies have characterized cell and matrix response in chronically injured tendons, few have assessed the initial response... Read More about Tendon overload results in alterations in cell shape and increased markers of inflammation and matrix degradation.

The complex aerodynamic footprint of desert locusts revealed by large-volume tomographic particle image velocimetry (2015)
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Henningsson, P., Michaelis, D., Nakata, T., Schanz, D., Geisler, R., Schroeder, A., & Bomphrey, R. J. (2015). The complex aerodynamic footprint of desert locusts revealed by large-volume tomographic particle image velocimetry. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0119

Particle image velocimetry has been the preferred experimental technique with which to study the aerodynamics of animal flight for over a decade. In that time, hardware has become more accessible and the software has progressed from the acquisition o... Read More about The complex aerodynamic footprint of desert locusts revealed by large-volume tomographic particle image velocimetry.

Occipital foramina development involves localised regulation of mesenchyme proliferation and is independent of apoptosis (2015)
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Akbareian, S. E., Pitsillides, A. A., Macharia, R. G., & McGonnell, I. M. (2015). Occipital foramina development involves localised regulation of mesenchyme proliferation and is independent of apoptosis. Journal of Anatomy, 226(6), 560-574. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.12304

Cranial foramina are holes within the skull, formed during development, allowing entry and exit of blood vessels and nerves. Once formed they must remain open, due to the vital structures they contain, i.e. optic nerves, jugular vein, carotid artery,... Read More about Occipital foramina development involves localised regulation of mesenchyme proliferation and is independent of apoptosis.

A large-scale proteogenomics study of apicomplexan pathogens-Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum (2015)
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Krishna, R., Xia, D., Sanderson, S., Shanmugasundram, A., Vermont, S., Bernal, A., …Jones, A. R. (2015). A large-scale proteogenomics study of apicomplexan pathogens-Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum. Proteomics, 15(15), 261828. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201400553

Proteomics data can supplement genome annotation efforts, for example being used to confirm gene models or correct gene annotation errors. Here, we present a large‐scale proteogenomics study of two important apicomplexan pathogens: Toxoplasma gondii... Read More about A large-scale proteogenomics study of apicomplexan pathogens-Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum.

Randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial of a new chewable formulation of amlodipine for the treatment of hypertension in client-owned cats (2015)
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Huhtinen, M., Derre, G., Renoldi, H. J., Rinkinen, M., Adler, K., Aspegren, J., …Elliott, J. (2015). Randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial of a new chewable formulation of amlodipine for the treatment of hypertension in client-owned cats. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 29(3), 786-793. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.12589

Skeletal muscle dysfunction is associated with derangements in mitochondrial bioenergetics (but not UCP3) in a rodent model of sepsis (2015)
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Zolfaghari, P. S., Carré, J. E., Parker, N., Curtin, N. A., Duchen, M. R., & Singer, M. (2015). Skeletal muscle dysfunction is associated with derangements in mitochondrial bioenergetics (but not UCP3) in a rodent model of sepsis. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00562.2014

Muscle dysfunction is a common feature of severe sepsis and multi-organ failure. Recent evidence implicates bioenergetic dysfunction and oxidative damage as important underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. Increased abundance of uncoupling protein... Read More about Skeletal muscle dysfunction is associated with derangements in mitochondrial bioenergetics (but not UCP3) in a rodent model of sepsis.