Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (55)

Three-dimensional spheroid cultures of A549 and HepG2 cells exhibit different lipopolysaccharide (LPS) receptor expression and LPS-induced cytokine response compared with monolayer cultures (2011)
Journal Article
Jinsheng Xu, , Liu, J., Abate, W., Corry, D., Kaul, B., & Jackson, S. K. (2011). Three-dimensional spheroid cultures of A549 and HepG2 cells exhibit different lipopolysaccharide (LPS) receptor expression and LPS-induced cytokine response compared with monolayer cultures. Innate Immunity, 17(3), 245-255. https://doi.org/10.1177/1753425910365733

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a potent modulator of pathogen-induced host inflammatory responses. Lipopolysaccharide signaling to host cells is correlated with the expression of well-characterized LPS receptors. We have developed three-dimensional (3-D... Read More about Three-dimensional spheroid cultures of A549 and HepG2 cells exhibit different lipopolysaccharide (LPS) receptor expression and LPS-induced cytokine response compared with monolayer cultures.

The alcyonacea (soft corals and sea fans) of Antsiranana Bay, northern Madagascar (2011)
Journal Article
Evans, A., Steer, M., & Belle, E. (2011). The alcyonacea (soft corals and sea fans) of Antsiranana Bay, northern Madagascar. Madagascar conservation and development, 6(1), 29-36

During the past two decades, the Alcyonacea (soft corals and sea fans) of the western Indian Ocean have been the subject of numerous studies investigating their ecology and distribution. Comparatively, Madagascar remains understudied. This article pr... Read More about The alcyonacea (soft corals and sea fans) of Antsiranana Bay, northern Madagascar.

The voltammetric behaviour of lead at a microband screen-printed carbon electrode and its determination in acetate leachates from glazed ceramic plates (2011)
Journal Article
Honeychurch, K. C., Al-Berezanchi, S., & Hart, J. P. (2011). The voltammetric behaviour of lead at a microband screen-printed carbon electrode and its determination in acetate leachates from glazed ceramic plates. Talanta, 84(3), 717-723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2011.01.073

Microband screen-printed carbon electrodes (μBSPCEs) without further modification have been investigated as disposable sensors for the measurement of lead in acetate leachates from ceramic glazed plates. Cyclic voltammetry was employed to elucidate t... Read More about The voltammetric behaviour of lead at a microband screen-printed carbon electrode and its determination in acetate leachates from glazed ceramic plates.

Insufficiency of BUBR1, a mitotic spindle checkpoint regulator, causes impaired ciliogenesis in vertebrates (2011)
Journal Article
Miyamoto, T., Porazinski, S., Wang, H., Borovina, A., Ciruna, B., Shimizu, A., …Matsuura, S. (2011). Insufficiency of BUBR1, a mitotic spindle checkpoint regulator, causes impaired ciliogenesis in vertebrates. Human Molecular Genetics, 20(10), 2058-2070. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddr090

Budding uninhibited by benzimidazole-related 1 (BUBR1) is a central molecule of the spindle assembly checkpoint. Germline mutations in the budding uninhibited by benzimidazoles 1 homolog beta gene encoding BUBR1 cause premature chromatid separation (... Read More about Insufficiency of BUBR1, a mitotic spindle checkpoint regulator, causes impaired ciliogenesis in vertebrates.

Mosquito age and susceptibility to insecticides (2011)
Journal Article
Rajatileka, S., Burhani, J., & Ranson, H. (2011). Mosquito age and susceptibility to insecticides. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 105(5), 247-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.01.009

Insecticides play a crucial role in controlling the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases and the development and spread of insecticide resistance is a major threat to sustainable control. Guidelines developed by the WHO to monitor for insecticide... Read More about Mosquito age and susceptibility to insecticides.

The role of c-kit-positive interstitial cells in mediating phasic contractions of bladder strips from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats (2011)
Journal Article
Sellers, D. J., McKay, N. G., Vahabi, B., & Lawson, K. (2011). The role of c-kit-positive interstitial cells in mediating phasic contractions of bladder strips from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. BJU International, 107(9), 1480-1487. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09507.x

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Although the functional significance of ICCs in the bladder is still not clear, they have been linked with detrusor overactivity. In this study we demonstrate the presence of c-kit positive in... Read More about The role of c-kit-positive interstitial cells in mediating phasic contractions of bladder strips from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

Enhanced electrochemical reduction of hydrogen peroxide on silver paste electrodes modified with surfactant and salt (2011)
Journal Article
Smyth, M. R., Gonzalez-Macia, L., Morrin, A., & Killard, A. (2011). Enhanced electrochemical reduction of hydrogen peroxide on silver paste electrodes modified with surfactant and salt. Electrochimica Acta, 56(11), 4146-4153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2011.01.108

The modification of silver paste electrodes with a combination of dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid and KCl has been shown to lead to significant enhancements of the electrochemical reduction of hydrogen peroxide. The catalytic enhancement was shown to be... Read More about Enhanced electrochemical reduction of hydrogen peroxide on silver paste electrodes modified with surfactant and salt.

Neisseria lactamica attenuates TLR-1/2-induced cytokine responses in nasopharyngeal epithelial cells using PPAR-γ (2011)
Journal Article
Tezera, L. B., Hampton, J., Jackson, S. K., & Davenport, V. (2011). Neisseria lactamica attenuates TLR-1/2-induced cytokine responses in nasopharyngeal epithelial cells using PPAR-γ. Cellular Microbiology, 13(4), 554-568. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01554.x

The upper respiratory tract commensal Neisseria lactamica (Nlac) induces protective humoral immunity against pathogenic Nmen serogoup B (Nmen), but whether it also affords anti-inflammatory mucosal protection, as reported for several gut commensals,... Read More about Neisseria lactamica attenuates TLR-1/2-induced cytokine responses in nasopharyngeal epithelial cells using PPAR-γ.

Factors affecting estrogen receptor status in a multiracial Asian country: An analysis of 3557 cases (2011)
Journal Article
Rhodes, A., Bhoo Pathy, N., Yip, C. H., Uiterwaal, C. S., Taib, N. A., Tan, G. H., …Choo, W. Y. (2011). Factors affecting estrogen receptor status in a multiracial Asian country: An analysis of 3557 cases. Breast, 20(SUPPL. 2), 60-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2011.02.004

Estrogen receptor (ER) positive rates in breast cancer may be influenced by grade, stage, age and race. This study reviews the ER positive rates over a 15-year period at the University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Data on ER status... Read More about Factors affecting estrogen receptor status in a multiracial Asian country: An analysis of 3557 cases.

Towards constructing one-bit binary adder in excitable chemical medium (2011)
Journal Article
de Lacy Costello, B., Adamatzky, A., Jahan, I., & Zhang, L. (2011). Towards constructing one-bit binary adder in excitable chemical medium. Chemical Physics, 381(1-3), 88-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2011.01.014

The light-sensitive modification (ruthenium catalysed) of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction exhibits various excitability regimes depending on the level of illumination. Within a narrow range of applied illumination levels the medium is in a sub-exci... Read More about Towards constructing one-bit binary adder in excitable chemical medium.

Double-diffusive penetrative convection simulated via internal heating in an anisotropic porous layer with throughflow (2011)
Journal Article
Capone, F., Gentile, M., & Hill, A. A. (2011). Double-diffusive penetrative convection simulated via internal heating in an anisotropic porous layer with throughflow. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 54(7-8), 1622-1626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.11.020

A model for double-diffusive convection in an anisotropic porous layer with a constant throughflow is explored, with penetrative convection being simulated via an internal heat source. Both linear instability and nonlinear stability analyses are perf... Read More about Double-diffusive penetrative convection simulated via internal heating in an anisotropic porous layer with throughflow.

The stealth episome: Suppression of gene expression on the excised genomic island PPHGI-1 from Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (2011)
Journal Article
Lovell, H. C., Godfrey, S. A., Mansfield, J. W., Corry, D., Jackson, R. W., & Arnold, D. L. (2011). The stealth episome: Suppression of gene expression on the excised genomic island PPHGI-1 from Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. PLoS Pathogens, 7(3), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002010

Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola is the causative agent of halo blight in the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. P. syringae pv. phaseolicola race 4 strain 1302A contains the avirulence gene avrPphB (syn. hopAR1), which resides on PPHGI-1, a 106 k... Read More about The stealth episome: Suppression of gene expression on the excised genomic island PPHGI-1 from Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola.

The role of the Aedes aegypti Epsilon glutathione transferases in conferring resistance to DDT and pyrethroid insecticides (2011)
Journal Article
Lumjuan, N., Rajatileka, S., Changsom, D., Wicheer, J., Leelapat, P., Prapanthadara, L. A., …Ranson, H. (2011). The role of the Aedes aegypti Epsilon glutathione transferases in conferring resistance to DDT and pyrethroid insecticides. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 41(3), 203-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.12.005

The Epsilon glutathione transferase (GST) class in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti consists of eight sequentially arranged genes spanning 53,645 bp on super contig 1.291, which maps to chromosome 2. One Epsilon GST, GSTE2, has previously been implica... Read More about The role of the Aedes aegypti Epsilon glutathione transferases in conferring resistance to DDT and pyrethroid insecticides.

Comparative effects of various commercially available mouthrinse formulations on oral malodour (2011)
Journal Article
Saad, S., Greenman, J., & Shaw, H. (2011). Comparative effects of various commercially available mouthrinse formulations on oral malodour. Oral Diseases, 17(2), 180-186. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1601-0825.2010.01714.x

Objectives: The primary aim of this study was to compare a new mouthwash (SB12®) containing 0.025% chlorhexidine and 0.3% zinc for oral malodour reduction against four commercially available mouthwashes and negative control. A secondary aim was to co... Read More about Comparative effects of various commercially available mouthrinse formulations on oral malodour.

Nodal dependent differential localisation of dishevelled-2 demarcates regions of differing cell behaviour in the visceral endoderm (2011)
Journal Article
Trichas, G., Joyce, B., Crompton, L. A., Wilkins, V., Clements, M., Tada, M., …Srinivas, S. (2011). Nodal dependent differential localisation of dishevelled-2 demarcates regions of differing cell behaviour in the visceral endoderm. PLoS Biology, 9(2), Article e1001019. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001019

The anterior visceral endoderm (AVE), a signalling centre within the simple epithelium of the visceral endoderm (VE), is required for anterior-posterior axis specification in the mouse embryo. AVE cells migrate directionally within the VE, thereby pr... Read More about Nodal dependent differential localisation of dishevelled-2 demarcates regions of differing cell behaviour in the visceral endoderm.

A screen-printed, amperometric biosensor array incorporated into a novel automated system for the simultaneous determination of organophosphate pesticides (2011)
Journal Article
Crew, A. P., Lonsdale, D., Byrd, N., Pittson, R., & Hart, J. P. (2011). A screen-printed, amperometric biosensor array incorporated into a novel automated system for the simultaneous determination of organophosphate pesticides. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 26(6), 2847-2851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2010.11.018

Organophosphate pesticides present serious risks to human and environmental health. A rapid reliable, economical and portable analytical system will be of great benefit in the detection and prevention of contamination. A biosensor array based on six... Read More about A screen-printed, amperometric biosensor array incorporated into a novel automated system for the simultaneous determination of organophosphate pesticides.

Herpetological surveys of forest fragments between Montagne d’Ambre National Park and Ankarana Special Reserve, Northern Madagascar (2011)
Journal Article
Reserve, Northern Madagascar. Herpetological conservation and biology, 6(1), 114-126

Despite Madagascar being well known for its unique biodiversity and high levels of endemism, its herpetofauna remains understudied, especially outside protected areas. Here, we surveyed the herpetofauna within the fragmented dry deciduous forests of... Read More about Herpetological surveys of forest fragments between Montagne d’Ambre National Park and Ankarana Special Reserve, Northern Madagascar.

In planta conditions induce genomic changes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (2011)
Journal Article
Godfrey, S. A., Lovell, H. C., Jackson, R. W., Mansfield, J. W., Hancock, J. T., Desikan, R., & Arnold, D. L. (2011). In planta conditions induce genomic changes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. Molecular Plant Pathology, 12(2), 167-176. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00658.x

The co-evolution of bacterial plant pathogens and their hosts is a complex and dynamic process. Plant resistance can impose stress on invading pathogens that can lead to, and select for, beneficial changes in the bacterial genome. The Pseudomonas syr... Read More about In planta conditions induce genomic changes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola.

Multivariate analysis of bacterial volatile compound profiles for discrimination between selected species and strains in vitro (2011)
Journal Article
Thorn, R., Reynolds, D. M., & Greenman, J. (2011). Multivariate analysis of bacterial volatile compound profiles for discrimination between selected species and strains in vitro. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 84(2), 258-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2010.12.001

Volatile compounds (VCs) are produced by all microorganisms as part of their normal metabolism. The aim of this study was to determine whether bacterial VC profiles could be used to discriminate between selected bacterial species and strains in vitro... Read More about Multivariate analysis of bacterial volatile compound profiles for discrimination between selected species and strains in vitro.