Publications by authors named "Andrew-K Davey"

To achieve malaria eradication, new preventative agents that act differently to front-line treatment drugs are needed. To identify potential chemoprevention starting points we screened a sub-set of the CSIRO Australia Compound Collection for compounds with slow-action in vitro activity against Plasmodium falciparum. This work identified N,N-dialkyl-5-alkylsulfonyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-amines as a new antiplasmodial chemotype (e.

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Internationalisation is a broad term that has been used to encompass a range of activities including international student recruitment, student mobility and exchange, international teaching and research collaborations, institutional partnerships, and embedding international and/or intercultural perspectives within curricula.There are numerous drivers for institutions to develop an internationalisation strategy including building global reputation and influence, having a positive influence on communities, income generation, and helping their students gain a global perspective or develop intercultural competencies. Health students benefit from internationalisation activities as they will enter a workforce that increasingly engages with global diseases and works within multicultural societies.

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NAD-dependent histone deacetylases (sirtuins 1-7) have been shown to be involved in various pathophysiological conditions including their involvement in cardiovascular, cancerous, neurodegenerative, immune dysregulation and inflammatory conditions. This study investigates the inflammomodulatory potential of resveratrol (RES), a sirtuin activator and sirtinol (SIR), a sirtuin inhibitor in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced model of sickness behaviour in mice. Male Swiss albino mice were divided into five groups (n = 6) consisting of saline (SAL), LPS, RES, SIR, and fluoxetine (FLU) respectively, each group except LPS was prepared by intraperitoneally (i.

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Neuroinflammation is associated with the development of depression. Deacetylases SIRT1 and SIRT2 are reported to exert neuroprotective effects in aging, neurogenesis, neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of SIRT1 and SIRT2 modulators on LPS-induced neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in vitro.

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Depression is a psychiatric disorder that has a significant health burden on patients and their families. Unfortunately, the current antidepressant medications that mainly target monoamine neurotransmitters have limited efficacy. Recent evidence has indicated that neuroinflammation participates in the genesis and development of depression, and interacts with other factors involved in depression.

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Objectives: Warfarin remains widely used with a time in therapeutic range (TiTR) above 65% recommended for best outcomes. Patients not achieving or maintaining this warfarin control may be better suited to alternate anticoagulants. Despite this, there is limited data defining a suitable trial time in patients initiating warfarin therapy, therefore the aim of this study was to determine the mean time to stable therapeutic range (TtSTR).

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The genus L. from the Boraginaceae family consists of 67 recognised species. The genus is widely distributed in the Mediterranean, having been documented in the traditional medicine of the area since 300 B.

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A series of novel furan-2-yl-1-pyrazoles and their chemical precursors were synthesized and evaluated for their effectiveness at disrupting α-synuclein (α-syn) aggregation . The compounds were found to inhibit α-syn aggregation with efficacy comparable to the promising drug candidate anle138b. The results of this study indicate that compounds , , and may qualify as secondary leads for the structure-activity relationship studies aimed to identify the suitable compounds for improving the modulatory activity targeted at α-syn self-assembly related to Parkinson's disease.

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Background: Non-adherence to prescribed medicines is linked to adverse health outcomes in people living with chronic health conditions (CHCs). Multiple factors are known to contribute to non-adherence to medicines including polypharmacy, demographic features and disease and health systems. Both non-prescription and prescription medicines contribute to polypharmacy; however, there is limited data on the influence of non-prescription medicines to non-adherence.

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Neurodegenerative disease refers to a range of chronic and progressive disorders that are characterized by dysfunction and loss of neurons. Neurodegeneration involves protein misfolding, oxidative injury, impaired mitochondrial function, neurotrophin deficiency and may also involve neuroinflammation. The sirtuin family of proteins plays a key role in this process suggesting that modulation of sirtuin can modify disease progression.

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Numerous post-translational modifications (PTMs) of the Parkinson's disease (PD) associated α-synuclein (α-syn) protein have been recognised to play critical roles in disease aetiology. Indeed, dysregulated phosphorylation and proteolysis are thought to modulate α-syn aggregation and disease progression. Among the PTMs, enzymatic glycosylation with N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) onto the protein's hydroxylated amino acid residues is reported to deliver protective effects against its pathogenic processing.

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Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins are becoming the focus of intense research due to their implications in a broad spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases. Various PTMs have been identified to alter the toxic profiles of proteins which play critical roles in disease etiology. In Alzheimer's disease (AD), dysregulated phosphorylation is reported to promote pathogenic processing of the microtubule-associated tau protein.

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Warfarin has long been the most widely prescribed oral anticoagulant. Introduction of non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) has provided anticoagulant options but also presented the potential challenge of transitioning between agents. Changes from NOACs to warfarin are particularly problematic with delays to therapeutic effect and limited real-world data regarding the impact on warfarin control.

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Background: Warfarin requires ongoing monitoring of the International Normalised Ratio (INR). This is because numerous factors influence the response, including drug interactions with commonly-prescribed medications, such as statins. The administration of statins with warfarin may change INR; however, there is limited information regarding the effects on warfarin control as measured by time in therapeutic range (TTR).

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Pyocyanin (PCN) is a virulence factor secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) that has been shown to have numerous toxic effects in both in vitro and in vivo studies. Such toxicities include pro-inflammatory and pro-oxidant mediated responses.

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Introduction: Warfarin is widely used for patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). Variations in warfarin control, as measured by time in therapeutic range (TTR), have been reported across different regions and ethnicities, particularly between Western and Asian countries. However, there is limited data on comparative factors influencing warfarin control in Caucasian and Asian patients.

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Warfarin reduces stroke risk in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients. The quality of warfarin control, measured by time in therapeutic range (TTR), impacts outcome and adverse events. One tool evaluating risk of adverse events and potential warfarin control would simplify risk-benefit assessment of warfarin.

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Purpose: Modulating gut bacteria via regular prebiotics/probiotics consumption may improve the metabolism of acute alcohol ingestion. This study investigated the impact of 8-weeks prebiotics/probiotics supplementation on microbiome changes and responses to acute alcohol consumption.

Methods: 38 participants (21 females, 23.

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Background: Elimination of rosiglitazone in humans is via hepatic metabolism. The existing studies suggest that CYP2C8 is the major enzyme responsible, with a minor contribution from CYP2C9; however, other studies suggest the involvement of additional cytochrome P450 enzymes and metabolic pathways. Thus a full picture of rosiglitazone metabolism is unclear.

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Background: Warfarin reduces stroke risk in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients but requires ongoing monitoring. Time in therapeutic range (TTR) is used as a measure of warfarin control, with a TTR less than 60% associated with adverse patient outcomes. The Sex, Age, Medical history, Treatment, Tobacco use, Race (SAMe-TTR) score has been identified as a model able to predict warfarin control, but this has been tested in mainly Caucasian populations.

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Background: Warfarin is a leading anticoagulant in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Drug interactions influence the safety of warfarin use and while extensive literature exists regarding the effect on warfarin control and bleeding incidence with many medicines, there is little evidence on the influence of complementary medicines. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of fish and krill oil supplementation on warfarin control and bleeding incidence in AF and DVT patients.

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Pyocyanin has recently emerged as an important virulence factor produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The redox-active tricyclic zwitterion has been shown to have a number of potential effects on various organ systems in vitro, including the respiratory, cardiovascular, urological, and central nervous systems. It has been shown that a large number of the effects to these systems are via the formation of reactive oxygen species.

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Despite the fact that fetal drug exposure is common, the disposition of drugs in the fetus is poorly understood. This study aimed to investigate fetal placental and non-placental disposition of rosiglitazone in the pregnant ewe. Steady state was reached after day 5 of fetal infusion, and were ∼1.

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Coffee is a widely consumed beverage containing numerous biologically active constituents predominantly belonging to the polyphenol and alkaloid classes. It has been established that coffee has a beneficial effect on numerous disease states including depression. A number of prospective and retrospective cohort studies have assessed the effects of coffee consumption on the relative risk of developing major depressive disorder in humans.

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Docetaxel was the first chemotherapeutic agent to increase survival time in patients with androgen-resistant prostate cancer. However, it provides only a modest increase in survival and is associated with significant toxicity. Therefore, there is an urgent need to identify potential adjunct therapies.

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