Publications by authors named "Julie Holdsworth"

Article Synopsis
  • Macrophages in breast tissue during obesity cause chronic inflammation, increasing the risk of breast cancer.
  • Researchers found that exposing breast epithelial cells to macrophage-conditioned medium gives them cancer-like traits through the oncogene IKKε and changes in the serine biosynthesis pathway.
  • An FDA-approved drug, amlexanox, shows promise in delaying tumor formation in obesity-related breast cancer models, indicating a potential new strategy to mitigate breast cancer risk linked to obesity and inflammation.
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Psoriatic arthritis.

Nurs Stand

December 2003

Psoriatic arthritis is an inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis. It can be difficult to diagnose and symptoms might vary from being mild to chronic and progressive. Julie Holdsworth discusses the objectives of care management for patients with psoriatic arthritis and explains the rationale for the drugs used to treat this disease.

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