Publications by authors named "L M Entwistle"
Purpose: An estimated 13 million Australians live with one or more chronic eye conditions, with prevalence increasing. Eye care services today and in the future rely on effective workforces, in which nurses play a pivotal role. Despite nurse involvement in eye care, there is no information describing their engagement, deployment, training, and opinion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAllergic asthma generally starts during early life and is linked to substantial tissue remodeling and lung dysfunction. Although angiogenesis is a feature of the disrupted airway, the impact of allergic asthma on the pulmonary microcirculation during early life is unknown. Here, using quantitative imaging in precision-cut lung slices (PCLSs), we report that exposure of neonatal mice to house dust mite (HDM) extract disrupts endothelial cell/pericyte interactions in adventitial areas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims And Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the safety, feasibility and effectiveness of a nurse-led glaucoma assessment clinic service.
Background: Glaucoma is a group of serious, irreversible optic neuropathies that progressively damage the optic nerve resulting in blindness. Over 64.
Purpose: As the Australian population grows and ages, the demand for eye care services, and nurses to provide the services, is expected to increase. This will impact nurses, who are Australia's largest health-care provider group. Understanding and mapping the current role and use of nurses in eye care is an essential first step for future health workforce planning and development.
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- Tissue maintenance and repair rely on various cell types, with enteric glial cells (EGCs) playing crucial yet underexplored roles in intestinal health and response to infection.
- Mice infected with Heligmosomoides polygyrus showed enteric gliosis and increased levels of the interferon gamma (IFNγ) gene, a response also observed in EGCs from people with inflammatory bowel disease.
- The study highlights the importance of IFNγ signaling in EGCs for maintaining intestinal homeostasis and demonstrates how the IFNγ-EGC-CXCL10 pathway is critical for managing immune responses and tissue repair during infections.