29,021 results match your criteria: "Newcastle University[Affiliation]"
J Hepatol
December 2024
Mount Sinai Liver Cancer Program (Divisions of Liver Diseases, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine), Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA; Liver Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, 08010, Spain. Electronic address:
Background & Aims: The combination of atezolizumab and bevacizumab (atezo+bev) is the current standard of care for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), providing a median overall survival (OS) of 19.2 months. Here, we aim to uncover the underlying cellular processes driving clinical benefit versus resistance to atezo+bev.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Clin Epidemiol
December 2024
Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, School of Basic Medical Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China. Electronic address:
Objectives: To investigate the meta-epidemiology and reporting characteristics of mapping reviews.
Study Design And Setting: We conducted a scoping review of a sample of recent mapping reviews (2022-2023) by searching nine electronic databases and eleven institutional websites up to January 2024. A 28-item reporting checklist, developed by our team and based on existing guidance and methodological studies of mapping reviews, was employed to assess reporting characteristics.
Breast
December 2024
Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK. Electronic address:
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide, with early detection and advanced treatments contributing to declining mortality rates. However, managing comorbid conditions, particularly mental illness, presents significant challenges for cancer treatment. This study systematically reviews and meta-analyses the impact of having a pre-existing mental illness on breast cancer treatment utilisation, focusing on specific treatments and comparing different mental illnesses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
December 2024
Human Nutrition & Exercise Research Centre, Centre for Healthier Lives, Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Biomarkers of ageing serve as important outcome measures in longevity-promoting interventions. However, there is limited consensus on which specific biomarkers are most appropriate for human intervention studies. This work aimed to address this need by establishing an expert consensus on biomarkers of ageing for use in intervention studies via the Delphi method.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOphthalmology
December 2024
Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Sunderland Eye Infirmary, Sunderland, UK. Electronic address:
Commun Chem
December 2024
Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Fe(II)- and 2-oxoglutarate (2OG)-dependent dioxygenases use 2OG and O cofactors to catalyse substrate oxidation and yield oxidised product, succinate, and CO. Simultaneous detection of substrate and cofactors is difficult, contributing to a poor understanding of the dynamics between substrate oxidation and 2OG decarboxylation activities. Here, we profile 5-methylcytosine (C)-oxidising Ten-Eleven Translocation (TET) enzymes using MS and H NMR spectroscopy methods and reveal a high degree of substrate oxidation-independent 2OG turnover under a range of conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMol Syst Biol
December 2024
Cell Signaling Laboratory, Department of Oncology, University College London Cancer Institute Paul O'Gorman Building, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Technical limitations have prevented understanding of how growth factor signals are encoded in distinct activity patterns of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway, and how this is altered by oncogenic pathway mutations. We introduce a kinetic, single-cell framework for precise calculations of PI3K-specific information transfer for different growth factors. This features live-cell imaging of PI3K/AKT activity reporters and multiplexed CyTOF measurements of PI3K/AKT and RAS/ERK signaling markers over time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Affect Disord
December 2024
Compass Pathfinder Ltd (a subsidiary of Compass Pathways plc), London, UK.
Objective: To determine the relationships between psilocybin dose, psychedelic experiences, and therapeutic outcome in treatment-resistant depression.
Methods: For treatment-resistant depression, 233 participants received a single dose of 25, 10, or 1 mg of COMP360 psilocybin (a proprietary, pharmaceutical-grade synthesized psilocybin formulation, developed by the sponsor, Compass Pathfinder Ltd.) with psychological support.
Am J Transplant
December 2024
Institute of Liver Studies, King's College London University and King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address:
The maintenance of stable allograft status in the absence of immunosuppression, known as operational tolerance, can be achieved in a small proportion of liver transplant recipients, but we lack reliable tools to predict its spontaneous development. We conducted a prospective, multi-center, biomarker-strategy design, immunosuppression withdrawal clinical trial to determine the utility of a predictive biomarker of operational tolerance. The biomarker test, originally identified in a patient cohort with high operational tolerance prevalence, consisted of a 5-gene transcriptional signature measured in liver tissue collected before initiating immunosuppression weaning.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExpert Opin Drug Discov
December 2024
Medicinal Chemistry Theme, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Australia.
Cardiovasc Drugs Ther
December 2024
Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.
Public Health Res (Southampt)
December 2024
Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Background: Problems in children's early social and emotional development are likely to have major long-term consequences for the individual and society: maternal emotional well-being is associated with better outcomes. Interventions designed to improve both maternal mental health and the mother-child relationship are thus likely to benefit both maternal health and child development.
Objectives: To establish the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Mellow Babies parenting intervention for women experiencing psychosocial stress and their 6- to 18-month-old babies.
Liver Int
January 2025
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Translational & Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity induced by prescribed drugs has been known since the early 20th century. Identifying risk factors, including genetic factors, that trigger this drug-induced liver injury (DILI) has been an important priority for many years, both to prevent drugs that cause liver injury being licensed and as a potential means of preventing at-risk patients being prescribed causative drugs. Improved methods for genomic analysis, particularly the development of genome-wide association studies, have facilitated the identification of genomic risk factors for DILI, but, to date, there are only two main examples, liver injury caused by amoxicillin-clavulanate (AC) and by flucloxacillin, where genetic risk factors causing the injury have been identified and replicated with understanding of the underlying mechanism.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStem Cells
December 2024
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK.
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) provide powerful cellular models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and offer many advantages over non-human models, including the potential to reflect variation in individual-specific pathophysiology and clinical symptoms. Previous studies have demonstrated that iPSC-neurons from individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) reflect clinical markers, including β-amyloid (Aβ) levels and synaptic vulnerability. However, despite neuronal loss being a key hallmark of AD pathology, many risk genes are predominantly expressed in glia, highlighting them as potential therapeutic targets.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCochrane Database Syst Rev
December 2024
Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
Background: Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is a recommended treatment for female stress, urgency, and mixed urinary incontinence. Training varies in exercise type (pelvic floor muscles contracting with and without other muscles), dose, and delivery (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBrain Neurosci Adv
December 2024
School of Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Anim Welf
November 2024
School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University NE1 7RU, UK.
Finding effective ways to monitor laying hen welfare is challenging as UK flock sizes can reach 16,000 birds. Eggs provide potential for welfare monitoring, as they are a daily output with previous evidence of links to stress. We explored the associations between stressors and eggs using two complementary studies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnim Welf
December 2024
Institute of Bioscience, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Henry Wellcome Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE2 4HH, UK.
Environmental enrichment programmes are widely used to improve welfare of captive and laboratory animals, especially non-human primates. Monitoring enrichment use over time is crucial, as animals may habituate and reduce their interaction with it. In this study we aimed to monitor the interaction with enrichment items in groups of rhesus macaques (), each consisting of an average of ten individuals, living in a breeding colony.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBr J Dermatol
December 2024
Warwick Dermatology Centre, South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust, Warwick, UK.
BMC Geriatr
December 2024
Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 5PL, UK.
Background: Intervening to modify frailty trajectories may be critical to maintain health and independence in later life. The Active Ageing Programme (AAP) is a 16-week community-based intervention for older people with mild frailty that combines physical activity and social interaction. The programme aims to positively impact resilience and wellbeing, changing the physical, mental and social factors that impact on frailty trajectories.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLancet Digit Health
December 2024
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK; National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, Birmingham, UK; Centre for Patient Reported Outcomes Research, School of Health Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, UK; University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address:
Without careful dissection of the ways in which biases can be encoded into artificial intelligence (AI) health technologies, there is a risk of perpetuating existing health inequalities at scale. One major source of bias is the data that underpins such technologies. The STANDING Together recommendations aim to encourage transparency regarding limitations of health datasets and proactive evaluation of their effect across population groups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLancet Child Adolesc Health
January 2025
Department of Health Services Research and Policy, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Background: Peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO) above 94% is typical in children in paediatric intensive critical care units (PICUs) who are receiving invasive ventilation and supplemental oxygen. In a previous report from the Oxy-PICU trial, we showed that lower (conservative) oxygenation targets (SpO 88-92%) are beneficial, showing small but statistically significant differences in duration of organ support and large but non-significant cost reductions at 30 days. In this pre-specified analysis of the Oxy-PICU trial, we compare longer-term outcomes and cost-effectiveness of conservative versus liberal (SpO >94%) oxygenation targets in children with emergency PICU admission.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAm J Hum Genet
December 2024
Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics, School of Biological Sciences, the University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, the University of Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M13 9WL, UK. Electronic address:
The mitochondrial ribosome (mitoribosome) synthesizes 13 protein subunits of the oxidative phosphorylation system encoded by the mitochondrial genome. The mitoribosome is composed of 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and 82 mitoribosomal proteins encoded by nuclear genes. To date, variants in 12 genes encoding mitoribosomal proteins are associated with rare monogenic disorders and frequently show combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Due to their anatomical locations, optic pathway gliomas (OPGs) can rarely be cured by resection. Given the importance of preserving visual function, we analyzed radiological and visual acuity (VA) outcomes for the type II RAF inhibitor tovorafenib in the OPG subgroup of the phase 2 FIREFLY-1 trial.
Methods: FIREFLY-1 investigated the efficacy (arm 1, n=77), safety, and tolerability (arms 1/2) of tovorafenib (420 mg/m2 once weekly; 600 mg maximum) in patients with BRAF-altered relapsed/refractory pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG).