The experience of caring of carers of cardiac surgery patients after hospital discharge (2011)
Thesis
Chiu, W. H. The experience of caring of carers of cardiac surgery patients after hospital discharge. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4969

Advances in medical technology have led to increasing numbers of people undergoing heart surgery with decreasing hospital stay and decreasing mortality (Leske & Pelczynski, 1999). With patients being discharged home quicker and sicker than in the pas... Read More about The experience of caring of carers of cardiac surgery patients after hospital discharge.

P4-12-01: The Breast-Activity and Healthy Eating after Diagnosis (B-AHEAD) Study – A Randomised Comparison of Weight Control Programmes during Adjuvant Treatment. (2011)
Journal Article
Campbell, A., Harvie, M., Pegington, M., Bundred, N., Campbell, A., Wolstenholme, J., Adams, J., Speed, S., Morris, J., & Howell, A. (2011). P4-12-01: The Breast-Activity and Healthy Eating after Diagnosis (B-AHEAD) Study – A Randomised Comparison of Weight Control Programmes during Adjuvant Treatment. Cancer Research, 71(24 Supplement), P4-12-01-P4-12-01. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs11-p4-12-01

Abstracts: Thirty-Fourth Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium-- Dec 6-10, 2011; San Antonio, TXBackground: Excess weight at diagnosis and weight gain during treatment are linked to increased mortality from breast cancer. Since 60% of... Read More about P4-12-01: The Breast-Activity and Healthy Eating after Diagnosis (B-AHEAD) Study – A Randomised Comparison of Weight Control Programmes during Adjuvant Treatment..

A qualitative study of supported self-care in women with lymphoedema associated with breast cancer (2011)
Thesis
Williams, A. A qualitative study of supported self-care in women with lymphoedema associated with breast cancer. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4705

Aim: This study explored the nature of supported self-care for women who had lymphoedema associated with breast cancer treatment, and the work of lymphoedema practitioners.
Background: Health policy indicated a need to examine the potentially evolvi... Read More about A qualitative study of supported self-care in women with lymphoedema associated with breast cancer.

Health-related quality of life: implications for critical care interventional studies and why we need to collaborate with patients (2011)
Journal Article
Ramsay, P. (2011). Health-related quality of life: implications for critical care interventional studies and why we need to collaborate with patients. Current Opinion in Critical Care, 17, 510-514. https://doi.org/10.1097/MCC.0b013e32834a4bd4

Purpose of review: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important patient-reported outcome measure following critical illness. ‘Validated’ and professionally endorsed generic measures are widely used to evaluate critical care intervention and... Read More about Health-related quality of life: implications for critical care interventional studies and why we need to collaborate with patients.

A randomised controlled trial testing the feasibility and efficacy of a physical activity behavioural change intervention in managing fatigue with gynaecological cancer survivors (2011)
Journal Article
Donnelly, C., Blaney, J., Lowe-Strong, A., Rankin, J., Campbell, A., McCrum-Gardner, E., & Gracey, J. (2011). A randomised controlled trial testing the feasibility and efficacy of a physical activity behavioural change intervention in managing fatigue with gynaecological cancer survivors. Gynecologic Oncology, 122(3), 618-624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.05.029

Objective To determine the feasibility and efficacy of a physical activity behavioural change intervention in managing cancer-related fatigue among gynaecological cancer survivors during and post anti-cancer treatments. Methods A two arm, single blin... Read More about A randomised controlled trial testing the feasibility and efficacy of a physical activity behavioural change intervention in managing fatigue with gynaecological cancer survivors.

The skeleton: no bones about it (2011)
Journal Article
Farquharson, C., & Staines, K. (2011). The skeleton: no bones about it. Journal of Endocrinology, 211(2), 107-108. https://doi.org/10.1530/joe-11-0274

NO abstract available.

Intrafamilial genotyping of helicobacter pylori from faecal DNA (2011)
Journal Article
McMillan, M., MacKay, W. G., Williams, C. L., Shepherd, A. J., Malcolm, C., & Weaver, L. T. (2011). Intrafamilial genotyping of helicobacter pylori from faecal DNA. Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2011, Article 491035. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/491035

Helicobacter pylori infection, often acquired in early childhood, is a global cause of undernutrition, gastritis, peptic ulcer disease and gastric carcinoma. This study tested the feasibility of using H. pylori shed in the faeces as a source of DNA f... Read More about Intrafamilial genotyping of helicobacter pylori from faecal DNA.

Therapeutic potential of Tregs to treat rheumatoid arthritis (2011)
Journal Article
Wright, G. P., Stauss, H. J., & Ehrenstein, M. R. (2011). Therapeutic potential of Tregs to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Seminars in Immunology, 23(3), 195-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smim.2011.07.004

There is accumulating evidence for regulatory T cell defects in rheumatoid arthritis and that some biologic interventions, in particular anti-TNF, can target this population. Despite the challenges in defining regulatory T cells in patients, there ar... Read More about Therapeutic potential of Tregs to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

Proteolysis-inducing factor core peptide mediates dermcidin-induced proliferation of hepatic cells through multiple signalling networks (2011)
Journal Article
Lowrie, A. G., Dickinson, P., Wheelhouse, N., Stewart, G. D., Ross, A. J., Forster, T., & Ross, J. A. (2011). Proteolysis-inducing factor core peptide mediates dermcidin-induced proliferation of hepatic cells through multiple signalling networks. International Journal of Oncology, 39(3), 709-18. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.2011.1064

Dermcidin is a candidate oncogene capable of increasing the number of cultured neuronal, breast cancer and prostate cancer cells and improving the survival of hepatic cells. The dermcidin gene encodes the proteolysis-inducing factor core pepti... Read More about Proteolysis-inducing factor core peptide mediates dermcidin-induced proliferation of hepatic cells through multiple signalling networks.

TLE1 modifies the effects of NOD2 in the pathogenesis of Crohn's Disease (2011)
Journal Article
Nimmo, E. R., Stevens, C., Phillips, A. M., Smith, A., Drummond, H. E., Noble, C. L., Quail, M., Davies, G., Aldhous, M. C., Wilson, D. C., & Satsangi, J. (2011). TLE1 modifies the effects of NOD2 in the pathogenesis of Crohn's Disease. Gastroenterology, 141(3), 972-981.e2. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2011.05.043

Background & Aims The mechanisms by which specific mutations in NOD2/CARD15 increase the risk for Crohn's disease (CD) are unclear. We identified proteins that interact with {NOD2} and investigated them by expression, genetic, and functional analyses... Read More about TLE1 modifies the effects of NOD2 in the pathogenesis of Crohn's Disease.

Clinical Applications of Autoimmunity to Citrullinated Proteins in Rheumatoid Arthritis, from Improving Diagnostics to Future Therapies (2011)
Journal Article
Kinloch, A. J., Ng, K., & Wright, G. P. (2011). Clinical Applications of Autoimmunity to Citrullinated Proteins in Rheumatoid Arthritis, from Improving Diagnostics to Future Therapies. Recent patents on inflammation & allergy drug discovery, 5(2), 108-127. https://doi.org/10.2174/187221311795399246

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), although widely considered to be the most commonly occurring autoimmune disease, has only truly been substantiated as a distinct autoimmune disease very recently. The lack of understanding of the specific autoimmune system/... Read More about Clinical Applications of Autoimmunity to Citrullinated Proteins in Rheumatoid Arthritis, from Improving Diagnostics to Future Therapies.

Why aren't we treating the treatable? An audit of all HIV/HCV co-infected individuals attending an HIV clinic (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Whiteley, D. (2011, April). Why aren't we treating the treatable? An audit of all HIV/HCV co-infected individuals attending an HIV clinic. Poster presented at 17th Annual Conference of the British HIV Association (BHIVA)

Poster abstracts.

Dysphagia, Behavior, and Quality of Life (2011)
Book Chapter
de Luis, D. A., Fleming, M. P., & Martin, C. R. (2011). Dysphagia, Behavior, and Quality of Life. In Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition (3163-3172). Springer Science + Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92271-3_196

Oropharyngeal dysphagia is associated with high mortality, morbidity, and cost. Estimates of the prevalence of dysphagia among individuals older than 50 years ranges from 15% to 22%. The correct evaluation of a patient with dysphagia must not only ta... Read More about Dysphagia, Behavior, and Quality of Life.

The Impact of Dietary Restrictions on Quality of Life in Kidney Disease (2011)
Book Chapter
Glover, C., Banks, P., Carson, A., Fleming, M. P., & Martin, C. R. (2011). The Impact of Dietary Restrictions on Quality of Life in Kidney Disease. In Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition (3187-3197). Springer Science + Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92271-3_198

Kidney disease represents a chronic, distressing, and debilitating diagnosis with relatively few treatment options and those options that are available are associated with a number of complications that impact deleteriously on the individual patient’... Read More about The Impact of Dietary Restrictions on Quality of Life in Kidney Disease.