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Modeling the Reactions of Superoxide and Myeloperoxidase in the Neutrophil Phagosome: IMPLICATIONS FOR MICROBIAL KILLING by Winterbourn, Christine C, Hampton, Mark B, Livesey, John H, Kettle, Anthony J

“…Neutrophils kill bacteria by ingesting them into phagosomes where superoxide and cytoplasmic granule constituents, including myeloperoxidase, are released…”
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Effect of anticoagulants and storage temperatures on stability of plasma and serum hormones by Evans, Margaret J, Livesey, John H, Ellis, M.Jane, Yandle, Timothy G

“…Objectives: To determine the effect of different anticoagulants and storage conditions on the stability of hormones in plasma and serum. Design and methods:…”
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Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Healthy Adults: The VIDARIS Randomized Controlled Trial by Murdoch, David R, Slow, Sandy, Chambers, Stephen T, Jennings, Lance C, Stewart, Alistair W, Priest, Patricia C, Florkowski, Christopher M, Livesey, John H, Camargo, Carlos A, Scragg, Robert

“…CONTEXT Observational studies have reported an inverse association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) levels and incidence of upper respiratory tract…”
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FGF23 Elevation and Hypophosphatemia after Intravenous Iron Polymaltose: A Prospective Study by Schouten, Belinda J., Hunt, Penelope J., Livesey, John H., Frampton, Chris M., Soule, Steven G.

“…Context: Parenteral iron administration has been associated with hypophosphatemia. Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) has a physiological role in phosphate…”
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Cross-reactivities of macroprolactin and big-prolactin in three commercial immunoassays for prolactin: A chromatographic analysis by Ellis, M. Jane, Reed, Maxine R., Livesey, John H.

“…To compare the recently released Elecsys Prolactin II with the Access and Centaur assays for reactivity with macroPRL, bigPRL and monomeric PRL in samples…”
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Stability of plasma adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH): Influence of hemolysis, rapid chilling, time, and the addition of a maleimide by Livesey, John H., Dolamore, Barbara

“…The aim of this study was to examine the effects of hemolysis, rapid chilling, time, and the addition of a maleimide on the stability of human plasma ACTH…”
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Effect of monthly vitamin D3 supplementation in healthy adults on adverse effects of earthquakes: randomised controlled trial by Slow, Sandy, Florkowski, Christopher M, Chambers, Stephen T, Priest, Patricia C, Stewart, Alistair W, Jennings, Lance C, Livesey, John H, Camargo, Carlos A, Scragg, Robert, Murdoch, David R

“…Objective To determine whether supplementation with vitamin D improves resilience to the adverse effects of earthquakes. Design Opportunistic addition to an…”
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Kurtosis provides a good omnibus test for outliers in small samples by Livesey, John H.

“…To compare the power of the Healy, single-outlier Grubbs, skewness and kurtosis tests for outliers and their applicability to quality control (QC). Power to…”
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STICKINESS TO HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES VARIES WIDELY AMONG PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS by Livesey, John H., Nicholls, M. Gary

“…To determine whether there are differences in stickiness to hydrophobic surfaces among peptides and proteins under immunoassay conditions, peptides and…”
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Effectiveness of an antagonist to gonadotrophin releasing hormone on the FSH and LH response to GnRH in perifused equine pituitary cells, and in seasonally acyclic mares by Evans, Margaret J, Kitson, Niere E, Alexander, Susan L, Irvine, Clifford H.G, Turner, Julie E, Perkins, Nigel R, Livesey, John H

“…We wish to use a gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist in the mare as a tool for investigating the control of the oestrous cycle. The aim of this…”
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Hormone stability in human whole blood by Jane Ellis, M., Livesey, John H., Evans, Margaret J.

“…To determine whether significant changes in the plasma concentrations of 17 hormones occur when human whole blood is held at 4 or 24°C for up to 24 h before…”
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Macroprolactin, big-prolactin and potential effects on the misdiagnosis of hyperprolactinemia using the Beckman Coulter Access Prolactin assay by Ellis, M. Jane, Livesey, John H., Soule, Steven G.

“…To examine whether use of the Beckman Coulter Access Prolactin (PRL) assay, which has low reactivity with macro-PRL, obviates the need for screening…”
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Mean and variance quality control for multiple correlated levels of replicated control samples by Livesey, John H

“…Mean and variance rules for quality control are more powerful than rules based on individual values. An algorithm for applying such rules is described that…”
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Modeling the Reactions of Superoxide and Myeloperoxidase in the Neutrophil Phagosome by Winterbourn, Christine C., Hampton, Mark B., Livesey, John H, Kettle, Anthony J.

“…Neutrophils kill bacteria by ingesting them into phagosomes where superoxide and cytoplasmic granule constituents, including myeloperoxidase, are released…”
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Plasma corticotropin-releasing hormone and unconjugated estriol in human pregnancy: Gestational patterns and ability to predict preterm delivery by Ellis, M. Jane, Livesey, John H., Inder, Warrick J., Prickett, Timothy C.R., Reid, Rosemary

“…Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the patterns and timing of the increases in plasma levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone and…”
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Effect of Vitamin D 3 Supplementation on Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Healthy Adults: The VIDARIS Randomized Controlled Trial by Murdoch, David R., Slow, Sandy, Chambers, Stephen T., Jennings, Lance C., Stewart, Alistair W., Priest, Patricia C., Florkowski, Christopher M., Livesey, John H., Camargo, Carlos A., Scragg, Robert

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Estimation of Lot-to-Lot Relative Potency in the Preparation of Radioimmunoassay Calibrators by Livesey, John H., Yandle, Timothy G., Evans, Margaret J., Jane Ellis, M.

“…The aim of this study was to determine guidelines for estimating lot-to-lot differences in the potency of calibrator materials or batches of standards for…”
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Atrial natriuretic peptide and C-type natriuretic peptide do not acutely inhibit the release of adrenocorticotropin from equine pituitary cells in vitro by Mulligan, R S, Livesey, J H, Evans, M J, Ellis, M J, Donald, R A

“…It has been suggested that atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is the long-sought inhibitor of corticotropin (ACTH) secretion, but the evidence is conflicting. We…”
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The Utility of Plasma CRH as a Predictor of Preterm Delivery by Inder, Warrick J., Prickett, Timothy C. R., Ellis, M. Jane, Hull, Louise, Reid, Rosemary, Benny, Peter S., Livesey, John H., Donald, Richard A.

“…It has been suggested that CRH is a placental clock that controls the duration of pregnancy and that the timing of the rise in CRH may permit prediction of the…”
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Pre-analytical requirements by Livesey, John H, Ellis, M Jane, Evans, Margaret J

“…Correct test selection: a test must have the potential to alter patient management and have the specificity and sensitivity appropriate to the pretest…”
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