Search Results - "Thickett, David R"
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Cigarette smoke exposure and alveolar macrophages: mechanisms for lung disease
Published in Thorax (01-01-2022)“…Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. It causes chronic lung disease and predisposes individuals to acute lung injury and…”
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Long-term impact of developing a postoperative pulmonary complication after lung surgery
Published in Thorax (01-02-2016)“…Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) such as atelectasis and pneumonia are common following lung resection. PPCs have a significant clinical impact on…”
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Predicting the pulmonary effects of long-term e-cigarette use: are the clouds clearing?
Published in European respiratory review (31-03-2022)“…Commercially available since 2007, e-cigarettes are a popular electronic delivery device of ever-growing complexity. Given their increasing use by ex-smokers,…”
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Sepsis Induces a Dysregulated Neutrophil Phenotype That Is Associated with Increased Mortality
Published in Mediators of inflammation (01-01-2018)“…Background. Neutrophil dysfunction in sepsis has been implicated in the pathogenesis of multiorgan failure; however, the role of neutrophil extracellular traps…”
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Wnt signaling regulates trans-differentiation of stem cell like type 2 alveolar epithelial cells to type 1 epithelial cells
Published in Respiratory research (06-09-2019)“…Type 2 alveolar epithelial cells (AT2s) behave as stem cells and show clonal proliferation upon alveolar injury followed by trans-differentiation (TD) into…”
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Vitamin D to Prevent Lung Injury Following Esophagectomy—A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Published in Critical care medicine (01-12-2018)“…OBJECTIVES:Observational studies suggest an association between vitamin D deficiency and adverse outcomes of critical illness and identify it as a potential…”
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Real-time assessment of neutrophil metabolism and oxidative burst using extracellular flux analysis
Published in Frontiers in immunology (25-04-2023)“…Neutrophil responses are critical during inflammatory and infective events, and neutrophil dysregulation has been associated with poor patient outcomes…”
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Simvastatin Decreases Lipopolysaccharide-induced Pulmonary Inflammation in Healthy Volunteers
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (15-06-2009)“…Simvastatin inhibits inflammatory responses in vitro and in murine models of lung inflammation in vivo. As simvastatin modulates a number of the underlying…”
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Smoking and timing of cessation on postoperative pulmonary complications after curative-intent lung cancer surgery
Published in Journal of cardiothoracic surgery (19-06-2017)“…Smoking is a risk factor for postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) following non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) surgery. The optimal timing for…”
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Incidence and risk factors of acute kidney injury in COVID-19 patients with and without acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) during the first wave of COVID-19: a systematic review and Meta-Analysis
Published in Renal failure (01-01-2021)“…Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common among patients with COVID-19. However, AKI incidence may increase when COVID-19 patients develop acute respiratory distress…”
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Impaired alveolar macrophage 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 reductase activity contributes to increased pulmonary inflammation and mortality in sepsis-related ARDS
Published in Frontiers in immunology (27-04-2023)“…Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a devastating pulmonary inflammatory disorder, commonly precipitated by sepsis. Glucocorticoids are…”
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Real-world evaluation of rapid and laboratory-free COVID-19 triage for emergency care: external validation and pilot deployment of artificial intelligence driven screening
Published in The Lancet. Digital health (01-04-2022)“…Uncertainty in patients' COVID-19 status contributes to treatment delays, nosocomial transmission, and operational pressures in hospitals. However, the typical…”
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Real-world retrospective observational study exploring the effectiveness and safety of antifibrotics in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Published in BMJ open respiratory research (01-03-2021)“…BackgroundPirfenidone and nintedanib are the only disease-modifying treatments available for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Our aim was to test their…”
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Observational cohort study protocol: neutrophil function and energetics in adults with pneumonia and sepsis – Pneumonia Metabolism in Ageing (PUMA)
Published in BMJ open respiratory research (12-10-2023)“…IntroductionCommunity-acquired pneumonia has high mortality and is associated with significant healthcare costs. In older adults with community-acquired…”
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Raised FGF23 Correlates to Increased Mortality in Critical Illness, Independent of Vitamin D
Published in Biology (Basel, Switzerland) (14-02-2023)“…Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF23) is an endocrine hormone classically associated with the homeostasis of vitamin D, phosphate, and calcium. Elevated serum FGF23…”
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CATALYST trial protocol: a multicentre, open-label, phase II, multiarm trial for an early and accelerated evaluation of the potential treatments for COVID-19 in hospitalised adults
Published in BMJ open (11-11-2021)“…IntroductionSevere SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with a dysregulated immune response. Inflammatory monocytes and macrophages are crucial, promoting…”
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11β hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 transgenic mesenchymal stem cells attenuate inflammation in models of sepsis
Published in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology (05-07-2024)“…Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) administration reduces inflammation in pre-clinical models of sepsis and sepsis-related lung injury, however…”
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Dysregulated Neutrophil Phenotype and Function in Hospitalised Non-ICU COVID-19 Pneumonia
Published in Cells (Basel, Switzerland) (01-09-2022)“…: Infection with the SARS-CoV2 virus is associated with elevated neutrophil counts. Evidence of neutrophil dysfunction in COVID-19 is based on transcriptomics…”
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COVID-19 admission risk tools should include multiethnic age structures, multimorbidity and deprivation metrics for air pollution, household overcrowding, housing quality and adult skills
Published in BMJ open respiratory research (01-08-2021)“…BackgroundEthnic minorities account for 34% of critically ill patients with COVID-19 despite constituting 14% of the UK population. Internationally,…”
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Down-regulation of canonical and up-regulation of non-canonical Wnt signalling in the carcinogenic process of squamous cell lung carcinoma
Published in PloS one (07-03-2013)“…The majority of lung cancers (LC) belong to the non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) type. The two main NSCLC sub-types, namely adenocarcinoma (AC) and…”
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