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Needleman I, Ashley P, Petrie A, Fortune F, Turner W, Jones J, et al.
Br J Sports Med . 2013 Sep; 47(16):1054-8. PMID: 24068332
Background: Oral health is important both for well-being and successful elite sporting performance. Reports from Olympic Games have found significant treatment needs; however, few studies have examined oral health directly....
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Quax R, van Laar J, van Heerebeek R, Greiner K, Ben-Chetrit E, Stanford M, et al.
Endocr Connect . 2013 Jun; 1(2):103-11. PMID: 23781311
Objective: Glucocorticoid (GC) sensitivity is highly variable among individuals and has been associated with susceptibility to develop (auto-)inflammatory disorders. The purpose of the study was to assess GC sensitivity in...
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Mannan T, Jing S, Foroushania S, Fortune F, Wan H
Cell Prolif . 2011 Jun; 44(4):301-10. PMID: 21702856
Objectives:   Desmoglein 3 (Dsg3) is a desmosomal adhesion protein expressed in basal and immediate suprabasal layers of skin. Importance of Dsg3 in cell-cell adhesion and maintenance of tissue integrity is...
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Kerr A, Warnakulasuriya S, Mighell A, Dietrich T, Nasser M, Rimal J, et al.
Oral Dis . 2011 Mar; 17 Suppl 1:42-57. PMID: 21382138
Oral Diseases (2011) 17 (Suppl. 1), 42-57 Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a chronic, insidious disease caused by areca nut use, and is associated with both significant morbidity (including pain...
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Nunn H, Lalli A, Fortune F, Croucher R
Br J Cancer . 2009 Dec; 101 Suppl 2:S68-72. PMID: 19956167
Background: UK oral cancer incidence has risen by 22% in the last 10 years. Oral cancer is often detected at a late stage when treatment is debilitating and the chances...
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Mumcu G, Niazi S, Stewart J, Hagi-Pavli E, Gokani B, Seoudi N, et al.
J Oral Pathol Med . 2009 Mar; 38(5):406-9. PMID: 19298505
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare oral health-related quality of life (oral QoL) in patients from UK and Turkey with Behcet's disease (BD). Methods: Thirty-one...
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Curnow S, Pryce K, Modi N, Knight B, Graham E, Stewart J, et al.
Immunol Lett . 2008 Aug; 121(1):7-12. PMID: 18706446
Objectives: Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disease characterised by recurrent orogenital ulceration, ocular inflammation and skin lesions whose aetiology is currently unknown. We hypothesized that levels of cytokines...
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Bye L, Modi N, Stanford M, Kondeatis E, Vaughan R, Fortune F, et al.
Tissue Antigens . 2008 May; 72(1):49-53. PMID: 18498289
Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) is regarded with other molecules such as HLA, PTPN22 and CARD15 as genetic master switches of autoimmunity. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the genes encoding these...
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Tilakaratne W, Freysdottir J, Fortune F
J Oral Pathol Med . 2008 Mar; 37(4):191-5. PMID: 18321344
Orofacial granulomatosis (OFG) is considered as an uncommon disease and nomenclature of the disease was subjected to debate for a long time. Although various aetiological agents such as food substances,...
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Teh M, Tilakaratne W, Chaplin T, Young B, Ariyawardana A, Pitiyage G, et al.
J Oral Pathol Med . 2008 Feb; 37(7):430-6. PMID: 18284545
Background: Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) is a high-risk pre-cancerous condition where 7-13% of these patients develop head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). To date there is no cancer predictive...