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J L Lordan

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Stephenson D, Perry A, Appleby M, Lee D, Davison J, Johnston A, et al.
BMC Pulm Med . 2019 Jan; 19(1):19. PMID: 30665395
Background: RGM medium is an agar-based, selective culture medium designed for the isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from the sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). We evaluated RGM medium...
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McDonnell M, OToole D, Ward C, Pearson J, Lordan J, De Soyza A, et al.
Respir Med . 2018 Jul; 141:132-143. PMID: 30053958
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is a common comorbidity in bronchiectasis, and is often associated with poorer outcomes. The cause and effect relationship between GORD and bronchiectasis has not yet been...
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Sithamparanathan S, Thirugnanasothy L, Morley K, Fisher A, Lordan J, Meachery G, et al.
Transplant Proc . 2016 Dec; 48(10):3387-3392. PMID: 27931586
Background: Methotrexate (MTX) is potential change in immunosuppression after lung transplantation that may help to slow down the decline in lung function in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). Methods: We sought...
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McDonnell M, Anwar G, Rutherford R, De Soyza A, Worthy S, Corris P, et al.
Respir Med . 2014 Jul; 108(8):1127-33. PMID: 24986480
Introduction: Idiopathic bronchiectasis is a poorly defined disease characterised by persistent inflammation, infection and progressive lung damage. Natural killer (NK) cells provide a major defense against infection, through the interaction...
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McDonnell M, Ward C, Lordan J, Rutherford R
QJM . 2013 Jun; 106(8):709-15. PMID: 23728208
Bronchiectasis is a chronic debilitating condition with considerable phenotypic diversity. A vicious cycle of infection and inflammation exists in damaged airways with patients suffering from persistent cough, purulent sputum production,...
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Yates B, Murphy D, Fisher A, Gould F, Lordan J, Dark J, et al.
BMJ Case Rep . 2011 Jun; 2009. PMID: 21686410
In the present study, 4 patients with cystic fibrosis undergoing lung transplantation (from a total of 137) who developed fulminant pseudomembranous colitis are described. Initial presentation was variable and the...
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Lee W, Kirkham N, Johnson M, Lordan J, Fisher A, Peacock A
Eur Respir J . 2011 Feb; 37(2):472-4. PMID: 21282815
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Brodlie M, McKean M, Johnson G, Anderson A, Hilkens C, Fisher A, et al.
Eur Respir J . 2010 Nov; 37(6):1378-85. PMID: 21109552
Interleukin (IL)-17 is pivotal in orchestrating the activity of neutrophils. Neutrophilic inflammation is the dominant pathology in cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease. We investigated IL-17 protein expression in the lower...
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Borthwick L, McIlroy E, Gorowiec M, Brodlie M, Johnson G, Ward C, et al.
Am J Transplant . 2010 Jan; 10(3):498-509. PMID: 20055810
Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) after lung transplant. Although TNF-alpha accentuates TGF-beta1 driven EMT in primary human bronchial epithelial cells...
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Borthwick L, Parker S, Brougham K, Johnson G, Gorowiec M, Ward C, et al.
Thorax . 2009 Feb; 64(9):770-7. PMID: 19213777
Background: Aberrant epithelial repair is a key event in the airway remodelling which characterises obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) in the transplanted lung. The potential for airway epithelium from lung transplant recipients...