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Paterson M, Doeltgen S, Francis R
Dysphagia . 2024 Aug; 40(2):407-418. PMID: 39096334
Dysphagia is common in motor neurone disease (MND) and associated with negative health and psychosocial outcomes. Although largely considered a motor disease, a growing body of evidence suggests that MND...
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Francis R, Attrill S, Radakovic R, Doeltgen S
Patient Educ Couns . 2023 Aug; 116:107942. PMID: 37597466
Objectives: Little is known about how cognitive and behavioural decline in MND is managed clinically. This review aimed to summarise clinical management approaches of cognitive and behavioural decline in MND...
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Francis R, Leavitt M, McLelland C, Hamilton D
Disabil Rehabil . 2023 Feb; 46(4):637-649. PMID: 36772816
Purpose: Although a well-established aspect of healthcare practice, the impact of facemasks on verbal communication is surprisingly ambiguous. Materials And Methods: A systematic search was conducted in APA PSYCHinfo, CINAHL,...
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Doeltgen S, Francis R, Daniels S, Kaur H, Mohammadi L, Murray J
Dysphagia . 2022 Sep; 38(3):768-784. PMID: 36163399
Pharyngeal pressure generated by approximation of the base of tongue to the posterior pharyngeal wall (BOT-PPW approximation) is critical for efficient pharyngeal bolus passage and is a frequent goal of...
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Francis R, Attrill S, Doeltgen S
Int J Speech Lang Pathol . 2021 Mar; 23(6):604-613. PMID: 33779439
: Impaired swallowing is a serious symptom of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) impacting on health and wellbeing. Little is known about how cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis impacts on...
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Francis R, Singh P, Singh S, Giri S, Kumar A
Exp Eye Res . 2020 May; 197:108079. PMID: 32454039
Previously, we have shown that Staphylococcus (S) aureus induces a glycolytic response in retinal residential (microglia) and infiltrated cells (neutrophils and macrophages) during endophthalmitis. In this study, we sought to...
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Hazlett L, Ekanayaka S, McClellan S, Francis R
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci . 2019 Jul; 60(8):2978-2989. PMID: 31311033
Purpose: Our purpose was to test glycyrrhizin (GLY) effects and ciprofloxacin interactions on multidrug resistant (MDR) isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro and in vivo in a mouse model of...
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Muraleedharan C, McClellan S, Ekanayaka S, Francis R, Zmejkoski A, Hazlett L, et al.
J Innate Immun . 2019 Jan; 11(4):347-358. PMID: 30625496
Macrophages (Mϕ) are an important component of the innate immune system; they play critical roles in the first line of defense to pathogen invasion and modulate adaptive immunity. MicroRNAs (miRNAs)...
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Ekanayaka S, McClellan S, Peng X, Barrett R, Francis R, Hazlett L
J Ocul Pharmacol Ther . 2018 Nov; PMID: 30407111
Purpose: High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) contributes to adverse disease outcome in Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis. This study tests Box A, an HMGB1 antagonist, in a model of the disease....
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Walters D, Sarela A, Fairfull A, Neighbour K, Cowen C, Stephens B, et al.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord . 2010 Jan; 10:5. PMID: 20109196
Background: Cardiac rehabilitation programs offer effective means to prevent recurrence of a cardiac event, but poor uptake of current programs have been reported globally. Home based models are considered as...