Parametric and non-parametric Poisson regression for modelling of the arterial input function in positron emission tomography

Autor: Granville J. Matheson, Liner Ge, Mengyu Zhang, Bingyu Sun, Yuqi Tu, Francesca Zanderigo, Anton Forsberg Morèn, R. Todd Ogden

Publikováno v: EJNMMI Physics, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2023)

Abstract Full quantification of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) requires an arterial input function (AIF) for measurement of certain targets, or using particular radiotracers, or for the quantification of specific outcome measures. The AIF represe

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Bioengineered small extracellular vesicles deliver multiple SARS‐CoV‐2 antigenic fragments and drive a broad immunological response

Autor: Hannah K. Jackson, Heather M. Long, Juan Carlos Yam‐Puc, Roberta Palmulli, Tracey A. Haigh, Pehuén Pereyra Gerber, Jin S. Lee, Nicholas J. Matheson, Lesley Young, John Trowsdale, Mathew Lo, Graham S. Taylor, James E. Thaventhiran, James R. Edgar

Publikováno v: Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Vol 13, Iss 2, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)

Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic highlighted the clear risk that zoonotic viruses pose to global health and economies. The scientific community responded by developing several efficacious vaccines which were expedited by the global need for vaccines.

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XNAzymes targeting the SARS-CoV-2 genome inhibit viral infection

Autor: Pehuén Pereyra Gerber, Maria J. Donde, Nicholas J. Matheson, Alexander I. Taylor

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)

RNA viruses have been responsible for large-scale epidemics and pandemics throughout the last few centuries. Here, the authors show the design, synthesis and screening of artificial RNA endonuclease XNAzymes capable of cleaving genomic SARS-CoV-2 RNA

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Complement lectin pathway activation is associated with COVID-19 disease severity, independent of MBL2 genotype subgroups

Autor: Lisa Hurler, Ágnes Szilágyi, Federica Mescia, Laura Bergamaschi, Blanka Mező, György Sinkovits, Marienn Réti, Veronika Müller, Zsolt Iványi, János Gál, László Gopcsa, Péter Reményi, Beáta Szathmáry, Botond Lakatos, János Szlávik, Ilona Bobek, Zita Z. Prohászka, Zsolt Förhécz, Dorottya Csuka, Erika Kajdácsi, László Cervenak, Petra Kiszel, Tamás Masszi, István Vályi-Nagy, Reinhard Würzner, Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease-National Institute of Health Research (CITIID-NIHR) COVID BioResource Collaboration, Paul A. Lyons, Erik J. M. Toonen, Zoltán Prohászka, Stephen Baker, John R. Bradley, Patrick F. Chinnery, Daniel J. Cooper, Gordon Dougan, Ian G. Goodfellow, Ravindra K. Gupta, Nathalie Kingston, Paul J. Lehner, Nicholas J. Matheson, Caroline Saunders, Kenneth G. C. Smith, Charlotte Summers, James Thaventhiran, M. Estee Torok, Mark R. Toshner, Michael P. Weekes, Gisele Alvio, Sharon Baker, Areti Bermperi, Karen Brookes, Ashlea Bucke, Jo Calder, Laura Canna, Cherry Crucusio, Isabel Cruz, Rnalie de Jesus, Katie Dempsey, Giovanni Di Stephano, Jason Domingo, Anne Elmer, Julie Harris, Sarah Hewitt, Heather Jones, Sherly Jose, Jane Kennet, Yvonne King, Jenny Kourampa, Emily Li, Caroline McMahon, Anne Meadows, Vivien Mendoza, Criona O’Brien, Charmain Ocaya, Ciro Pascuale, Marlyn Perales, Jane Price, Rebecca Rastall, Carla Ribeiro, Jane Rowlands, Valentina Ruffolo, Hugo Tordesillas, Phoebe Vargas, Bensi Vergese, Laura Watson, Jieniean Worsley, Julie-Ann Zerrudo, Ariana Betancourt, Georgie Bower, Ben Bullman, Chiara Cossetti, Aloka De Sa, Benjamin J. Dunore, Maddie Epping, Stuart Fawke, Stefan Gräf, Richard Grenfell, Andrew Hinch, Josh Hodgson, Christopher Huang, Oisin Huhn, Kelvin Hunter, Isobel Jarvis, Emma Jones, Maša Josipović, Ekaterina Legchenko, Daniel Lewis, Joe Marsden, Jennifer Martin, Francesca Nice, Ciara O’Donnell, Ommar Omarjee, Marianne Perera, Linda Pointon, Nicole Pond, Nathan Richoz, Nika Romashova, Natalia Savoinykh, Rahul Sharma, Joy Shih, Mateusz Strezlecki, Rachel Sutcliffe, Tobias Tilly, Zhen Tong, Carmen Treacy, Lori Turner, Jennifer Wood, Marta Wylot, John Allison, Heather Biggs, Helen Butcher, Daniela Caputo, Debbie Clapham-Riley, Eleanor Dewhurst, Christian Fernandez, Anita Furlong, Barbara Graves, Jennifer Gray, Tasmin Ivers, Emma Le Gresley, Rachel Linger, Mary Kasanicki, Sarah Meloy, Francesca Muldoon, Nigel Ovington, Sofia Papadia, Christopher J. Penkett, Isabel Phelan, Venkatesh Ranganath, Jennifer Sambrook, Katherine Schon, Hannah Stark, Kathleen E. Stirrups, Paul Townsend, Julie von Ziegenweidt, Jennifer Webster, Ali Asaripour, Lucy Mwaura, Caroline Patterson, Gary Polwarth, Katherine Bunclark, Michael Mackay, Alice Michael, Sabrina Rossi, Mayurun Selvan, Sarah Spencer, Cissy Yong, Petra Polgarova

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Immunology, Vol 14 (2023)

IntroductionWhile complement is a contributor to disease severity in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections, all three complement pathways might be activated by the virus. Lectin pathway activation occurs through diff

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Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a UK university identifies dynamics of transmission

Autor: Dinesh Aggarwal, Ben Warne, Aminu S. Jahun, William L. Hamilton, Thomas Fieldman, Louis du Plessis, Verity Hill, Beth Blane, Emmeline Watkins, Elizabeth Wright, Grant Hall, Catherine Ludden, Richard Myers, Myra Hosmillo, Yasmin Chaudhry, Malte L. Pinckert, Iliana Georgana, Rhys Izuagbe, Danielle Leek, Olisaeloka Nsonwu, Gareth J. Hughes, Simon Packer, Andrew J. Page, Marina Metaxaki, Stewart Fuller, Gillian Weale, Jon Holgate, Christopher A. Brown, The Cambridge Covid-19 testing Centre, University of Cambridge Asymptomatic COVID-19 Screening Programme Consortium, The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium, Rob Howes, Duncan McFarlane, Gordon Dougan, Oliver G. Pybus, Daniela De Angelis, Patrick H. Maxwell, Sharon J. Peacock, Michael P. Weekes, Chris Illingworth, Ewan M. Harrison, Nicholas J. Matheson, Ian G. Goodfellow

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2022)

In this study, Aggarwal and colleagues perform prospective sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 isolates derived from asymptomatic student screening and symptomatic testing of students and staff at the University of Cambridge. They identify important factors tha

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