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  1. Article ; Online: Fat and Dachsous cadherins in mammalian development.

    Kasiah, Jennysue / McNeill, Helen

    Current topics in developmental biology

    2023  Volume 154, Page(s) 223–244

    Abstract: Cell growth and patterning are critical for tissue development. Here we discuss the evolutionarily conserved cadherins, Fat and Dachsous, and the roles they play during mammalian tissue development and disease. In Drosophila, Fat and Dachsous regulate ... ...

    Abstract Cell growth and patterning are critical for tissue development. Here we discuss the evolutionarily conserved cadherins, Fat and Dachsous, and the roles they play during mammalian tissue development and disease. In Drosophila, Fat and Dachsous regulate tissue growth via the Hippo pathway and planar cell polarity (PCP). The Drosophila wing has been an ideal tissue to observe how mutations in these cadherins affect tissue development. In mammals, there are multiple Fat and Dachsous cadherins, which are expressed in many tissues, but mutations in these cadherins that affect growth and tissue organization are context dependent. Here we examine how mutations in the Fat and Dachsous mammalian genes affect development in mammals and contribute to human disease.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Humans ; Cadherins/genetics ; Cadherins/metabolism ; Drosophila/genetics ; Drosophila Proteins/genetics ; Drosophila Proteins/metabolism ; Growth and Development ; Cell Proliferation ; Cell Polarity/genetics ; Drosophila melanogaster ; Mammals/genetics ; Mammals/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Cadherins ; Drosophila Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1557-8933 ; 0070-2153
    ISSN (online) 1557-8933
    ISSN 0070-2153
    DOI 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2023.02.008
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  2. Article ; Online: Cochlear implant referral patterns in the UK suggest a postcode lottery with inequitable access for older adults; results of a pilot audit in five Audiology sites.

    Cullington, Helen / Dickinson, Ann-Marie / Martinez de Estibariz, Unai / Blackaby, Joseph / Kennedy, Lisa / McNeill, Katie / O'Neill, Sara

    International journal of audiology

    2024  , Page(s) 1–6

    Abstract: Objective: To use a standardised reporting tool to identify potential eligible candidates for cochlear implant (CI) referral and quantify the proportion of adults who had a CI referral discussion after presenting with an audiogram within United Kingdom ( ...

    Abstract Objective: To use a standardised reporting tool to identify potential eligible candidates for cochlear implant (CI) referral and quantify the proportion of adults who had a CI referral discussion after presenting with an audiogram within United Kingdom (UK) audiometric criteria.
    Design: Retrospective multicentre 6-month audit of Audiology clinic databases.
    Study sample: A total of 810 adults from five geographically diverse UK Audiology sites.
    Results: Data were collected in late 2019 after UK CI audiometric candidacy criteria changed; one site collected only 3 months of data. The proportion of potential eligible adults (based only on audiometry) considered for CI referral was 64% (521 out of 810) and varied by site (from 50% to 83%). About 24% of patients (123 out of 521) declined CI referral; this also varied across sites (12-45%). The median age of patients where CI referral was not considered was 80 years - significantly higher than the group where CI referral was considered (73 years).
    Conclusions: CI referral is dependent on where adults live, and how old they are. Older adults are significantly less likely to be considered for CI referral by Audiologists. Audiology clinics need more support to empower staff to talk to patients about CI referral.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-27
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2073098-6
    ISSN 1708-8186 ; 1499-2027
    ISSN (online) 1708-8186
    ISSN 1499-2027
    DOI 10.1080/14992027.2023.2298751
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  3. Article ; Online: Editorial overview: Cell dynamics: Dynamic cell decision making.

    Piddini, Eugenia / McNeill, Helen

    Current opinion in cell biology

    2017  Volume 48, Page(s) iv–vi

    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-08-10
    Publishing country England
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 1026381-0
    ISSN 1879-0410 ; 0955-0674
    ISSN (online) 1879-0410
    ISSN 0955-0674
    DOI 10.1016/j.ceb.2017.07.003
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  4. Article ; Online: General Practitioner (GP) trainees' experience of a '1-h protected supervision model' given during psychiatry placements in the United Kingdom.

    Thomas, Gareth / McNeill, Helen

    Education for primary care : an official publication of the Association of Course Organisers, National Association of GP Tutors, World Organisation of Family Doctors

    2018  Volume 29, Issue 3, Page(s) 174–177

    Abstract: Background A '1-hour protected supervision model' is well established for Psychiatry trainees. This model is also extended to GP trainees who are on placement in psychiatry.: Aim: To explore the experiences of the '1-hour protected supervision model' ... ...

    Abstract Background A '1-hour protected supervision model' is well established for Psychiatry trainees. This model is also extended to GP trainees who are on placement in psychiatry.
    Aim: To explore the experiences of the '1-hour protected supervision model' for GP trainees in psychiatry placements in the UK. Methods Using a mixed methods approach, an anonymous online questionnaire was sent to GP trainees in the North West of England who had completed a placement in Psychiatry between February and August 2015. Results Discussing clinical cases whilst using the e-portfolio was the most useful learning event in this model. Patient care can potentially improve if a positive relationship develops between trainee/supervisor, which is impacted by the knowledge of this model at the start of the placement. Trainees found that clinical pressures were impacting on the occurrence of supervision. Conclusion The model works best when both GP trainees and their supervisors understand the model. The most frequently used and educationally beneficial aspect for GP trainees in psychiatry is the exploration of clinical cases using the learning portfolio as an educational tool. For effective delivery of this model of supervision, organisations must reflect on the balance between service delivery and allowing the supervisor and trainee adequate time for it to occur.
    MeSH term(s) Clinical Competence ; General Practitioners/education ; Humans ; Internship and Residency/methods ; Psychiatry/education ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; United Kingdom
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-01-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2074818-8
    ISSN 1475-990X ; 1473-9879
    ISSN (online) 1475-990X
    ISSN 1473-9879
    DOI 10.1080/14739879.2017.1416959
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  5. Article ; Online: MnFe

    Dee, Garret / Shayoub, Hend / McNeill, Helen / Lozano, Itziar Sánchez / Rafferty, Aran / Gun'ko, Yurii K

    RSC advances

    2023  Volume 13, Issue 16, Page(s) 10513–10522

    Abstract: Removal of dye pollutants from wastewater is among the most important emerging needs in environmental science and engineering. The main objective of our work is to develop new magnetic core-shell nanostructures and explore their use for potential removal ...

    Abstract Removal of dye pollutants from wastewater is among the most important emerging needs in environmental science and engineering. The main objective of our work is to develop new magnetic core-shell nanostructures and explore their use for potential removal of pollutants from water using an external magnetic field. Herein, we have prepared magnetic core-shell nanoparticles that demonstrated excellent dye pollutant adsorbent properties. These nanoparticles are composed of a manganese ferrite magnetic core coated with silica, to protect the core and enable further functionalisation, then finally coated with ceria, which is shown to be an effective adsorbent. The magnetic core-shell nanostructures have been synthesized by a modification of solvothermal synthesis. The nanoparticles were fully characterised at each stage of the synthesis by powder X-ray diffraction (pXRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). These particles were found to be effective in removing methylene blue (MB) dye from water, which was validated by UV-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy. These particles can be quickly removed from solution using a permanent magnet and then can be recycled after being placed in the furnace at 400 °C to burn off any organic residues. The particles were found to retain their ability to adsorb the pollutant after several cycles and TEM images of the particles after several cycles showed no change in the morphology. This research demonstrated the capacity of magnetic core-shell nanostructures to be used for water remediation.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-03
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2046-2069
    ISSN (online) 2046-2069
    DOI 10.1039/d3ra01112g
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  6. Article ; Online: Big roles for Fat cadherins.

    Blair, Seth / McNeill, Helen

    Current opinion in cell biology

    2017  Volume 51, Page(s) 73–80

    Abstract: To create an intricately patterned and reproducibly sized and shaped organ, many cellular processes must be tightly regulated. Cell elongation, migration, metabolism, proliferation rates, cell-cell adhesion, planar polarization and junctional ... ...

    Abstract To create an intricately patterned and reproducibly sized and shaped organ, many cellular processes must be tightly regulated. Cell elongation, migration, metabolism, proliferation rates, cell-cell adhesion, planar polarization and junctional contractions all must be coordinated in time and space. Remarkably, a pair of extremely large cell adhesion molecules called Fat (Ft) and Dachsous (Ds), acting largely as a ligand-receptor system, regulate, and likely coordinate, these many diverse processes. Here we describe recent exciting progress on how the Ds-Ft pathway controls these diverse processes, and highlight a few of the many questions remaining as to how these enormous cell adhesion molecules regulate development.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cadherins/metabolism ; Cell Polarity/physiology ; Cell Proliferation ; Drosophila Proteins/metabolism ; Drosophila melanogaster/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Cadherins ; Drosophila Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-12-16
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1026381-0
    ISSN 1879-0410 ; 0955-0674
    ISSN (online) 1879-0410
    ISSN 0955-0674
    DOI 10.1016/j.ceb.2017.11.006
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  7. Article ; Online: Fat/Dachsous family cadherins in cell and tissue organisation.

    Fulford, Alexander D / McNeill, Helen

    Current opinion in cell biology

    2019  Volume 62, Page(s) 96–103

    Abstract: Precisely controlled organisation at the cellular and tissue level is crucial to establish and maintain complex organisms. The atypical cadherins Fat (Ft), Fat2 and Dachsous (Ds) contribute to this organisation by regulating growth and planar cell ... ...

    Abstract Precisely controlled organisation at the cellular and tissue level is crucial to establish and maintain complex organisms. The atypical cadherins Fat (Ft), Fat2 and Dachsous (Ds) contribute to this organisation by regulating growth and planar cell polarity. Here we describe the recent advances in understanding how these large cadherins coordinate these processes, and discuss additional progress extending their function in regulation of microtubules, migration and disease.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cadherins/metabolism ; Cadherins/physiology ; Cell Polarity/physiology ; Drosophila Proteins/physiology
    Chemical Substances Cadherins ; Drosophila Proteins ; ds protein, Drosophila ; kug protein, Drosophila
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-11-15
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1026381-0
    ISSN 1879-0410 ; 0955-0674
    ISSN (online) 1879-0410
    ISSN 0955-0674
    DOI 10.1016/j.ceb.2019.10.006
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  8. Article ; Online: The Hippo pathway regulates axis formation and morphogenesis in

    Brooun, Maria / Salvenmoser, Willi / Dana, Catherine / Sudol, Marius / Steele, Robert / Hobmayer, Bert / McNeill, Helen

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    2022  Volume 119, Issue 29, Page(s) e2203257119

    Abstract: How did cells of early metazoan organisms first organize themselves to form a body axis? The canonical Wnt pathway has been shown to be sufficient for induction of axis in Cnidaria, a sister group to Bilateria, and is important in bilaterian axis ... ...

    Abstract How did cells of early metazoan organisms first organize themselves to form a body axis? The canonical Wnt pathway has been shown to be sufficient for induction of axis in Cnidaria, a sister group to Bilateria, and is important in bilaterian axis formation. Here, we provide experimental evidence that in cnidarian
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Body Patterning ; Hippo Signaling Pathway ; Hydra/genetics ; Hydra/growth & development ; Hydra/metabolism ; Morphogenesis/genetics ; Transcription, Genetic ; YAP-Signaling Proteins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances YAP-Signaling Proteins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 209104-5
    ISSN 1091-6490 ; 0027-8424
    ISSN (online) 1091-6490
    ISSN 0027-8424
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.2203257119
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  9. Article ; Online: Lats1/2 Regulate Yap/Taz to Control Nephron Progenitor Epithelialization and Inhibit Myofibroblast Formation.

    McNeill, Helen / Reginensi, Antoine

    Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN

    2016  Volume 28, Issue 3, Page(s) 852–861

    Abstract: In the kidney, formation of the functional filtration units, the nephrons, is essential for postnatal life. During development, mesenchymal progenitors tightly regulate the balance between self-renewal and differentiation to give rise to all nephron ... ...

    Abstract In the kidney, formation of the functional filtration units, the nephrons, is essential for postnatal life. During development, mesenchymal progenitors tightly regulate the balance between self-renewal and differentiation to give rise to all nephron epithelia. Here, we investigated the functions of the Hippo pathway serine/threonine-protein kinases Lats1 and Lats2, which phosphorylate and inhibit the transcriptional coactivators Yap and Taz, in nephron progenitor cells. Genetic deletion of
    MeSH term(s) Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/physiology ; Animals ; Cell Cycle Proteins ; Cell Differentiation ; Epithelium ; Mice ; Myofibroblasts/physiology ; Nephrons/cytology ; Phosphoproteins/physiology ; Phosphorylation ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/physiology ; Stem Cells/physiology ; Transcription Factors/physiology ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins/physiology
    Chemical Substances Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ; Cell Cycle Proteins ; Phosphoproteins ; Transcription Factors ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins ; Yap1 protein, mouse ; tafazzin protein, mouse (EC 2.3.-) ; Lats1 protein, mouse (EC 2.7.1.-) ; LATS2 protein, mouse (EC 2.7.11.1) ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases (EC 2.7.11.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-09-19
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1085942-1
    ISSN 1533-3450 ; 1046-6673
    ISSN (online) 1533-3450
    ISSN 1046-6673
    DOI 10.1681/ASN.2016060611
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  10. Article ; Online: Transgenic force sensors and software to measure force transmission across the mammalian nuclear envelope in vivo.

    Fenelon, Kelli D / Thomas, Evan / Samani, Mohammad / Zhu, Min / Tao, Hirotaka / Sun, Yu / McNeill, Helen / Hopyan, Sevan

    Biology open

    2022  Volume 11, Issue 11

    Abstract: Nuclear mechanotransduction is a growing field with exciting implications for the regulation of gene expression and cellular function. Mechanical signals may be transduced to the nuclear interior biochemically or physically through connections between ... ...

    Abstract Nuclear mechanotransduction is a growing field with exciting implications for the regulation of gene expression and cellular function. Mechanical signals may be transduced to the nuclear interior biochemically or physically through connections between the cell surface and chromatin. To define mechanical stresses upon the nucleus in physiological settings, we generated transgenic mouse strains that harbour FRET-based tension sensors or control constructs in the outer and inner aspects of the nuclear envelope. We knocked-in a published esprin-2G sensor to measure tensions across the LINC complex and generated a new sensor that links the inner nuclear membrane to chromatin. To mitigate challenges inherent to fluorescence lifetime analysis in vivo, we developed software (FLIMvivo) that markedly improves the fitting of fluorescence decay curves. In the mouse embryo, the sensors responded to cytoskeletal relaxation and stretch applied by micro-aspiration. They reported organ-specific differences and a spatiotemporal tension gradient along the proximodistal axis of the limb bud, raising the possibility that mechanical mechanisms coregulate pattern formation. These mouse strains and software are potentially valuable tools for testing and refining mechanotransduction hypotheses in vivo.
    MeSH term(s) Mice ; Animals ; Nuclear Envelope/metabolism ; Mechanotransduction, Cellular/physiology ; Nuclear Proteins/genetics ; Chromatin/genetics ; Chromatin/metabolism ; Mice, Transgenic ; Software ; Mammals/genetics ; Mammals/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Nuclear Proteins ; Chromatin
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2632264-X
    ISSN 2046-6390 ; 2046-6390
    ISSN (online) 2046-6390
    ISSN 2046-6390
    DOI 10.1242/bio.059656
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