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· Codling, Caroline; O’Mahony, Liam; Shanahan, Fergus; Quigley, Eamonn MM, Marchesi, Julian R. (2010) ‘A Molecular
Analysis of Fecal and Mucosal Bacterial Communities in Irritable Bowel Syndrome’. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 55
(2):392-397.
· Cronin, M; Morrissey, D; Rajendran, S; El Mashad, SM; van Sinderen, D; O’Sullivan, GC; Tangney, M (2010) ‘Orally
administered bifidobacteria as vehicles for delivery of agents to systemic tumors’. Molecular Therapy, 18 (7):1397-1407.
· Culligan, EP; Hill, C; Sleator, RD (2009) ‘Probiotics and gastrointestinal disease: successes, problems and future
prospects’. Gut, 1 (1).
· Daly, KM; Upton, M; Sandiford, SK; Draper, LA; Wescombe, PA; Jack, RW; O’Connor, PM; Rossney, A; Gotz, F; Hill, C;
Cotter, PD; Ross, RP; Tagg, JR (2010) ‘Production of the Bsa Lantibiotic by Community-Acquired Staphylococcus aureus
Strains’. Journal of bacteriology, 192:1131-1142.
· Dinan, TG; Clarke, G; Quigley, EMM; Scott, LV; Shanahan, F; Cryan, J; Cooney, J; Keeling, PWN (2010) ‘Enhanced
cholinergic-mediated increase in the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 in irritable bowel syndrome: Role of muscarinic
receptors’. American Journal of Gastroenterology.
· Dinan, Timothy G; Cryan, John; Shanahan, Fergus; Keeling, PW Napoleon; Quigley, Eamonn MM (2010) ‘IBs: an epigenetic
perspective’. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 7 (8):465-471.
· Easom, CA; Joyce, SA; Clarke, DJ (2010) ‘Identification of genes involved in the mutualistic colonization of the nematode
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora by the bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens’. BMC Microbiology, 10.
· Eleftherianos, I; Joyce, SA; ffrench-Constant, RH; Clarke, DJ; Reynolds, SE (2010) ‘Probing the tritrophic interaction
between insects, nematodes and Photorhabdus’. Parasitology, 26:1-12.
· Emmanuel, AV; Tack, J; Quigley, EM; Talley, NJ (2009) ‘Pharmacological management of constipation. Neurogastroenterol
Motil’. Neurogastroenterol Motil, 21 Suppl 2:41-54.
· Falvey, EC; McCarthy, C; O’Connor, TM; Shanahan, F; Molloy, MG; Plant, BJ (2010) ‘Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
and exercise testing in an international rugby union team’. Thorax, 65 (9):843-844.
· Ferrieres, L; Thompson, A; Clarke, DJ (2009) ‘Elevated levels of sigma S inhibit biofilm formation in Escherichia coli: a role
for the Rcs phosphorelay’. Microbiology, 155 (Pt 11):3544-53.
· Finger, BC,Dinan, TG,Cryan, JF (2010) ‘Leptin-deficient mice retain normal appetitive spatial learning yet exhibit marked
increases in anxiety-related behaviours’. Psychopharmacology, 210:559-568.
· Finger, BC; Dinan, TG; Cryan JF (2010) ‘Leptin-deficient mice retain normal appetitive spatial learning yet exhibit marked
increases in anxiety-related behaviours’. Psychopharmacology.
· Fitzgerald P, Cassidy E, Clarke G, Scully P, Barry S, Quigley E, Shanahan F, Cryan JF, Dinan TG (2010) ‘Tryptophan
catabolism in females with irritable bowel syndrome: relationship to interferon-gamma, severity of symptoms and
psychiatric co-morbidity’. Neurogastroenterol Motil.
· Ford, AC; Talley, NJ; Quigley, EM; Moayyedi, P (2009) ‘Efficacy of probiotics in irritable bowel syndrome: a meta-analysis of
randomized, controlled trials. Dis Colon Rectum’. Dis Colon Rectum, 52 (10).
· Gibney, SM; Gosselin, RD; Dinan, TG; Cryan, JF (2010) ‘Colorectal distension-induced prefrontal cortex activation in the
Wistar-Kyoto rat: implications for irritable bowel syndrome’. Neuroscience, 165 (3):675-683.
· Gosselin, RD; O’Connor, RM; Tramullas, M; Julio-Pieper, M; Dinan, TG; Cryan, JF (2010) ‘Riluzole Normalizes Early-Life
Stress-Induced Visceral Hypersensitivity in Rats: Role of Spinal Glutamate Reuptake Mechanisms’. Gastroenterology,
138:2418-2425.
· Gosselin, RD; O’Connor, RM; Tramullas, M; Julio-Pieper, M; Dinan, TG; Cryan, JF (2010) ‘Riluzole Normalizes Early-Life
Stress-induced Visceral Hypersensitivity in Rats: Role of Spinal Glutamate Reuptake Mechanisms’. Gastroenterology.
· Guo, J; Fisher, KA; Darcy, R; Cryan, JF; O’Driscoll, C (2010) ‘Therapeutic targeting in the silent era: advances in non-viral
siRNA delivery’. Molecular Biosystems.
· Hodnett, P; Coyle, J; O’Regan, K; Maher MM; Fanning N (2009) ‘PRES (posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome), a
rare complication of tacrolimus therapy’. Emergency radiology, 16 (6):493-496.
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