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· Carroll, James; Draper, Lorraine A; O’Connor, Paula M; Coffey, Aidan; Hill, Colin; Ross, Paul R; Cotter, Paul D; O’Mahony,
Jim (2010) ‘Comparison of the activities of the lantibiotics nisin and lacticin 3147 against clinically significant mycobacteria’.
International journal of antimicrobial agents, 36 (2):132-136.
· Claesson, M. J.,Cusack, S.,O’Sullivan, O.,Greene-Diniz, R.,de Weerd, H.,Flannery, E.,Marchesi, J. R.,Falush, D.,Dinan,
T.,Fitzgerald, G.,Stanton, C.,van Sinderen, D.,O’Connor, M.,Harnedy, N.,O’Connor, K.,Henry, C.,O’Mahony, D.,Fitzgerald, A.
P.,Shanahan, F.,Twomey, C.,Hill, C.,Ross, R. P.,O’Toole, P. W. (2010) ‘Microbes and Health Sackler Colloquium: Composition,
variability, and temporal stability of the intestinal microbiota of the elderly’. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
· Clarke, G; Fitzgerald, P; Hennessy, AA; Cassidy, EM; Quigley, EMM; Ross, P; Stanton, C; Cryan, JF; Dinan, TG (2010)
‘Marked elevations in pro-inflammatory polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolites in females with irritable bowel syndrome’.
Journal of lipid research, 51:1186-1192.
· Clarke, G; O’Mahony, SM; Hennessy, AA; Ross, P; Stanton, C; Cryan, JF; Dinan, TG (2009) ‘Chain reactions: early-life stress
alters the metabolic profile of plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids in adulthood’. Behavioural brain research, 205 (1):319-321.
· Clarke, G; Quigley, EM; Cryan, JF; Dinan, TG (2009) ‘Irritable bowel syndrome: towards biomarker identification’. Trends in
molecular medicine, 15 (10):478-489.
· 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.
· Connolly, A; Hearty, A; Nugent, A; McKevitt, A; Boylan, E; Flynn, A; Gibney, MJ (2010) ‘Pattern of intake of food additives
associated with hyperactivity in Irish children and teenagers’. Food Additives and Contaminants Part A-Chemistry Analysis
Control Exposure & Risk Assessment, 27:447-456.
· 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.
· Doherty, SB; Wang, L; Ross, RP; Stanton, C; Fitzgerald, GF; Brodkorb, A (2010) ‘Efficacy of whey protein gel networks as
potential viability-enhancing scaffolds for cell immobilization of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG’. Rna-A Publication of The Rna
Society, 80:231-241.
· Doherty, SB; Wang, L; Ross, RP; Stanton, C; Fitzgerald, GF; Brodkorb, A (2010) ‘Use of viability staining in combination with
flow cytometry for rapid viability assessment of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in complex protein matrices’. Journal of
Microbiological Methods, 82 (3):301-310.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
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