• Targeting the toll-like receptor pathway as a therapeutic strategy for neonatal infection 

  Dias, Maria L.; O'Connor, Karen M.; Dempsey, Eugene; O'Halloran, Ken D.; McDonald, Fiona Brigid (American Physiological Society, 2021-10-06)

  Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are crucial transmembrane receptors that form part of the innate immune response. They play a role in the recognition of various microorganisms and their elimination from the host. TLRs have been ...
• Statins versus placebo for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

  Walsh, Aisling; Perrem, Lucy M.; Elshafi, Mohamed; Khashan, Ali S.; Henry, Michael; Ni Chroinin, Muireann (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2019-07-31)

  Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable, and treatable respiratory disease. COPD exacerbations are associated with worse quality of life, increased hospitalisations, and increased ...
• Deep learning for EEG seizure detection in preterm infants. 

  O'Shea, Alison; Ahmed, Rehan; Lightbody, Gordon; Pavlidis, Elena; Lloyd, Rhodri; Pisani, Francesco; Marnane, William P.; Mathieson, Sean; Boylan, Geraldine B.; Temko, Andriy (World Scientific, 2021-01-22)

  EEG is the gold standard for seizure detection in the newborn infant, but EEG interpretation in the preterm group is particularly challenging; trained experts are scarce and the task of interpreting EEG in real-time is ...
• Influence of cost on contraceptive choices amongst university students 

  McConnell, Roisin; Meaney, Sarah; O'Donoghue, Keelin (Irish Medical Organisation, 2021)

  Introduction: Cost remains a major barrier in accessing effective contraception especially long-acting reversible contraception. This study sought to assess the current contraception choices amongst university students ...
• Induction of the PPARγ (Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ)-GCM1 (Glial Cell Missing 1) syncytialization axis reduces sFLT1 (Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 1) in the preeclamptic placenta 

  Armistead, Brooke; Kadam, Leena; Siegwald, Emily; McCarthy, Fergus P.; Kingdom, John C.; Kohan-Ghadr, Hamid-Reza; Drewlo, Sascha (American Heart Association, 2021-05-24)

  Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy that is a major cause of maternal-fetal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Severe preeclampsia (sPE) is mediated by pathology of the placental villi resulting in repressed ...

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