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Wendy Thompson

University of Manchester
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Epidemiology of contralateral breast cancer

Y Chen, W Thompson, R Semenciw, Y Mao - … Epidemiology Biomarkers & …, 1999 - AACR
Two to 11% of women diagnosed with breast cancer will develop contralateral breast cancer
in their lifetime. Women with a first primary are at a 2–6-fold increased risk of developing …

[PDF][PDF] Modeling steatohepatitis in humans with pluripotent stem cell-derived organoids

…, T Shinozawa, M Koido, H Koike, W Thompson… - Cell metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
Human organoid systems recapitulate in vivo organ architecture yet fail to capture complex
pathologies such as inflammation and fibrosis. Here, using 11 different healthy and diseased …

[HTML][HTML] High-fidelity drug-induced liver injury screen using human pluripotent stem cell–derived organoids

…, A Dunn, A Ferguson, S Togo, K Lewis, WL Thompson… - Gastroenterology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Preclinical identification of compounds at risk of causing drug induced
liver injury (DILI) remains a significant challenge in drug development, highlighting a need for …

Modelling human hepato-biliary-pancreatic organogenesis from the foregut–midgut boundary

…, N Saiki, A Ferguson, M Kimura, WL Thompson… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Organogenesis is a complex and interconnected process that is orchestrated by multiple
boundary tissue interactions 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 – 7 . However, it remains unclear how individual, …

Inflammatory cytokines stimulate the chemokines CCL2/MCP-1 and CCL7/MCP-7 through NFκB and MAPK dependent pathways in rat astrocytes

WL Thompson, LJ Van Eldik - Brain research, 2009 - Elsevier
The chemokines CCL2 and CCL7 are upregulated in the brain during several neurodegenerative
and acute diseases associated with infiltration of peripheral leukocytes. Astrocytes can …

Antibiotic use for irreversible pulpitis

A Agnihotry, W Thompson… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Irreversible pulpitis, which is characterised by acute and intense pain, is one of
the most frequent reasons that patients attend for emergency dental care. Apart from …

[PDF][PDF] En masse organoid phenotyping informs metabolic-associated genetic susceptibility to NASH

M Kimura, T Iguchi, K Iwasawa, A Dunn, WL Thompson… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Genotype-phenotype associations for common diseases are often compounded by pleiotropy
and metabolic state. Here, we devised a pooled human organoid-panel of steatohepatitis …

Glia proinflammatory cytokine upregulation as a therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases: function‐based and target‐based discovery approaches

LJ Van Eldik, WL Thompson, HR Ranaivo… - International review of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Inflammation is the body's defense mechanism against threats such as bacterial infection,
undesirable substances, injury, or illness. The process is complex and involves a variety of …

Is adherence to the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Behaviour Guidelines for Children and Youth associated with improved indicators of physical, mental, and social …

…, KC Roberts, W Thompson - … physiology, nutrition, and …, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
The Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth were released in 2016.
These guidelines contained recommendations for moderate to vigorous physical activity, …

[HTML][HTML] Sedentary behaviour surveillance in Canada: trends, challenges and lessons learned

…, A Melvin, KC Roberts, GP Butler, W Thompson - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Historical changes in the nature of sedentary activities have been observed in
other countries, but it is not clear if similar trends exist in Canada. It is also unclear how …