8-14 Sept 2020 Central Clinical School publications

Mary Ajamian is first author on a study investigating whether gluten
affected IBS patients with self-reported non-coeliac gluten sensitivity.
In brief, gluten didn't but FODMAPs did affect symptoms.

Recent publications featuring research as notified by PubMed during 8-14 Sep 2020 from Central Clinical School affiliated researchers in the following departments. The below is not a comprehensive list:

• Allergy, Immunology & Respiratory Medicine
• Australian Centre for Blood Diseases
• Diabetes
• Gastroenterology
• Infectious Diseases
• Medicine - Alfred
• MSHC
• Neuroscience
• Psychiatry

Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory medicine

Breiteneder H, Peng YQ, Agache I, et al. Biomarkers for diagnosis and prediction of therapy responses in allergic diseases and asthma [published online ahead of print, 2020 Sep 7]. Allergy. 2020;10.1111/all.14582. doi:10.1111/all.14582

Hew M, McDonald VM, Bardin PG, et al. Cumulative dispensing of high oral corticosteroid doses for treating asthma in Australia [published online ahead of print, 2020 Sep 9]. Med J Aust. 2020;10.5694/mja2.50758. doi:10.5694/mja2.50758


Australian Centre for Blood Diseases

Draxler DF, Bain CR, Taylor R, et al. Data on the modulatory effects of a single bolus dexamethasone on the surface marker expression of various leucocyte subsets. Data Brief. 2020;32:106117. Published 2020 Aug 2. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.106117


Department of Diabetes

Liang J, Bonvino NP, Hung A, Karagiannis TC. In silico characterisation of olive phenolic compounds as potential cyclooxygenase modulators. Part 1 [published online ahead of print, 2020 Aug 26]. J Mol Graph Model. 2020;101:107719. doi:10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107719

Wang Y, Nguyen DT, Yang G, et al. An Improved 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-Carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-Sulfophenyl)-2H-Tetrazolium Proliferation Assay to Overcome the Interference of Hydralazine [published online ahead of print, 2020 Sep 9]. Assay Drug Dev Technol. 2020;10.1089/adt.2020.1004. doi:10.1089/adt.2020.1004


Department of Gastroenterology

Ajamian M, Rosella G, Newnham ED, Biesiekierski JR, Muir JG, Gibson PR. Effect of Gluten Ingestion and Fodmap Restriction on Intestinal Epithelial Integrity in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Self-reported Non-coeliac Gluten Sensitivity [published online ahead of print, 2020 Sep 9]. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2020;e1901275. doi:10.1002/mnfr.201901275

Hirsch RD, Mills C, Sawhney R, et al. SIRT Compared with DEB-TACE for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: a Real-world Study (the SITAR Study) [published online ahead of print, 2020 Sep 9]. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2020;10.1007/s12029-020-00502-z. doi:10.1007/s12029-020-00502-z


Department of Infectious Diseases

Naranbhai V, Chang CC, Beltran WFG, et al. High seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Chelsea, Massachusetts [published online ahead of print, 2020 Sep 9]. J Infect Dis. 2020;jiaa579. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaa579


Department of Medicine - Peninsula

Ge V, Subramaniam A, Banakh I, Wang WC, Tiruvoipati R. Management of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors during the perioperative period: A retrospective comparative study [published online ahead of print, 2020 Sep 8]. J Perioper Pract. 2020;1750458920948693. doi:10.1177/1750458920948693

Subramaniam A, Tiruvoipati R, Green C, et al. Frailty status, timely goals of care documentation and clinical outcomes in older hospitalised medical patients [published online ahead of print, 2020 Sep 6]. Intern Med J. 2020;10.1111/imj.15032. doi:10.1111/imj.15032


Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

Chow EPF, Bradshaw CS, Williamson DA, et al. Changing from Clinician-Collected to Self-Collected Throat Swabs for Oropharyngeal Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening among Men Who Have Sex with Men. J Clin Microbiol. 2020;58(9):e01215-20. Published 2020 Aug 24. doi:10.1128/JCM.01215-20


Department of Neuroscience

Drill M, Powell KL, Kan LK, et al. Inhibition of purinergic P2X receptor 7 (P2X7R) decreases granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) expression in U251 glioblastoma cells. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):14844. Published 2020 Sep 9. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-71887-x

Nguyen A, Vodehnalova K, Kalincik T, ... Butzkueven H, van der Walt A, Horakova D, Jokubaitis V. Association of Pregnancy With the Onset of Clinically Isolated Syndrome. JAMA Neurol. Published online September 14, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.3324

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Department of Psychiatry

Carruthers SP, Gurvich CT, Meyer D, et al. Exploring Heterogeneity on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Cluster Analytical Investigation. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2019;25(7):750-760. doi:10.1017/S1355617719000420

Kirkovski M, Fuelscher I, Hyde C, et al. Fixel Based Analysis Reveals Atypical White Matter Micro- and Macrostructure in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Investigation of the Role of Biological Sex. Front Integr Neurosci. 2020;14:40. Published 2020 Aug 13. doi:10.3389/fnint.2020.00040