Biomineral Research Group and Imaging - Trace Element Analysis Recent Publications
Catarina Magnusson, Hanna Augustin, Ravin Jugdaohsingh, Jonathan J. Powell, Lena Hulthén, Maria Ransjö. Urinary Silicon Excretion in Relation to Lactation and Bone Mineral Density — a Longitudinal Study Post-partum. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2025; 203(1): 76–87. Published online 2024 Apr 24. doi: 10.1007/s12011-024-04175-8.
Viviana Rojas, Ravin Jugdaohsingh, Andrew Rayment, Andrew Brown, Joseph Fenn, James Crowley, Vedran Lovric, Jonathan Powell, Paul Freeman. Applying the Techniques of Materials Science towards an Understanding of the Process of Canine Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. Animals (Basel) 2024 Sep; 14(18): 2665. Published online 2024 Sep 13. doi: 10.3390/ani14182665
Theresa Banu Yenen, Ravin Jugdaohsingh, William D. Thom, Sam Khan, Viviana Rojas Solano, Giulio Lampronti, Andy Brown, Janire Saez, Davide Corbetta, Salih Eminağa, Giunio Bruto Cherubini, Jonathan Powell, Kate Hughes, Paul Freeman. Mineral Phase Changes During Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.08.602462. Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences doi: 10.1098/rspa.2024.0488
Luz Alonso-Crisostomo, Jennifer Trendell, Marta Ferraresso, Shivani Bailey, Dawn Ward, Zachary G. L. Scurlock, Stephanie C. Wenlock, Carlos A. P. Bastos, Ravin Jugdaohsingh, Nuno J. Faria, Anton J. Enright, Cinzia G. Scarpini, Nicholas Coleman, Matthew J. Murray. Testicular germ cell tumour cells release microRNA-containing extracellular vesicles that induce phenotypic and genotypic changes in cells of the tumour microenvironment. Int J Cancer. 2024;154(2):372‐388. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.34697
Toro-Valdivieso Constanza, Jugdaohsingh Ravin, Powell Jonathan J., Hoffman Joseph I., Forcada Jaume, Moore Charles and Blacklaws Barbara (2023) Heavy metal contamination in pristine environments: lessons from the Juan Fernandez fur seal (Arctocephalus philippii philippii) R. Soc. open sci.10221237221237 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221237
Lu Y, Basatemur G, Scott IC, Chiarugi D, Clement M, Harrison J, Jugdaohsingh R, Yu X, Newland SA, Jolin HE, Li X, Chen X, Szymanska M, Haraldsen G, Palmer G, Fallon PG, Cohen ES, McKenzie ANJ, Mallat Z. Interleukin-33 Signaling Controls the Development of Iron-Recycling Macrophages. Immunity. 2020 May 19;52(5):782-793.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.03.006.
Koller D, Bramhall P, Devoy J, Goenaga-Infante H, Harrington CF, Leese E, Morton J, Nuñez S, Rogers J, Sampson B, Powell JJ. Analysis of soluble or titanium dioxide derived titanium levels in human whole blood: consensus from an inter-laboratory comparison. Analyst. 2018 Nov 5;143(22):5520-5529. doi: 10.1039/c8an00824h.
Selvarajah V, Mäki-Petäjä KM, Pedro L, Bruggraber SFA, Burling K, Goodhart AK, Brown MJ, McEniery CM, Wilkinson IB. Novel Mechanism for Buffering Dietary Salt in Humans: Effects of Salt Loading on Skin Sodium, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C, and Blood Pressure. Hypertension. 2017 Nov;70(5):930-937. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.10003
Ahmad Fuzi SF, Koller D, Bruggraber S, Pereira DI, Dainty JR, Mushtaq S. A 1-h time interval between a meal containing iron and consumption of tea attenuates the inhibitory effects on iron absorption: a controlled trial in a cohort of healthy UK women using a stable iron isotope. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Dec;106(6):1413-1421. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.117.161364
Scheuerle RL, Bruggraber SF, Gerrard SE, Kendall RA, Tuleu C, Slater NK. Characterisation of zinc delivery from a nipple shield delivery system using a breastfeeding simulation apparatus. PLoS One. 2017 Feb 3;12(2):e0171624. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171624.
Kalia P, Brooks RA, Kinrade SD, Morgan DJ, Brown AP, Rushton N, Jugdaohsingh R. Adsorption of Amorphous Silica Nanoparticles onto Hydroxyapatite Surfaces Differentially Alters Surfaces Properties and Adhesion of Human Osteoblast Cells. PLoS One. 2016 Feb 10;11(2):e0144780. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144780.
Pereira DI1, Bruggraber SF2, Faria N2, Poots LK2, Tagmount MA3, Aslam MF2, Frazer DM4, Vulpe CD3, Anderson GJ4, Powell JJ2. Nanoparticulate iron(III) oxo-hydroxide delivers safe iron that is well absorbed and utilised in humans. Nanomedicine. 2014 Nov;10(8):1877-86. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2014.06.012.
Bruggraber SF, Chapman TP, Thane CW, Olson A, Jugdaohsingh R, Powell JJ. A re-analysis of the iron content of plant-based foods in the United Kingdom. Br J Nutr. 2012 Dec 28;108(12):2221-8. doi: 10.1017/S0007114512000360.
Jugdaohsingh R, Anderson SH, Lakasing L, Sripanyakorn S, Ratcliffe S, Powell JJ. Serum silicon concentrations in pregnant women and newborn babies. Br J Nutr. 2013 Dec 14;110(11):2004-10. doi: 10.1017/S0007114513001578.
Jugdaohsingh R, Sripanyakorn S, Powell JJ. Silicon absorption and excretion is independent of age and sex in adults. Br J Nutr. 2013 Sep 28;110(6):1024-30. doi: 10.1017/S0007114513000184.
Sripanyakorn S, Jugdaohsingh R, Dissayabutr W, Anderson SH, Thompson RP, Powell JJ. The comparative absorption of silicon from different foods and food supplements. Br J Nutr. 2009 Sep;102(6):825-34. doi: 10.1017/S0007114509311757.
Hart AJ, Skinner JA, Winship P, Faria N, Kulinskaya E, Webster D, Muirhead-Allwood S, Aldam CH, Anwar H, Powell JJ. Circulating levels of cobalt and chromium from metal-on-metal hip replacement are associated with CD8+ T-cell lymphopenia. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2009 Jun;91(6):835-42. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B6.21844
Powell JJ, McNaughton SA, Jugdaohsingh R, Anderson SH, Dear J, Khot F, Mowatt L, Gleason KL, Sykes M, Thompson RP, Bolton-Smith C, Hodson MJ. A provisional database for the silicon content of foods in the United Kingdom.Br J Nutr. 2005 Nov;94(5):804-12.