Chondrocyte, RVI, siRNA, Confocal, NKCC, C-20/A4, volume, cartilage

Qusous, Ala, Geewan, Corinne S.V., Greenwell, Pamela and Kerrigan, Mark J.P. (2011) SiRNA-mediated inhibition of Na+ -K+-2Cl- cotransporter (NKCC1) and regulatory volume increase in the chondrocyte cell line C-20/A4. Journal of Membrane Biology, 243 (1-3). pp. 25-34. ISSN 0022-2631 (Print), 1432-1424 (Online) (doi:10.1007/s00232-011-9389-z)

anti-inflammatory, apoptosis, caspases, chemokines, chondrocyte, chondroprotective, cytokines, GPCR, melanocortins, MMPs

Kaneva, Magdalena K., Kerrigan, Mark J.P., Grieco, Paolo, Curley, G. Paul, Locke, Ian C. and Getting, Stephen J. (2012) Chondroprotective and anti-inflammatory role of melanocortin peptides in TNF-α activated human C-20/A4 chondrocytes. British Journal of Pharmacology, 167 (1). pp. 67-79. ISSN 0007-1188 (doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.01968.x)

assessment design

Headington, Rita and Kerrigan-Holt, Mark (2011) Holistic assessment design: Reality, possibility or elusive ideal? In: Assessment in Higher Education Conference, 6 July 2011, University of Cumbria.

calcium, confocal, elicitor, filament tracer, FLUOstar optima, morphology, penicillium chrysogenum

Nair, Rakesh, Raina, Sheetal, Keshavarz, Tajalli and Kerrigan, Mark J.P. (2011) Application of fluorescent indicators to analyse intracellular calcium and morphology in filamentous fungi. Fungal Biology, 115 (4-5). pp. 326-334. ISSN 1878-6146 (online)

cartilage, actin, mechanotransduction, confocal, calcium

Ong, Sang-Bing, Shah, Dinesh, Qusous, Ala, Jarvis, Simon M. and Kerrigan, Mark J.P. (2010) Stimulation of regulatory volume increase (RVI) in avian articular chondrocytes by gadolinium chloride. Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 88 (3). pp. 505-512. ISSN 0829-8211 (Print), 1208-6002 (Online) (doi:10.1139/O09-179)

confocal, phalloidin, volume, microscopy, fluorescence

Qusous, Ala, Parker, Eleanor, Geewan, Corinne, Kapasi, Arva, Getting, Stephen J., Hucklebridge, Frank, Keshavarz, Tajalli and Kerrigan, Mark J.P. (2012) Novel methods for the quantification of changes in actin organization in chondrocytes using fluorescent imaging and linear profiling. Microscopy Research & Technique, 75 (7). pp. 991-999. ISSN 1059-910X (doi:10.1002/jemt.22055)

phenotype, regulatory volume increase, collagen, dedifferentiation, calcium, REV5901

Qusous, Ala and Kerrigan, Mark J.P. (2012) Quantification of changes in morphology, mechanotransduction, and gene expression in bovine articular chondrocytes in response to 2-dimensional culture indicates the existence of a novel phenotype. Cartilage, 3 (3). pp. 222-234. ISSN 1947-6035 (Print), 1947-6043 (Online) (doi:10.1177/1947603511427556)