UK guideline on transition of adolescent and young persons with chronic digestive diseases from paediatric to adult care

…, L Whitley, L Williams, RK Russell, SA McCartney… - Gut, 2017 - gut.bmj.com
The risks of poor transition include delayed and inappropriate transfer that can result in
disengagement with healthcare. Structured transition care can improve control of chronic …

[HTML][HTML] Levofloxacin/amoxicillin-based schemes vs quadruple therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication in second-line

…, A De Lorenzo, L Di Renzo, S McCartney… - World journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Worldwide prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is approximately 50%, with
the highest being in developing countries. We compared cure rates and tolerability (SE) of …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance enterography and small bowel ultrasound for the extent and activity of newly diagnosed and relapsed Crohn's …

…, A Higginson, I Jacobs, S McCartney… - The lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) and ultrasound are used to image
Crohn's disease, but their comparative accuracy for assessing disease extent and activity is not …

Altered intestinal microbiota and blood T cell phenotype are shared by patients with Crohn's disease and their unaffected siblings

…, NE McCarthy, P Louis, FM Farquharson, S McCartney… - Gut, 2014 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Crohn's disease (CD) is associated with intestinal dysbiosis, altered blood T cell
populations, elevated faecal calprotectin (FC) and increased intestinal permeability (IP). CD-…

[HTML][HTML] Biologic therapies for Crohn's disease: optimising the old and maximising the new

…, AG Tamilarasan, PM Irving, S McCartney - …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The era of biologic agents for the treatment of Crohn’s disease has brought about significant
benefits for patients, and since the introduction of infliximab at the turn of the century, the …

Evaluation of Crohn's disease activity: initial validation of a magnetic resonance enterography global score (MEGS) against faecal calprotectin

…, D Pendsé, N Dikaios, S Bloom, S McCartney… - European …, 2014 - Springer
Objectives To develop an MRI enterography global score (MEGS) of Crohn’s disease (CD)
activity compared with a reference standard of faecal calprotectin (fC), C-reactive protein (…

G6PC3 mutations are associated with a major defect of glycosylation: a novel mechanism for neutrophil dysfunction

…, FZ Rahman, G Sewell, BN Smith, S McCartney… - …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Glucose-6-phosphatase, an enzyme localized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), catalyzes
the hydrolysis of glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) to glucose and inorganic phosphate. In humans…

Siblings of patients with Crohn's disease exhibit a biologically relevant dysbiosis in mucosal microbial metacommunities

…, GB Rogers, L Cuthbertson, S McCartney… - Gut, 2016 - gut.bmj.com
Objective To determine the existence of mucosal dysbiosis in siblings of patients with
Crohn's disease (CD) using 454 pyrosequencing and to comprehensively characterise and …

[HTML][HTML] A qualitative research for defining meaningful attributes for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease from the patient perspective

…, U Kopylov, M Barreiro-de Acosta, S McCartney… - The Patient-Patient …, 2020 - Springer
Introduction Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic, inflammatory bowel
diseases (IBD). Each class and type of medication available for the treatment of IBD has …

[HTML][HTML] METRIC (MREnterography or ulTRasound in Crohn's disease): a study protocol for a multicentre, non-randomised, single-arm, prospective comparison study …

…, A Hart, A Higginson, I Jacobs, S McCartney… - BMC …, 2014 - Springer
Background Crohn’s disease (CD) is a lifelong, relapsing and remitting inflammatory condition
of the intestine. Medical imaging is crucial for diagnosis, phenotyping, activity assessment …