Publications

Journal(s)
Title	Journal Name	Year
Comparison of nasal and bronchial epithelial cells obtained from patients with COPD	PLoS ONE Vol 7 (3) e32924  DOI	2012
Anti-inflammatory effects of DX-890, a human neutrophil elastase inhibitor	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis Vol epub  DOI	2012
EFFECT OF HISTAMINE ON HUMAN NEUTROPHILS	Inflammation Research Vol 60 (S335-S335)	2011
Population structure and characterization of viridans group streptococci (VGS) including Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from adult patients with cystic fibrosis (CF)	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis Vol 10 (133-139)  DOI	2011
Comparative repeatability of two handheld fractional exhaled nitric oxide monitors.	Pediatric Pulmonology Vol epub (133-139)  DOI	2011
Effect of Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida albicans on pro-inflammatory response in cystic fibrosis epithelium.	Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society Vol in press (133-139)  DOI	2011
LUNG CLEARANCE INDEX IS A REPRODUCIBLE AND SENSITIVE MEASURE OF AIRWAYS DISEASE IN BRONCHIECTASIS	Thorax Vol 66 (A121-A121)  DOI	2011
Basophil models of homeopathy: a sceptical view	Homeopathy Vol 99 (51-56)  DOI	2010
IDENTIFICATION OF H-3 AND H-4 HISTAMINE RECEPTORS ON NORMAL AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS EPITHELIAL CELLS	Inflammation Research Vol 59 (S343-S343)	2010
SELDI-TOF analysis of induced sputum from patients with lung cancer, 'at risk' control subjects and healthy control subjects	Lung Cancer Vol 60 (S8-S8)	2008
Frequency of cytokine gene promoter polymorphisms in the Northern Ireland Cystic Fibrosis population	Journal of Cystic Fibrosis Vol 6 (363-365)  DOI	2007
Neutrophil cell death, activation and bacterial infection in cystic fibrosis	Thorax Vol 60(8) (659-664)  DOI	2005
Mast cell degranulation after endobronchial adenosine challenge - Reply	Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Vol 115 (1098-1099)  DOI	2005
Adverse reactions to drugs: in vitro studies with isolated cells	Inflammation Research Vol 53 (S105-S108)  DOI	2004
Mast cell mediator release in nonasthmatic subjects after endobronchial adenosine challenge	Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Vol 114 (34-39)  DOI	2004
Adenosine, inflammation and asthma - a review	Inflammation Research Vol 53 (171-178)  DOI	2004
Histamine dilutions modulate basophil activation	Inflammation Research Vol 53 (181-188)  DOI	2004
The effect of nicotine on basophil histamine release	Inflammation Research Vol 53 (211-214)  DOI	2004
Possible association between passive smoking and lower exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatic children	Archives of environmental health Vol 58 (613-616)	2003
Interleukin-4 and interleukin-4 soluble receptor a levels in bronchoalveolar lavage from children with asthma	ANNALS OF ALLERGY ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY Vol 90 (429-433)	2003
Neutrophil apoptosis and bacterial infection in cystic fibrosis	Thorax Vol 57 (429-433)	2002
The repeatability of nonbronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage differential cell counts	The European respiratory journal : official journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Vol 18 (1009-1012)	2001
Oxidative stress and increased type-IV collagenase levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from newborn babies	Pediatric Research Vol 50 (29-33)	2001
Oxidative stress in lavage fluid of preterm infants at risk of chronic lung disease	AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY Vol 281 (L1386-L1391)	2001
Chronic cough in children: bronchoalveolar lavage findings	European Respiratory Journal Vol 16 (1109-1114)	2000
Is there an association between angiotensin-converting enzyme gene variants and chronic nonproductive cough?	Chest Vol 118 (1091-1094)	2000
Sensory neuropeptides induce histamine release from bronchoalveolar lavage cells in both nonasthmatic coughers and cough variant asthmatics	Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Vol 30 (225-232)	2000
Clinical consequences of mast cell heterogeneity	Inflammation Research Vol 49 (147-154)	2000
Serum eosinophilic cationic protein and blood eosinophil counts for the prediction of the presence of airways inflammation in children with wheezing	Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Vol 29 (1382-1389)	1999
Adenosine induces histamine release from human bronchoalveolar lavage mast cells	Clinical Science Vol 96 (349-355)	1999
Inflammatory mediators in bronchoalveolar lavage samples from children with and without asthma	Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Vol 29 (362-366)	1999
Bronchoalveolar lavage findings in patients with chronic nonproductive cough	European Respiratory Journal Vol 13 (59-65)	1999
Adenosine, mast cells and asthma	Inflammation Research Vol 48 (301-307)	1999
Pharmacological regulation of mediator release from human mast cells	Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Vol 28 (1171-1173)	1998
In vitro effects of the pyrethroid S-bioallethrin on lymphocytes and basophils from atopic and nonatopic subjects	Allergy Vol 53 (1052-1059)	1998
Evaluation and outcome of patients with chronic non-productive cough using a comprehensive diagnostic protocol	Thorax Vol 53 (738-743)	1998
Neurokinin A is the predominant tachykinin in human bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in normal and asthmatic subjects	Thorax Vol 53 (357-362)	1998
Histamine release from bronchoalveolar lavage cells from asthmatic subjects after allergen challenge and relationship to the late asthmatic response	Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Vol 28 (196-204)	1998
Bronchoalveolar lavage findings suggest two different forms of childhood asthma	Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Vol 27 (1027-1035)	1997
Histamine release from human bronchoalveolar lavage mast cells by neurokinin A and bradykinin	Inflammation Research Vol 46 (306-309)	1997
A comparison of three standard methods of identifying mast cells in endobronchial biopsies in normal and asthmatic subjects	Allergy Vol 52 (836-843)	1997
Structure activity studies of mast cell activation and hypotension induced by neuropeptide Y (NPY), centrally truncated and C-terminal NPY analogues	British Journal of Pharmacology Vol 117 (325-332)	1996
Investigating paediatric airways by non-bronchoscopic lavage: Normal cellular data	Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Vol 26 (799-806)	1996
Influence of alpha-helicity, amphipathicity and D-amino acid incorporation on the peptide-induced mast cell activation	EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY-MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY SECTION Vol 291 (291-300)	1995
EFFECT OF IN-VIVO AND IN-VITRO LOVASTATIN TREATMENT ON MAST-CELL ACTIVATION	International Archives of Allergy and Immunology Vol 108 (240-246)	1995
MODULATORY ACTION OF HELICOBACTER-PYLORI ON HISTAMINE-RELEASE FROM MAST-CELLS AND BASOPHILS IN-VITRO	Journal of Medical Microbiology Vol 42 (386-393)	1995
SUBSTANCE-P INDUCES HISTAMINE-RELEASE FROM HUMAN PULMONARY MAST-CELLS	Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Vol 25 (179-186)	1995
ELECTRONIC CELL COUNTING TO MEASURE TOTAL CELL NUMBERS IN BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID	European Respiratory Journal Vol 7 (1527-1531)	1994
ROLE OF INTRACELLULAR AND EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM IN HISTAMINE-RELEASE FROM RAT PERITONEAL MAST-CELLS	Agents and actions Vol 43 (144-148)	1994
INCIDENCE AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE OF PERIOPERATIVE HISTAMINE-RELEASE - RANDOMIZED STUDY OF VOLUME LOADING AND ANTIHISTAMINES AFTER INDUCTION OF ANESTHESIA	Lancet Vol 343 (933-940)	1994
INTRAVASCULAR ANTI-IGE CHALLENGE IN PERFUSED LUNGS - MEDIATOR RELEASE AND VASCULAR PRESSOR-RESPONSE	Journal of Applied Physiology Vol 71 (2499-2506)	1991
HISTAMINE-RELEASE INDUCED BY RADIOGRAPHIC CONTRAST-MEDIA - COMPARISON BETWEEN PULMONARY AND PERITONEAL MAST-CELLS DERIVED FROM NORMOTENSIVE AND SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS	International archives of allergy and applied immunology Vol 92 (203-208)	1990
HISTAMINE-RELEASE FROM CANINE LUNG AND LIVER MAST-CELLS INDUCED BY RADIOGRAPHIC CONTRAST-MEDIA	Agents and actions Vol 27 (101-103)	1989
RADIOGRAPHIC CONTRAST MEDIA-INDUCED HISTAMINE-RELEASE - A COMPARATIVE-STUDY WITH MAST-CELLS FROM DIFFERENT SPECIES	Agents and actions Vol 27 (104-106)	1989
THE EFFECT OF SERINE ESTERASE INHIBITORS ON IONOPHORE-INDUCED HISTAMINE-RELEASE FROM HUMAN PULMONARY MAST-CELLS	Agents and actions Vol 23 (198-200)	1988
PREDICTION OF RISK FOR PSEUDOALLERGIC REACTIONS AND HISTAMINE-RELEASE IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY - A COMPUTER-AIDED MODEL USING INDEPENDENCE-BAYES	Agents and actions Vol 23 (366-369)	1988
ISOLATION OF MAST-CELLS FROM RABBIT LUNG AND LIVER - COMPARISON OF HISTAMINE-RELEASE INDUCED BY THE HYPNOTICS ALTHESIN AND PROPANIDID	Agents and actions Vol 20 (219-222)	1987
MODULATION OF HISTAMINE-RELEASE FROM RAT PERITONEAL MAST-CELLS BY NONCYTOTOXIC CONCENTRATIONS OF THE DETERGENTS CREMOPHOR EL (OXETHYLATED CASTOR-OIL) AND TRITON X100 - A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR UNEXPECTED ADVERSE DRUG-REACTIONS	Agents and actions Vol 18 (235-238)	1986
COMPARISON OF THE HISTAMINE-RELEASING ACTIVITY OF CREMOPHOR EL AND SOME OF ITS DERIVATIVES IN 2 EXPERIMENTAL-MODELS - THE INVIVO ANESTHETIZED DOG AND INVITRO RAT PERITONEAL MAST-CELLS	Agents and actions Vol 16 (265-268)	1985
HISTAMINE-RELEASE IN ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY - A SYSTEMATIC-APPROACH TO RISK IN THE PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD	International anesthesiology clinics Vol 23 (41-66)	1985
FUNCTIONAL-CHARACTERISTICS OF MUCOSAL AND CONNECTIVE-TISSUE MAST-CELLS OF MAN, THE RAT AND OTHER ANIMALS	International archives of allergy and applied immunology Vol 77 (274-276)	1985
MEASUREMENT OF PROSTAGLANDIN-D2 AND IDENTIFICATION OF METABOLITES IN HUMAN-PLASMA DURING INTRAVENOUS-INFUSION	Prostaglandins Vol 28 (743-754)	1984
FUNCTIONAL-HETEROGENEITY OF MAST-CELLS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT	ALLERGOLOGIE Vol 7 (276-281)	1984
PROSTAGLANDIN AND HISTAMINE-RELEASE FROM STIMULATED RAT PERITONEAL MAST-CELLS	Agents and actions Vol 14 (397-400)	1984
ACTION OF 3-ISOBUTYL-1-METHYLXANTHINE AND PROSTAGLANDIN-D2 AND PROSTAGLANDIN-E1 ON HISTAMINE-RELEASE FROM RAT AND GUINEA-PIG MAST-CELLS	International archives of allergy and applied immunology Vol 72 (289-293)	1983
DO ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS PREVENT HISTAMINE-RELEASE FROM MAST-CELLS BY ACTING ON RECEPTOR-MEDIATED CALCIUM CHANNELS	Monographs in allergy Vol 18 (220-222)	1983
MAST-CELLS ISOLATED FROM GUINEA-PIG LUNG - CHARACTERIZATION AND STUDIES ON HISTAMINE-SECRETION	Agents and actions Vol 13 (122-126)	1983
CALCIUM-ANTAGONISTS AND HISTAMINE-SECRETION FROM RAT PERITONEAL MAST-CELLS	Agents and actions Vol 13 (144-148)	1983
SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF HISTAMINE-SECRETION FROM MAST-CELLS TREATED WITH IONOMYCIN	International archives of allergy and applied immunology Vol 69 (86-88)	1982
ANALYSIS OF PICOMOLAR CONCENTRATIONS OF 6-OXO-PROSTAGLANDIN F1-ALPHA IN BIOLOGICAL-FLUIDS	Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences Vol 239 (71-80)	1982
HISTAMINE-RELEASE - HISTAMINE-RELEASE FROM HUMAN PULMONARY MAST-CELLS	Agents and actions Vol 12 (60-63)	1982
LECTIN-INDUCED HISTAMINE-SECRETION FROM ISOLATED RAT AND GUINEA-PIG MAST-CELLS	Biochemical Pharmacology Vol 30 (2179-2181)	1981
ROLE OF INTRACELLULAR AND EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM IN HISTAMINE-RELEASE FROM RAT PERITONEAL MAST-CELLS	Agents and actions Vol 11 (51-54)	1981
INHIBITION OF HISTAMINE-SECRETION FROM MAST-CELLS	Nature Vol 289 (186-187)	1981
DIFFERENTIAL REACTIVITY OF ISOLATED MAST-CELLS FROM THE RAT AND GUINEA-PIG	European Journal of Pharmacology Vol 66 (339-345)	1980
SOME STUDIES ON THE RELEASE OF HISTAMINE FROM MAST-CELLS STIMULATED WITH POLYLYSINE	British Journal of Pharmacology Vol 70 (329-334)	1980
BOUND CALCIUM IN HISTAMINE-RELEASE FROM MAST-CELLS	CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS Vol 4 (745-745)	1980
CALCIUM POOLS INVOLVED IN HISTAMINE-RELEASE FROM RAT MAST-CELLS	International archives of allergy and applied immunology Vol 62 (467-471)	1980
INHIBITION OF HISTAMINE-RELEASE INDUCED BY COMPOUND 48-80 AND PEPTIDE-401 IN THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF CALCIUM - IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MODE OF ACTION OF ANTI-ALLERGIC COMPOUNDS	Agents and actions Vol 10 (222-228)	1980
ISOLATION AND SOME PROPERTIES OF MAST-CELLS FROM THE MESENTERY OF THE RAT AND GUINEA-PIG	Agents and actions Vol 10 (124-131)	1980
EFFECT OF CYCLIC-AMP ON HISTAMINE-RELEASE INDUCED BY COMPOUND 48-80	International archives of allergy and applied immunology Vol 60 (461-464)	1979
SOME STUDIES ON THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF ANTIBODIES TO NERVE GROWTH-FACTOR	Neuroscience Vol 4 (1391-1398)	1979
STUDIES ON HISTAMINE-RELEASE INDUCED BY COMPOUND-48-80 AND PEPTIDE-401	Agents and actions Vol 9 (63-64)	1979
MECHANISM OF IMMUNOSYMPATHECTOMY	EXPERIENTIA Vol 34 (1371-1372)	1978
Conference Contribution(s)
Title		Year
Flow-cytometric analysis of basophil activation: inhibition by histamine at conventional and homeopathic concentrations		2001
Inhibition of human basophil degranulation by successive histamine dilutions: Results of a European multi-centre trial		1999
The modulatory effects of WE-14 on histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells		1997
NEUROPEPTIDE Y-INDUCED MAST-CELL ACTIVATION		1994