[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D metabolism and profiling in veterinary species

EA Hurst, NZ Homer, RJ Mellanby - Metabolites, 2020 - mdpi.com
… in Scotland and New Zealand have demonstrated significant … were substantially greater in
the New Zealand flock [90] in … , with the Romney sheep of New Zealand having minimal skin …

Prolonged exposure to acetaminophen reduces testosterone production by the human fetal testis in a xenograft model

…, LB Smith, C McKinnell, A Dean, NZ Homer… - Science translational …, 2015 - science.org
Most common male reproductive disorders are linked to lower testosterone exposure in fetal
life, although the factors responsible for suppressing fetal testosterone remain largely …

Higher insulin resistance and adiposity in postmenopausal women with breast cancer treated with aromatase inhibitors

FW Gibb, JM Dixon, C Clarke, NZ Homer… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Context Aromatase deficiency causes obesity and insulin resistance in aromatase knockout
mice and humans with rare mutations of the aromatase gene (CYP19). Aromatase inhibitors …

Vitamin D insufficiency in COVID-19 and influenza A, and critical illness survivors: a cross-sectional study

…, TS Walsh, M Shankar-Hari, J Dunning, NZ Homer… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The steroid hormone vitamin D has roles in immunomodulation and bone health.
Insufficiency is associated with susceptibility to respiratory infections. We report 25-hydroxy …

Vitamin D status is seasonally stable in northern European dogs

EA Hurst, NZ Homer, AG Gow… - Veterinary Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Numerous studies in veterinary species have recently linked vitamin D status
with nonskeletal health disorders. Previous studies have indicated that dogs cannot produce …

Circulating acetaminophen metabolites are toxicokinetic biomarkers of acute liver injury

…, RA Kimmitt, JH Seymour, NZ Homer… - Clinical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Acetaminophen (paracetamol‐APAP) is the most common cause of drug‐induced liver
injury in the Western world. Reactive metabolite production by cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYP‐…

Development and application of a LC–MS/MS assay for simultaneous analysis of 25-hydroxyvitamin-D and 3-epi-25-hydroxyvitamin-D metabolites in canine serum

EA Hurst, NZ Homer, SG Denham… - The Journal of Steroid …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hypovitaminosis D and hypervitaminosis D are well recognised disorders in dogs. Hypovitaminosis
D can occur following consumption of a diet inadequately supplemented with vitamin …

Metformin increases cortisol regeneration by 11βHSD1 in obese men with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus

AJ Anderson, R Andrew, NZ Homer… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Context: The mechanism of action of metformin remains unclear. Given the regulation of the
cortisol-regenerating enzyme 11βhydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 (11βHSD1) by insulin …

[HTML][HTML] Case study of a hybrid wind and tidal turbines system with a microgrid for power supply to a remote off-grid community in New Zealand

N Majdi Nasab, J Kilby, L Bakhtiaryfard - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
… , an industry-recognized simulation software called HOMER Pro ® (hybrid optimization of
multiple electric renewables) is used. The HOMER Pro ® microgrid software has become a …

Detecting drug-target binding in cells using fluorescence-activated cell sorting coupled with mass spectrometry analysis

…, JP Iredale, X Zheng, NZ Homer… - … and Applications in …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The assessment of drug-target engagement for determining the efficacy of a compound inside
cells remains challenging, particularly for difficult target proteins. Existing techniques are …