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Kirsty J MacLeod

Bangor University
Verified email at bangor.ac.uk
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Influence of cigarette smoking on inhaled corticosteroid treatment in mild asthma

GW Chalmers, KJ Macleod, SA Little, LJ Thomson… - Thorax, 2002 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: Although inhaled corticosteroids have an established role in the treatment of
asthma, studies have tended to concentrate on non-smokers and little is known about the …

Smoking and airway inflammation in patients with mild asthma

GW Chalmers, KJ MacLeod, L Thomson, SA Little… - Chest, 2001 - Elsevier
Study objectives Cigarette smoking is common in asthmatic patients, and we investigated
the impact of cigarette smoking on airway inflammation in asthma. Design Single-center …

High resolution computed tomographic assessment of airway wall thickness in chronic asthma: reproducibility and relationship with lung function and severity

SA Little, MW Sproule, MD Cowan, KJ Macleod… - Thorax, 2002 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: In some patients chronic asthma results in irreversible airflow obstruction. High
resolution computed tomography (HRCT) has been advocated for assessing the structural …

Academic ecosystems must evolve to support a sustainable postdoc workforce

M Ålund, N Emery, BJM Jarrett, KJ MacLeod… - Nature Ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
The postdoctoral workforce comprises a growing proportion of the science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM) community, and plays a vital role in advancing science. …

Non-invasive markers of airway inflammation as predictors of oral steroid responsiveness in asthma

SA Little, GW Chalmers, KJ MacLeod, C McSharry… - Thorax, 2000 - thorax.bmj.com
BACKGROUND Sputum eosinophil counts and exhaled nitric oxide (NO) levels are increased
in asthma and both measurements fall in response to corticosteroids. METHODS Exhaled …

Integrating ecological and evolutionary context in the study of maternal stress

…, SG Lavergne, KE McGhee, KJ MacLeod… - Integrative and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Maternal stress can prenatally influence offspring phenotypes and there are an increasing
number of ecological studies that are bringing to bear biomedical findings to natural systems. …

Association of forced expiratory volume with disease duration and sputum neutrophils in chronic asthma

SA Little, KJ MacLeod, GW Chalmers, JG Love… - The American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Some patients with chronic asthma develop irreversible airflow obstruction. Our
aim was to assess whether reported duration of asthma and induced sputum cell counts …

Effect of inhaled corticosteroids on symptom severity and sputum mediator levels in chronic persistent cough

…, AD McMahon, LJ Thomson, KJ MacLeod… - Journal of allergy and …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Chronic cough often lasts for more than 1 year and is associated with airway
inflammation. The effect of inhaled corticosteroids on symptom severity and inflammatory …

Fear and lethality in snowshoe hares: the deadly effects of non‐consumptive predation risk

KJ MacLeod, CJ Krebs, R Boonstra, MJ Sheriff - Oikos, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Predators play a critical, top–down role in shaping ecosystems, driving prey population and
community dynamics. Traditionally, studies of predator‐prey interactions have focused on …

In ovo microbial communities: a potential mechanism for the initial acquisition of gut microbiota among oviparous birds and lizards

BK Trevelline, KJ MacLeod, SA Knutie… - Biology …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Vertebrate gut microbiota mediate critical physiological processes known to affect host fitness,
but the mechanisms that expose wildlife to pioneer members of this important microbial …