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Robert McFarland

Newcastle University
Verified email at ncl.ac.uk
Cited by 16594

Mitochondrial diseases

…, S DiMauro, M Hirano, Y Koga, R McFarland… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
Mitochondrial diseases are a group of genetic disorders that are characterized by defects in
oxidative phosphorylation and caused by mutations in genes in the nuclear DNA (nDNA) …

A neurological perspective on mitochondrial disease

R McFarland, RW Taylor, DM Turnbull - The Lancet Neurology, 2010 - thelancet.com
Disruption of the most fundamental cellular energy process, the mitochondrial respiratory
chain, results in a diverse and variable group of multisystem disorders known collectively as …

Mitochondrial disease in adults: recent advances and future promise

…, C Kornblum, M Mancuso, R McFarland… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Mitochondrial diseases are some of the most common inherited neurometabolic disorders,
and major progress has been made in our understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of these …

Changes in thymic function with age and during the treatment of HIV infection

DC Douek, RD McFarland, PH Keiser, EA Gage… - Nature, 1998 - nature.com
The thymus represents the major site of the production and generation of T cells expressing
αβ-type T-cell antigen receptors. Age-related involution may affect the ability of the thymus to …

Prevalence of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA mutations related to adult mitochondrial disease

…, RW Taylor, DM Turnbull, R McFarland - Annals of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The prevalence of mitochondrial disease has proven difficult to establish,
predominantly as a result of clinical and genetic heterogeneity. The phenotypic spectrum of …

Glycemic characteristics and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the United States

…, V Garrett, J Messler, R McFarland… - Journal of diabetes …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Diabetes has emerged as an important risk factor for severe illness and death
from COVID-19. There is a paucity of information on glycemic control among hospitalized …

Prevalence of mitochondrial DNA disease in adults

AM Schaefer, R McFarland, EL Blakely… - Annals of Neurology …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Diverse and variable clinical features, a loose genotype–phenotype relationship,
and presentation to different medical specialties have all hindered attempts to gauge the …

Associations between cancer predisposition testing panel genes and breast cancer

…, A Thomas, J Lilyquist, B Feng, R McFarland… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Germline pathogenic variants inBRCA1andBRCA2predispose to an increased
lifetime risk of breast cancer. However, the relevance of germline variants in other genes …

[HTML][HTML] Host genotype-specific therapies can optimize the inflammatory response to mycobacterial infections

DM Tobin, FJ Roca, SF Oh, R McFarland, TW Vickery… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Susceptibility to tuberculosis is historically ascribed to an inadequate immune response that
fails to control infecting mycobacteria. In zebrafish, we find that susceptibility to …

Multi-system neurological disease is common in patients with OPA1 mutations

…, D Bonneau, W Marques Jr, G Lenaers, R McFarland… - Brain, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Additional neurological features have recently been described in seven families transmitting
pathogenic mutations in OPA1, the most common cause of autosomal dominant optic …