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Douglas J. Morrison

Professor of Isotope Bioscience, SUERC, University of Glasgow
Verified email at glasgow.ac.uk
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Formation of short chain fatty acids by the gut microbiota and their impact on human metabolism

DJ Morrison, T Preston - Gut microbes, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The formation of SCFA is the result of a complex interplay between diet and the gut
microbiota within the gut lumen environment. The discovery of receptors, across a range of …

Toward an understanding of transfusion‐related acute lung injury: statement of a consensus panel

S Kleinman, T Caulfield, P Chan, R Davenport… - …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
T donors who are associated with TRALI events and how to reduce the risk of TRALI for
recipients of blood products. To address these issues, a Consensus Conference was …

[HTML][HTML] Role of gut microbiota-generated short-chain fatty acids in metabolic and cardiovascular health

ES Chambers, T Preston, G Frost, DJ Morrison - Current nutrition reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of this Review This review assesses the latest evidence linking short-chain
fatty acids (SCFA) with host metabolic health and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and …

[HTML][HTML] The short-chain fatty acid acetate reduces appetite via a central homeostatic mechanism

G Frost, ML Sleeth, M Sahuri-Arisoylu, B Lizarbe… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Increased intake of dietary carbohydrate that is fermented in the colon by the microbiota has
been reported to decrease body weight, although the mechanism remains unclear. Here we …

Effects of targeted delivery of propionate to the human colon on appetite regulation, body weight maintenance and adiposity in overweight adults

ES Chambers, A Viardot, A Psichas, DJ Morrison… - Gut, 2015 - gut.bmj.com
Objective The colonic microbiota ferment dietary fibres, producing short chain fatty acids.
Recent evidence suggests that the short chain fatty acid propionate may play an important …

Systemic oxidative stress in asthma, COPD, and smokers.

I Rahman, D Morrison, K Donaldson… - American journal of …, 1996 - atsjournals.org
An imbalance between oxidants and antioxidants is proposed in smokers and in patients
with airways diseases. We tested this hypothesis by measuring the Trolox equivalent …

[HTML][HTML] Human metabolism and elimination of the anthocyanin, cyanidin-3-glucoside: a 13C-tracer study

C Czank, A Cassidy, Q Zhang, DJ Morrison… - The American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background: Evidence suggests that the consumption of anthocyanin-rich foods beneficially
affects cardiovascular health; however, the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and …

Closing the loop for robotic grasping: A real-time, generative grasp synthesis approach

D Morrison, P Corke, J Leitner - arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.05172, 2018 - arxiv.org
This paper presents a real-time, object-independent grasp synthesis method which can be
used for closed-loop grasping. Our proposed Generative Grasping Convolutional Neural …

Epithelial permeability, inflammation, and oxidant stress in the air spaces of smokers

D Morrison, I Rahman, S Lannan… - American journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
The mechanism responsible for the increased air-space permeability in cigarette smokers is
unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the acute and chronic effects of cigarette …

Foraging ecology and energetics of the frugivorous bat Artibeus jamaicensis

DW Morrison - Ecology, 1978 - Wiley Online Library
In Panama that bat Artibeus jamaicensis feeds primarily on figs (fruits of the genus Ficus).
One hundred forty—two Ficus trees in 25 ha were mapped and their fruit production …