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Overview

Ian S. Young is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields within medicine, with a focus on ophthalmology, public health, environmental and occupational health, molecular biology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and physiology.

Their work addresses a variety of scientific topics including:

  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Glaucoma and Retinal Disorders
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management

Among their published works are several recent papers notable for their diverse medical and nutritional focus:

  • "A High Polyphenol Diet Improves Psychological Well-Being: The Polyphenol Intervention Trial (PPhIT)" (2020), published in Nutrients
  • "Assessment of Differentially Methylated Loci in Individuals with End-Stage Kidney Disease Attributed to Diabetic Kidney Disease: An Exploratory Study" (2021), published in Clinical Epigenetics
  • "Simvastatin in Critically Ill Patients with Covid-19" (2023), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Newborn Adiposity and Cord Blood C-Peptide as Mediators of the Maternal Metabolic Environment and Childhood Adiposity" (2021), published in Diabetes Care
  • "Role of A Novel Angiogenesis FKBPL-CD44 Pathway in Preeclampsia Risk Stratification and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Treatment" (2020), published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

The scientist frequently publishes in several academic journals including:

  • British Journal Of Nutrition
  • British Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

They have collaborated extensively with co-authors such as Frank Kee, Bernadette McGuinness, Gareth J. McKay, Ruth Hogg, and Jayne V. Woodside. These partnerships reflect a collaborative approach spanning multiple studies and disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Antioxidants in health and disease

    Ian Young;Jayne Woodside

  • Dose-dependent effects of folic acid on blood concentrations of homocysteine: a meta-analysis of the randomized trials

    R Clarke;C Frost;P Sherliker;S Lewington

  • Prevalence of age-related maculopathy in older Europeans: the European Eye Study (EUREYE).

    Cristina A. Augood;Johannes R. Vingerling;Paulus T. V. M. de Jong;Usha Chakravarthy

  • Total antioxidant capacity of seminal plasma is different in fertile and infertile men.

    Sheena E.M. Lewis;Paul M. Boyle;Karen A. McKinney;Ian S. Young

  • Comparison of individual antioxidants of sperm and seminal plasma in fertile and infertile men

    Sheena E.M. Lewis;E. Samantha L. Sterling;Ian S. Young;William Thompson

  • The common 'thermolabile' variant of methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase is a major determinant of mild hyperhomocysteinaemia

    D.L. Harmon;J.V. Woodside;J.W.G. Yarnell;D. McMaster

  • The methionine synthase reductase (MTRR) A66G polymorphism is a novel genetic determinant of plasma homocysteine concentrations

    Derval J Gaughan;Leo A.J Kluijtmans;Sandrine Barbaux;Dorothy McMaster

  • Novel biomarkers in early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction compared with cardiac troponin T

    Conor J McCann;Ben M Glover;Ian B A Menown;Michael J Moore

  • Lipoprotein oxidation and atherosclerosis.

    Ian Young;Jane McEneny

  • Obesity and the lung: 1 · Epidemiology

    K M McClean;Frank Kee;Ian Young;J S Elborn

  • Measurement of malondialdehyde in plasma by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorimetric detection.

    I S Young;E R Trimble

  • OXIDATIVE STRESS IN HAEMODIALYSIS

    C M Loughrey;I S Young;J H Lightbody;D Mcmaster

  • Methionine synthase D919G polymorphism is a significant but modest determinant of circulating homocysteine concentrations

    Dawn L. Harmon;Denis C. Shields;Jayne V. Woodside;Dorothy McMaster

  • Effect of hemodialysis on total antioxidant capacity and serum antioxidants in patients with chronic renal failure.

    P Jackson;C M Loughrey;J H Lightbody;P T McNamee

  • Genetic and nutritional factors contributing to hyperhomocysteinemia in young adults.

    Leo A. J. Kluijtmans;Ian S. Young;Colin A. Boreham;Liam Murray

  • Mutations in the gene encoding filamin A as a cause for familial cardiac valvular dystrophy.

    Florence Kyndt;Jean-Pierre Gueffet;Vincent Probst;Philippe Jaafar

  • Ascorbic Acid Reduces Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Type 2 Diabetes

    Brian A. Mullan;Ian S. Young;Howard Fee;David R. McCance

  • Plasma chain-breaking antioxidants in Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and Parkinson's disease

    C J Foy;A P Passmore;M D Vahidassr;I S Young

  • Reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire among pregnant women in a Mediterranean area

    Jesús Vioque;Eva-María Navarrete-Muñoz;Daniel Gimenez-Monzó;Manuela García-de-la-Hera

  • Electron spin resonance spectroscopic detection of oxygen-centred radicals in human serum following exhaustive exercise.

    Tony Ashton;Christopher C. Rowlands;Eleri Jones;Ian S. Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Patterson
Christopher Patterson Queen's University Belfast
Frank Kee
Frank Kee Queen's University Belfast
Usha Chakravarthy
Usha Chakravarthy Queen's University Belfast
Liam J. Murray
Liam J. Murray Queen's University Belfast
Astrid E. Fletcher
Astrid E. Fletcher London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Alun Evans
Alun Evans Queen's University Belfast
Jesús Vioque
Jesús Vioque Miguel Hernandez University
Alexander S. Whitehead
Alexander S. Whitehead University of Pennsylvania
Russell S. Richardson
Russell S. Richardson University of Utah
Paulus T. V. M. de Jong
Paulus T. V. M. de Jong University of Amsterdam

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