Peer Review Articles
Walsh A, O'Sullivan GC, Hansen S. Renal artery thrombosis. British Journal of Urology 1973; 45: 578-580.
O'Sullivan GC, Walker K, Bondar G. Effects of pregnancy on bile acid metabolism. Surgical Forum , 1975; XXVI: 442-444.
Kowalewski K, O'Sullivan GC, Koloej A. Effects of glucagon on myoelectrical and mechanical activity of the isolated homologous perfused porcine stomach. Pharmacology 1976; 14: 115-124.
Meissner AG, O'Sullivan GC, MacBeth RA. The effect of defibrinogenation on pulmonary embolism in dogs. Thrombosis and Haemostasis 1976; 36(1): 140-149.
Little A, DeMeester TR, Kirchner PT, O'Sullivan G, Skinner DB. Pathogenesis of esophagitis in patients with gastro-esophageal reflux. Surgery 1980; 88: 101-107.
O'Sullivan GC, DeMeester TR, Smith RB, Johnson LF, Skinner DB. The importance of the gastric wrap component in surgical restoration of the cardia. Surgical Forum 1980; XXXI: 136-137.
O'Sullivan GC, DeMeester TR, Smith RB, Ryan JW, Johnson LF, Skinner DB. Twenty four hour pH monitoring of oesophageal function, its use in the evaluation of symptomatic patients after truncal vagotomy and gastric resection or drainage. Arch. Surgery. 1981; 116: 580-590.
Moore DJ, O'Sullivan GC, Hederman WP. Congenital jejunal mucosal diaphragm and phytobezoar: A cause of intermittent small bowel obstruction in an adult. Ir. J. Med. Sci. 1981;
DeMeester TR, La Fontaine E, Joelson BE, Skinner DB, Ryan JN, O'Sullivan G.C, Brunsden BS, and Johnson LP. Relationship of a hiatal hernia to the function of the body of the esophagus, and gastro-esophageal junction. J. Thor. Cardiovasc. Surgery . 1981; 82: 547-588.
O'Sullivan GC, DeMeester TR, Joelson BE, Smith RB, Blough RR, Johnson LF, Skinner DB. Interaction of lower eosphageal sphincter pressure and length of sphincter in the abdomen as determinants of gastro-esophageal competence. Am. J. Surgery. 1982; 143(1): 40-47.
Joelson BE, DeMeester TR, Skinner DB, LaFontaine E, Waters PF, O'Sullivan GC. The role of the esophageal body in the anti-reflux mechanism, Surgery. 1982; 92(2): 417-424.
DeMeester TR, O'Sullivan GC, Bermudez G, Midell A, Cimochowski GE. The objective evaluation of esophageal function in patients with angina type chest pain and normal coronary arteriograms. Ann. Surgery. 1982; 156: 488-498.
Kelleher MB, O'Sullivan GC, Kealy WF. (1984) Epitheloid leiomyoma (leiomyoblastoma) of the stomach. Ir. J. Med. Sci. 1984; 153(4): 137-139.
Reynolds J, Kealy WF, O'Sullivan GC. Multiple pulmonary leiomyomatas, hammartomas. Ir Med. J . 1984; 77(4): 106-107.
Ryan JW, O'Sullivan GC, Brunsden BE, and DeMeester TR. Digital scintigraphy in achalasia. Esophageal Disorders Pathophysiology and Therapy Eds. Skinner DB and DeMeester TR Raven Press Publishing Co. 1985.
Kweka EL, Cooney C, O Neill M, O' Sullivan GC. Imaging Barretts oesophagus. Clin. Radiol. (Eng) 1987; 38 (4): 415-418.
Collins JK, O Mahony A, Morrissey D, O Brien F, Corbett A, O Donoghue M and O' Sullivan GC. Evaluation of newly established cell lines as models to study growth, invasion and metastatic spread in oesophageal cancer. Fibrinolysis : 1992; 6: 83-88.
Leahy AL, Bouchier-Hayes DB, Hyland JM, Delaney PV, O'Sullivan GC, Keane FB and the ‘Irish Laparoscopic Group' Early experiences of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in five Irish hospitals. Ir. J. Med. Sci . 1992; 161(6): 410.
Sullivan M, Thornton G, O' Sullivan GC, Collins JK. Probiotics - myth or reality. Trends Food Sci. Tech . 1992; 3: 309 - 314.
Stuart RC, Byrne PJ, Lawlor P, O' Sullivan GC, Hennessy TPJ. Meal area index: A new technique for quantitative assessment in achalasia by ambulatory manometry during eating. Br. J.Surg. 1992; 79: 1162-1166.
Mahony A, O' Sullivan GC, O Connell J, Cotter TG and Collins JK. An immune suppressive factor derived from esophageal squamous carcinoma induces apoptosis in normal and transformed cells of lymphoid lineage J. Immunology . 1993; 151: 4847-4856.
Collins JK and O' Sullivan GC. In-vivo and in-vitro evidence of apoptosis secondary to oesophageal squamous carcinoma. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 1994; 22(3): 602-605.
Shanahan F, O' Sullivan GC, Collins JK Immunosuppressive agents in inflammatory bowel disease: current status and future prospects. Can. J. Gastroenterology. 1994; 94(6): 383.
Maguire D, O' Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ. Potassium ion channels and sodium absorption in human colon. Surg. Forum 1994; XLV: 195-197.
O' Sullivan GC, Higgins T and O' Brien M. Safe ligation of the difficult pedicle: a technique relearned from laparoscopic surgery. Ir. J. Med. Sci. 1995; 164 (2): 157.
O' Sullivan GC, Collins JK, O Brien F, Crowley B, Murphy K, Lee G and Shanahan F. Micrometastases in bone marrow of patients undergoing ‘curative' surgery for gastrointestinal cancer. Gastroenterology . 1995; 109: 1535-1540.
Brien MG, Fitzgerald E, Lee G, Crowley M, Shanahan F and O' Sullivan GC. A prospective comparison of laparoscopy and imaging in the staging of esophagogastric cancer before surgery. Am. J. Gastroenterology. 1995; 90(12): 2191 – 2194.
Maguire D, O' Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ. Membrane and genomic mechanisms for aldosterone effect in human colon. Surg. Forum 1995; XLVI: 203-205. McNamara B, Cuff J, O' Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ. Mechanism of estrogen-induced salt and water retention. Surg. Forum 1995; XLVI: 560-562.
Sullivan ST, Hehir DJ, O' Sullivan GC, Kirwan WO. Open common bile duct exploration -end of an epoch? Ir J. Med Sci . 1996;165(1): 32-34.
O' Sullivan GC, O Brien M. The surgery of complicated gastro oesophageal reflux. Ir. J. Med. Sci. 1996; 165(3): 193-199.
O' Sullivan GC, Murphy D, O Brien MG, and Ireland A. Laparoscopic management of generalised peritonitis due to perforated colonic diverticula. Am. J. Surg. 1996; 171: 432-434.
Gorman P, Bennett D, Kavanagh E, Twohig LB, O' Sullivan GC, O'Regan P, Shanahan F MALTectomy (appendectomy / tonsillectomy) does not influence the occurance or mode of presentation of adult coeliac disease. Am. J. Gastroenterology. 1996; 91(4): 723-725.
Poynton AR, Walsh TN, O' Sullivan GC, Hennessy TPJ. Carcinoma arising in familial Barretts esophagus. Am. J. Gastroenterology. 1996; 91: 1855-1856.
Fleming P, Chan A, O' Brien M, O'Sullivan GC. Laparoscopic appendicectomy - a successful operation in adults and children. Ir. J. Med. Sci. 1996; 166(1): 13-15.
Winter DC, Brennan N and O' Sullivan GC. Reflux induced respiratory disorders. Journal of the Irish College of Physicians and Surgeons 1996, 25(3): 202-210.
O' Sullivan GC, and O Brien M. Successful retrograde dilatation and oesophageal conservation in a patient after failed antigrade dilation of a reflux stricture. Endoscopy 1997; 29: 141
Maguire D, O' Sullivan GC and Harvey BJ. Signal transduction of aldosterone effect on human colon ion transport. Surg. Forum 1996; XLVI 195-197.
McNamara B, Winter DC, O' Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ. A new membrane receptor for rapid estrogen effects in human colon. Surg. Forum 1996; XLVI 553-555.
O' Brien M., Daly S, Barrett J, Collins JK, Shanahan F, O' Sullivan GC. Mechanism of immune escape in immunologically heterogenous tumours. Surg. Forum 1996; XLVI : 472-475.
Connell J, O' Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Shanahan F. The Fas counter attack: Fas-mediated T-cell killing by colon cancer cells expressing Fas ligand. J. Exp. Med. 1996; 184; 1075-1082.
O' Sullivan GC, Corbett A, Collins JK, Shanahan F. Regional immune suppression in esophageal squamous cancer. J. Immunology. 1996 ; 157 : 4717-4720
Donovan AN, Ireland A, O' Sullivan GC, Fitzgerald E. Prospective trial of the role of fine bore intubation of the cystic duct at the time of operative cholangiography. J. Am. Coll. Surgery. 1996; 184: 262-264.
Merrigan BA, Winter DC, O' Sullivan GC. Chylothorax. Br. J. Surgery 1997; 84 : 15-20.
Collins JK, O' Sullivan GC, Shanahan F. Oral probiotic bacteria in the human immune system. J. Roy. Soc. Med International Congress and Symposeum Series .-209 Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd ed Ar Leeds and I R Roland 1996; 219: 19-25
O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Kelly J, Madden M, and Shanahan F. Micrometastases : Marker of metastatic potential or evidence of residual disease. Gut 1997; 4: 512-515.
O'Connell J., Bennett M.W., O'Sullivan G.C., Collins J.K., Shanahan F. The Fas Counterattack: A molecular mechanism of tumor immune privilage. Molecular Medicine 1997; 3: 294-300.
McNamara B, Winter D, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ, Geibel J., Real Time imaging of the Rapid non-genomic estrogen effect on cellular ion transport. Surg Forum 1997; XLVIII:522-524.
Winter D, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ, Geibel J, The temporal sequence of a rapid non genomic action on cytoplasmic pH in isolated colonic crypts. Surg. Forum 1997; XLVIII: 204-206.
Anton P, O'Connell J, O'Connell D, O'Brien F, Collins JK, O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F. Distribution of receptors for the chemotactic peptide FMLP in colonic mucosa Gut 1997; 42: 374-379.
Gahan GC, Barrett JR, O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F, Collins JK. Innate resistance to Listeria monocytogenes in tumour bearing mice. J. Leucocyte Biology 1997; 62(6): 726-732.
Doolan C, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey B. Rapid effects of corticosteroids on cytosolic protein kinase C and intracellular calcium concentration in human distal colon . Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 1998; 138: 71-79.
Bennett MW, O'Connell J, O'Sullivan GC, Brady C, Roche D, Collins JK, Shanahan F. The Fas Counterattack in vivo; Apoptotic depletion of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes associated with fas ligand expression by human esophageal carcinoma. J. Immunology 1998; 160: 5669- 5675.
McNamara B, Winter DC, Fanning NF, Redmond HP, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ. Berberine downregulates intestinal inflammation. Surgical Forum 1998; XLIX; 187–189.
55.Winter DC, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ, Geibel JP. Rapid nongenomic effects of estrogen involve Tamoxifen - insensitive, G-Protein - coupled membrane receptors. Surgical Forum 1998; XXIX: 477-478.
Goode T, O'Connell J, Sternini C, Anton P, Wong H, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Shanahan F. Substance P (Neurokinin - 1) receptor is a marker of human mucosal but not peripheral mononuclear cells: molecular quantitation and localisation . J.Immunology 1998; 161: 2232-2240.
O'Connell J, Bennett MW, O'Sullivan GC, Roche D, Kelly J, Collins JK, Shanahan F. Fas ligand expression in colonic adenocarcinomas: Evidence that the Fas counterattack is a prevelant mechanism of immune evasion in human colon cancer. J.Pathol. 1998; 186: 240-246.
O'Connell J, Bennett MW, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Shanahan F. The Fas Counterattack: Cancer as a site of immune privilage. Immunology Today 1999; 20: 46–52.
Bennett MW, O'Connell J, O'Sullivan GC, Roche D, Brady C, Kelly J, Collins JK, Shanahan F. Fas ligand is expressed by human adenocarcinomas: a potential mechanism of immune escape in stomach cancer. Gut 1999, 44: 156-162.
O'Sullivan GC, Sheahan D, Clarke A, Stuart R, Walsh T, Kelly J, Kiely MD, Walsh T, Collins JK, Shanahan F. Micrometastases in esophagogastric cancer; high detection rate in resected rib segments. Gastroenterology 1999; 116: 543-548.
Morrissey D, O'Connell J, Lynch D, O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F, Collins JK. Invasion by esophageal cancer cells: functional contribution by the urokinase plsminogen activation system and inhibition by antisense oligonucleotides to urokinase or urokinase receptor. Clinical and Experimental Metastases 1999; 17: 77-85.
Bennett MW, O'Connell J, O'Sullivan GC, Roche D, Brady C, Collins JK, Shanahan F. Fas ligand and Fas receptor are coexpressed in normal human oesophageal epithelium; a potential mechanism of apoptotic epithelial turnover. Diseases of the Oesophagus 1999; 12: 83-89.
O'Connell J, Bennett MW, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Shanahan F. Expression of Fas (CD95/APO-1) ligand by human breast cancers; significance for tumor immune privilage. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology 1999, 6: 457-463.
Winter DC, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ, Geibel JP. Direct effects of Dopamine on colonic mucosal pH - implications for tonometry. J.Surgical Research 1999; 83: 62-68.
Winter DC, Schneider MF, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ, Geibel JP. Rapid effects of Aldosterone on Sodium-Hydrogen Exchange in Isolated Colonic Crypts. J. Membrane Biology 1999; 170: 17-26.
Taylor CT, Winter DC, Scally MM, O'Donoghue DP, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ, Baird AW. Berberine inhibits electrogenic ion transport in human colonic epithelia. European Journal of Pharmacology 1999; 368; 111-118.
Maguire DB, MacNamara JE, Cuffe DC, Winter V, Urbach, CM Doolan GC, O'Sullivan BJ Harvey. Rapid Responses To Aldosterone In Human Distal Colon. Steroids 1999 ; 64; 51-63.
Relihan N, McGreal G, Kelly J, Ryan D, O'Sullivan GC, Redmond HP. Combined Lymph -Node Mapping and Bone Marrow Micrometastases Analysis for improved staging in Breast Cancer. Lancet 1999; 354: 129-130. (Research letter)
Taylor C, Winter DC, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ. Non-Genomic Effects of Estrogen on Sodium -Hydrogen Exchange: A Mechanism for Mitogenesis?. Surgical Forum 1999; XXX: 499-501.
Winter DC, Taylor C, Geibel JP, O'Sullivan GC, Hatvey BJ. Cellular Acidification Protects Intestinal Barrier Function Under Ischaemic Conditions: a pH Paradox. Surgical Forum 1999; XXX: 72-73.
Baird AW, Winter DC, Taylor C, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ. Regulation of Prostaglandin F2-Alpha-Induced Chloride Secretion in Human Colon. Surgical Forum 1999; XXX: 76-77.
McNamara B, Winter DC, Cuffe JE, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ. Role of Potassium Channels in Forskolin induced Chloride Secretion in Human Colon. J Physiol. 1999; 519(1): 251-259.
O'Brien MF, Winter DC, Fitzgerald EF, O'Sullivan GC, Mesenteric Cysts Ir. J. Med. Sc., 1999; 168(4): 233-236.
Murphy L, Dunne C, Kiely B, Shanahan F, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK. In vivo assessment of potential probiotic lactobacillus salivarius strains: Evaluation of their establishment, persistence, and localisation in the murine gastrointestinal tract. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease 1999; 11: 149-157.
Maguire D, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Morgan J, Shanahan F. Bone Marrow Micrometastases and Gastrointestinal Cancer -Detection and Significance Am. J. Gastro. 2000; 95: 1644-1651.
Goode T, O'Connell J, Anton P, Wong H, Reeve J, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Shanahan F. Neurokinin 1 receptor expression in inflammatory bowel disease: molecular quantitation and localisation. Gut 2000; 47(3): 387-396.
O'Reilly M, Winter DC, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ. Membrane Receptors Mediate Rapid Non-Genomic Effects of Estrogen On Intracellular pH and Calcium. Surgical Forum 2000; vol LI: 417-419.
Winter DC, Taylor C, O'Sullivan DC, Harvey BJ. Cross-Talk Between Calcium and Cyclic-AMP Signalling at Serosal Potassium Channels in Human Colonic Carcinomae. Surgical Forum 2000; vol LI: 22-24.
Taylor C, Winter DC, O'Sullivan DC, Harvey BJ. Adenosine Modulates Cytosolic Calcium and Mucosal Barrier Function During Intestinal Ischaemia. Surgical Forum 2000; vol LI: 64-66.
Winter DC, Taylor C, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ. Mitogenic effects of oestrogen mediated by a non-genomic receptor in human colon. Br. J. Surg. 2000; 87:1684-1689.
Wakai A, Winter DC, O'Sullivan GC. Unilateral Diaphragmatic Agenesis Precluding Laparoscopic Surgery. J.Society Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2000; 3: 259-26.
Goode t, O'Connell J, Ho WZ, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Douglas SD, Shanahan F. Differential Expression of Neurokinin-1 receptor by human mucosal cells and peripheral lymphoid cells. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2000;7:371-376
O'Connell J, Bennett MW, Nally K, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Shanahan F. Interferon-gamma sensitizes colonic epithelial cell lines tophysiological and therapeutic inducers of colonocyte apoptosis. Journal of Cellular Physiology 2000; 185(3): 331-338.
Maguire D, O'Sullivan GC, McNamara B, Collins JK, and Shanahan F. Bone marrow micrometastases in patients with brain metastases from epithelial cell tumours. Q.J.Med 2000; 93(9): 611-615.
Murphy J , O'Sullivan GC, Lee G, Madden M, Shanahan F, Collins JK, Talbot I. The inflammatory response within Dukes' B colorectal cancers: Implications for progression of micrometastases and patient survival. Am. J. Gastro 2000; 95(12): 3607-3614.
McNamara B, Winter DC, Cuffe J, Taylor C, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ. Rapid Activation of Basolateral Potassium Channels in Human Colon By Oestrodiol. Br. J. Pharmacology 2000; 131: 1373-1378.
Hourihan RN, O'Sullivan GC, Morgan JG, High-Resolution Detection of Loss Of Heterozygosity of Dinucleotide Microsatellite Markers Biotechniques 2001; 30:342-346.
Maguire D, Collins C, O'Sullivan GC, Replacement of the Oesophagus by Colon Interposition Graft Based on the Inferior Mesenteric Vascular System. Eur. J. Surgical Oncology 2000; 27:314-315.
Dunne C, O'Mahony L, Murphy L, Thornton G, Morrissey D, O'Halloran S, Feeney M, Cathcart D, Flynn S, Fitzgerald G, Daly C, Kiely B, O'Sullivan G, Shanahan F, Collins J K, In Vitro selection criteria for probiotic strains – Correlation with in vivo findings, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2001; 73: 386-392.
Barry OP, Mullan B, Sheehan D, Kazanietz M G, Shanahan F, Collins J K, O'Sullivan GC. Constitutive ERK1/2 activation in esophagogastric rib bone marrow micrometastatic cells is MEK-independent. J.Biological Chemistry 2001; 276(18):1537-1546.
O'Mahony L, Feeney M, O'Halloran S, Murphy L, Kiely B, Fitzgibbon J, O'Sullivan G C, Shanahan F, Collins JK. Probiotic Impact on Microbial Flora, Inflammation and Tumour Development in IL10 Knockout Mice . Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics2001; 15: 1219-1225.
Bennett MW, O'Connell J, Kelly J, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Shanahan F, Fas Ligand upregulation is an early event in colonic carcinogenesis . J Clin Path 2001; 54:598-604
Collins C, Arumugasamy M, Larkin J, Martin S, O'Sullivan GC Thoracoscopic repair of Instrumental Perforation of Oesophagus: first report. Ir.J. Med 2002; 171:68-70
McGreal G, Winter DC, Sookhai S, Evoy D, Ryan M, O'Sullivan GC, Redmond HP . Minimally invasive radioguided surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism. Ann Surg Oncol. 2001; 8:856-860.
Collins J K et al in Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease 2002
O'Sullivan, G.C., Dunne, C., Collins, C., and Soden, D.M. (2002) Researching less invasive therapies at the Cork Cancer Research Centre. CancerWise, Vol1, Issue1.
O'Sullivan, G.C., Dunne, C., Aarons, S., and Soden, D.M. (2002) Shocking tumour cells at the Cork Cancer Research Centre. Irish Scientist.
Ryan P, Bennett MW, Aarons S, Lee G, Collins JK, O'Sullivan GC, O'Connell J, Shanahan F. PCR detection of Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis in Crohn's Disease Granulomas isolated by Laser Capture Microdissection Gut 2002;51: 665-670
Ryan P Aarons S, Bennett MW, Lee G, O'Sullivan GC, O'Connell J, Shanahan F. Mycobacterial paratuberculosisdetected by nested PCR in intestinal granulomasisolated by LCMin cases of Crohn's disease. Methods Mol Biol 2002;193:205-11
Hourihan RN, O'Sullivan GC, Morgan JG Transcriptional Gene Expression Profiles of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma and Normal Oesophageal Tissues Anticancer Research 2003; 23(1A):161 165
O'Sullivan AW, Lee G, Fitzgerald E, O'Sullivan GC, Bilateral Primary Renal Lymphoma, Ir.J.Med.Sc. 2003; 172:44-45
McCarthy J, O'Mahony L, O'Donoghue l, Sheil B, Vaughan EE, Fitzsimons N, Fitzgibbon J, O'Sullivan GC, Kiely B, Collins JK< Shanahan F. Double blind placebo controlled trial of two probiotic strains in interleukin 10 knockpout mice and mechanistic link with cytokine balance, Gut 2003; 52(7): 975-980
Goode T, O'Connor T, Hopkins A, Moriarty D, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK, O Donoghue D, Baird AW, O'Connell J, Shanahan F., Neurokinin -1 Receptor ( NK-1 R ) Expression is induced in colonic epithelial cells by Proinflammatory Cytokines and Mediates Proliferation in Response to Substance P Journal of Cellular Physiology2003; 197: 30 – 41
Houston A, Waldron-LynchFD, BennettMW, Roche D, O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F, O'Connell J. Fas Ligand expressed in colon cancer is associated with increased apoptosis of cells in vivo Int. J. Cancer 2003: 107(2); 209-214
O'Brien MG, Collins CG, Collins JK, Shanahan F, O'Sullivan GC Oral Immune Tolerance to Tumor Specific Antigens may Confer Growth Advantage to Esophageal and Gastric Cancers. Diseases of the Esophagus 2003; 16: 218-223
Collins C, Maguire D, Ireland A, Fitzgerald E, O'Sullivan GC Potentially problematic Common Bile Duct Calculi in Patients selected for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Annals Of Surgery 239(1):28-33, January 2004.
Ryan P, McCarthy SA, Kelly J, Collins JK, Dunne C, Grogan L, Breathnach O, Shanahan F, Carey PD, Walsh TN, O'Sullivan GC. Prevalence of bone marrow micrometastases in esophagogastric cancer patients with and without neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. J. Surgical Research 2004; 117(1): 121-126.
Dunne C, Kelly P, O'Halloran S, Soden D, Bennett M, von Wright A, Vilpponem – Salmella T, Kiely B, O'Mahony L, Collins JK, O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F, Mechanisms of Adherence of a Probiotic lactobacillus Strain before and after in vivo Assessment in Ulcerative Colitis Microbal Ecology in Health and Disease 2004, 16: 96-104.
Soden, D.M., Morrissey, A., Collins, C., Piggott, J., Larkin, J., Norman, A., Stam, F., Aarons, S., Dunne, C., and O'Sullivan, G.C. Electrotherapy of Tumour Cells Using Flexible Electrode Arrays. Sensors and Actuators, Sept 2004, 219-224.
Ryan P, Kelly RG, Lee G, Collins JK, O'Sullivan GC, O'Connell J, Shanahan F Bacterial DNA within granulomas of patients with Crohn's disease-detection by laser capture microdissection and PCR. American J. Gastroenterology 2004; 99(8): 1539-1543.
Lawler K, Meade G, O'Sullivan G, Kenny, D Shear stress modulates the interaction of platelet-secreted matrix proteins with tumour cells through the integrin a v ß 3 . Am J Cell Physiol 2004; 287: In Press.
O'Sullivan GC , Kelly P , O'Halloran S , Collins C , Collins JK , Dunne C , Shanahan F . Probiotics: an emerging therapy. Curr Pharm Des. 2005; 11(1):3-10. Review.
Soden, D.M., Larkin, J., Collins, C., Tangney, M., Morrissey, A., Piggott, J., Norman, A., Dunne, C., O'Sullivan, G.C. Successful Application of Targeted Electrochemotherapy using Novel Flexible Electrodes and Low Dose Bleomycin to Solid Tumours. Cancer Letters, June 2005.
J. Larkin, D. Soden, C. Collins, M. Tangney, J. M. Preston, L. J. Russell, A. P. McHale, C. Dunne, G. C. O'Sullivan. Combined Electric Field and Ultrasound Therapy as a Novel Antitumour Treatment. European Journal of Cancer, June 2005, 1339-1348.
Larkin, J. Tangney, M., Collins, C., Casey, G., O'Brien, MG, Soden D., O'Sullivan, GC. Oral immune tolerance mediated by suppressor T cells may be responsible for the poorer prognosis of foregut cancers. Medical Hypotheses, In Press, Nov 2005.
Piwocka K , Vejda S , Cotter TG , O'Sullivan GC , McKenna SL . Bcr-Abl reduces endoplasmic reticulum releasable calcium levels by a Bcl-2–independent mechanism and inhibits calcium-dependent apoptotic signaling. Blood. 2006 May 15;107(10):4003-10. Epub 2006 Feb 9.
Vejda S, Piwocka K, McKenna SL, Cotter TG. Autocrine secretion of osteopontin results in degradation of I kappa B in Bcr-Abl-expressing cells. Br J Haematol . 2005 Mar;128(5):711-21.
Claesson MJ, Li Y, Leahy S, Canchaya C, van Pijkeren JP, Cerdeno-Tarraga AM, Parkhill J, Flynn S, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Higgins D, Shanahan F, Fitzgerald GF, van Sinderen D, O'Toole PW. Multireplicon genome architecture of Lactobacillus salivarius. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Apr 25;103(17):6718-23. Epub 2006 Apr 14.
Tangney M, Casey G, Larkin JO, Collins CG, Soden D, Cashman J, Whelan MC, O'Sullivan GC. Non-viral in vivo immune gene therapy of cancer: combined strategies for treatment of systemic disease. Cancer Immunol Immunother . 2006 Nov;55(11):1443-50. Epub 2006 Apr 13.
Ambrose M, Ryan A, O'Sullivan GC, Dunne C, Barry OP. Induction of apoptosis in renal cell carcinoma by reactive oxygen species: involvement of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2, p38delta/gamma, cyclooxygenase-2 down-regulation, and translocation of apoptosis-inducing factor. Mol Pharmacol . 2006 Jun;69(6):1879-90. Epub 2006 Mar 16.
Hussein MA, Bird BR, O'Sullivan MJ, Kalimuthu SG, O'Sullivan GC, O'Reilly S, Breathnach OS. Symptoms in cancer patients and an unusual tumor: Case 2. Docetaxel-related ischemic colitis. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Dec 20;23(36):9424-5.
Collins CG, Tangney M, Larkin JO, Casey G, Whelan MC, Cashman J, Murphy J, Soden D, Vejda S, McKenna S, Kiely B, Collins JK, Barrett J, Aarons S, O'sullivan GC. Local gene therapy of solid tumors with GM-CSF and B7-1 eradicates both treated and distal tumors. Nature: Cancer Gene Therapy . 2006 Jul 28.
Kelly P, Maguire PB, Bennett M, Fitzgerald DJ, Edwards RJ, Thiede B, Treumann A, Collins JK, O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F, Dunne C. Correlation of probiotic Lactobacillus salivarius growth phase with its cell wall-associated proteome. FEMS Microbiol Lett . 2005 Nov 1;252(1):153-9. Epub 2005 Sep 19.
Larkin, J, Collins C, Aarons, S., Tangney M., Whelan M., O'Reily S., Breathnack, O, Soden D., O'Sullivan GC. Electrochemotherapy - Aspects of Preclinical Development and Early Clinical Experience. Annals of Surgery 2006 Accepted.
Invited Reviews etc
O'Sullivan GC, Managing bleeding from the upper gastro intestinal tract. Modern Medicine in Ireland 1980; March: 71-72.94.
O'Sullivan GC, DeMeester TR. The surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux and esophagitis. BIMR Gastroenterology Vol. 1, The Foregut Eds. J. H. Baron, M.D., Frank G. Moody, Butterworth & Company 1981; Ch. 2: 20-48.
O' Sullivan GC, The diagnosis of gastro oesophageal reflux. The Bi-Centenary of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (1784-1984) . International Surgical Scientific Congress . Eds. K. O Malley and E. O Brien. Dublin Glendale Press 1984; 544-552.
O'Sullivan GC, Oesophageal motility disorders Surgery of the Oesophagus Eds. A Cushieri, T.P.J. Hennessy. Bailliere Tindall, 1986; Ch. 5: 102-172.
O' Sullivan GC, Corbett AR, Hahnvajanawong C, O Donoghue M, Collins JK. Tumour derived immunosuppression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Diseases of the Esophagus , Eds. M. K. Ferguson, A.G. Little, and D.B. Skinner Futura Publishing Company Inc., New York,1990; 1(6): 43 – 52.
Collins JK, O'Sullivan GC, O'Donoghue M, O'Brien F, O'Mahony A, Corbett A, Hahnwajanawong A. Characterisation of cell lines derived from human squamous carcinoma of the esophagus in Diseases of the Esophagus , Eds. M. K. Ferguson, A.G. Little, and D.B. Skinner Futura Publishing Company Inc., New York, 1990; 1(1): 3-10.
O'Sullivan GC. Laparoscopy before and after the video screen. Ir. J. Med. Sci. 1991; 263-5.
O' Sullivan GC, Murphy DS. Minimally Invasive Surgery: A therapeutic revolution. Mod. Med. 1991; 382-383.
Stuart RC, O' Sullivan GC, Hennessy TPJ. Oesophageal motility disorders. Surgery of the Oesophagus 2 nd ed. - Eds. TPJ Hennessy and A Cushieri. Butterworth Heinmann Ltd 1992; 1(5): 109-169.
O' Sullivan GC. Proportion of patients with normal distal oesophageal sphincter pressures and gastro oesophageal reflux. Oesophageal Mucosa - OESO Eds. R. Giuli, G. Tygat, T.R. DeMeester., J.P. Caluche Elsevier Press 1994; 143-147.
O' Sullivan GC. Irish Society of Gastroenterology. Impressive past - bright future. Ir. J. Med Sci. 1994.
O' Sullivan GC. and Ireland A. Esophageal Surgery in “ The Gastrointestinal Surgical Patient Pre operative and Post operative Care”.( Eds. E.M. Quigley M.F. Sorrell.) Williams and Wilkins Pubs.1994; Chapter 11: 253 - 295.
Shanahan F, O' Sullivan GC, Collins JK (1994). Immunosuppressive agents in inflammatory bowel disease. “ Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Basic Research, Clinical Implications”. ( Eds. Sutherland L.R., Collins S.M., Martin F., Mc Leod R., Targan S.R., Wallace J.L. and Williams C.N.) Kluwer academic publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands.1994; 367.
Shanahan F, O'Sullivan GC.(1995) Angiostatin. Candidate for molecule of the year! Gastroenterology. 1995; 108: 1946-1948.
Shanahan F, O'Sullivan GC. Stem cell factor and intestinal lymphoepithelial communication. Gastroenterology. 1995; 1009:1397-1398.
O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F, O Mahony A, Collins D and Collins JK. Local immune suppression as a growth and metastatic advantage for human oesophageal squamous cancers. “ Recent advances in diseases of the oesophagus .”( Eds. Perachia A, Rosati R, Bonavina L, Fumagalli U, Bona S, Chella B. 6 th ISDE World Congress 1995; 63-66.
Shanahan F, and O' Sullivan GC. Grand entry for Listeria. Gastroenterology 1997, 112: 1045-1046.
Shanahan F, and O' Sullivan GC. Progress in the treatment of adenocarcinoma of oesophagus - Gastroenterology 1997, 112: 1417 - 1418.
Shanahan F, and O' Sullivan GC. Appendicectomy, mucosal, immunity and colitis. Gastroenterology 1997, 112: 1766 - 1767.
Shanahan F, O'Connell J, O'Sullivan GC. Confirmation of the Fas counterattack in host tumor relations. Gastroenterology 1997; 113: 1804-1806.
O'Sullivan GC, O'Brien MG, O'Connell J, Collins JK, Shanahan F. Adenocarcinoma of the oesophagogastric junction: What is the role of suppression of the T-Lymphocyte function? In “ The Esophagogastric Junction” 1998, 1187 -1193; editors Giuli R., Galmiche J-P., Jamieson G.G., Scarpignato C. John Libbey Eurotext Paris.
Collins JK, Thornton G, O'Sullivan G. Selection of probiotic strains for human applications. Int. Dairy Journal. 1998, 8: 487-490.
Shanahan F, and O' Sullivan GC. Enteropathogenic E. coli : Intimacy redefined. Gastroenterology 1998, 115: 233-234.
Shanahan F, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK. Genes, Bacteria, and T Cells: Ingredients for inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterology 1998; 115: 1595-1596.
O'Connell J, Bennett MW, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Shanahan F. Fas counterattack the best form of tumor defence. Nature Medicine 1999; 5: 267-268.
Shanahan F, and O' Sullivan GC. Glial cells, mucosal integrity, and inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterology 1999, 116; 493-494.
O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F. Escape from the Smad world by colon cancer. Gastroenterology 1999, 116(6): 1496-1497.
O'Connell J, Bennett MW, O'Sullivan GC, Collins JK, Shanahan F. Resistance to Fas (CD95/APO-1) - mediated apoptosis and expression of Fas ligand in oesophageal cancer: the Fas counterattack. Diseases of the Oesophagus, 1999; 12: 90-98.
Dunne C, Murphy L, Flynn S, O'Mahony L, O'Halloran S, Feeney M, Morrissey D, Thornton G, Fitzgerald G, Daly C, Kiely B, Quigley EMM, O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F, Collins JK. Probiotics; from myth to reality. Demonstration of functionality in animal models and in human clinical trials. Antonie VonLeeuvenhoekh 1999; 76: 279-292.
O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F “Setback for systemic therapy of esophageal cancer. Right concept, disappointing result.” Gastroenterology 1999; 117(4): 1020–1021.
Shanahan F, O'Sullivan GC. Neurokinin Antagonism and Chemotherapy - Induced Emesis. Am J. Gastro. 1999, 11; 3368-3369.
Shanahan F, O'Sullivan GC, O'Leary C. Colorectal Cancer; Still a major killer despite progress on many fronts. Quarterly Journal of Medicine 2000 (in press).
O'Sullivan GC. Cure for Cancer - Dealing with Minimal Residual Disease. Ir. J. Med Sc.2000; 169(1): 13-16
Shanahan F, O'Sullivan GC. Gene Therapy for Food Allergy; Gastroenterology 2000; 119(1): 269-270.
O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F. Esophagogastric Cancer - Time to Change the Paradigm. Am. J. Gastroenterol 2000; 95(9): 2153-2154.
McNamara B, Winter DC, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ. A Significant advance in the understanding of intestinal anion secretion Gastroenterology 2000; 118(6): 1282-1283 (research letter). O'Conn
ell J, Bennett MW, Nally K, Houston A, O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F. Altered Mechanism of Apoptosis in Colon Cancer: Fas Resistance and Counterattack in the Tumor-Immune conflict. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2000; 910: 178-192; discussion 193-195.
Shanahan F, Nally K, O'Sullivan GC, Turning on T-Cell death and turning off Crohns Disease Gastroenterology 2000; 119(4): 1166-1168.
Kell MR, Winter DC, O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F, Redmond HP. Biological behaviour and Clinical Implications of Micrometastases BJS 2000; 87:1629-1639.
O'Mahony L, Feeny M, Dunne C, O'Halloran S, Murphy L, Kiely B, O'Sullivan G, Shanahan F, Collins JK, ‘Probiotic Bacteria and the Human Immune System': In: Functional Foods II, Claims and Evidence.(eds. J.Buttress and M.Saltmarsh) British Nutrition Foundation/J.Royal Society of Chemistry, London 2000: 63-69.
.Maguire D, Shanahan F, O'Sullivan GC. Diagnosis and Implications of Bone Marrow Micrometastases “ in Barretts Esophagus “ eds H W Tilanus and S A E Atwood. Publishers Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht/Boston/London 2001.Section 5, Chapt 5.4 307-315
O'Sullivan GC. Probiotics B.J.S 2001; 88(2): 161-162.
O'Connell J, Houston A, Bennett M W, O'Sullivan G, Shanahan F, Immune Privilege or Inflammation? Insights into the Fas ligand enigma. Nature Medicine 2001; 7(3):271-274.
O'Sullivan GC, Aarons S, Shanahan F. Mutant Salmonella as vectors for gene therapy, Gastroenterology 2001; 121: 224-226.
Dunne C, O'Mahony L, Murphy L, Thornton G, Morrissey D, O'Halloran S, Feeney M, Flynn S, Fitzgerald G, Daly C, Kiely B, O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F, Collins JK. In vitro selection criteria for probiotic bacteria of human origin: correlation with in vivo findings. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2001, 73:386S-392S.
Murphy J. O'Sullivan GC, Lee G, Madden M, Shanahan F, Collins JK, and Talbot IC. Response to Dr. Gonzalez Cueto. Am. J. Gastro. 2001; 96:2894-2795.
Aarons S, Ryan P, O'Sullivan G, Sheehan D, Collins and Shanahan F. Stable expression of transgenes in esophageal cancer: implication for development of gene therapy. Proceedings of the ISDE, 2001.
O'Sullivan G, Ryan P, Aarons S, Walsh T, Sheehan D, Collins J and Shanahan F. Bone marrow micrometastasis in esophageal cancer: incidence and response to chemotherapy. Proceedings of the ISDE, 2001.
OSullivan G, Dunne C, O'Halloran S,Collins JK Shanahan F. Probiotics an Emerging Therapy. New Surgery 2002.
Collins C, O'Sullivan GC, Shanahan F Effective Therapy for Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour, Gastroenterology 2003 Apr; 124(4):1151-3.
