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  1. Bacterial communities co-develop with respiratory immunity early in life, linking dysbiosis to systemic monocyte signature and wheezing

    Article • Science Advances, October 2025, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Adnan Custovic, Michael Shields

  2. Age-dependent expression and antiviral activity of interferon epsilon in respiratory epithelium

    Article • April 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Michael Shields

  3. Deep multiomic profiling reveals molecular signatures that underpin preschool wheeze and asthma

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, January 2025, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  4. Service development project to pilot a digital technology innovation for video direct observation of therapy in adult patients with asthma

    Article • BMJ Open Quality, July 2024, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  5. Time to re-set our thinking about airways disease: lessons from history, the resurgence of chronic bronchitis / PBB and modern concepts in microbiology

    Article • Frontiers in Pediatrics, June 2024, Frontiers

    Michael Shields

  6. Role of oral corticosteroids in the treatment of acute preschool wheeze

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, April 2024, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  7. Medication Adherence in Children with Asthma

    Article • Patient Preference and Adherence, March 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Shields

  8. Review of the Safety, Efficacy and Tolerability of Palivizumab in the Prevention of Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Disease

    Article • Drug Healthcare and Patient Safety, September 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Shields

  9. Reducing oral steroid intolerability and drug costs for acute wheezers: A retrospective evaluation of a clinical management algorithm in a Pediatric Emergency Department

    Article • Pediatric Pulmonology, January 2023, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  10. The use of remote video directly observed therapy to improve both inhaler technique and adherence to asthma medications

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, October 2022, Frontiers

    Michael Shields

  11. History Taking as a Diagnostic Tool in Children With Chronic Cough

    Article • Frontiers in Pediatrics, April 2022, Frontiers

    Michael Shields, Woo-Jung Song

  12. Diagnostic value of mid-regional pro-Adrenomedullin as a biomarker of invasive bacterial infection in children: a systematic review

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  13. How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: a scoping review

    Article • Italian Journal of Pediatrics, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  14. Implementation of a Children's Safe Asthma Discharge Care Pathway Reduces the Risk of Future Asthma Attacks in Children–A Retrospective Quality Improvement Report

    Article • Frontiers in Pediatrics, March 2022, Frontiers

    Michael Shields

  15. Early life inter-kingdom interactions shape the immunological environment of the airways

    Article • Microbiome, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adnan Custovic, Michael Shields

  16. Inhibition of the TLR4 signalling pathway with TAK-242 reduces RSV infection and cytokine release in primary airway epithelial cells

    Article • November 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Michael Shields

  17. Mobile video directly observed therapy can be used to improve at-home inhaler technique in children with asthma

    Article • ERJ Open Research, July 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Shields

  18. Can omalizumab be used effectively to treat severe conjunctivitis in children with asthma? A case example and review of the literature

    Article • World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics, July 2021, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Michael Shields

  19. Paediatric pneumonia: a guide to diagnosis, investigation and treatment

    Article • Paediatrics and Child Health, June 2021, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  20. Validating clinical practice guidelines for the management of children with non-blanching rashes in the UK (PiC): a prospective, multicentre cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, April 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Damian Roland, Michael Shields

  21. Respiratory syncytial virus prophylaxis for prevention of recurrent childhood wheeze and asthma: a systematic review

    Article • Systematic Reviews, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  22. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children of United Kingdom healthcare workers: a prospective multicentre cohort study protocol

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2020, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  23. Diagnostic test accuracy of point-of-care procalcitonin to diagnose serious bacterial infections in children

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Damian Roland, Michael Shields

  24. VP10.21: Evolving management of congenital pulmonary airway malformations in a single centre

    Article • Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, October 2020, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  25. How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: a scoping review protocol

    Article • Systematic Reviews, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  26. Use of oximetry to screen for paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea: is one night enough and is 6 hours too much?

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, August 2020, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  27. Characteristics of Reported Pediatric Medication Errors in Northern Ireland and Use in Quality Improvement

    Article • Pediatric Drugs, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  28. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification for the early diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease in children

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, June 2020, BMJ

    Professor Damian Roland, Michael Shields

  29. Aerosol Therapy in Asthma–Why We Are Failing Our Patients and How We Can Do Better

    Article • Frontiers in Pediatrics, June 2020, Frontiers

    Michael Shields

  30. The ERS approach to e-cigarettes is entirely rational

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, May 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Shields

  31. A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin in predicting invasive bacterial infection in children

    Article • Systematic Reviews, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  32. Comparative primary paediatric nasal epithelial cell culture differentiation and RSV-induced cytopathogenesis following culture in two commercial media

    Article • PLOS One, March 2020, PLOS

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Professor Adnan Custovic, Michael Shields

  33. Exposure and attitudes to adolescent health amongst Paediatric trainees in Northern Ireland: a mixed-methods study

    Article • BMJ Paediatrics Open, March 2020, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  34. Respiratory syncytial virus prophylaxis for prevention of recurrent childhood wheeze and asthma: a protocol for a systematic review

    Article • Systematic Reviews, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  35. Wet Cough and Nasal Symptoms in Children: Can We Do Better?

    Article • Frontiers in Pediatrics, November 2019, Frontiers

    Michael Shields

  36. Comparative Therapeutic Potential of ALX-0171 and Palivizumab against Respiratory Syncytial Virus Clinical Isolate Infection of Well-Differentiated Primary Pediatric Bronchial Epithelial Cell Cultures

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Laurent Detalle, Michael Shields

  37. A Structured Multidisciplinary Approach to Managing Difficult-to-Treat Asthma in Children

    Article • November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  38. Fifteen-minute consultation: Symptoms and signs of meningococcal disease

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Education & Practice, October 2019, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  39. Investigating the clinical use of structured light plethysmography to assess lung function in children with neuromuscular disorders

    Article • PLOS One, August 2019, PLOS

    Michael Shields

  40. What causes prescribing errors in children? Review of existing evidence

    Article • BMJ Open, August 2019, BMJ

    Richard Conn, Michael Shields

  41. Airway Epithelial Derived Cytokines and Chemokines and Their Role in the Immune Response to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

    Article • Pathogens, July 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Michael Shields

  42. Parents’ and clinicians’ views on conducting paediatric diagnostic test accuracy studies without prior informed consent: qualitative insight from the Petechiae in Children study (PiC)

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, June 2019, BMJ

    Professor Damian Roland, Michael Shields

  43. P542 RSV prophylaxis for prevention of recurrent childhood wheeze: a systematic review

    Article • June 2019, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  44. The child with an incessant dry cough

    Article • Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, April 2019, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  45. Early life innate immune responses to RSV in cystic fibrosis airway epithelium

    Article • Access Microbiology, March 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Michael Shields

  46. Identification of novel factors associated with severe respiratory syncytial virus disease in infants

    Article • Access Microbiology, March 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Michael Shields

  47. Influence of gestational and developmental age on human airway epithelial innate immune responses to Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in early life

    Article • Access Microbiology, March 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Michael Shields

  48. A systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of Loop-mediated-isothermal AMPlification (LAMP) in the diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease in children

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  49. Correction: Characterisation of morphological differences in well-differentiated nasal epithelial cell cultures from preterm and term infants at birth and one-year

    Article • PLOS One, January 2019, PLOS

    Michael Shields

  50. Characterisation of morphological differences in well-differentiated nasal epithelial cell cultures from preterm and term infants at birth and one-year

    Article • PLOS One, December 2018, PLOS

    Michael Shields, Prof. Ultan F Power

  51. Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Asthma Inception: Cause and Effect, or Shared Susceptibility?

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, December 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Michael Shields

  52. Causes of variability in latent phenotypes of childhood wheeze

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, December 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. John W Holloway, Prof. Ultan F Power, Professor Adnan Custovic, Michael Shields

  53. Point-of-care testing for procalcitonin in identifying bacterial infections in young infants: a diagnostic accuracy study

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  54. The “Petechiae in children” (PiC) study: evaluating potential clinical decision rules for the management of feverish children with non-blanching rashes, including the role of point of care testing for Procalcitonin & Neisseria meningitidis DNA – a stud...

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Damian Roland, Michael Shields

  55. The impact of fetal umbilical artery Doppler pulsatility index on childhood respiratory function and atopy – A prospective case-control study

    Article • The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Shields

  56. A protocol for a systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of Loop-mediated-isothermal AMPlification (LAMP) in diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease in children

    Article • Systematic Reviews, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  57. At-risk children with asthma (ARC): a systematic review

    Article • Thorax, June 2018, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  58. Pulmonary epithelial barrier and immunological functions at birth and in early life - key determinants of the development of asthma?  A description of the protocol for the Breathing Together study

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, May 2018, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Michael Shields, Prof. Ultan F Power, Professor Adnan Custovic

  59. Habit-tic cough: Presentation and outcome with simple reassurance

    Article • Pediatric Pulmonology, February 2018, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  60. Mobile direct observation of therapy (MDOT) - A rapid systematic review and pilot study in children with asthma

    Article • PLOS One, February 2018, PLOS

    Michael Shields

  61. S62 Identifying the child (5–12 years) with asthma at increased risk of attacks: the at-risk child with asthma (arc) systematic review

    Article • November 2017, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  62. Pro-inflammatory mediator responses from neonatal airway epithelial cells and early childhood wheeze

    Article • Pediatric Pulmonology, November 2017, Wiley

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Michael Shields

  63. The impact of financial incentives on the implementation of asthma or diabetes self-management: A systematic review

    Article • PLOS One, November 2017, PLOS

    Michael Shields

  64. Is follow up chest X-ray required in children with round pneumonia?

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, October 2017, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  65. ERS statement on protracted bacterial bronchitis in children

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, August 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Ahmad Kantar, Michael Shields

  66. Azithromycin for episodes with asthma-like symptoms in young children aged 1–3 years

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Education & Practice, July 2017, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  67. Management of bronchiolitis in infants: key clinical questions

    Article • Paediatrics and Child Health, July 2017, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  68. How evidenced based and up to date are our cough guidelines?

    Article • Annals of Translational Medicine, March 2017, AME Publishing Company

    Michael Shields

  69. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus) in vaginal swabs – a proof of concept study

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, March 2017, Society for General Microbiology

    Michael Shields

  70. Interventions to prevent and treat corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis and prevent osteoporotic fractures in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

    Article • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, January 2017, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  71. Protocol for a systematic review to identify and weight the indicators of risk of asthma exacerbations in children aged 5–12 years

    Article • npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  72. A comparison of different pre-lysis methods and extraction kits for recovery of Streptococcus agalacticae (Lancefield group B Streptococcus ) DNA from whole blood

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, October 2016, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  73. Blood Pressure in Young Adults Born at Very Low Birth Weight

    Article • Hypertension, October 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Shields

  74. Building bridges for innovation in ageing: Synergies between Action Groups of the EIP on AHA

    Article • The journal of nutrition health & aging, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Maria Teresa MT Ventura, Full Professor Dr Esperanza Navarro-Pardo, Professor Adnan Custovic, Michael Shields, Professor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan

  75. The impact of incentives on the implementation of asthma or diabetes self-management: A systematic review

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, September 2016, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Shields

  76. The epidemiology, healthcare and societal burden and costs of asthma in the UK and its member nations: analyses of standalone and linked national databases

    Article • BMC Medicine, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ms Mome Mukherjee, Professor Colin R Simpson, Michael Shields

  77. Structural and Functional Lung Impairment in Adult Survivors of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

    Article • Annals of the American Thoracic Society, August 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Michael Shields

  78. Scaling up strategies of the chronic respiratory disease programme of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (Action Plan B3: Area 5)

    Article • Clinical and Translational Allergy, July 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan, josep roca, Dr Giorgio Ciprandi, Professor Adnan Custovic, Michael Shields

  79. Fetal umbilical artery Doppler pulsatility index and childhood neurocognitive outcome at 12 years

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2016, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  80. EGFR Interacts with the Fusion Protein of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Strain 2-20 and Mediates Infection and Mucin Expression

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, May 2016, PLOS

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Michael Shields

  81. Genomic Meningococcal Load in the Nasopharynx of Children with Meningococcal Disease

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, May 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Shields

  82. Night-to-night variation of pulse oximetry in children with sleep-disordered breathing

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, March 2016, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  83. The common vaginal commensal bacterium Ureaplasma parvum is associated with chorioamnionitis in extreme preterm labor

    Article • The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, February 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Shields

  84. Efficacy and long‐term outcomes of palivizumab prophylaxis to prevent respiratory syncytial virus infection in infants with cystic fibrosis in Northern Ireland

    Article • Pediatric Pulmonology, January 2016, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  85. In Vitro Modeling of RSV Infection and Cytopathogenesis in Well-Differentiated Human Primary Airway Epithelial Cells (WD-PAECs)

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Michael Shields

  86. Response to letter by Popov, Todor regarding our paper: Exhaled breath temperature measurement and asthma control in children prescribed inhaled corticosteroids: A cross sectional study

    Article • Pediatric Pulmonology, November 2015, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  87. Clinical Evaluation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Polymerase Chain Reaction in Children with Suspected Septicemia

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, November 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Shields

  88. Challenges of harmonising data from UK national health surveys: a case study of attempts to estimate the UK prevalence of asthma

    Article • Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, October 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor Aziz Sheikh, Ms Mome Mukherjee, Professor Colin R Simpson, Michael Shields

  89. Respiratory syncytial virus and type III interferon responses

    Article • Journal of Virology, September 2015, ASM Journals

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Michael Shields

  90. Performance of a Novel Molecular Method in the Diagnosis of Late-Onset Sepsis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

    Article • PLOS One, August 2015, PLOS

    Michael Shields

  91. Blood eosinophils as a marker of likely corticosteroid response in children with preschool wheeze: time for an eosinophil guided clinical trial?

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, August 2015, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  92. Primary airway epithelial cell culture and asthma in children-lessons learnt and yet to come

    Article • Pediatric Pulmonology, July 2015, Wiley

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Michael Shields

  93. Respiratory syncytial virus, an ongoing medical dilemma: an expert commentary on respiratory syncytial virus prophylactic and therapeutic pharmaceuticals currently in clinical trials

    Article • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, June 2015, Wiley

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Michael Shields

  94. Epidermal Growth Factor Removal or Tyrphostin AG1478 Treatment Reduces Goblet Cells & Mucus Secretion of Epithelial Cells from Asthmatic Children Using the Air-Liquid Interface Model

    Article • PLOS One, June 2015, PLOS

    Michael Shields

  95. Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of Procalcitonin Test for Prodromal Meningococcal Disease–A Meta-Analysis

    Article • PLOS One, June 2015, PLOS

    Michael Shields

  96. Diagnostic accuracy of loop-mediated isothermal amplification as a near-patient test for meningococcal disease in children: an observational cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, May 2015, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  97. Exhaled breath temperature measurement and asthma control in children prescribed inhaled corticosteroids: A cross sectional study

    Article • Pediatric Pulmonology, April 2015, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  98. Adherence to treatment in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis: a cross-sectional, multi-method study investigating the influence of beliefs about treatment and parental depressive symptoms

    Article • BMC Pulmonary Medicine, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  99. Susceptibility to Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Polymorphism of Complement System Genes and Neisseria meningitidis Factor H Binding Protein

    Article • PLOS One, March 2015, PLOS

    Michael Shields

  100. Human Parechovirus Infection in Neonatal Intensive Care

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, February 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Michael Shields

  101. Estimating the incidence, prevalence and true cost of asthma in the UK: secondary analysis of national stand-alone and linked databases in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales—a study protocol

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2014, BMJ

    Ms Mome Mukherjee, Professor Colin R Simpson, Michael Shields

  102. Erratum: A 3-D well-differentiated model of pediatric bronchial epithelium demonstrates-unstimulated morphological differences between asthmatic and nonasthmatic cells

    Article • Pediatric Research, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Michael Shields

  103. Pertussis: a significant cause of prolonged acute cough in previously vaccinated school-aged children

    Article • Evidence-Based Medicine, October 2014, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  104. Integrated care pathways for airway diseases (AIRWAYS-ICPs)

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, June 2014, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Professor Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan, PhD Antonio Addis, josep roca, Professor Adnan Custovic, Michael Shields

  105. Interventions to prevent steroid-induced osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

    Article • March 2014, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  106. Nasal Epithelial Cells Can Act as a Physiological Surrogate for Paediatric Asthma Studies

    Article • PLOS One, January 2014, PLOS

    Michael Shields

  107. Fetal umbilical artery Doppler pulsatility index as a predictor of cardiovascular risk factors in children – a long-term follow up study

    Article • The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Shields

  108. Population pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetic analysis of tacrolimus in paediatric liver transplant patients

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, December 2013, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  109. Children must be protected from the tobacco industry's marketing tactics

    Article • BMJ, December 2013, BMJ

    Hugh Montgomery, Angshu Bhowmik, Michael Shields

  110. Relative Respiratory Syncytial Virus Cytopathogenesis in Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Epithelium

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, October 2013, American Thoracic Society

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Michael Shields

  111. Parents' experiences of caring for their infant following surgery in the neonatal period: A literature review

    Article • Journal of Neonatal Nursing, October 2013, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  112. Potassium canrenoate treatment in paediatric patients

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, September 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Henry L Halliday, Michael Shields

  113. The management of acute bronchiolitis in infants

    Article • Paediatrics and Child Health, July 2013, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  114. Chronic cough in children

    Article • Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, June 2013, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  115. Chronic IL9 and IL-13 Exposure Leads to an Altered Differentiation of Ciliated Cells in a Well-Differentiated Paediatric Bronchial Epithelial Cell Model

    Article • PLOS One, May 2013, PLOS

    Michael Shields

  116. Postoperative pulmonary calcification in a child with truncus arteriosus

    Article • BMJ Case Reports, May 2013, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  117. Respiratory syncytial virus interaction with human airway epithelium

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, May 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Michael Shields

  118. Prophylactic ranitidine treatment in critically ill children - a population pharmacokinetic study

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, April 2013, Wiley

    Professor Henry L Halliday, Michael Shields

  119. Can Certain Genotypes Predispose to Poor Asthma Control in Children? A Pharmacogenetic Study of 9 Candidate Genes in Children with Difficult Asthma

    Article • PLOS One, April 2013, PLOS

    Michael Shields

  120. Cough

    Article • January 2013, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Shields

  121. The difficult coughing child: prolonged acute cough in children

    Article • Cough, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  122. Population pharmacokinetic model of canrenone after intravenous administration of potassium canrenoate to paediatric patients

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, October 2012, Wiley

    Professor Henry L Halliday, Michael Shields

  123. In vitro modeling of respiratory syncytial virus infection of pediatric bronchial epithelium, the primary target of infection in vivo

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Michael Shields

  124. Genetic susceptibility to invasive meningococcal disease: MBL2 structural polymorphisms revisited in a large case-control study and a systematic review

    Article • International Journal of Immunogenetics, February 2012, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  125. Asthma deaths: we need to identify risk factors early and construct at-risk asthma registers

    Article • Primary Care Respiratory Journal, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  126. IL-31 does not induce normal human ciliated epithelial cells to differentiate into a phenotype consistent with the pathophysiology of asthma

    Article • Results in Immunology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  127. Development and validation of a dried blood spot LC–MS/MS assay to quantify ranitidine in paediatric samples

    Article • Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, December 2011, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  128. Is dieting behaviour decreasing in young adolescents?

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, November 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Jayne V Woodside, Michael Shields

  129. The 'unified airway': the RCPCH care pathway for children with asthma and/or rhinitis

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, November 2011, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  130. Comparative repeatability of two handheld fractional exhaled nitric oxide monitors

    Article • Pediatric Pulmonology, October 2011, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  131. Molecular testing of respiratory swabs aids early recognition of meningococcal disease in children

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, August 2011, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  132. A20 Regulation of Nuclear Factor–κB

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, June 2011, American Thoracic Society

    Michael Shields

  133. Vapor rub appears to decrease nighttime cough in children with upper respiratory infections

    Article • The Journal of Pediatrics, May 2011, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  134. Development and clinical validation of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for the rapid detection of Neisseria meningitidis

    Article • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, February 2011, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  135. Effects of IL-13 on Mucociliary Differentiation of Pediatric Asthmatic Bronchial Epithelial Cells

    Article • Pediatric Research, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  136. Differential cytopathogenesis of respiratory syncytial virus prototypic and clinical isolates in primary pediatric bronchial epithelial cells

    Article • Virology Journal, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Michael Shields

  137. High concentrations of pepsin in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from children with cystic fibrosis are associated with high interleukin-8 concentrations

    Article • Thorax, December 2010, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  138. Peanut allergy and allergic airways inflammation

    Article • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, November 2010, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  139. Does airway allergic inflammation pre-exist before late onset wheeze in children?

    Article • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, October 2010, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  140. Cytopathogenesis of Sendai Virus in Well-Differentiated Primary Pediatric Bronchial Epithelial Cells

    Article • Journal of Virology, September 2010, ASM Journals

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Michael Shields

  141. Respiratory viral infection in lower airways of asymptomatic children

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, March 2010, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  142. A 3-D Well-Differentiated Model of Pediatric Bronchial Epithelium Demonstrates Unstimulated Morphological Differences Between Asthmatic and Nonasthmatic Cells

    Article • Pediatric Research, January 2010, Nature

    Prof. Ultan F Power, Michael Shields

  143. Pepsin measured in induced sputum—a test for pulmonary aspiration in children?

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Surgery, October 2009, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  144. Influence of ABCB1 polymorphisms and haplotypes on tacrolimus nephrotoxicity and dosage requirements in children with liver transplant

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, September 2009, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  145. Misdiagnosis in the time of meningitis

    Article • BMJ, August 2009, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  146. Non-specific isolated persistent cough

    Article • Paediatrics and Child Health, June 2009, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  147. Should long-haul flights carry antibiotics on board to treat acute bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia?

    Article • British Journal of Biomedical Science, January 2008, Frontiers

    Michael Shields

  148. Recommendations for the assessment and management of cough in children

    Article • Thorax, September 2007, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  149. A meta‐analysis of the association between Caesarean section and childhood asthma

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, July 2007, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  150. Diagnosing chronic cough in children

    Article • Thorax, August 2006, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  151. Pepsin in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid: a specific and sensitive method of diagnosing gastro-oesophageal reflux–related pulmonary aspiration

    Article • Journal of Pediatric Surgery, February 2006, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  152. Children with stable asthma have reduced airway matrix metalloproteinase‐9 and matrix metalloproteinase‐9/tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase‐1 ratio

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, September 2005, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  153. The endoscopic appearance of the oesophago-gastric junction during 'J Manoeuvre' is associated with gastro-oesophageal reflux

    Article • Endoscopy, April 2005, Thieme Publishing Group

    Michael Shields

  154. Assessment of gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms in children

    Article • Endoscopy, April 2005, Thieme Publishing Group

    Michael Shields

  155. Monitoring growth in asthmatic children treated with high dose inhaled glucocorticoids does not predict adrenal suppression

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, August 2004, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  156. Two in a Bed, does Helicobacter Pylori Spread?

    Article • Endoscopy, April 2004, Thieme Publishing Group

    Michael Shields

  157. The effect of nicotine on basophil histamine release

    Article • Inflammation Research, April 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Michael Shields

  158. Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Relation to the Clinical Features of Childhood Asthma

    Article • Journal of Asthma, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Shields

  159. Home Heating and Respiratory Symptoms among Children in Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Article • Archives of Environmental Health An International Journal, September 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Shields

  160. A Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Childhood Type 1 Diabetes and Atopic Disease

    Article • Diabetes Care, September 2003, American Diabetes Association

    Michael Shields

  161. Non‐bronchoscopic sampling and culture of bronchial epithelial cells in children

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, September 2003, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  162. Fast and Frugal Models of Clinical Judgment in Novice and Expert Physicians

    Article • Medical Decision Making, July 2003, SAGE Publications

    Michael Shields

  163. Interleukin-4 and interleukin-4 soluble receptor α levels in bronchoalveolar lavage from children with asthma

    Article • Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology, April 2003, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  164. T cell cytokine profiles in childhood asthma

    Article • Thorax, April 2003, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  165. Exhaled nitric oxide correlates with airway eosinophils in childhood asthma

    Article • Thorax, May 2002, BMJ

    Michael Shields

  166. Outgrown asthma does not mean no airways inflammation

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, February 2002, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Shields

  167. The repeatability of nonbronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage differential cell counts

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, December 2001, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Shields

  168. The use of polymeric solid phase extraction and HPLC analysis for the determination of ranitidine in routine plasma samples obtained from paediatric patients

    Article • Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, September 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Michael Shields

  169. Acute Asthma Exacerbations and Air Pollutants in Children Living in Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Article • Archives of Environmental Health An International Journal, May 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Shields

  170. Antioxidants and Protein Carbonyls in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of Children: Normal Data

    Article • Pediatric Research, February 2001, Nature

    Michael Shields

  171. Chronic cough in children: bronchoalveolar lavage findings

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, December 2000, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Michael Shields

  172. Inflammatory mediators in bronchoalveolar lavage samples from children with and without asthma

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, March 1999, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  173. 16th All Ireland social medicine meeting

    Article • Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), July 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Desmond O'Neill, Professor Paul R Hunter, Michael Shields

  174. Bronchoalveolar lavage findings suggest two different forms of childhood asthma

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, September 1997, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  175. High-dose inhaled steroids in asthmatic children

    Article • The Lancet, September 1996, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  176. Growth and adrenal suppression in asthmatic children treated with high-dose fluticasone propionate

    Article • The Lancet, July 1996, Elsevier

    Michael Shields

  177. Investigating paediatric airways by non‐bronchoscopic lavage: normal cellular data

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Allergy, July 1996, Wiley

    Michael Shields

  178. Infantile spasms associated with theophylline toxicity

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, February 1995, Wiley

    Michael Shields