Soppa GK, Barton PJ ,Terracciano CM & Yacoub MH (2008) Left ventricular assist device-induced molecular changes in the failing myocardium Curr Op Cardiol (in press).

Brand NJ & Barton PJR (2008). Myocardial gene regulation. In The heart in health and disease, ed. Bittar EE, Elsevier.

Taegtmeyer AB , Rogers P, Breen JB, Barton PJR, Banner NR, & Yacoub MH (2008). The effects of pre- and post-transplant anemia on 1-year survival after cardiac transplantation. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation ( in press) .

Latif N, Birks EJ, Enesa K, Folkvang T, Luong LA, Sarathchandra P, Khan M, Ovaa H, Terracciano CM, Barton PJR, Yacoub MH, & Evans PC (2008). p53 expression is associated with dysregulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in human dilated cardiomyopathy. Cardiovasc Res ( in press).

Soppa GK, Lee J, Stagg MA, Felkin LE, Barton PJ, Siedlecka U, Youssef S, Yacoub MH, & Terracciano CM (2008). Role and possible mechanisms of clenbuterol in enhancing reverse remodelling during mechanical unloading in murine heart failure. Cardiovasc Res77, 695-706.

Cullen ME & Barton PJ (2007). Mapping transcriptional start sites and in silico DNA footprinting. Methods Mol Biol366, 203-216.

Fukushima S, Varela-Carver A, Coppen SR, Yamahara K, Felkin LE, Lee J, Barton PJ, Terracciano CM, Yacoub MH, & Suzuki K (2007). Direct intramyocardial but not intracoronary injection of bone marrow cells induces ventricular arrhythmias in a rat chronic ischemic heart failure model. Circulation115, 2254-2261.

Hall JL, Birks EJ, Grindle S, Cullen ME, Barton PJ, Rider JE, Lee S, Harwalker S, Mariash A, Adhikari N, Charles NJ, Felkin LE, Polster S, Miller LW, & Yacoub MH (2007). Molecular signature of recovery following combination left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support and pharmacologic therapy. Eur Heart J28, 613-627.

Latif N, Yacoub MH, George R, Barton PJ, & Birks EJ (2007). Changes in sarcomeric and non-sarcomeric cytoskeletal proteins and focal adhesion molecules during clinical myocardial recovery after left ventricular assist device support. J Heart Lung Transplant26, 230-235.

Felkin LE, Birks EJ, George R, Wong S, Khaghani A, Yacoub MH, & Barton PJ (2006). A quantitative gene expression profile of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPS) and their inhibitors (TIMPS) in the myocardium of patients with deteriorating heart failure requiring left ventricular assist device support. J Heart Lung Transplant25, 1413-1419.

Felkin LE, Taegtmeyer AB, & Barton PJ (2006). Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction in cardiac transplant research. Methods Mol Biol333, 305-330.

Raman M, Yacoub MH, Barton PJR, & Brand NJ (2006). Yeast one hybrid cloning of novel transcription factors that bind the human cardiac troponin I gene. The Bulletin of the British Society for Cardiovascular Research19, 16-18.

Taegtmeyer AB, Barton PJR, & Yacoub MH (2006). Genetic association studies: personalised medicine in cardiac transplantation. Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine3, 58-59.

Birks EJ, Hall JL, Barton PJR, Grindle S, Latif N, Hardy JP, Banner NR, Khaghani A, Miller AB, & Yacoub MH (2005). Gene profiling changes in cytoskeletal proteins during clinical recovery following left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support. Circulation112, I57-I64.

De Souza AI, Felkin LE, McCormack AM, Holder JR, Barton PJ, Banner NR, & Rose ML (2005). Sequential expression of three known protective genes in cardiac biopsies following transplantation. Transplantation79, 584-590.

Santalucía T, Sanchez-Feutrie M, Felkin LE, Barton PJR, Zorzano A, Yacoub MH, & Brand NJ (2005). Phenylephrine requires the TATA box to activate transcription of GLUT1 in neonatal rat cardiac myocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol38, 677-684.

Taylor-Harris PM, Felkin LE, Birks EJ, Franklin RCG, Yacoub MH, Baines AJ, Barton PJR, & Pinder JC (2005). Expression of human membrane skeleton protein genes for protein 4.1 and b II S 2-spectrin assayed by real-time RT-PCR. Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters10, 135-149.

Barton PJR, Felkin LE, Koban MU, Cullen ME, Brand NJ, & Dhoot GK (2004). The slow skeletal muscle troponin T gene is expressed in developing and diseased human heart. Mol Cell Biochem263, 81-90.

Birks EJ, Felkin LE, Banner NR, Khaghani A, Barton PJR, & Yacoub MH (2004). Increased toll-like receptor 4 in the myocardium of patients requiring left ventricular assist devices. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation23, 228-235.

Cullen ME, Dellow KA, & Barton PJR (2004). Structure and regulation of human troponin genes. Mol Cell Biochem263, 91-97.

Taegtmeyer AB , Crook AM, Barton PJR, & Banner NR (2004). Reduced Incidence of Hypertension after Heterotopic Cardiac Transplantation Compared with Orthotopic Cardiac Transplantation: Evidence that excision of the Native Heart Contributes to Post-Transplant Hypertension. J Am Coll Cardiol44, 1254-1260.

Yacoub MH, Yuen AHY, Kalsi KK, Birks EJ, Taegtmeyer AB, Barton PJ, Johnson PH, Suzuki K, & Smolenski RT (2004). C34T AMP deaminase 1 gene mutation protects cardiac function in donors. Transplantation77, 1621-1623.

Barton PJR, Birks EJ, Felkin LE, Cullen ME, Koban MU, & Yacoub MH (2003). Increased expression of extracellular matrix regulators TIMP1 and MMP1 in deteriorating heart failure. The Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation22, 738-744.

Brand NJ & Barton PJR (2003). Myocardial Molecular Biology - an Introduction. In Education in Heart, ed. Mills P, BMJ Books, London.

Terracciano CMN, Harding SE, Adamson D, Koban MU, Tansley P, Birks EJ, Barton PJR, & Yacoub MH (2003). Changes in sarcolemmal Ca entry and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca content in ventricular myocytes from patients with end-stage heart failure following myocardial recovery after combined pharmacological and ventricular assist device therapy. Eur Heart J24, 1329-1339.

Weekes J, Morrison K, Mullen A, Barton PJR, & Dunn MJ (2003). Hyper-ubiquitination of proteins in dilated cardiomyopathy. Proteomics3, 208-216.

Barton PJR & Moorman AFM (2002). Molecular biology and cardiac development. In Paediatric Cardiology, eds. Anderson RH, Baker EJ, Macartney FJ, Rigby ML, Shinebourne EA, & Tynan M, pp. 215-233. Churchill Livingstone, London.

Brand NJ & Barton PJR (2002). Myocardial molecular biology: an introduction. Heart87, 284-293.

Clerk A, Kemp TJ, Harrison JG, Mullen AJ, Barton PJR, & Sugden PH (2002). Upregulation of c-jun mRNA in cardiac myocytes requires the extracellular signal-regulated kinase cascade, but c-Jun N-terminal kinases are required for efficient upregulation of c-Jun protein. Biochem J368, 101-110.

Taegtmeyer AB & Barton PJR (2002). SNP at your own risk. Eur Heart J23, 692-694.

Birks EJ, Latif N, Owen VJ, Bowles C, Felkin LE, Mullen AJ, Khaghani A, Barton PJR, Polak JM, Pepper JR, Banner NR, & Yacoub MH (2001). Quantitative myocardial cytokine expression and activation of the apoptotic pathway in patients who require left ventricular assist devices. Circulation104, I233-I240.

Dellow KA, Bhavsar PK, Brand NJ, & Barton PJR (2001). Identification of novel, cardiac-restricted transcription factors binding to a CACC-box within the human cardiac Troponin I promoter. Cardiovasc Res50, 24-33.

Owen VJ, Burton PBJ, Mullen AJ, Birks EJ, Barton PJR, & Yacoub MH (2001). Expression of RGS3, RGS4 and Gi alpha 2 in acutely failing donor hearts and end-stage heart failure. Eur Heart J22, 1015-1020.

Thomas PS, Kasahara H, Edmonson AE, Izumo S, Yacoub MH, Barton PJR, & Gourdie RG (2001). Elevated expression of Nkx-2.5 in developing myocardial conduction cells. Anat Rec263, 307-313.

Barton PJR, Mullen AJ, Dhoot GK, Cullen ME, Simon-Chazottes D, & Guénet J-L (2000). Genes encoding troponin I and troponin T are organized as three paralogous pairs in the mouse genome. Mamm Genome11, 926-929.

Bhavsar PK, Dellow KA, Yacoub MH, Brand NJ, & Barton PJR (2000). Identification of cis-acting DNA elements required for expression of the human cardiac troponin I gene promoter. J Mol Cell Cardiol32, 95-108.

Birks EJ, Burton PBJ, Owen VJ, Mullen AJ, Hunt D, Banner NR, Barton PJR, & Yacoub MH (2000). Elevated tumour necrosis factor- a and interleukin-6 in myocardium and serum of malfunctioning donor hearts. Circulation102, 352-358.

Burton PBJ, Owen VJ, Haffizi S, Barton PJR, Carr-White G, Koh T, De Souza A, Yacoub MH, & Pepper JR (2000). Vascular endothelial growth factor release following coronary artery bypass surgery: extracorporeal circulation versus "beating heart" surgery. Eur Heart J21, 1708-1713.

Mullen AJ & Barton PJR (2000). Structural characterization of the human fast skeletal muscle troponin I gene (TNNI2). Gene242, 313-320.

Norman DAM & Barton PJR (2000). Isolation, sequence and chromosomal localization of the human I k BR gene (NFKBIL2). Ann Hum Genet64, 15-23.

Barton PJ, Cullen ME, Townsend PJ, Brand NJ, Mullen AJ, Norman DA, Bhavsar PK, & Yacoub MH (1999). Close physical linkage of human troponin genes: organization, sequence, and expression of the locus encoding cardiac troponin I and slow skeletal troponin T. Genomics57, 102-109.

Barton PJR, Bhavsar PK, Dellow KA, Townsend PJ, Yacoub MH, & Brand NJ (1999). Human troponin genes: Transcriptional regulation and chromosomal organization. In Cardiovascular Specific Gene Expression, eds. Dovendans PA, Reneman RS, & van Bilsen M, pp. 75-83. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Burton PBJ, Yacoub MH, & Barton PJR (1999). Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor expression in human heart failure -A comparison with development. Eur Heart J20, 604-611.

Burton PBJ, Raff MC, Kerr P, Yacoub MH, & Barton PJR (1999). An intrinsic timer that controls cell-cycle withdrawal in cultured cardiac myocytes. Dev Biol216, 659-670.

Owen VJ, Burton PBJ, Michel MC, Zolk O, Böhm M, Pepper JR, Barton PJR, Yacoub MH, & Harding SE (1999). Myocardial dysfunction in donor hearts: a possible aetiology. Circulation99, 2565-2570.

Burton PBJ, Yacoub MH, & Barton PJR (1998). Rapamycin (sirolimus) inhibits heart cell proliferation in vitro. Pediatric Cardiology19, 468-470.

El Oakley RM, Brand NJ, Burton PBJ, McMullen MC, Adams GB, Pozansky MC, Barton PJR, & Yacoub MH (1998). Efficiency of a high-titre retroviral vector for gene transfer into skeletal myoblasts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg115, 1-8.

Farza H, Townsend PJ, Carrier L, Barton PJR, Mesnard L, Bährend E, Forissier J-F, Fiszman M, Yacoub MH, & Schwartz K (1998). Genomic organisation, alternative splicing and polymorphisms of the human cardiac troponin T gene. J Mol Cell Cardiol30, 1247-1253.

Norman DAM, Yacoub MH, & Barton PJR (1998). Nuclear factor NF- k B in myocardium: developmental expression of subunits and activation by IL-1 b in cardiac myocytes in vitro. Cardiovasc Res39, 434-441.

Barton PJ, Townsend PJ, Brand NJ, & Yacoub MH (1997). Localization of the fast skeletal muscle troponin I gene (TNNI2) to 11p15.5: genes for troponin I and T are organized in pairs. Ann Hum Genet61, 519-523.

Townsend PJ, Yacoub MH, & Barton PJR (1997). Assignment of the human fast skeletal muscle troponin C gene (TNNC2) between D20S721 and GCT10F11 on chromosome 20 by somatic cell hybrid analysis. Ann Hum Genet61, 457-459.

Townsend PJ, Yacoub MH, & Barton PJR (1997). Assignment of the human cardiac/slow skeletal muscle troponin C gene (TNNC1) between D3S3118 and GCT4B10 on the short arm of chromosome 3 by somatic cell hybrid analysis. Ann Hum Genet61, 375-377.

Barton PJR (1996). Gene therapy - the state of play. Eur Heart J17, 1295-1296.

Bhavsar PK , Brand NJ , Yacoub MH, & Barton PJR (1996). Isolation and characterisation of the human cardiac troponin I gene (TNNI3). Genomics35, 11-23.

Barton PJR (1995). Molecular biology of the heart: Techniques and Applications. In Diseases of the Heart, eds. Julian DG, Camm J, Fox K, Hall R, & Poole-Wilson P, pp. 35-44. W.B. Saunders, London.

Barton PJR, Bhavsar PK, & Brand NJ (1995). Contractile protein genes in development and disease. In Annual of Cardiac Surgery 1995, eds. Yacoub M & Pepper J, pp. 1-12. Current Science, London.

Catala F, Wanner R, Barton PJR, Cohen A, Treisman R, Wright W, & Buckingham M (1995). A skeletal muscle-specific enhancer is present in the promoter of the mouse myosin light chain 1A gene and its activity is regulated by binding factors to E and CArG boxes. Mol Cell Biol15, 4585-4596.

Cumming DVE, Seymour A-ML, Rix LK, Kellet R, Dhoot GK, Yacoub MH, & Barton PJR (1995). Troponin I and T protein expression in experimental cardiac hypertrophy. Cardioscience6, 65-70.

Thompson RP, Kanai T, Germouth PJ, Gourdie RG, Thomas PS, Barton PJR, Mikawa T, & Anderson RH (1995). Organization and function of early specialized myocardium. In Developmental Mechanisms of Heart Disease, eds. Clark EB, Markwald RR, & Takao RA, pp. 269-280. Futura Publishing Company Inc, Amonk New York.

Townsend PJ, Barton PJ, Yacoub MH, & Farza H (1995). Molecular cloning of human cardiac troponin T isoforms: expression in developing and failing heart. J Mol Cell Cardiol27, 2223-2236.