Dr Claire Townes
Research Associate
- Email: claire.townes@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7772
- Address: Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences
Medical School
Newcastle University
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
- M-Falero BS, Ali ASM, Lanz M, Townes CL, Pickard RS, Hall J. An innate immune response to motile e. coli is exhibited by both bladder and vaginal cells.
In: Annual Meeting of the Society of Academic and Research Surgery. 2012, Nottingham, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Ali ASM, Lanz M, Townes CL, Varley C, Suarez M-Falero B, Robson WA, Southgate J, Brown K, Hilton P, Hall J, Pickard RS. Reduced innate beta-defensin-2 response in the bladder and vaginal epithelia increases suceptibility to flagellated E. coli infection.
In: British Association of Urological Surgeons 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting. 2012, Glasgow, UK: BJU International: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Ali ASM, Lanz M, Townes CL, Varley CL, Suarez MFB, Robson WA, Southgate J, Hall J, Pickard RS. Release of the anti-microbial peptide beta-defensin 2 protects against attack by flagellated Escherichia coli in human urothelium.
In: 27th Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology. 2012, Paris, France: Elsevier BV.
- Bell S, Howard A, Wilson JA, Abbot EL, Smith WD, Townes CL, Hirst BH, Hall J. Streptococcus pyogenes infection of tonsil explants is associated with a human B-defensin 1 response from control but not recurrent acute tonsillitis patients.
Molecular Oral Microbiology 2012, 27(3), 160-171.
- Ali ASM, Lanz M, Townes CL, Varley C, M-Falero BS, Stanly T, Robson WA, Southgate J, Hall J, Pickard RS. The anti-microbial peptide beta-defensin-2 protects the bladder against flagellated escherichia coli.
In: Annual Meeting of the Society of Academic and Research Surgery. 2012, Nottingham, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Townes CL, Ali A, Lanz M, Gross N, Robson CN, Hall J, Pickard RS. The protective antimicrobial effect of raised prostate specific antigen levels during male urinary tract infection.
In: 27th Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology. 2012, Paris, France: Elsevier BV.
- Ali ASM, Townes CL, Lanz M, Hall J, Pickard RS. Estrogen increases expression and secretion of the innate anti-microbial beta-defensin-2 in vaginal epithelium.
In: British Journal of Surgery: Annual Meeting of the Society of Academic and Research Surgery. 2011, Dublin, Ireland: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Ali ASM, Stanly T, Lanz M, Townes CL, Hall J, Pickard RS, Urinary Tract Infect Study Grp. Local estrogen enhances the innate immune defences of vaginal epithelium by increasing secretion of beta-defensin-2 antimicrobial peptide.
European Urology Supplements 2011, 10(2), 162.
- Townes CL, Ali A, Robson W, Pickard R, Hall J. Tolerance of bacteriuria after urinary diversion is linked to antimicrobial Peptide activity.
Urology 2011, 77(2), 509.e1-509.e8.
