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W S Walker

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1 Diagnosis and management of spontaneous transmural rupture of the oesophagus (Boerhaave's syndrome). Br J Surg 1985 2.57
2 Separate Fc-receptors for immunoglogulins IgG2a and IgG2b on an established cell line of mouse macrophages. J Immunol 1976 2.41
3 Immortalization of cloned mouse splenic macrophages with a retrovirus containing the v-raf/mil and v-myc oncogenes. Cell Immunol 1988 2.38
4 Coronary artery bypass surgery. BMJ 1990 1.83
5 Plasmid-determined cytotoxicity in Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Infect Immun 1986 1.83
6 Potential complications of vascular stapling in thoracoscopic pulmonary resection. Ann Thorac Surg 1995 1.77
7 Antibody-dependent cytolysis of chicken erythrocytes by an in vitro-established line of mouse peritoneal macrophages. J Immunol 1975 1.74
8 Endobronchial and endoscopic ultrasound-guided real-time fine-needle aspiration for mediastinal staging. Eur Respir J 2005 1.66
9 Pathological assessment of mediastinal lymph nodes in lung cancer: implications for non-invasive mediastinal staging. Thorax 1992 1.54
10 Isolated sternal fracture: a benign injury? Injury 1992 1.53
11 Long term survival after pulmonary resection for small cell carcinoma of the lung. Thorax 1989 1.49
12 T tube intubation in the management of seriously ill patients with oesophagopleural fistulae. Br J Surg 1990 1.48
13 Acute phase responses following minimal access and conventional thoracic surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 1.45
14 Withdrawal syndrome after propofol infusion. Anaesthesia 1990 1.42
15 Video-assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy for bronchial carcinoid tumor in a 14-year-old girl. J Pediatr Surg 1996 1.40
16 Surface activity, cell wall, and fine structure of pit connection in the red alga Laurencia spectabilis. J Ultrastruct Res 1967 1.39
17 The "annular sandwich": a simple method of reinforcing a friable mitral valve annulus. Ann Thorac Surg 1998 1.37
18 Transformation of mouse bone marrow cells by transfection with a human oncogene related to c-myc is associated with the endogenous production of macrophage colony stimulating factor 1. J Cell Physiol 1985 1.35
19 Functional heterogeneity of macrophages: subclasses of peritoneal macrophages with different antigen-binding activities and immune complex receptors. Immunology 1974 1.30
20 Functional heterogeneity of macrophages in the induction and expression of acquired immunity. J Reticuloendothel Soc 1976 1.27
21 Human splenic sinusoidal lining cells express antigens associated with monocytes, macrophages, endothelial cells, and T lymphocytes. J Immunol 1985 1.26
22 Structure of general thoracic surgery in Europe. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 1.24
23 Mouse resident microglia: isolation and characterization of immunoregulatory properties with naïve CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells. Glia 1998 1.24
24 Mediation of macrophage cytolytic and phagocytic activities by antibodies of different classes and class-specific Fc-receptors. J Immunol 1977 1.18
25 Primary small-cell cancer of the esophagus. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995 1.18
26 Preoperative intraparietal (intra-incisional) cefoxitin in abdominal surgery. Br J Surg 1982 1.17
27 Isolation and partial characterization of a staphylococcal leukocyte cytotaxin. J Bacteriol 1969 1.12
28 A controlled trial of intra-operative autologous transfusion in cardiothoracic surgery measuring effect on transfusion requirements and clinical outcome. Transfus Med 1992 1.11
29 A proposed anatomical classification of the pulmonary fissures. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1997 1.11
30 Influence of obesity on the early and long term results of surgery for coronary artery disease. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1991 1.09
31 A prospective randomized study comparing stapled with handsewn oesophagogastric anastomoses. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1996 1.08
32 Post-transcriptional inhibition of CD40 gene expression in microglia by transforming growth factor-beta. Eur J Immunol 1998 1.07
33 Synchronous primary lung cancers: prevalence in surgical material and clinical implications. Thorax 1993 1.07
34 Macrophage functional heterogeneity: evidence for different antibody-dependent effector cell activities and expression of Fc-receptors among macrophage subpopulations. J Reticuloendothel Soc 1979 1.07
35 Management of chylothorax complicating extensive esophageal resection. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1992 1.02
36 Some fixation reagents reduce or abolish the detectability of Ia-antigen and HLA-DR on cells. J Immunol Methods 1984 1.00
37 Initial experience of video assisted thoracoscopic pneumonectomy. Thorax 1995 0.99
38 Lymphocyte responses following open and minimally invasive thoracic surgery. Eur J Clin Invest 2000 0.94
39 Immediate and long-term results of mitral prosthetic replacement using a right thoracotomy beating heart technique. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 0.93
40 Efficacy of video assisted thoracoscopic lung biopsy: an historical comparison with open lung biopsy. Thorax 1994 0.93
41 Immortalization of growth factor-dependent mouse splenic macrophages derived from cloned progenitors. J Immunol Methods 1991 0.91
42 Clinical results of thoracoscopic Heller's myotomy in the treatment of achalasia. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 0.89
43 Oesophagogastrectomy for carcinoma in patients under 50 years of age. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1996 0.89
44 Functional results following pharyngolaryngooesophagectomy with free jejunal graft reconstruction. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2001 0.87
45 Avoidance of patent anterior grafts at revisional coronary artery surgery: use of a lateral thoracotomy approach. Thorax 1986 0.86
46 Origins of macrophage diversity: functional and phenotypic analysis of cloned populations of mouse splenic macrophages. Cell Immunol 1987 0.86
47 Expression of chemokine genes in rat glial cells: the effect of myelin basic protein-reactive encephalitogenic T cells. J Neurosci Res 1997 0.86
48 Esophagectomy for carcinoma in the octogenarian. Ann Thorac Surg 1996 0.86
49 A comparison of cobalt (57Co) bleomycin scanning and contrast-enhanced CT scanning for assessment of the mediastinum in lung cancer. Chest 1990 0.85
50 Effect of blood transfusion on survival after esophagogastrectomy for carcinoma. Ann Thorac Surg 1998 0.85
51 Detection of anti-phage antibody by passive hemagglutination. J Immunol 1969 0.85
52 Dynamics of cytochemically distinct subpopulations of macrophages in elicited rat peritoneal exudates. Cell Immunol 1983 0.84
53 Macrophage cell cycling: influence on Fc receptors and antibody-dependent phagocytosis. J Immunol 1983 0.84
54 Erythrocyte homeostasis: antibody-mediated recognition of the senescent state by macrophages. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1986 0.84
55 Atrioventricular junctional rhythm in patients receiving oral verapamil therapy. JAMA 1983 0.84
56 Peroxides in human leucocytes in acute septic shock: a preliminary study of acute phase changes and mortality. Eur J Clin Invest 1995 0.83
57 Detection of anti-phage antibody by passive hemagglutination. II. Early antibodies produced in vivo or in vitro. J Immunol 1971 0.83
58 Detection and functional assessment of complement receptors on two murine macrophage-like cell lines. Exp Cell Res 1980 0.83
59 Preferential phagocytosis of in vivo aged murine red blood cells by a macrophage-like cell line. Br J Haematol 1984 0.83
60 Macrophage progenitors from mouse bone marrow and spleen differ in their expression of the Ly-6C differentiation antigen. J Immunol 1993 0.83
61 Interaction of a mouse macrophage cell line with homologous erythrocytes. J Reticuloendothel Soc 1982 0.82
62 Amplification of phage neutralization by complement, antiglobulin, and antiallotype sera. Virology 1971 0.82
63 A subset of mouse splenic macrophages can constitutively present alloantigen directly to CD8+ T cells. J Immunol 1991 0.82
64 Does cell density correlate with red cell age? Biomed Biochim Acta 1983 0.82
65 Oral verapamil for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia: a long-term, double-blind randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 1982 0.81
66 The use of bovine internal mammary artery (Bioflow) grafts in coronary artery surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1994 0.81
67 Mouse splenic macrophage cell lines with different antigen-presenting activities for CD4+ helper T cell subsets and allogeneic CD8+ T cells. Cell Immunol 1992 0.81
68 Epitope mapping of horseradish peroxidase with use of monoclonal antibodies. Hybridoma 1990 0.81
69 Systemic local anaesthetic toxicity from continuous thoracic paravertebral block. Br J Anaesth 2012 0.80
70 Macrophage-induced thymic lymphocyte maturation. Immunology 1977 0.80
71 Exocytosis and macrophage-mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity: a cautionary note. Immunology 1984 0.80
72 Successful pulmonary resection after spontaneous hemopneumothorax in the Eisenmenger syndrome. Thorax 1991 0.79
73 Effects of the cessation of training on left ventricular function in the racing greyhound. Serial studies in a model of cardiac hypertrophy. Basic Res Cardiol 1984 0.79
74 Prediction of requirement for, and outcome of, prolonged mechanical ventilation following cardiac surgery. Cardiovasc Surg 1997 0.79
75 Use of the Pannell-Milstein roller bottle apparatus to produce high concentrations of the CSF-1, the mouse macrophage growth factor. J Immunol Methods 1995 0.79
76 Pleurocutaneous fistula as a complication of radiation treatment in locally advanced breast cancer. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1997 0.79
77 Function of surface-adherent cells in the induction of the human mixed leucocyte reaction. I. The transient surface adherence of responding lymphocytes in the human mixed leucocyte response. Clin Exp Immunol 1974 0.79
78 Complement receptor phenotypes of culture-derived murine macrophages. J Cell Physiol 1982 0.78
79 Monoclonal antibodies to human platelet glycoprotein IIb beta that initiate distinct platelet responses. Blood 1985 0.78
80 3AE8: monoclonal antibody defining inflammatory macrophages in three species. Hybridoma 1984 0.78
81 Macrophage functional heterogeneity in the in vitro induced immune response. Nat New Biol 1971 0.78
82 Alloantigen presentation to naive CD8+ T cells by mouse microglia: evidence for a distinct phenotype based on expression of surface-associated and soluble costimulatory molecules. Glia 1996 0.78
83 Selective induction of enhanced complement receptor 3 activity on murine macrophages. J Cell Physiol 1983 0.78
84 Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Postgrad Med J 2000 0.78
85 Isolation of human splenic macrophages and lymphocytes by countercurrent centrifugal elutriation. J Immunol Methods 1984 0.77
86 Phenotypes and alloantigen-presenting activity of individual clones of microglia derived from the mouse brain. J Neuroimmunol 1992 0.77
87 Macrophage functional heterogeneity. Adv Exp Med Biol 1982 0.77
88 Oesophagogastrectomy for iatrogenic perforation of oesophageal and cardia carcinoma. Br J Surg 1996 0.76
89 Wound colonisation following cardiac surgery. Reduction by adjuvant use of preincisional, presternal antibiotic infiltration: a double blind prospective randomised study. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 1987 0.76
90 A subset of splenic macrophages process and present native antigen to naive antigen-specific CD4+ T-cells from mice transgenic for an alpha beta T-cell receptor. Cell Immunol 1995 0.76
91 Alloantigen presentation by individual clones of mouse splenic macrophages. Selective expression of IL-1 alpha in response to CD8+ T cell-derived IFN-gamma defines the alloantigen-presenting phenotype. J Immunol 1993 0.76
92 The function of free jejunal autografts in the pharyngo-oesophageal segment. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1995 0.75
93 Sequential VATS lung volume reduction surgery: prolongation of benefits derived after the initial operation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 0.75
94 Wound prophylaxis in thoracic surgery: a new approach. Thorax 1984 0.75
95 Extreme hypernatraemia in association with renal failure following caecocystoplasty. Postgrad Med J 1984 0.75
96 A modification to the technique of lesser-curve myotomy. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 1982 0.75
97 Transhiatal approach to total gastrectomy for adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia. Br J Surg 1999 0.75
98 Successful cardiopulmonary bypass in diabetics with anaphylactoid reactions to protamine. Br Heart J 1984 0.75
99 Consequent intrafamilial immunization for DL-A haplotyping in canines. J Exp Med 1973 0.75
100 Heterogeneity of mouse brain macrophages in alloantigen presentation to naive CD8+ T cells as revealed by a panel of microglial cell lines. Immunobiology 1996 0.75
101 Percutaneous cricothyroidostomy (minitracheostomy) for bronchial toilet: results of therapeutic and prophylactic use. Ann Thorac Surg 1989 0.75
102 Bilateral Morgagni hernia: operative discovery of appendix lying on superior pulmonary vein. Scott Med J 2013 0.75
103 Blood concentration and renal excretion of penicillin G and sulfisoxazole in the dog. Am J Vet Res 1972 0.75
104 Persistent expression of Ia-antigen on a subpopulation of murine resident peritoneal macrophages. Cell Immunol 1983 0.75
105 The Edinburgh Cardiac Surgery Score survival prediction in the long-stay ICU cardiac surgical patient. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1995 0.75
106 Isolation and characterization of cell cycle-enriched subpopulations of a murine macrophage cell line by centrifugal elutriation. Exp Cell Res 1983 0.75
107 Red blood cell homeostasis: recognition of distinct types of damaged homologous red blood cells by a mouse macrophage cell line. J Leukoc Biol 1987 0.75
108 Expression of Ia antigen in colonies of bone-marrow-derived macrophages. J Leukoc Biol 1987 0.75
109 The effect of maximal treadmill exercise on the axis and amplitude of the ventricular depolarization wave. J Electrocardiol 1983 0.75
110 Pneumomediastinum: an unusual presentation of a carcinoma of the carina. Respir Med 1995 0.75
111 Prognostic significance of tumor deoxyribonucleic acid content in surgically resected small-cell carcinoma of lung. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 0.75
112 An unusual case of breathlessness. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003 0.75
113 Role of mediastinoscopy in the diagnosis of mediastinal masses. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1990 0.75
114 Arachidonic acid activation of monocyte and neutrophil reactive oxygen in lung cancer patients undergoing pulmonary resection. Biologicals 1996 0.75
115 The use of doxapram in the prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1982 0.75
116 A simplified method of passing a nasogastric tube in patients undergoing celestin intubation for unresectable carcinoma of the esophagus or gastric cardia. J Am Coll Surg 1996 0.75
117 Mouse macrophages contain a truncated CD4 transcript. J Leukoc Biol 1992 0.75
118 Pulmonary histiocytosis X in a patient with epithelioid mesothelioma. Histopathology 2006 0.75
119 Survival after laceration of the superior vena cava from blunt chest trauma. Eur J Emerg Med 1996 0.75
120 Characterization of effector functions of v-raf/mil- and v-myc-transformed murine splenic macrophage cell lines. Cell Immunol 1991 0.75
121 Sera from irradiated rabbits as a source of complement for immune cytolysis assays. Transplantation 1975 0.75
122 Ia-antigen on cells is destroyed by some fixation reagents. Cell Biol Int Rep 1984 0.75
123 Macrophage subpopulations and the murine F1 x parent mixed leukocyte reaction. J Reticuloendothel Soc 1983 0.75
124 High-dose folinic acid and 5-fluorouracil in the treatment of advanced colon cancer. Am J Clin Oncol 1988 0.75
125 In vivo activation of quiescent B cells by anti-immunoglobulin. II. Production of lysozyme-specific monoclonal antibodies of desired isotype. J Immunol Methods 1988 0.75
126 Video-assisted thoracoscopic management of primary pericardial Hodgkin's lymphoma. Eur J Surg Oncol 2001 0.75
127 Spontaneous rupture of intrahepatic bile ducts. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1983 0.75