Jillian Rennie

Research Assistant
Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom

Scientist Anesthesiology
Biography

Jillian is a Research Assistant working in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Jillian graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2002 with a BSc Immunology (Hons). She moved to Edinburgh in 2003 to take up a research assistant position in the Centre for Inflammation Research at the University of Edinburgh. Since then she has worked on multiple research projects looking into inflammation in human diseases such as Type II diabetes, inflammatory lung disease and preeclampsia. Jillian joined the Critical Care Group in December 2012 to work with David Griffith and Andrew Conway Morris.

Research Intrest

Dysregulated inflammatory resolution in the blood following severe sepsis Markers of inflammatory cell dysfunction that could possibly predict stages of infection and sepsis.

List of Publications
Resolution of Systemic Inflammation after Critical Illness is Associated with Pro-Inflammatory and not Pro-Resolving Mediators
Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Dysregulation of Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Producing Enzyme Cystathionine gamma-lyase (CSE) Contributes to Maternal Hypertension and Placental Abnormalities in Preeclampsia"
Wogonin Induces Eosinophil Apoptosis and Attenuates Allergic Airway Inflammation
Low-pathogenicity Mycoplasma spp. alter human monocyte and macrophage function and are highly prevalent among patients with ventilator-acquired pneumonia
Predictive value of cell-surface markers in infections in critically ill patients : protocol for an observational study (ImmuNe FailurE in Critical Therapy (INFECT) Study)
Early PREdiction of Severe Sepsis (ExPRES-Sepsis) study : protocol for an observational derivation study to discover potential leucocyte cell surface biomarkers
Systemic inflammation after critical illness: relationship with physical recovery and exploration of potential mechanisms