2023

Mayne, K. J., Lees, J. S. and Herrington, W. G. (2023) Bioimpedance in CKD: an untapped resource? Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 38(3), pp. 583-585. (doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfac275) (PMID:36260361) (PMCID:PMC9976732)

Mayne, K. J., Lees, J. S. and Mark, P. B. (2023) Cardiovascular complications of chronic kidney disease. Medicine, 51(3), pp. 190-195. (doi: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2022.12.008)

Mayne, K. J., Lees, J. S. , Rutherford, E., Thomson, P. C., Traynor, J. P., Dey, V. , Lang, N. N. and Mark, P. B. (2023) Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios: associations with mortality in a haemodialysis cohort. Clinical Kidney Journal, 16(3), pp. 512-520. (doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfac248) (PMID:36865003) (PMCID:PMC9972818)

Chen, D. C., Lees, J. S. , Lu, K., Scherzer, R., Rutherford, E., Mark, P. B. , Kanaya, A. M., Shlipak, M. G. and Estrella, M. M. (2023) Differential associations of cystatin C versus creatinine‐based kidney function with risks of cardiovascular event and mortality among South Asian individuals in the UK Biobank. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(3), e027079. (doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.027079) (PMID:36695320) (PMCID:PMC9973614)

Sullivan, M. K. et al. (2023) Potential impact of NICE guidelines on referrals from primary care to nephrology: a primary care database and prospective research study. British Journal of General Practice, 73(727), e141-e147. (doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2022.0145) (PMID:36376072) (PMCID:PMC9678375)

Stevens, K. I., Graham-Brown, M. and Lees, J. S. (2023) Let's get physical: considering and overcoming the barriers to physical activity in CKD. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, (doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfad002) (PMID:36662119) (Early Online Publication)

Lees, J. S. , Dobbin, S. J.H. , Elyan, B. M.P., Gilmour, D. F., Tomlinson, L. P., Lang, N. N. and Mark, P. B. (2023) A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of intravitreal VEGF inhibitors on cardiorenal outcomes. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, (doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfac305) (PMID:36318455) (Early Online Publication)

2022

Lithgow, H. et al. (2022) Protocol for a randomised controlled trial to investigate the effects of vitamin K2 on recovery from muscle-damaging resistance exercise in young and older adults—the TAKEOVER study. Trials, 23, 1026. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06937-y)

Lees, J. S. and Shlipak, M. G. (2022) Age-adapted eGFR thresholds underestimate the risks beyond kidney failure associated with CKD in older populations. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 70(12), pp. 3660-3664. (doi: 10.1111/jgs.18046) (PMID:36151987)

Mayne, K. J., Shemilt, R., Keane, D. F., Lees, J. S. , Mark, P. B. and Herrington, W. G. (2022) Bioimpedance indices of fluid overload and cardiorenal outcomes in heart failure and chronic kidney disease: a systematic review. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 28(11), pp. 1628-1641. (doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.08.005) (PMID:36038013)

Lees, J. S. , Rutherford, E., Stevens, K. I., Chen, D. C., Scherzer, R., Estrella, M. M., Sullivan, M. K. , Ebert, N., Mark, P. B. and Shlipak, M. G. (2022) Assessment of Cystatin C level for risk stratification in adults with chronic kidney disease. JAMA Network Open, 5(10), e2238300. (doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.38300) (PMID:36282503) (PMCID:PMC9597396)

Lees, J. S. and Mark, P. B. (2022) Insights into vitamin K metabolism in chronic kidney disease: more complicated than kale deficiency. Kidney International, 101(2), pp. 216-219. (doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.11.022) (PMID:35065688)

Sullivan, M. K. et al. (2022) Acute kidney injury in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 from the ISARIC WHO CCP-UK Study: a prospective, multicentre cohort study. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 37(2), pp. 271-284. (doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfab303) (PMID:34661677) (PMCID:PMC8788218)

Lees, J. S. , Elyan, B. M.P., Hermann, S. M., Lang, N. N. , Jones, R. J. and Mark, P. B. (2022) The ‘other’ big complication: how chronic kidney disease impacts on cancer risks and outcomes. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, (doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfac011) (PMID:35090037) (Early Online Publication)

Lees, J. S. and Mark, P. B. (2022) Vitamin K supplementation and vascular health after kidney transplantation: authors' response. American Journal of Transplantation, 22(1), pp. 320-321. (doi: 10.1111/ajt.16769) (PMID:34291553)

Lees, J. S. et al. (2022) Effect of age, sex, and morbidity count on trial attrition: meta-analysis of individual participant level data from phase 3/4 industry funded clinical trials. BMJ Medicine, 1(1), e000217. (doi: 10.1136/bmjmed-2022-000217) (PMID:36936559) (PMCID:PMC9978693)

2021

Rankin, A. J. et al. (2021) Myocardial changes on 3T cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in response to haemodialysis with fluid removal. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 23, 125. (doi: 10.1186/s12968-021-00822-4) (PMCID:PMC8580743)

Sullivan, M. K. et al. (2021) Multimorbidity and the risk of major adverse kidney events: findings from the UK Biobank cohort. Clinical Kidney Journal, 14(11), pp. 2409-2419. (doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfab079) (PMCID:PMC8573008)

Lees, J. S. et al. (2021) The ViKTORIES trial: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of vitamin K supplementation to improve vascular health in kidney transplant recipients. American Journal of Transplantation, 21(10), pp. 3356-3368. (doi: 10.1111/ajt.16566) (PMID:33742520)

Rankin, A. J. et al. (2021) Global longitudinal strain by feature tracking cardiovascular MRI predicts mortality in patients with end stage kidney disease. Clinical Kidney Journal, 14(10), pp. 2187-2196. (doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfab020)

Lees, J. S. et al. (2021) Kidney function and cancer risk: an analysis using creatinine and cystatin C in a cohort study. EClinicalMedicine, 38, 101030. (doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101030) (PMID:34505030)

Lees, J. S. , Mark, P. B. and Witham, M. D. (2021) Vitamin K and vascular calcification. Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, 30(4), pp. 430-436. (doi: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000000712) (PMID:33871429)

Li, K. K. et al. (2021) Genetic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in renal dialysis units - a high risk community-hospital interface. Journal of Infection, 83(1), pp. 96-103. (doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.020) (PMID:33895226) (PMCID:PMC8061788)

Edy, E. et al. (2021) Cardiovascular magnetic resonance for the detection of descending thoracic aorta calcification in patients with end-stage renal disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 23(1), 85. (doi: 10.1186/s12968-021-00769-6) (PMID:34162405) (PMCID:PMC8223384)

Lees, J. S. and Mark, P. B. (2021) Fruit for thought: lifestyle interventions to reduce the risk of future chronic kidney disease. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 36(6), pp. 963-965. (doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa266) (PMID:33313844)

O’Sullivan, E. D., Lees, J. S. , Howie, K. L., Pugh, D., Gillis, K. A. , Traynor, J. P., Macintyre, I. and Mark, P. B. (2021) Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding in patients with chronic kidney disease. Nephrology, 26(4), pp. 328-332. (doi: 10.1111/nep.13844) (PMID:33368892)

Lees, J. S. and Mark, P. B. (2021) Cystatin C to predict renal disease and cardiovascular risk. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 36(1), pp. 39-41. (doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa152) (PMID:32514520)

2020

Witham, M. D. et al. (2020) Vitamin K supplementation to improve vascular stiffness in chronic kidney disease: the K4Kidneys randomised controlled trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 31(10), pp. 2434-2445. (doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020020225) (PMID:32817311)

Lees, J. S. , Mangion, K., Rutherford, E., Witham, M. D., Woodward, R., Roditi, G., Hopkins, T., Brooksbank, K., Jardine, A. and Mark, P. B. (2020) Vitamin K for kidney transplant organ recipients: investigating vEssel stiffness (ViKTORIES): study rationale and protocol of a randomised controlled trial. Open Heart, 7, e001070. (doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2019-001070) (PMID:32675297) (PMCID:PMC7368482)

2019

Grant, C. H. , Gillis, K. A. , Lees, J. S. , Traynor, J. P., Mark, P. B. and Stevens, K. I. (2019) Proton pump inhibitor use and progression to major adverse renal events: a competing risk analysis. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 112(11), pp. 835-840. (doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcz166) (PMID:31251364)

Lees, J. S. et al. (2019) Glomerular filtration rate by differing measures, albuminuria and prediction of cardiovascular disease, mortality and end-stage kidney disease. Nature Medicine, 25, pp. 1753-1760. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0627-8) (PMID:31700174) (PMCID:PMC6858876)

Elyan, B. M.P., Lees, J. S. , Gillis, K. A. , Mackinnon, B., Fox, J. G., Geddes, C. C. and McQuarrie, E. P. (2019) Obesity is not associated with progression to end stage renal disease in patients with biopsy-proven glomerular diseases. BMC Nephrology, 20, 237. (doi: 10.1186/s12882-019-1434-7) (PMID:31266462) (PMCID:PMC6604373)

Lees, J.S. , Chapman, F.A., Witham, M.D., Jardine, A.G. and Mark, P.B. (2019) Vitamin K status, supplementation and vascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart, 105(12), pp. 938-945. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313955) (PMID:30514729)

Gillis, K. A. , Lees, J. S. , Ralston, M. R., Glen, J. A., Stevenson, K. S., McManus, S. K., Geddes, C. C., Clancy, M., Traynor, J. P. and Mark, P. B. (2019) Interaction between socioeconomic deprivation and likelihood of pre‐emptive transplantation: influence of competing risks and referral characteristics – a retrospective study. Transplant International, 32(2), pp. 153-162. (doi: 10.1111/tri.13336) (PMID:30152890)

Lees, J.S. , Findlay, M.D., Mark, P.B. and Geddes, C.C. (2019) The impact of coronary angiography on renal transplant function. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 112(1), pp. 23-27. (doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcy216) (PMID:30295913)

2018

Lees, J. S. , McQuarrie, E. P. and Mackinnon, B. (2018) Renal biopsy: it is time for pragmatism and consensus. Clinical Kidney Journal, 11(5), pp. 605-609. (doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfy075) (PMID:30289128) (PMCID:PMC6165764)

Stoumpos, S., Lees, J. , Welsh, P. , Hund, M., Geddes, C. C., Nelson, S. M. and Mark, P. B. (2018) The utility of anti-Müllerian hormone in women with chronic kidney disease, on haemodialysis and after kidney transplantation. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 36(2), pp. 219-226. (doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2017.11.003) (PMID:29233504)

2017

Lees, J. S. , McQuarrie, E. P., Mordi, N., Geddes, C. C., Fox, J. G. and Mackinnon, B. (2017) Risk factors for bleeding complications after nephrologist-performed native renal biopsy. Clinical Kidney Journal, 10(4), pp. 573-577. (doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfx012) (PMID:28852497) (PMCID:PMC5570080)

2015

Lees, J. S. , Mark, P. B. and Jardine, A. G. (2015) Cardiovascular complications of chronic kidney disease. Medicine, 43(8), pp. 469-473. (doi: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2015.05.009)

2013

Altman, D. G., Antonic, A., Sena, E. S., Lees, J. S. , Wills, T. E., Skeers, P., Batchelor, P. E., Macleod, M. R. and Howells, D. W. (2013) Stem cell transplantation in traumatic spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of animal studies. PLoS Biology, 11(12), e1001738. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001738) (PMID:24358022) (PMCID:PMC3866091)

Lees, J.S. , Church, N., Langdale-Brown, B., Bellamy, C., Gibson, P. and Watson, S. (2013) IgG4-related disease: a novel, important but easily missed condition. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 43(2), pp. 126-133. (doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2013.208) (PMID:23734354)

2012

Lees, J. S. , Sena, E. S., Egan, K. J., Antonic, A., Koblar, S. A., Howells, D. W. and Macleod, M. R. (2012) Stem cell‐based therapy for experimental stroke: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. International Journal of Stroke, 7(7), pp. 582-588. (doi: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00797.x) (PMID:22687044)

2011

Lees, J.S. , Mishra, N.K., Saini, M., Lyden, P.D. and Shuaib, A. (2011) Low body temperature does not compromise the treatment effect of alteplase. Stroke, 42(9), pp. 2618-2621. (doi: 10.1161/​STROKEAHA.110.611210)

2008

Quinn, T.J. , Dawson, J. , Lees, J.S. , Chang, T.P., Walters, M.R. and Lees, K.R. (2008) Time spent at home poststroke: “home-time” a meaningful and robust outcome measure for stroke trials. Stroke, 39(1), pp. 231-233. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.493320)

2007

Dawson, J. , Lees, J.S. , Chang, T.P., Walters, M.R. , Ali, M. , Davis, S.M., Diener, H.C. and Lees, K.R. (2007) Association between disability measures and healthcare costs after initial treatment for acute stroke. Stroke, 38(6), pp. 1893-1898. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.106.472381)

Articles

Mayne, K. J., Lees, J. S. and Herrington, W. G. (2023) Bioimpedance in CKD: an untapped resource? Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 38(3), pp. 583-585. (doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfac275) (PMID:36260361) (PMCID:PMC9976732)

Mayne, K. J., Lees, J. S. and Mark, P. B. (2023) Cardiovascular complications of chronic kidney disease. Medicine, 51(3), pp. 190-195. (doi: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2022.12.008)

Mayne, K. J., Lees, J. S. , Rutherford, E., Thomson, P. C., Traynor, J. P., Dey, V. , Lang, N. N. and Mark, P. B. (2023) Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios: associations with mortality in a haemodialysis cohort. Clinical Kidney Journal, 16(3), pp. 512-520. (doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfac248) (PMID:36865003) (PMCID:PMC9972818)

Chen, D. C., Lees, J. S. , Lu, K., Scherzer, R., Rutherford, E., Mark, P. B. , Kanaya, A. M., Shlipak, M. G. and Estrella, M. M. (2023) Differential associations of cystatin C versus creatinine‐based kidney function with risks of cardiovascular event and mortality among South Asian individuals in the UK Biobank. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(3), e027079. (doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.027079) (PMID:36695320) (PMCID:PMC9973614)

Sullivan, M. K. et al. (2023) Potential impact of NICE guidelines on referrals from primary care to nephrology: a primary care database and prospective research study. British Journal of General Practice, 73(727), e141-e147. (doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2022.0145) (PMID:36376072) (PMCID:PMC9678375)

Stevens, K. I., Graham-Brown, M. and Lees, J. S. (2023) Let's get physical: considering and overcoming the barriers to physical activity in CKD. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, (doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfad002) (PMID:36662119) (Early Online Publication)

Lees, J. S. , Dobbin, S. J.H. , Elyan, B. M.P., Gilmour, D. F., Tomlinson, L. P., Lang, N. N. and Mark, P. B. (2023) A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of intravitreal VEGF inhibitors on cardiorenal outcomes. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, (doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfac305) (PMID:36318455) (Early Online Publication)

Lithgow, H. et al. (2022) Protocol for a randomised controlled trial to investigate the effects of vitamin K2 on recovery from muscle-damaging resistance exercise in young and older adults—the TAKEOVER study. Trials, 23, 1026. (doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06937-y)

Lees, J. S. and Shlipak, M. G. (2022) Age-adapted eGFR thresholds underestimate the risks beyond kidney failure associated with CKD in older populations. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 70(12), pp. 3660-3664. (doi: 10.1111/jgs.18046) (PMID:36151987)

Mayne, K. J., Shemilt, R., Keane, D. F., Lees, J. S. , Mark, P. B. and Herrington, W. G. (2022) Bioimpedance indices of fluid overload and cardiorenal outcomes in heart failure and chronic kidney disease: a systematic review. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 28(11), pp. 1628-1641. (doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.08.005) (PMID:36038013)

Lees, J. S. , Rutherford, E., Stevens, K. I., Chen, D. C., Scherzer, R., Estrella, M. M., Sullivan, M. K. , Ebert, N., Mark, P. B. and Shlipak, M. G. (2022) Assessment of Cystatin C level for risk stratification in adults with chronic kidney disease. JAMA Network Open, 5(10), e2238300. (doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.38300) (PMID:36282503) (PMCID:PMC9597396)

Lees, J. S. and Mark, P. B. (2022) Insights into vitamin K metabolism in chronic kidney disease: more complicated than kale deficiency. Kidney International, 101(2), pp. 216-219. (doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.11.022) (PMID:35065688)

Sullivan, M. K. et al. (2022) Acute kidney injury in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 from the ISARIC WHO CCP-UK Study: a prospective, multicentre cohort study. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 37(2), pp. 271-284. (doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfab303) (PMID:34661677) (PMCID:PMC8788218)

Lees, J. S. , Elyan, B. M.P., Hermann, S. M., Lang, N. N. , Jones, R. J. and Mark, P. B. (2022) The ‘other’ big complication: how chronic kidney disease impacts on cancer risks and outcomes. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, (doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfac011) (PMID:35090037) (Early Online Publication)

Lees, J. S. and Mark, P. B. (2022) Vitamin K supplementation and vascular health after kidney transplantation: authors' response. American Journal of Transplantation, 22(1), pp. 320-321. (doi: 10.1111/ajt.16769) (PMID:34291553)

Lees, J. S. et al. (2022) Effect of age, sex, and morbidity count on trial attrition: meta-analysis of individual participant level data from phase 3/4 industry funded clinical trials. BMJ Medicine, 1(1), e000217. (doi: 10.1136/bmjmed-2022-000217) (PMID:36936559) (PMCID:PMC9978693)

Rankin, A. J. et al. (2021) Myocardial changes on 3T cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in response to haemodialysis with fluid removal. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 23, 125. (doi: 10.1186/s12968-021-00822-4) (PMCID:PMC8580743)

Sullivan, M. K. et al. (2021) Multimorbidity and the risk of major adverse kidney events: findings from the UK Biobank cohort. Clinical Kidney Journal, 14(11), pp. 2409-2419. (doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfab079) (PMCID:PMC8573008)

Lees, J. S. et al. (2021) The ViKTORIES trial: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of vitamin K supplementation to improve vascular health in kidney transplant recipients. American Journal of Transplantation, 21(10), pp. 3356-3368. (doi: 10.1111/ajt.16566) (PMID:33742520)

Rankin, A. J. et al. (2021) Global longitudinal strain by feature tracking cardiovascular MRI predicts mortality in patients with end stage kidney disease. Clinical Kidney Journal, 14(10), pp. 2187-2196. (doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfab020)

Lees, J. S. et al. (2021) Kidney function and cancer risk: an analysis using creatinine and cystatin C in a cohort study. EClinicalMedicine, 38, 101030. (doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101030) (PMID:34505030)

Lees, J. S. , Mark, P. B. and Witham, M. D. (2021) Vitamin K and vascular calcification. Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, 30(4), pp. 430-436. (doi: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000000712) (PMID:33871429)

Li, K. K. et al. (2021) Genetic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in renal dialysis units - a high risk community-hospital interface. Journal of Infection, 83(1), pp. 96-103. (doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.04.020) (PMID:33895226) (PMCID:PMC8061788)

Edy, E. et al. (2021) Cardiovascular magnetic resonance for the detection of descending thoracic aorta calcification in patients with end-stage renal disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 23(1), 85. (doi: 10.1186/s12968-021-00769-6) (PMID:34162405) (PMCID:PMC8223384)

Lees, J. S. and Mark, P. B. (2021) Fruit for thought: lifestyle interventions to reduce the risk of future chronic kidney disease. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 36(6), pp. 963-965. (doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa266) (PMID:33313844)

O’Sullivan, E. D., Lees, J. S. , Howie, K. L., Pugh, D., Gillis, K. A. , Traynor, J. P., Macintyre, I. and Mark, P. B. (2021) Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding in patients with chronic kidney disease. Nephrology, 26(4), pp. 328-332. (doi: 10.1111/nep.13844) (PMID:33368892)

Lees, J. S. and Mark, P. B. (2021) Cystatin C to predict renal disease and cardiovascular risk. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 36(1), pp. 39-41. (doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa152) (PMID:32514520)

Witham, M. D. et al. (2020) Vitamin K supplementation to improve vascular stiffness in chronic kidney disease: the K4Kidneys randomised controlled trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 31(10), pp. 2434-2445. (doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020020225) (PMID:32817311)

Lees, J. S. , Mangion, K., Rutherford, E., Witham, M. D., Woodward, R., Roditi, G., Hopkins, T., Brooksbank, K., Jardine, A. and Mark, P. B. (2020) Vitamin K for kidney transplant organ recipients: investigating vEssel stiffness (ViKTORIES): study rationale and protocol of a randomised controlled trial. Open Heart, 7, e001070. (doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2019-001070) (PMID:32675297) (PMCID:PMC7368482)

Grant, C. H. , Gillis, K. A. , Lees, J. S. , Traynor, J. P., Mark, P. B. and Stevens, K. I. (2019) Proton pump inhibitor use and progression to major adverse renal events: a competing risk analysis. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 112(11), pp. 835-840. (doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcz166) (PMID:31251364)

Lees, J. S. et al. (2019) Glomerular filtration rate by differing measures, albuminuria and prediction of cardiovascular disease, mortality and end-stage kidney disease. Nature Medicine, 25, pp. 1753-1760. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0627-8) (PMID:31700174) (PMCID:PMC6858876)

Elyan, B. M.P., Lees, J. S. , Gillis, K. A. , Mackinnon, B., Fox, J. G., Geddes, C. C. and McQuarrie, E. P. (2019) Obesity is not associated with progression to end stage renal disease in patients with biopsy-proven glomerular diseases. BMC Nephrology, 20, 237. (doi: 10.1186/s12882-019-1434-7) (PMID:31266462) (PMCID:PMC6604373)

Lees, J.S. , Chapman, F.A., Witham, M.D., Jardine, A.G. and Mark, P.B. (2019) Vitamin K status, supplementation and vascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart, 105(12), pp. 938-945. (doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313955) (PMID:30514729)

Gillis, K. A. , Lees, J. S. , Ralston, M. R., Glen, J. A., Stevenson, K. S., McManus, S. K., Geddes, C. C., Clancy, M., Traynor, J. P. and Mark, P. B. (2019) Interaction between socioeconomic deprivation and likelihood of pre‐emptive transplantation: influence of competing risks and referral characteristics – a retrospective study. Transplant International, 32(2), pp. 153-162. (doi: 10.1111/tri.13336) (PMID:30152890)

Lees, J.S. , Findlay, M.D., Mark, P.B. and Geddes, C.C. (2019) The impact of coronary angiography on renal transplant function. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 112(1), pp. 23-27. (doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcy216) (PMID:30295913)

Lees, J. S. , McQuarrie, E. P. and Mackinnon, B. (2018) Renal biopsy: it is time for pragmatism and consensus. Clinical Kidney Journal, 11(5), pp. 605-609. (doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfy075) (PMID:30289128) (PMCID:PMC6165764)

Stoumpos, S., Lees, J. , Welsh, P. , Hund, M., Geddes, C. C., Nelson, S. M. and Mark, P. B. (2018) The utility of anti-Müllerian hormone in women with chronic kidney disease, on haemodialysis and after kidney transplantation. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 36(2), pp. 219-226. (doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2017.11.003) (PMID:29233504)

Lees, J. S. , McQuarrie, E. P., Mordi, N., Geddes, C. C., Fox, J. G. and Mackinnon, B. (2017) Risk factors for bleeding complications after nephrologist-performed native renal biopsy. Clinical Kidney Journal, 10(4), pp. 573-577. (doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfx012) (PMID:28852497) (PMCID:PMC5570080)

Lees, J. S. , Mark, P. B. and Jardine, A. G. (2015) Cardiovascular complications of chronic kidney disease. Medicine, 43(8), pp. 469-473. (doi: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2015.05.009)

Altman, D. G., Antonic, A., Sena, E. S., Lees, J. S. , Wills, T. E., Skeers, P., Batchelor, P. E., Macleod, M. R. and Howells, D. W. (2013) Stem cell transplantation in traumatic spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of animal studies. PLoS Biology, 11(12), e1001738. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001738) (PMID:24358022) (PMCID:PMC3866091)

Lees, J.S. , Church, N., Langdale-Brown, B., Bellamy, C., Gibson, P. and Watson, S. (2013) IgG4-related disease: a novel, important but easily missed condition. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 43(2), pp. 126-133. (doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2013.208) (PMID:23734354)

Lees, J. S. , Sena, E. S., Egan, K. J., Antonic, A., Koblar, S. A., Howells, D. W. and Macleod, M. R. (2012) Stem cell‐based therapy for experimental stroke: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. International Journal of Stroke, 7(7), pp. 582-588. (doi: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00797.x) (PMID:22687044)

Lees, J.S. , Mishra, N.K., Saini, M., Lyden, P.D. and Shuaib, A. (2011) Low body temperature does not compromise the treatment effect of alteplase. Stroke, 42(9), pp. 2618-2621. (doi: 10.1161/​STROKEAHA.110.611210)

Quinn, T.J. , Dawson, J. , Lees, J.S. , Chang, T.P., Walters, M.R. and Lees, K.R. (2008) Time spent at home poststroke: “home-time” a meaningful and robust outcome measure for stroke trials. Stroke, 39(1), pp. 231-233. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.493320)

Dawson, J. , Lees, J.S. , Chang, T.P., Walters, M.R. , Ali, M. , Davis, S.M., Diener, H.C. and Lees, K.R. (2007) Association between disability measures and healthcare costs after initial treatment for acute stroke. Stroke, 38(6), pp. 1893-1898. (doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.106.472381)