D
Desmond G. Johnston
Researcher at Imperial College London
Publications - 175
Citations - 8192
Desmond G. Johnston is an academic researcher from Imperial College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diabetes mellitus & Insulin. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 174 publications receiving 7610 citations. Previous affiliations of Desmond G. Johnston include Leeds General Infirmary & Hammersmith Hospital.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Glucose sensors: a review of current and emerging technology
TL;DR: This review aims to summarize existing technology, the methods for assessing glucose sensing devices and provide an overview of emergent sensing modalities to become a critical component of the closed loop insulin delivery system.
Journal ArticleDOI
Detection of premature atherosclerosis by high-resolution ultrasonography in symptom-free hypopituitary adults.
Vyron Markussis,Salem A. Beshyah,Desmond G. Johnston,Charles Fisher,Andrew N. Nicolaides,Patrick S. Sharp +5 more
TL;DR: High resolution B-mode ultrasonic imaging of both carotid and femoral arteries was done in 34 adult hypopituitary patients on routine replacement therapy and was compared with that in 39 matched controls, finding changes were related to risk factors for vascular disease.
Journal ArticleDOI
Heterozygous MDR3 missense mutation associated with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy: evidence for a defect in protein trafficking
Peter H. Dixon,N Weerasekera,Kenneth J. Linton,O. Donaldson,John C. Chambers,E. Egginton,Judith B. Weaver,Catherine Nelson-Piercy,M. de Swiet,Gary Warnes,Elwyn Elias,Christopher F. Higgins,Desmond G. Johnston,Mark I. McCarthy,Catherine Williamson +14 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a C to A transversion in codon 546 in exon 14 of MDR3 in one patient, which results in the missense substitution of the wild-type alanine with an aspartic acid was investigated.
Journal ArticleDOI
The relationship of insulin insensitivity to menstrual pattern in women with hyperandrogenism and polycystic ovaries.
Stephen Robinson,D. Kiddy,S. V. Gelding,D Willis,R. Niththyananthan,A. Bush,Desmond G. Johnston,Steve Franks +7 more
TL;DR: Examination of the relationship between insulin sensitivity and menstrual pattern in women with PCO found that circulating insulin concentrations are normal in hyperandrogenaemic women with regular cycles.
Journal ArticleDOI
Effectiveness of mobile phone messaging in prevention of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle modification in men in India: a prospective, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial
Ambady Ramachandran,Chamukuttan Snehalatha,Jagannathan Ram,Sundaram Selvam,Mary Simon,Arun Nanditha,Ananth Samith Shetty,Ian F. Godsland,Nish Chaturvedi,Azeem Majeed,Nick Oliver,Christofer Toumazou,K. George M.M. Alberti,Desmond G. Johnston +13 more
TL;DR: Mobile phone messaging is an effective and acceptable method to deliver advice and support towards lifestyle modification to prevent type 2 diabetes in men at high risk of diabetes.