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My research to date has revolved around nutrient homeostasis in cells and systems biology. In recent years, I developed a more specialised interest in iron homeostasis. In particular, I aim to understand how iron is controlled in various systems and the importance of such control for normal physiological function.
Following a degree in Human Genetics at University College London, I joined the University of Oxford in 2004 as a DPhil student in the laboratory of Prof Cerundolo at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine. At the time, I was interested in the role of amino acid metabolism in the regulation of immune responses and tumour immune surveillance. It was during that time, while working on a tryptophan-degrading enzyme that is iron-dependent, that I developed interest in iron homeostasis.
In 2007, I went on to undertake my first postdoctoral project in the laboratory of Prof Ratcliffe, focussing on the interplay between Hypoxia Inducible Factors (HIFs) and iron homeostasis. HIFs, master transcription factors whose function is regulated by both oxygen and iron levels, in turn regulate cellular and systemic iron levels. My research findings defined some of the molecular mechanisms underlying the relationship between HIFs, hypoxia and iron homeostasis, e.g I discovered that the iron regulatory genes TMPRSS6 and GDF15 are both responsive to hypoxia. I also collaborated with human physiologists in a bid to understand how the major iron regulatory hormone hepcidin is regulated by altitude hypoxia and iron status. TMPRSS6, GDF15 and Hepcidin are all implicated in diseases of deregulated iron metabolism.
Following a two-year stint in the exciting field of exosome nanotechnology, I returned to the iron and oxygen field in 2012, and was awarded a four-year British Heart Foundation Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellowship. My current work focuses on dissecting iron regulation in the heart, the kidney, the placenta and the vasculature, by utilising novel animal models of tissue-specific alterations in iron metabolism.
Following a degree in Human Genetics at University College London, I joined the University of Oxford in 2004 as a DPhil student in the laboratory of Prof Cerundolo at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine. At the time, I was interested in the role of amino acid metabolism in the regulation of immune responses and tumour immune surveillance. It was during that time, while working on a tryptophan-degrading enzyme that is iron-dependent, that I developed interest in iron homeostasis.
In 2007, I went on to undertake my first postdoctoral project in the laboratory of Prof Ratcliffe, focussing on the interplay between Hypoxia Inducible Factors (HIFs) and iron homeostasis. HIFs, master transcription factors whose function is regulated by both oxygen and iron levels, in turn regulate cellular and systemic iron levels. My research findings defined some of the molecular mechanisms underlying the relationship between HIFs, hypoxia and iron homeostasis, e.g I discovered that the iron regulatory genes TMPRSS6 and GDF15 are both responsive to hypoxia. I also collaborated with human physiologists in a bid to understand how the major iron regulatory hormone hepcidin is regulated by altitude hypoxia and iron status. TMPRSS6, GDF15 and Hepcidin are all implicated in diseases of deregulated iron metabolism.
Following a two-year stint in the exciting field of exosome nanotechnology, I returned to the iron and oxygen field in 2012, and was awarded a four-year British Heart Foundation Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellowship. My current work focuses on dissecting iron regulation in the heart, the kidney, the placenta and the vasculature, by utilising novel animal models of tissue-specific alterations in iron metabolism.
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JACC Heart failureno. 3 (2024): 549-551
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Nature Reviews Cardiologyno. 7 (2024): 1-24
Mayra Vera-Aviles, Syeeda Nashitha Kabir,Akshay Shah,Paolo Polzella, Dillon Yee Lim, Poppy Buckley, Charlotte Ball,Dorine Swinkels, Hanke Matlung, Colin Blans,Philip Holdship,Jeremy Nugent,Edward Anderson,Michael Desborough,Stefan Piechnik,Vanessa Ferreira,Samira Lakhal-Littleton
M Vera-Aviles, S Kabir,A Shah,P Polzella, Y Lim, P Buckley, C Ball,D Swinkels,H Matlung, C Blans,P Holdship, J Nugent, E Andreson,M Desborough,S Piechnik,V Ferreira,S Lakhal-Littleton
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGYno. 11 (2023): 1721-1731
Jacinta I. Kalisch-Smith,Nikita Ved,Dorota Szumska,Jacob Munro,Michael Troup,Shelley E. Harris,Helena Rodriguez-Caro,Aimée Jacquemot,Jack J. Miller,Eleanor M. Stuart,Magda Wolna,Emily Hardman,Fabrice Prin,Eva Lana-Elola,Rifdat Aoidi,Elizabeth M. C. Fisher,Victor L. J. Tybulewicz,Timothy J. Mohun,Samira Lakhal-Littleton,Sarah De Val,Eleni Giannoulatou,Duncan B. Sparrow
Nature Communicationsno. 1 (2021): 3447-3447
P Loick,G Mohammad,I Cassimjee,A Chandrashekar,P Lapolla, A Carrington,A Handa,R Lee,S Lakhal-Littleton
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biologyno. 5 (2021): 713-725
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