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Breadcrumb Karen Vousden Vousden lab p53 and Metabolism Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Vacancies Areas of interest Publications Members PublicationsYear published2024 (2)2023 (9)2022 (4)2021 (9)2020 (8)2019 (6)2018 (6)2015 (1) Facet Year publishedResearch topicsCell Biology (43)Metabolism (43)Signalling & Oncogenes (43)Computational & Systems Biology (12)Human Biology & Physiology (12)Tumour Biology (12)Biochemistry & Proteomics (11)Immunology (10)Developmental Biology (9)Infectious Disease (9)Model Organisms (8)Genetics & Genomics (7)Genome Integrity & Repair (7)Chemical Biology & High Throughput (6)Stem Cells (6)Gene Expression (3)Neurosciences (3)Imaging (2)Cell Cycle & Chromosomes (1)Microfabrication & Bioengineering (1)Structural Biology & Biophysics (1)Synthetic Biology (1) Facet Research topicsPublication typeJournal article (45)Primary research (24)Review (13)Commentary (5)Method (2)Obituary (1) Facet Publication typeJournalNature 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reprogrammes glutamine-dependent oxidative metabolism to support LPS-induced inflammation Authors (16) Nicholas JonesJulianna BlagihFabio Zani April Rees David G Hill Benjamin J Jenkins[...] Gareth W Jones David K FinlayKaren Vousden Emma E Vincent Catherine A Thornton Nature Communications Published 22 February 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesKaren VousdenMetabolomicsFull details Single-cell resolved imaging reveals intra-tumor heterogeneity in glycolysis, transitions between metabolic states, and their regulatory mechanisms Authors (9)Hiroshi KondoColin RatcliffeSteven HooperJames EllisJames MacraeMarc Hennequart Christopher W DunsbyKurt AndersonErik Sahai Cell Reports Published 16 February 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesKaren VousdenErik SahaiMetabolomicsLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityFull details Serine synthesis pathway inhibition cooperates with dietary serine and glycine limitation for cancer therapy Authors (23)Mylene TajanMarc HennequartEric CheungFabio Zani Andreas K HockNathalie Legrave[...] Adam Friedman Mark Manfredi Karen Blyth Owen J SansomKaren Vousden Nature Communications Published 14 January 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesKaren VousdenVivian LiMetabolomicsExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityFull details Differential requirements for MDM2 E3 activity during embryogenesis and in adult mice Authors (12)Tim Humpton Koji NomuraJulia Weber Helge M Magnussen Andreas K Hock Colin Nixon[...] David Stevenson Danny T Huang Douglas Strathdee Karen BlythKaren Vousden Genes and Development Published 1 January 2021 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details Pandemic peak SARS-CoV-2 infection and seroconversion rates in London frontline health-care workers Authors (341) Catherine F Houlihan Nina Vora Thomas Byrne Dan LewerGavin Kelly Judith Heaney[...] Andrew Hayward Richard Gilson Gavin KellyFiona Roberts Emine Hatipoglu The Lancet Published 25 July 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas WackKaren VousdenJernej UleJames TurnerMoritz TreeckCharles SwantonAdam SaterialeErik SahaiCaetano Reis e SousaPeter RatcliffeLucia Prieto-GodinoVenizelos PapayannopoulosAnne O’GarraPaul NurseGeorge KassiotisMaximiliano GutierrezSonia GandhiSteve GamblinPeter Cherepanov Luiz Pedro CarvalhoDominique BonnetMike BlackmanRupert BealeWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyMetabolomicsHuman Embryonic Stem CellHigh Throughput ScreeningGenetic Modification ServiceFlow CytometryFermentationExperimental HistopathologyElectron MicroscopyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details Dietary approaches to cancer therapy Authors (2)Mylene TajanKaren Vousden Cancer Cell Published 8 June 2020 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details Structural basis for DNA damage-induced phosphoregulation of MDM2 RING domain Authors (12) Helge M Magnussen Syed F Ahmed Gary J Sibbet Ventzislava A Hristova Koji Nomura Andreas K Hock[...] Andrew G Jamieson David FushmanKaren Vousden Allan M Weissman Danny T Huang Nature Communications Published 29 April 2020 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details p53, cancer and the immune response Authors (3)Julianna BlagihMichael BuckKaren Vousden Journal of Cell Science Published 6 March 2020 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details Dynamic ROS control by TIGAR regulates the initiation and progression of pancreatic cancer Authors (7)Eric Cheung Gina M DeNicola Colin Nixon Karen BlythChristiaan Labuschagne David A TuvesonKaren Vousden Cancer Cell Published 10 February 2020 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details Cancer-specific loss of p53 leads to a modulation of myeloid and T cell responses Authors (16)Julianna BlagihFabio Zani Probir ChakravartyMarc HennequartSteven PilleySebastijan Hobor[...]Ming Yang Iain McNeishCharles Swanton Karen BlythKaren Vousden Cell Reports Published 14 January 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesKaren VousdenCharles SwantonBioinformatics and BiostatisticsBiological Research FacilityFull details A roadmap for the next decade in cancer research Authors (10) René Bernards Elizabeth Jaffee Johanna A Joyce Scott W Lowe Elaine R Mardis Sean J Morrison Kornelia Polyak Cynthia L SearsKaren Vousden Zemin Zhang Nature Cancer Published 13 January 2020 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details Cell clustering promotes a metabolic switch that supports metastatic colonization Authors (5)Christiaan LabuschagneEric CheungJulianna BlagihMarie-Charlotte DomartKaren Vousden Cell Metabolism Published 1 October 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesKaren VousdenElectron MicroscopyMetabolomicsExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityFull details Taking up the reins of power: metabolic functions of p53 Authors (2)Tim HumptonKaren Vousden Journal of molecular cell biology Published 15 August 2019 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details Oncogenic KRAS induces NIX-mediated mitophagy to promote pancreatic cancer Authors (17)Tim Humpton Brinda Alagesan Gina M DeNicola Dan Lu Georgi N Yordanov Carl S Leonhardt[...] Pedro A Perez-Mancera Michael P MurphyGerard EvanKaren Vousden David A Tuveson Cancer Discovery Published 1 September 2019 Crick labsKaren VousdenGerard EvanFull details Brexit negotiations: what is next for science? Authors (1)Karen Vousden EMBO Reports Published 15 March 2019 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details Use of 13C315N1-serine or 13C515N1-methionine for studying methylation dynamics in cancer cell metabolism and epigenetics Authors (4) Alice C NewmanChristiaan LabuschagneKaren Vousden Oliver DK Maddocks Methods in Molecular Biology Published 7 February 2019 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details Direct estimation of metabolic flux by heavy isotope labeling simultaneous with pathway inhibition: Metabolic flux inhibition assay Authors (4) Tong ZhangChristiaan LabuschagneKaren Vousden Oliver DK Maddocks Methods in Molecular Biology Published 1 January 2019 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details p53-mediated adaptation to serine starvation is retained by a common tumour-derived mutant Authors (4)Tim Humpton Andreas K Hock Oliver DK MaddocksKaren Vousden Cancer & Metabolism Published 3 December 2018 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details A role for p53 in the adaptation to glutamine starvation through the expression of SLC1A3 Authors (9)Mylene Tajan Andreas K HockJulianna Blagih Neil A RobertsonChristiaan Labuschagne Flore KruiswijkTim Humpton Peter D AdamsKaren Vousden Cell Metabolism Published 6 November 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesKaren VousdenMetabolomicsBiological Research FacilityFull details Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Mutant p53 in cell-cell interactions Authors (3)Steven Pilley Tristan A RodriguezKaren Vousden Genes and Development Published 1 April 2021 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details
Fructose reprogrammes glutamine-dependent oxidative metabolism to support LPS-induced inflammation Authors (16) Nicholas JonesJulianna BlagihFabio Zani April Rees David G Hill Benjamin J Jenkins[...] Gareth W Jones David K FinlayKaren Vousden Emma E Vincent Catherine A Thornton Nature Communications Published 22 February 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesKaren VousdenMetabolomicsFull details
Single-cell resolved imaging reveals intra-tumor heterogeneity in glycolysis, transitions between metabolic states, and their regulatory mechanisms Authors (9)Hiroshi KondoColin RatcliffeSteven HooperJames EllisJames MacraeMarc Hennequart Christopher W DunsbyKurt AndersonErik Sahai Cell Reports Published 16 February 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesKaren VousdenErik SahaiMetabolomicsLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityFull details
Serine synthesis pathway inhibition cooperates with dietary serine and glycine limitation for cancer therapy Authors (23)Mylene TajanMarc HennequartEric CheungFabio Zani Andreas K HockNathalie Legrave[...] Adam Friedman Mark Manfredi Karen Blyth Owen J SansomKaren Vousden Nature Communications Published 14 January 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesKaren VousdenVivian LiMetabolomicsExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityFull details
Differential requirements for MDM2 E3 activity during embryogenesis and in adult mice Authors (12)Tim Humpton Koji NomuraJulia Weber Helge M Magnussen Andreas K Hock Colin Nixon[...] David Stevenson Danny T Huang Douglas Strathdee Karen BlythKaren Vousden Genes and Development Published 1 January 2021 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details
Pandemic peak SARS-CoV-2 infection and seroconversion rates in London frontline health-care workers Authors (341) Catherine F Houlihan Nina Vora Thomas Byrne Dan LewerGavin Kelly Judith Heaney[...] Andrew Hayward Richard Gilson Gavin KellyFiona Roberts Emine Hatipoglu The Lancet Published 25 July 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas WackKaren VousdenJernej UleJames TurnerMoritz TreeckCharles SwantonAdam SaterialeErik SahaiCaetano Reis e SousaPeter RatcliffeLucia Prieto-GodinoVenizelos PapayannopoulosAnne O’GarraPaul NurseGeorge KassiotisMaximiliano GutierrezSonia GandhiSteve GamblinPeter Cherepanov Luiz Pedro CarvalhoDominique BonnetMike BlackmanRupert BealeWorldwide Influenza CentreStructural BiologyMetabolomicsHuman Embryonic Stem CellHigh Throughput ScreeningGenetic Modification ServiceFlow CytometryFermentationExperimental HistopathologyElectron MicroscopyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details
Dietary approaches to cancer therapy Authors (2)Mylene TajanKaren Vousden Cancer Cell Published 8 June 2020 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details
Structural basis for DNA damage-induced phosphoregulation of MDM2 RING domain Authors (12) Helge M Magnussen Syed F Ahmed Gary J Sibbet Ventzislava A Hristova Koji Nomura Andreas K Hock[...] Andrew G Jamieson David FushmanKaren Vousden Allan M Weissman Danny T Huang Nature Communications Published 29 April 2020 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details
p53, cancer and the immune response Authors (3)Julianna BlagihMichael BuckKaren Vousden Journal of Cell Science Published 6 March 2020 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details
Dynamic ROS control by TIGAR regulates the initiation and progression of pancreatic cancer Authors (7)Eric Cheung Gina M DeNicola Colin Nixon Karen BlythChristiaan Labuschagne David A TuvesonKaren Vousden Cancer Cell Published 10 February 2020 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details
Cancer-specific loss of p53 leads to a modulation of myeloid and T cell responses Authors (16)Julianna BlagihFabio Zani Probir ChakravartyMarc HennequartSteven PilleySebastijan Hobor[...]Ming Yang Iain McNeishCharles Swanton Karen BlythKaren Vousden Cell Reports Published 14 January 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesKaren VousdenCharles SwantonBioinformatics and BiostatisticsBiological Research FacilityFull details
A roadmap for the next decade in cancer research Authors (10) René Bernards Elizabeth Jaffee Johanna A Joyce Scott W Lowe Elaine R Mardis Sean J Morrison Kornelia Polyak Cynthia L SearsKaren Vousden Zemin Zhang Nature Cancer Published 13 January 2020 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details
Cell clustering promotes a metabolic switch that supports metastatic colonization Authors (5)Christiaan LabuschagneEric CheungJulianna BlagihMarie-Charlotte DomartKaren Vousden Cell Metabolism Published 1 October 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesKaren VousdenElectron MicroscopyMetabolomicsExperimental HistopathologyBiological Research FacilityFull details
Taking up the reins of power: metabolic functions of p53 Authors (2)Tim HumptonKaren Vousden Journal of molecular cell biology Published 15 August 2019 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details
Oncogenic KRAS induces NIX-mediated mitophagy to promote pancreatic cancer Authors (17)Tim Humpton Brinda Alagesan Gina M DeNicola Dan Lu Georgi N Yordanov Carl S Leonhardt[...] Pedro A Perez-Mancera Michael P MurphyGerard EvanKaren Vousden David A Tuveson Cancer Discovery Published 1 September 2019 Crick labsKaren VousdenGerard EvanFull details
Brexit negotiations: what is next for science? Authors (1)Karen Vousden EMBO Reports Published 15 March 2019 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details
Use of 13C315N1-serine or 13C515N1-methionine for studying methylation dynamics in cancer cell metabolism and epigenetics Authors (4) Alice C NewmanChristiaan LabuschagneKaren Vousden Oliver DK Maddocks Methods in Molecular Biology Published 7 February 2019 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details
Direct estimation of metabolic flux by heavy isotope labeling simultaneous with pathway inhibition: Metabolic flux inhibition assay Authors (4) Tong ZhangChristiaan LabuschagneKaren Vousden Oliver DK Maddocks Methods in Molecular Biology Published 1 January 2019 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details
p53-mediated adaptation to serine starvation is retained by a common tumour-derived mutant Authors (4)Tim Humpton Andreas K Hock Oliver DK MaddocksKaren Vousden Cancer & Metabolism Published 3 December 2018 Crick labsKaren VousdenFull details
A role for p53 in the adaptation to glutamine starvation through the expression of SLC1A3 Authors (9)Mylene Tajan Andreas K HockJulianna Blagih Neil A RobertsonChristiaan Labuschagne Flore KruiswijkTim Humpton Peter D AdamsKaren Vousden Cell Metabolism Published 6 November 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesKaren VousdenMetabolomicsBiological Research FacilityFull details