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Breadcrumb Peter Ratcliffe Ratcliffe lab Hypoxia Biology Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Areas of interest Publications Members Vacancies Cell proliferation (blue nuclei) with excessive vascularisation (in red): early stage cancer in a hypoxic state. 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interaction between HIF and AHR transcriptional pathways in kidney carcinoma Authors (5) Véronique N Lafleur Silvia Halim Hani ChoudhryPeter Ratcliffe David R Mole Life Science Alliance Published 1 April 2023 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Pan-cancer analysis of tissue and single-cell HIF-pathway activation using a conserved gene signature Authors (6) Olivia Lombardi Ran Li Silvia Halim Hani ChoudhryPeter Ratcliffe David R Mole Cell Reports Published 15 November 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details A global view of the aspiring physician-scientist Authors (7) Christopher S Williams W Kimryn Rathmell John M Carethers Diane M Harper YM Dennis LoPeter Ratcliffe Mone Zaidi eLife Published 13 September 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Isoform-resolved mRNA profiling of ribosome load defines interplay of HIF and mTOR dysregulation in kidney cancer Authors (2)Yoichiro SugimotoPeter Ratcliffe Nature Structural and Molecular Biology Published 1 September 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Widespread hydroxylation of unstructured lysine-rich protein domains by JMJD6 Authors (10)Matthew CockmanYoichiro SugimotoHamish Pegg Norma Masson Eidarus Salah Anthony Tumber Helen R FlynnJoanna Kirkpatrick Christopher J SchofieldPeter Ratcliffe Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Published 9 August 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RatcliffeProteomicsFull details Hypoxia shapes the immune landscape in lung injury and promotes the persistence of inflammation Authors (42) Ananda S Mirchandani Stephen J Jenkins Calum C Bain Manuel A Sanchez-Garcia Hannah Lawson Patricia Coelho[...] Christopher W Pugh Kamil Kranc Stuart J Forbes Moira KB Whyte Sarah R Walmsley Nature Immunology Published 1 June 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Factor inhibiting HIF can catalyse two asparaginyl hydroxylations in VNVN motifs of ankyrin fold proteins Authors (16) Thomas M Leissing Adam P Hardy Hokfung Chan Yihua Wang Anthony Tumber Rasheduzzaman Chowdhury[...] Roman Fischer Benedikt M KesslerPeter Ratcliffe Xin Lu Christopher J Schofield Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 1 June 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details USP25 promotes pathological HIF-1-driven metabolic reprogramming and is a potential therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer Authors (19)Jessica Nelson May Zaw ThinTheo Evan Steven HowellMary WuBruna Coelho Almeida[...]Bram Snijders Andreas Prachalias Yoh Zen Debashis SarkerAxel Behrens Nature Communications Published 19 April 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RatcliffeAxel BehrensProteomicsMetabolomicsHigh Throughput ScreeningExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details Abnormal whole-body energy metabolism in iron-deficient humans despite preserved skeletal muscle oxidative phosphorylation Authors (12) Matthew C Frise David A Holdsworth Andrew W Johnson Yu Jin Chung M Kate Curtis Pete J Cox[...] Damian J Tyler David J RobertsPeter Ratcliffe Keith L Dorrington Peter A Robbins Scientific Reports Published 19 January 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Harveian Oration 2020: Elucidation of molecular oxygen sensing mechanisms in human cells: implications for medicine Authors (1)Peter Ratcliffe Clinical medicine (London, England) Published 1 January 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Ogfod1 deletion increases cardiac beta-alanine levels and protects mice against ischaemia-reperfusion injury Authors (11) Michael Harris Junhui Sun Karen Keeran Angel Aponte Komudi Singh Danielle Springer Marjan Gucek Mehdi PiroozniaMatthew Cockman Elizabeth Murphy Leslie M Kennedy Cardiovascular Research Published 1 September 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Developmental role of PHD2 in the pathogenesis of pseudohypoxic pheochromocytoma Authors (10) Luise Eckardt Maria Prange-BarczynskaEmma Hodson James W Fielding Xiaotong Cheng Joanna DCC Lima Samvid Kurlekar Gillian DouglasPeter Ratcliffe Tammie Bishop Endocrine-Related Cancer Published 18 October 2021 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details The HIF complex recruits the histone methyltransferase SET1B to activate specific hypoxia-inducible genes Authors (15) Brian M Ortmann Natalie Burrows Ian T Lobb Esther Arnaiz Niek Wit Peter SJ Bailey[...] Rachel Seear David R MolePeter Ratcliffe Patrick H Maxwell James A Nathan Nature Genetics Published 1 July 2021 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Hypoxic and pharmacological activation of HIF inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of lung epithelial cells Authors (23) Peter AC Wing Thomas P Keeley Xiaodong Zhuang Jeffrey Y Lee Maria Prange-Barczynska Senko Tsukuda[...]Peter Ratcliffe Ilan DavisEmma Hodson Tammie Bishop Jane A McKeating Cell Reports Published 20 April 2021 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Precisely tuned inhibition of HIF prolyl hydroxylases is key for cardioprotection after ischemia Authors (11) Aline Jatho Anke Zieseniss Katja Brechtel-Curth Atsushi Yamamoto Mathew L Coleman Ana M Vergel Leon Daniel BiggsBen Davies Chris W PughPeter Ratcliffe Dörthe M Katschinski Circulation Research Published 16 April 2021 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Hypoxia drives glucose transporter 3 expression through hypoxia-inducible transcription factor (HIF)-mediated induction of the long noncoding RNA NICI Authors (14) Victoria Lauer Steffen Grampp James Platt Veronique Lafleur Olivia Lombardi Hani Choudhry[...] Atsushi Yamamoto Mathew L ColemanPeter Ratcliffe David R Mole Johannes Schödel Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 27 March 2020 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Endothelial oxygen sensing in alveolar maintenance Authors (2) Emma HodsonPeter Ratcliffe American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Published 1 October 2020 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull 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 ScreeningGenomics/Equipment ParkGenetic Modification ServiceFlow CytometryFermentationExperimental HistopathologyElectron MicroscopyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details Scalable and robust SARS-CoV-2 testing in an academic center Authors (81) Jim Aitken Karen Ambrose Sam BarrellRupert Beale Ganka Bineva-Todd Dhruva Biswas[...] Sophia Ward Wai Keong WongJoshua Wright Mary Wu The Crick COVID-19 Consortium Nature Biotechnology Published 1 August 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas WackJames TurnerCharles SwantonCaetano Reis e SousaPeter RatcliffeVenizelos PapayannopoulosGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinPeter Cherepanov Rupert BealeStructural BiologyMetabolomicsHigh Throughput ScreeningGenomics/Equipment ParkGenetic Modification ServiceFermentationBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Comparative analysis of N-terminal cysteine dioxygenation and prolyl-hydroxylation as oxygen-sensing pathways in mammalian cells Authors (5) Ya-Min Tian Philip Holdship Trang Quynh ToPeter Ratcliffe Thomas P Keeley Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 1 September 2023 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Multi-level interaction between HIF and AHR transcriptional pathways in kidney carcinoma Authors (5) Véronique N Lafleur Silvia Halim Hani ChoudhryPeter Ratcliffe David R Mole Life Science Alliance Published 1 April 2023 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Pan-cancer analysis of tissue and single-cell HIF-pathway activation using a conserved gene signature Authors (6) Olivia Lombardi Ran Li Silvia Halim Hani ChoudhryPeter Ratcliffe David R Mole Cell Reports Published 15 November 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
A global view of the aspiring physician-scientist Authors (7) Christopher S Williams W Kimryn Rathmell John M Carethers Diane M Harper YM Dennis LoPeter Ratcliffe Mone Zaidi eLife Published 13 September 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Isoform-resolved mRNA profiling of ribosome load defines interplay of HIF and mTOR dysregulation in kidney cancer Authors (2)Yoichiro SugimotoPeter Ratcliffe Nature Structural and Molecular Biology Published 1 September 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Widespread hydroxylation of unstructured lysine-rich protein domains by JMJD6 Authors (10)Matthew CockmanYoichiro SugimotoHamish Pegg Norma Masson Eidarus Salah Anthony Tumber Helen R FlynnJoanna Kirkpatrick Christopher J SchofieldPeter Ratcliffe Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Published 9 August 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RatcliffeProteomicsFull details
Hypoxia shapes the immune landscape in lung injury and promotes the persistence of inflammation Authors (42) Ananda S Mirchandani Stephen J Jenkins Calum C Bain Manuel A Sanchez-Garcia Hannah Lawson Patricia Coelho[...] Christopher W Pugh Kamil Kranc Stuart J Forbes Moira KB Whyte Sarah R Walmsley Nature Immunology Published 1 June 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Factor inhibiting HIF can catalyse two asparaginyl hydroxylations in VNVN motifs of ankyrin fold proteins Authors (16) Thomas M Leissing Adam P Hardy Hokfung Chan Yihua Wang Anthony Tumber Rasheduzzaman Chowdhury[...] Roman Fischer Benedikt M KesslerPeter Ratcliffe Xin Lu Christopher J Schofield Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 1 June 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
USP25 promotes pathological HIF-1-driven metabolic reprogramming and is a potential therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer Authors (19)Jessica Nelson May Zaw ThinTheo Evan Steven HowellMary WuBruna Coelho Almeida[...]Bram Snijders Andreas Prachalias Yoh Zen Debashis SarkerAxel Behrens Nature Communications Published 19 April 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RatcliffeAxel BehrensProteomicsMetabolomicsHigh Throughput ScreeningExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details
Abnormal whole-body energy metabolism in iron-deficient humans despite preserved skeletal muscle oxidative phosphorylation Authors (12) Matthew C Frise David A Holdsworth Andrew W Johnson Yu Jin Chung M Kate Curtis Pete J Cox[...] Damian J Tyler David J RobertsPeter Ratcliffe Keith L Dorrington Peter A Robbins Scientific Reports Published 19 January 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Harveian Oration 2020: Elucidation of molecular oxygen sensing mechanisms in human cells: implications for medicine Authors (1)Peter Ratcliffe Clinical medicine (London, England) Published 1 January 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Ogfod1 deletion increases cardiac beta-alanine levels and protects mice against ischaemia-reperfusion injury Authors (11) Michael Harris Junhui Sun Karen Keeran Angel Aponte Komudi Singh Danielle Springer Marjan Gucek Mehdi PiroozniaMatthew Cockman Elizabeth Murphy Leslie M Kennedy Cardiovascular Research Published 1 September 2022 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Developmental role of PHD2 in the pathogenesis of pseudohypoxic pheochromocytoma Authors (10) Luise Eckardt Maria Prange-BarczynskaEmma Hodson James W Fielding Xiaotong Cheng Joanna DCC Lima Samvid Kurlekar Gillian DouglasPeter Ratcliffe Tammie Bishop Endocrine-Related Cancer Published 18 October 2021 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
The HIF complex recruits the histone methyltransferase SET1B to activate specific hypoxia-inducible genes Authors (15) Brian M Ortmann Natalie Burrows Ian T Lobb Esther Arnaiz Niek Wit Peter SJ Bailey[...] Rachel Seear David R MolePeter Ratcliffe Patrick H Maxwell James A Nathan Nature Genetics Published 1 July 2021 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Hypoxic and pharmacological activation of HIF inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of lung epithelial cells Authors (23) Peter AC Wing Thomas P Keeley Xiaodong Zhuang Jeffrey Y Lee Maria Prange-Barczynska Senko Tsukuda[...]Peter Ratcliffe Ilan DavisEmma Hodson Tammie Bishop Jane A McKeating Cell Reports Published 20 April 2021 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Precisely tuned inhibition of HIF prolyl hydroxylases is key for cardioprotection after ischemia Authors (11) Aline Jatho Anke Zieseniss Katja Brechtel-Curth Atsushi Yamamoto Mathew L Coleman Ana M Vergel Leon Daniel BiggsBen Davies Chris W PughPeter Ratcliffe Dörthe M Katschinski Circulation Research Published 16 April 2021 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Hypoxia drives glucose transporter 3 expression through hypoxia-inducible transcription factor (HIF)-mediated induction of the long noncoding RNA NICI Authors (14) Victoria Lauer Steffen Grampp James Platt Veronique Lafleur Olivia Lombardi Hani Choudhry[...] Atsushi Yamamoto Mathew L ColemanPeter Ratcliffe David R Mole Johannes Schödel Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 27 March 2020 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Endothelial oxygen sensing in alveolar maintenance Authors (2) Emma HodsonPeter Ratcliffe American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Published 1 October 2020 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull 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 ScreeningGenomics/Equipment ParkGenetic Modification ServiceFlow CytometryFermentationExperimental HistopathologyElectron MicroscopyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details
Scalable and robust SARS-CoV-2 testing in an academic center Authors (81) Jim Aitken Karen Ambrose Sam BarrellRupert Beale Ganka Bineva-Todd Dhruva Biswas[...] Sophia Ward Wai Keong WongJoshua Wright Mary Wu The Crick COVID-19 Consortium Nature Biotechnology Published 1 August 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas WackJames TurnerCharles SwantonCaetano Reis e SousaPeter RatcliffeVenizelos PapayannopoulosGeorge KassiotisSonia GandhiSteve GamblinPeter Cherepanov Rupert BealeStructural BiologyMetabolomicsHigh Throughput ScreeningGenomics/Equipment ParkGenetic Modification ServiceFermentationBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details