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Breadcrumb Erik Sahai Sahai lab Tumour Cell Biology Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Areas of interest Publications Members Vacancies Co-culture of cancer cells (darker cells) with stromal fibroblasts (lighter cells) with a signalling molecule shown in green speckles. 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Melanoma Research (1)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1)Scientific Reports (1)The Lancet (1)Trends in Cell Biology (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 20 of 84Last updated : 01 April 2023 02:50 Spatial patterns of tumour growth impact clonal diversification in a computational model and the TRACERx Renal study Authors (35)Xiao Fu Yue Zhao Jose I LopezAndrew RowanLewis AuAnnika Fendler[...]Erik SahaiKevin LitchfieldSamra Turajlic TRACERx Renal ConsortiumPaul Bates Nature Ecology and Evolution Published 1 January 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesSamra TurajlicCharles SwantonErik SahaiPaul BatesExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details Recruitment of dendritic cell progenitors to foci of influenza A virus infection sustains immunity Authors (18)Mar Cabeza CabrerizoCarlos Munoz Minutti Mariana Pereira da CostaAna Matos Cardoso Da SilvaRob JenkinsJustina Kulikauskaite[...] Judith E Allen Manolis PasparakisAndreas WackErik SahaiCaetano Reis e Sousa Science Immunology Published 5 November 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas WackErik SahaiCaetano Reis e SousaJohn McCauleyDominique BonnetWorldwide Influenza CentreFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details An optogenetic method for interrogating YAP1 and TAZ nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling Authors (11)Anna DowbajRob Jenkins Daniel Williamson John M HeddlestonAlessandro CiccarelliTodd Fallesen Klaus M Hahn Reuben D O'Dea John R King Marco MontagnerErik Sahai Journal of Cell Science Published 9 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryCell ServicesFull details The PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway as a preventive target in melanoma brain metastasis Authors (14) Cedric Tehranian Laura Fankhauser Patrick N HarterColin Ratcliffe Pia S Zeiner Julia M Messmer[...] Michael W RonellenfitschErik Sahai Wolfgang Wick Matthia A Karreman Frank Winkler Neuro-Oncology Published 1 February 2022 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details Parameter estimation in fluorescence recovery after photobleaching: quantitative analysis of protein binding reactions and diffusion Authors (5) Daniel E WilliamsonErik SahaiRob Jenkins Reuben D O'Dea John R King Journal of Mathematical Biology Published 15 June 2021 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details An optogenetic method for interrogating YAP1 and TAZ nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling Authors (11)Anna DowbajRob Jenkins Daniel Williamson John M HeddlestonAlessandro CiccarelliTodd Fallesen Klaus M Hahn Reuben D O'Dea John R King Marco MontagnerErik Sahai Journal of Cell Science Published 1 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryCell ServicesFull details Selection of metastasis competent subclones in the tumour interior Authors (27) Yue ZhaoXiao Fu Jose I LopezAndrew RowanLewis AuAnnika Fendler[...]Paul BatesCharles SwantonSamra Turajlic TRACERx Renal Consortium Kevin Litchfield Nature Ecology and Evolution Published 1 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesSamra TurajlicCharles SwantonErik SahaiPaul BatesExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Biochemistry: one molecule at a time Authors (1)Dominika Gruszka Essays in Biochemistry Published 16 April 2021 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details EphB6 regulates TFEB-lysosomal pathway and survival of disseminated indolent breast cancer cells Authors (11) Manuela Zangrossi Patrizia Romani Probir ChakravartyColin RatcliffeSteven Hooper Martina Dori Mattia Forcato Silvio Bicciato Sirio DupontErik Sahai Marco Montagner Cancers Published 3 March 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryExperimental HistopathologyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details A lung organotypic coculture reveals a role for TFEB-lysosomal axis in the survival of disseminated dormant cancer cells Authors (7) Manuela Zangrossi Probir Chakravarty Patrizia Romani Sirio DupontSteven HooperErik Sahai Marco Montagner Cancers (Basel) Published 28 February 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryExperimental HistopathologyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details Single-cell resolved imaging reveals intra-tumor heterogeneity in glycolysis, transitions between metabolic states, and their regulatory mechanisms Authors (9)Hiroshi KondoColin RatcliffeSteven HooperJim 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 A FIJI macro for quantifying pattern in extracellular matrix Authors (11)Esther WershofDanielle ParkDavid BarryRob JenkinsToni Rullan Iriarte Anna WilkinsKarin Schlegelmilch Ioannis RoxanisKurt AndersonPaul BatesErik Sahai Life Science Alliance Published 1 March 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiPaul BatesLight MicroscopyFull details Heat Shock Factor 1-dependent extracellular matrix remodeling mediates the transition from chronic intestinal inflammation to colon cancer Authors (20) Oshrat Levi-Galibov Hagar Lavon Rina Wassermann-Dozorets Meirav Pevsner-Fischer Shimrit MayerEsther Wershof[...] John A PorcoErik Sahai Dror S Shouval David Kelsen Ruth Scherz-Shouval Nature Communications Published 7 December 2020 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details CAFs and cancer cells co-migration in 3D spheroid invasion assay Authors (6) Sefora Conti Takuya KatoDanielle ParkErik Sahai Xavier Trepat Anna Labernadie Methods in Molecular Biology Published 1 January 2021 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details The brain microenvironment induces DNMT1 suppression and indolence of metastatic cancer cells Authors (10) Eishu Hirata Kojiro Ishibashi Shinji Kohsaka Keiko Shinjo Shinya Kojima Yutaka Kondo Hiroyuki Mano Seiji Yano Etsuko KiyokawaErik Sahai iScience Published 25 September 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiExperimental HistopathologyFull 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 BiologyPeptide ChemistryMetabolomicsHuman Embryonic Stem CellHigh Throughput ScreeningGenomics/Equipment ParkGenetic Modification ServiceFlow CytometryFermentationExperimental HistopathologyElectron MicroscopyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details STING and IRF3 in stromal fibroblasts enable sensing of genomic stress in cancer cells to undermine oncolytic viral therapy Authors (10)Esther ArwertEmma MilfordToni Rullan Iriarte Stefanie DerzsiSteven Hooper Takuya Kato David Mansfield Alan Melcher Kevin J HarringtonErik Sahai Nature Cell Biology Published 1 July 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details SnapShot: Cancer-associated fibroblasts Authors (3)Danielle ParkErik SahaiToni Rullan Iriarte Cell Published 16 April 2020 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details In vitro Models of Breast Cancer Metastatic Dormancy Authors (2) Marco MontagnerErik Sahai Front Cell Dev Biol Published 3 March 2020 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details Crosstalk with lung epithelial cells regulates Sfrp2-mediated latency in breast cancer dissemination Authors (12) Marco Montagner Rahul BhomeSteven Hooper Probir Chakravarty Xiao Qin Jahangir Sufi[...]Colin Ratcliffe Yutaka Naito Arianna Pocaterra Christopher J TapeErik Sahai Nature Cell Biology Published 1 March 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryExperimental HistopathologyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Spatial patterns of tumour growth impact clonal diversification in a computational model and the TRACERx Renal study Authors (35)Xiao Fu Yue Zhao Jose I LopezAndrew RowanLewis AuAnnika Fendler[...]Erik SahaiKevin LitchfieldSamra Turajlic TRACERx Renal ConsortiumPaul Bates Nature Ecology and Evolution Published 1 January 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesSamra TurajlicCharles SwantonErik SahaiPaul BatesExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details
Recruitment of dendritic cell progenitors to foci of influenza A virus infection sustains immunity Authors (18)Mar Cabeza CabrerizoCarlos Munoz Minutti Mariana Pereira da CostaAna Matos Cardoso Da SilvaRob JenkinsJustina Kulikauskaite[...] Judith E Allen Manolis PasparakisAndreas WackErik SahaiCaetano Reis e Sousa Science Immunology Published 5 November 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas WackErik SahaiCaetano Reis e SousaJohn McCauleyDominique BonnetWorldwide Influenza CentreFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
An optogenetic method for interrogating YAP1 and TAZ nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling Authors (11)Anna DowbajRob Jenkins Daniel Williamson John M HeddlestonAlessandro CiccarelliTodd Fallesen Klaus M Hahn Reuben D O'Dea John R King Marco MontagnerErik Sahai Journal of Cell Science Published 9 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryCell ServicesFull details
The PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway as a preventive target in melanoma brain metastasis Authors (14) Cedric Tehranian Laura Fankhauser Patrick N HarterColin Ratcliffe Pia S Zeiner Julia M Messmer[...] Michael W RonellenfitschErik Sahai Wolfgang Wick Matthia A Karreman Frank Winkler Neuro-Oncology Published 1 February 2022 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details
Parameter estimation in fluorescence recovery after photobleaching: quantitative analysis of protein binding reactions and diffusion Authors (5) Daniel E WilliamsonErik SahaiRob Jenkins Reuben D O'Dea John R King Journal of Mathematical Biology Published 15 June 2021 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details
An optogenetic method for interrogating YAP1 and TAZ nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling Authors (11)Anna DowbajRob Jenkins Daniel Williamson John M HeddlestonAlessandro CiccarelliTodd Fallesen Klaus M Hahn Reuben D O'Dea John R King Marco MontagnerErik Sahai Journal of Cell Science Published 1 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryCell ServicesFull details
Selection of metastasis competent subclones in the tumour interior Authors (27) Yue ZhaoXiao Fu Jose I LopezAndrew RowanLewis AuAnnika Fendler[...]Paul BatesCharles SwantonSamra Turajlic TRACERx Renal Consortium Kevin Litchfield Nature Ecology and Evolution Published 1 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesSamra TurajlicCharles SwantonErik SahaiPaul BatesExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Biochemistry: one molecule at a time Authors (1)Dominika Gruszka Essays in Biochemistry Published 16 April 2021 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details
EphB6 regulates TFEB-lysosomal pathway and survival of disseminated indolent breast cancer cells Authors (11) Manuela Zangrossi Patrizia Romani Probir ChakravartyColin RatcliffeSteven Hooper Martina Dori Mattia Forcato Silvio Bicciato Sirio DupontErik Sahai Marco Montagner Cancers Published 3 March 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryExperimental HistopathologyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details
A lung organotypic coculture reveals a role for TFEB-lysosomal axis in the survival of disseminated dormant cancer cells Authors (7) Manuela Zangrossi Probir Chakravarty Patrizia Romani Sirio DupontSteven HooperErik Sahai Marco Montagner Cancers (Basel) Published 28 February 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryExperimental HistopathologyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details
Single-cell resolved imaging reveals intra-tumor heterogeneity in glycolysis, transitions between metabolic states, and their regulatory mechanisms Authors (9)Hiroshi KondoColin RatcliffeSteven HooperJim 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
A FIJI macro for quantifying pattern in extracellular matrix Authors (11)Esther WershofDanielle ParkDavid BarryRob JenkinsToni Rullan Iriarte Anna WilkinsKarin Schlegelmilch Ioannis RoxanisKurt AndersonPaul BatesErik Sahai Life Science Alliance Published 1 March 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiPaul BatesLight MicroscopyFull details
Heat Shock Factor 1-dependent extracellular matrix remodeling mediates the transition from chronic intestinal inflammation to colon cancer Authors (20) Oshrat Levi-Galibov Hagar Lavon Rina Wassermann-Dozorets Meirav Pevsner-Fischer Shimrit MayerEsther Wershof[...] John A PorcoErik Sahai Dror S Shouval David Kelsen Ruth Scherz-Shouval Nature Communications Published 7 December 2020 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details
CAFs and cancer cells co-migration in 3D spheroid invasion assay Authors (6) Sefora Conti Takuya KatoDanielle ParkErik Sahai Xavier Trepat Anna Labernadie Methods in Molecular Biology Published 1 January 2021 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details
The brain microenvironment induces DNMT1 suppression and indolence of metastatic cancer cells Authors (10) Eishu Hirata Kojiro Ishibashi Shinji Kohsaka Keiko Shinjo Shinya Kojima Yutaka Kondo Hiroyuki Mano Seiji Yano Etsuko KiyokawaErik Sahai iScience Published 25 September 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiExperimental HistopathologyFull 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 BiologyPeptide ChemistryMetabolomicsHuman Embryonic Stem CellHigh Throughput ScreeningGenomics/Equipment ParkGenetic Modification ServiceFlow CytometryFermentationExperimental HistopathologyElectron MicroscopyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details
STING and IRF3 in stromal fibroblasts enable sensing of genomic stress in cancer cells to undermine oncolytic viral therapy Authors (10)Esther ArwertEmma MilfordToni Rullan Iriarte Stefanie DerzsiSteven Hooper Takuya Kato David Mansfield Alan Melcher Kevin J HarringtonErik Sahai Nature Cell Biology Published 1 July 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
SnapShot: Cancer-associated fibroblasts Authors (3)Danielle ParkErik SahaiToni Rullan Iriarte Cell Published 16 April 2020 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details
In vitro Models of Breast Cancer Metastatic Dormancy Authors (2) Marco MontagnerErik Sahai Front Cell Dev Biol Published 3 March 2020 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details
Crosstalk with lung epithelial cells regulates Sfrp2-mediated latency in breast cancer dissemination Authors (12) Marco Montagner Rahul BhomeSteven Hooper Probir Chakravarty Xiao Qin Jahangir Sufi[...]Colin Ratcliffe Yutaka Naito Arianna Pocaterra Christopher J TapeErik Sahai Nature Cell Biology Published 1 March 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryExperimental HistopathologyCell ServicesBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details