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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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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 ischemia-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 20 October 2021 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Developmental role of PHD2 in the pathogenesis of pseudohypoxic pheochromocytoma Authors (10) Luise Eckardt Maria Prange-Barczynska Emma J 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 Davis Emma J 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 Biggs Ben 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 BiologyPeptide ChemistryMetabolomicsHuman 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 BiologyPeptide ChemistryMetabolomicsHigh Throughput ScreeningGenomics/Equipment ParkGenetic Modification ServiceFermentationBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details Marked and rapid effects of pharmacological HIF-2α antagonism on hypoxic ventilatory control Authors (17) Xiaotong Cheng Maria Prange-Barczynska James W Fielding Minghao Zhang Alana L Burrell Joanna DCC Lima[...] Richard K BruickLucy Collinson Fraydoon Rastinejad Tammie BishopPeter Ratcliffe Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 1 May 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RatcliffeElectron MicroscopyFull details Genetic basis of oxygen sensing in the carotid body: HIF2α and an isoform switch in cytochrome c oxidase subunit 4 Authors (2) Tammie BishopPeter Ratcliffe Science Signaling Published 21 January 2020 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Co-incidence of RCC-susceptibility polymorphisms with HIF cis-acting sequences supports a pathway tuning model of cancer Authors (10) Virginia Schmid Veronique N Lafleur Olivia Lombardi Ran Li Rafik Salama Leandro Colli Hani Choudhry Stephen ChanockPeter Ratcliffe David R Mole Scientific Reports Published 10 December 2019 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Structure-activity relationship and crystallographic studies on 4-hydroxypyrimidine HIF prolyl hydroxylase domain inhibitors Authors (13) James P Holt-Martyn Rasheduzzaman Chowdhury Anthony Tumber Tzu-Lan Yeh Martine I Abboud Kerstin Lippl[...] Jr Figg Michael A McDonough Christopher W PughPeter Ratcliffe Christopher J Schofield ChemMedChem Published 5 February 2020 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 Lack of activity of recombinant HIF prolyl hydroxylases (PHDs) on reported non-HIF substrates Authors (11)Matthew Cockman Kerstin Lippl Ya-Min TianHamish Pegg William D Figg Martine I Abboud Raphael Heilig Roman Fischer Johanna Myllyharju Christopher J SchofieldPeter Ratcliffe eLife Published 10 September 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RatcliffeProteomicsPeptide ChemistryFull details Mechanisms of hypoxia signalling: new implications for nephrology Authors (2) Johannes SchödelPeter Ratcliffe Nature Reviews Nephrology Published 1 October 2019 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Conserved N-terminal cysteine dioxygenases transduce responses to hypoxia in animals and plants Authors (10) Norma Masson Thomas P Keeley Beatrice Giuntoli Mark D White Mikel Lavilla Puerta Pierdomenico Perata Richard J Hopkinson Emily Flashman Francesco LicausiPeter Ratcliffe Science Published 5 July 2019 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details Systemic silencing of Phd2 causes reversible immune regulatory dysfunction Authors (25) Atsushi Yamamoto Joanna Hester Philip S Macklin Kento Kawai Masateru Uchiyama Daniel Biggs[...] Cheryl L Scudamore Elizabeth Soilleux Fadi IssaPeter Ratcliffe Chris W Pugh Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 3 September 2019 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull 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
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 ischemia-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 20 October 2021 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Developmental role of PHD2 in the pathogenesis of pseudohypoxic pheochromocytoma Authors (10) Luise Eckardt Maria Prange-Barczynska Emma J 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 Davis Emma J 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 Biggs Ben 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 BiologyPeptide ChemistryMetabolomicsHuman 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 BiologyPeptide ChemistryMetabolomicsHigh Throughput ScreeningGenomics/Equipment ParkGenetic Modification ServiceFermentationBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingScientific computingFull details
Marked and rapid effects of pharmacological HIF-2α antagonism on hypoxic ventilatory control Authors (17) Xiaotong Cheng Maria Prange-Barczynska James W Fielding Minghao Zhang Alana L Burrell Joanna DCC Lima[...] Richard K BruickLucy Collinson Fraydoon Rastinejad Tammie BishopPeter Ratcliffe Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 1 May 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RatcliffeElectron MicroscopyFull details
Genetic basis of oxygen sensing in the carotid body: HIF2α and an isoform switch in cytochrome c oxidase subunit 4 Authors (2) Tammie BishopPeter Ratcliffe Science Signaling Published 21 January 2020 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Co-incidence of RCC-susceptibility polymorphisms with HIF cis-acting sequences supports a pathway tuning model of cancer Authors (10) Virginia Schmid Veronique N Lafleur Olivia Lombardi Ran Li Rafik Salama Leandro Colli Hani Choudhry Stephen ChanockPeter Ratcliffe David R Mole Scientific Reports Published 10 December 2019 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Structure-activity relationship and crystallographic studies on 4-hydroxypyrimidine HIF prolyl hydroxylase domain inhibitors Authors (13) James P Holt-Martyn Rasheduzzaman Chowdhury Anthony Tumber Tzu-Lan Yeh Martine I Abboud Kerstin Lippl[...] Jr Figg Michael A McDonough Christopher W PughPeter Ratcliffe Christopher J Schofield ChemMedChem Published 5 February 2020 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
Lack of activity of recombinant HIF prolyl hydroxylases (PHDs) on reported non-HIF substrates Authors (11)Matthew Cockman Kerstin Lippl Ya-Min TianHamish Pegg William D Figg Martine I Abboud Raphael Heilig Roman Fischer Johanna Myllyharju Christopher J SchofieldPeter Ratcliffe eLife Published 10 September 2019 Crick labs/ facilitiesPeter RatcliffeProteomicsPeptide ChemistryFull details
Mechanisms of hypoxia signalling: new implications for nephrology Authors (2) Johannes SchödelPeter Ratcliffe Nature Reviews Nephrology Published 1 October 2019 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Conserved N-terminal cysteine dioxygenases transduce responses to hypoxia in animals and plants Authors (10) Norma Masson Thomas P Keeley Beatrice Giuntoli Mark D White Mikel Lavilla Puerta Pierdomenico Perata Richard J Hopkinson Emily Flashman Francesco LicausiPeter Ratcliffe Science Published 5 July 2019 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details
Systemic silencing of Phd2 causes reversible immune regulatory dysfunction Authors (25) Atsushi Yamamoto Joanna Hester Philip S Macklin Kento Kawai Masateru Uchiyama Daniel Biggs[...] Cheryl L Scudamore Elizabeth Soilleux Fadi IssaPeter Ratcliffe Chris W Pugh Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 3 September 2019 Crick labsPeter RatcliffeFull details