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UCL Professor of Cell Biology
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LMCB Room B1.05
Endothelial cell biology
Research synopsis
After 40 years of carrying out research on cell biology, reflected by 90 publications, I have closed my lab, and now focus on teaching on a number of different undergraduate courses, mainly organised from within the LMCB.
Selected publications
Patella F, et al (2021). Shrinking Weibel-Palade bodies prevents high platelet recruitment in assays using thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura plasma. Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2021;5: e12626
Ferraro F, et al. (2020). Modulation of endothelial organelle size as an antithrombotic strategy. J Thromb. Haemost. 18:3296-3308
Lopes da Silva M, et al (2019). A GBF1-Dependent Mechanism for Environmentally Responsive Regulation of ER-Golgi Transport. Dev Cell. 2019 Jun 3;49(5):786-801.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.04.006.
Nightingale TD, et al (2018). Tuning the endothelial response: differential release of exocytic cargos from Weibel-Palade bodies. J Thromb Haemost. 2018 Sep;16(9):1873-1886. doi: 10.1111/jth.14218.
McCormack JJ, et al (2017). Weibel-Palade bodies at a glance. J Cell Sci. 2017 Nov 1;130(21):3611-3617. doi: 10.1242/jcs.208033.
Lopes da Silva M & Cutler DF (2016). Von Willebrand Factor multimerization and the polarity of secretory pathways in endothelial cells. Blood.
Ferraro F, et al (2014). A two-tier Golgi-based control of organelle size underpins the functional plasticity of endothelial cells. Dev Cell, 29 (3), 292-304. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2014.03.021