Staff Profiles
Dr Saimir Luli
Imaging Facility Manager(preclin in viv)
- Email: saimir.luli@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: 0191 208 5126
- Personal Website: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/pivi/
- Address: Fibrosis Research Group
Institute of Cellular Medicine
4th Floor, William Leech Building
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
Publications
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Articles
- Zadran B, Sudhindar PD, Wainwright D, Bury Y, Luli S, Howarth R, McCain MV, Watson R, Huet H, Palinkas F, Palmini RB, Casement J, Mann DA, Oakley F, Lunec J, Reeves H, Faulkner GJ, Shukla R. Impact of retrotransposon protein L1 ORF1p expression on oncogenic pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma: the role of cytoplasmic PIN1 upregulation. British Journal of Cancer 2023, 128, 1236-1248.
- Gee LMV, Barron-Millar B, Leslie J, Richardson C, Zaki MYW, Luli S, Burgoyne RA, Cameron RIT, Smith GR, Brain JG, Innes B, Jopson L, Dyson JK, McKay KRC, Pechlivanis A, Holmes E, Berlinguer-Palmini R, Victorelli S, Mells GF, Sandford RN, Palmer J, Kirby JA, Kiourtis C, Mokochinski J, Hall Z, Bird TG, Borthwick LA, Morris CM, Hanson PS, Jurk D, Stoll EA, LeBeau FEN, Jones DEJ, Oakley F. Anti–Cholestatic Therapy with Obeticholic Acid Improves Short-Term Memory in Bile Duct–Ligated Mice. American Journal of Pathology 2023, 193(1), 11-26.
- Hunter JE, Campbell AE, Kerridge S, Fraser C, Hannaway NL, Luli S, Ivanova I, Brownridge PJ, Coxhead J, Taylor L, Leary P, Hasoon MSR, Eyers CE, Perkins ND. Up-regulation of the PI3K/AKT and RHO/RAC/PAK signalling pathways in CHK1 inhibitor resistant Eµ-Myc lymphoma cells. Biochemical Journal 2022, 479(19), 2131-2151.
- Pringle TA, Chan CD, Luli S, Blair HJ, Rankin KS, Knight JC. Synthesis and In Vivo Evaluation of a Site-specifically Labeled Radioimmunoconjugate for Dual-Modal (PET/NIRF) Imaging of MT1-MMP in Sarcomas. Bioconjugate Chemistry 2022, 33(8), 1564-1573.
- Hunter JE, Campbell AE, Hannaway NL, Kerridge S, Luli S, Butterworth JA, Sellier H, Mukherjee R, Dhillon N, Sudhindar PD, Shukla R, Brownridge PJ, Bell HL, Coxhead J, Taylor L, Leary P, Hasoon MSR, Collins I, Garrett MD, Eyers CE, Perkins ND. Regulation of CHK1 inhibitor resistance by a c-Rel and USP1 dependent pathway. Biochemical Journal 2022, 479(19), 2063-2086.
- Hunter JE, Campbell AE, Butterworth JA, Sellier H, Hannaway NL, Luli S, Floudas A, Kenneth NS, Moore AJ, Brownridge PJ, Thomas HD, Coxhead J, Taylor L, Leary P, Hasoon MSR, Knight AM, Garrett MD, Collins I, Eyers CE, Perkins ND. Mutation of the RelA(p65) Thr505 phosphosite disrupts the DNA replication stress response leading to CHK1 inhibitor resistance. Biochemical Journal 2022, 479(19), 2087-2113.
- Kemp N, Angelidakis V, Luli S, Nadimi S. How Do Roots Interact with Layered Soils?. Journal of Imaging 2022, 8(1), 5.
- Leslie J, Mackey JBG, Jamieson T, Ramon-Gil E, Drake TM, Fercoq F, Clark W, Gilroy K, Hedley A, Nixon C, Luli S, Laszczewska M, Pinyol R, Esteban-Fabro R, Willoughby CE, Haber PK, Andreu-Oller C, Rahbari M, Fan C, Pfister D, Raman S, Wilson N, Muller M, Collins A, Geh D, Fuller A, Mcdonald D, Hulme G, Filby A, Cortes-Lavaud X, Mohamed N-E, Ford CA, Raffo Iraolagoitia XL, Mcfarlane AJ, Mccain MV, Ridgway RA, Roberts EW, Barry ST, Graham GJ, Heikenwalder M, Reeves HL, Llovet JM, Carlin LM, Bird TG, Sansom OJ, Mann DA. CXCR2 inhibition enables NASH-HCC immunotherapy. Gut 2022, 71(10), 2093-2106.
- Madgwick S, Luli S, Sellier H, Butterworth JA, Leslie J, Moore AJ, Corbin EK, Yemm AI, Chiremba RT, Tiniakos D, Oakley F, Perkins ND, Hunter JE. Claspin haploinsufficiency leads to defects in fertility, hyperplasia and an increased oncogenic potential. Biochemical Journal 2022, 479(19), 2115-2130.
- Gristwood K, Luli S, Rankin KS, Knight JC. In situ excitation of BODIPY fluorophores by 89Zr-generated Cerenkov luminescence. Chemical Communications 2022, 83(58), 11689-11692.
- Leslie J, Robinson SM, Oakley F, Luli S. Non-invasive synchronous monitoring of neutrophil migration using whole body near-infrared fluorescence-based imaging. Scientific Reports 2021, 11, 1415.
- Lascurain T, Angelidakis V, Luli S, Nadimi S. Imaging the root–rhizosphere interface using micro computed tomography: quantifying void ratio and root volume ratio profiles. EPJ Web of Conferences 2021, 249, 11005.
- Kamala O, Malik TH, Hallam TM, Cox TE, Yang Y, Vyas F, Luli S, Connelly C, Gibson B, Smith-Jackson K, Denton H, Pappworth IY, Huang L, Kavanagh D, Pickering MC, Marchbank KJ. Homodimeric Minimal Factor H: In Vivo Tracking and Extended Dosing Studies in Factor H Deficient Mice. Frontiers in Immunology 2021, 12, 752916.
- Tual-Chalot S, García-Collado M, Redgrave RE, Singh E, Davison B, Park C, Lin H, Luli S, Jin Y, Wang Y, Lawrie A, Jakobsson L, Arthur HM. Loss of endothelial Endoglin promotes high-output heart failure through peripheral arteriovenous shunting driven by VEGF signalling. Circulation Research 2020, 126(2), 243-257.
- Leslie J, Millar BJM, del Carpio Pons A, Burgoyne RA, Frost JD, Barksby BS, Luli S, Scott J, Simpson JA, Gauldie J, Murray LA, Finch DK, Carruthers AM, Ferguson J, Sleeman MA, Rider D, Howarth R, Fox C, Oakley F, Fisher AJ, Mann DA, Borthwick LA. FPR-1 is an important regulator of neutrophil recruitment and a tissue-specific driver of pulmonary fibrosis. JCI Insight 2020, 5(4), e125937.
- Leslie J, Garcia Macia M, Luli S, Worrell JC, Reilly W, Paish HL, Knox A, Barksby BS, Gee LM, Zaki MYW, Collins A, Burgoyne RA, Cameron R, Bragg C, Xu X, Chung GW, Brown CDA, Blanchard AD, Nanthakumar CB, Karsdal M, Robinson SM, Manas DM, Sen G, French J, White SA, Murphy S, Trost M, Zakrzewski JL, Klein U, Schwabe RF, Mederacke I, Nixon C, Bird T, Teuwen LA, Schoonjans L, Carmeliet P, Mann J, Fisher AJ, Sheerin NS, Borthwick LA, Mann DA, Oakley F. c-Rel orchestrates energy-dependant epithelial and macrophage reprogramming in fibrosis. Nature Metabolism 2020, 2, 1350-1367.
- Moran-Salvador E, Garcia-Macia M, Sivaharan A, Sabater L, Zaki MYW, Oaklet F, Knox A, Page A, Luli S, Mann J, Mann DA. Fibrogenic Activity of MECP2 is Regulated by Phosphorylation in Hepatic Stellate Cells. Gastroenterology 2019, 157(5), 1398-1412.e9.
- Sirbu D, Luli S, Leslie J, Oakley F, Benniston AC. Enhanced in vivo Optical Imaging of the Inflammatory Response to Acute Liver Injury in C57BL/6 Mice using a Highly Bright Near-Infrared BODIPY Dye. ChemMedChem 2019, 14(10), 995-999.
- Zeybel M, Luli S, Sabater L, Hardy T, Oakley F, Leslie J, Page A, Salvador EM, Sharkey V, Tsukamoto H, Chu DCK, Singh US, Ponzoni M, Perri P, Di Paolo D, Mendivil EJ, Mann J, Mann DA. A Proof-of-Concept for Epigenetic Therapy of Tissue Fibrosis: Inhibition of Liver Fibrosis Progression by 3-Deazaneplanocin A. Molecular Therapy 2017, 25(1), 218-231.
- Luli S, Di Paolo D, Perri P, Brignole C, Hill SJ, Brown H, Leslie J, Marshall HL, Wright MC, Mann DA, Ponzoni M, Oakley F. A new fluorescence-based optical imaging method to non-invasively monitor hepatic myofibroblasts in vivo. Journal of Hepatology 2016, 65(1), 75-83.
- Wilson CL, Jurk D, Fullard N, Banks P, Page A, Luli S, Elsharkawy AM, Gieling RG, Bagchi-Chakraborty J, Fox C, Richardson C, Callaghan K, Blair GE, Fox N, Lagnado A, Passos JF, Moore AJ, Smith GR, Tiniakos DG, Mann J, Oakley F, Mann DA. NFkB1 is a suppressor of neutrophil-driven hepatocellular carcinoma. Nature Communications 2015, 6, 6818.
- Moles A, Sanchez AM, Banks PS, Murphy LB, Luli S, Borthwick L, Fisher A, O'Reilly S, van Laar JM, White SA, Perkins ND, Burt AD, Mann DA, Oakley F. Inhibition of RelA-Ser536 phosphorylation by a competing peptide reduces mouse liver fibrosis without blocking the innate immune response. Hepatology 2013, 57(2), 817-828.
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Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)
- Nadimi S, Kemp N, Angelidakis V, Luli S. Observations of root growth in stratified soils at the microscopic scale: Insights from micro-computed tomography. In: European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2022. 2022, Vienna, Austria: EGU.
- Luli S, Di Paolo D, Wilson C, Wright MC, Brown H, Ponzoni M, Mann D, Oakley F. Non-invasive fluorescent imaging of liver fibrosis and response to therapy in mice. In: The Liver Meeting 2015: 66th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. 2015, San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Luli S, Hill S, Wilson CL, Wright MC, Mann DA, Oakley F. A simple fluorescence based method to non-invasively image liver fibrosis. In: The International Liver Congress 2014: 49th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver. 2014, London: Elsevier BV.