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1001

Overview

Andrew D. Rowan is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specific focus on areas such as Cancer Research, Rheumatology, and Immunology and Allergy.

The research themes they have concentrated on include Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms, Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, and Cell Adhesion Molecules Research. These topics reflect a strong interest in molecular and cellular processes relevant to disease mechanisms and potential therapeutic interventions.

Frequent co-authors contributing alongside Andrew D. Rowan include D. Wilkinson, Adrian M. D. Falconer, Hua Lin, María del Carmen Arques, and David A. Young, each having collaborated on at least two publications.

Their publication record features work in notable scientific journals. The main venues where their research appears include FEBS Journal and Matrix Biology.

Representative recent papers include:

  • Matrix metalloproteinase-13 is fully activated by neutrophil elastase and inactivates its serpin inhibitor, alpha-1 antitrypsin: Implications for osteoarthritis, published in 2021 in FEBS Journal
  • SERPINA3 is a marker of cartilage differentiation and is essential for the expression of extracellular matrix genes during early chondrogenesis, published in 2024 in Matrix Biology

Best Publications

  • The Comparative Role of Activator Protein 1 and Smad Factors in the Regulation of Timp-1 and MMP-1 Gene Expression by Transforming Growth Factor-β1 *

    Marie-Claire Hall;David A. Young;Jasmine G. Waters;Andrew D. Rowan

  • The modulation of matrix metalloproteinase and ADAM gene expression in human chondrocytes by interleukin‐1 and oncostatin M: A time‐course study using real‐time quantitative reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction

    P. J. T. Koshy;C. J. Lundy;A. D. Rowan;S. Porter

  • The cysteine proteinases of the pineapple plant.

    A D Rowan;D J Buttle;A J Barrett

  • Interleukin 17 induces cartilage collagen breakdown: novel synergistic effects in combination with proinflammatory cytokines

    P J Koshy;N Henderson;C Logan;P F Life

  • The role of oncostatin M in animal and human connective tissue collagen turnover and its localization within the rheumatoid joint

    T. E. Cawston;V. A. Curry;C. A. Summers;I. M. Clark

  • Rat procathepsin B. Proteolytic processing to the mature form in vitro.

    A D Rowan;P Mason;L Mach;J S Mort

  • Leptin produced by joint white adipose tissue induces cartilage degradation via upregulation and activation of matrix metalloproteinases

    Wang Hui;Gary J Litherland;Martina S Elias;Gareth I Kitson

  • Activity of matrix metalloproteinase-9 against native collagen types I and III

    Heather F. Bigg;Andrew D. Rowan;Michael D. Barker;Tim E. Cawston

  • Synergistic effects of glycoprotein 130 binding cytokines in combination with interleukin-1 on cartilage collagen breakdown.

    A. D. Rowan;P. J. T. Koshy;W. D. Shingleton;B. A. Degnan

  • The mammalian chitinase-like lectin, YKL-40, binds specifically to type I collagen and modulates the rate of type I collagen fibril formation.

    Heather F. Bigg;Robin Wait;Andrew D. Rowan;Tim E. Cawston

  • Stem bromelain: amino acid sequence and implications for weak binding of cystatin.

    Anka Ritonja;Andrew D. Rowan;David J. Buttle;Neil D. Rawlings

  • Germline APC variants in patients with multiple colorectal adenomas, with evidence for the particular importance of E1317Q

    H Lamlum;N Al Tassan;E Jaeger;I Frayling

  • Oxidative changes and signalling pathways are pivotal in initiating age-related changes in articular cartilage

    Wang Hui;David A Young;Andrew D Rowan;Xin Xu

  • An association between the CTLA4 exon 1 polymorphism and early rheumatoid arthritis with autoimmune endocrinopathies

    B. Vaidya;S. H. S. Pearce;S. Charlton;N. Marshall

  • Matrix metalloproteinase 10 promotion of collagenolysis via procollagenase activation: Implications for cartilage degradation in arthritis

    H. E. Barksby;J. M. Milner;A. M. Patterson;N. J. Peake

  • Low-level microsatellite instability occurs in most colorectal cancers and is a nonrandomly distributed quantitative trait.

    Sarah Halford;Peter Sasieni;Andrew Rowan;Harpreet Wasan

  • Oncostatin M in combination with tumor necrosis factor alpha induces cartilage damage and matrix metalloproteinase expression in vitro and in vivo.

    W. Hui;A. D. Rowan;C. D. Richards;T. E. Cawston

  • Mechanisms of loss of HLA class I expression on colorectal tumor cells.

    M. Browning;F. Petronzelli;D. Bicknell;P. Krausa

  • The regulation of MMPs and TIMPs in cartilage turnover

    Tim Cawston;Caron Billington;Catherine Cleaver;Sarah Elliott

  • Interleukin-1 in combination with oncostatin M up-regulates multiple genes in chondrocytes - Implications for cartilage destruction and repair

    H. E. Barksby;W. Hui;I. Wappler;H. H. Peters

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim E. Cawston
Tim E. Cawston Newcastle University
Ian Clark
Ian Clark Rothamsted Research
Carl D. Richards
Carl D. Richards McMaster University
Ian Tomlinson
Ian Tomlinson University of Oxford
Walter F. Bodmer
Walter F. Bodmer University of Oxford
David J. Buttle
David J. Buttle University of Sheffield
Robin Plevin
Robin Plevin University of Strathclyde
Richard Leduc
Richard Leduc Université de Sherbrooke
Robin Wait
Robin Wait Imperial College London
Alan J. Barrett
Alan J. Barrett Wellcome Sanger Institute

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