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Overview

Barry H. Hirst is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. The research focuses broadly on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology with specific contributions in related subfields.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Work extends into several subfields, including:

  • Cancer Research
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology

Key topics covered throughout their research career are:

  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Polyamine Metabolism and Applications

Their publication record includes papers in scholarly journals, with notable recent work such as:

  • Reduction of Rapid Proliferating Tumour Cell Lines by Inhibition of the Specific Glycine Transporter GLYT1, 2021, Biomedicines

Frequent co-authors collaborating on research projects include:

  • Christine Garcia Bierhals
  • Alison Howard

The publication venues where Barry H. Hirst has contributed include:

  • Biomedicines

Best Publications

  • The ABCs of drug transport in intestine and liver: efflux proteins limiting drug absorption and bioavailability.

    Lauretta M.S Chan;Simon Lowes;Barry H Hirst

  • Functional expression of P-glycoprotein in apical membranes of human intestinal Caco-2 cells. Kinetics of vinblastine secretion and interaction with modulators.

    J Hunter;M A Jepson;T Tsuruo;N L Simmons

  • M-Cell Surface β1 Integrin Expression and Invasin-Mediated Targeting of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis to Mouse Peyer’s Patch M Cells

    M. Ann Clark;Barry H. Hirst;Mark A. Jepson

  • Intestinal secretion of drugs. The role of P-glycoprotein and related drug efflux systems in limiting oral drug absorption

    Janice Hunter;Barry H. Hirst

  • Exploiting M cells for drug and vaccine delivery.

    MA Clark;Mark A Jepson;BH Hirst

  • Drug Absorption Limited by P-Glycoprotein-Mediated Secretory Drug Transport in Human Intestinal Epithelial Caco-2 Cell Layers

    Janice Hunter;Barry H. Hirst;Nicholas L. Simmons

  • Preferential interaction of Salmonella typhimurium with mouse Peyer's patch M cells

    M.A Clark;M.A Jepson;N.L Simmons;B.H Hirst

  • Lectin-mediated mucosal delivery of drugs and microparticles

    M.Ann Clark;Barry H Hirst;Mark A Jepson

  • Differential expression of lectin-binding sites defines mouse intestinal M-cells.

    M A Clark;M A Jepson;N L Simmons;T A Booth

  • Pili mediate specific adhesion of Streptococcus pyogenes to human tonsil and skin

    Emily L. Abbot;Wendy D. Smith;Gerard P. S. Siou;Carlos Chiriboga

  • Ulex europaeus 1 lectin targets microspheres to mouse Peyer's patch M-cells in vivo

    N Foster;MA Clark;Mark A Jepson;BH Hirst

  • Evidence for a general role for non-catalytic thermostabilizing domains in xylanases from thermophilic bacteria

    C M G A Fontes;G P Hazlewood;E Morag;J Hall

  • Substrate upregulation of the human small intestinal peptide transporter, hPepT1

    Dianne Walker;David T. Thwaites;Nicholas L. Simmons;Harry J. Gilbert

  • Transepithelial glycylsarcosine transport in intestinal Caco-2 cells mediated by expression of H(+)-coupled carriers at both apical and basal membranes.

    D. T. Thwaites;C. D. A. Brown;B. H. Hirst;N. L. Simmons

  • Targeting polymerised liposome vaccine carriers to intestinal M cells

    M Ann Clark;Helen Blair;Likan Liang;Robert N Brey

  • Increased tyrosine phosphorylation causes redistribution of adherens junction and tight junction proteins and perturbs paracellular barrier function in MDCK epithelia

    Carla B. Collares-Buzato;Mark A. Jepson;Nicholas L. Simmons;Barry H. Hirst

  • Differential multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 through 6 isoform expression and function in human intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells.

    Hannah M. Prime-Chapman;Richard A. Fearn;Anne E. Cooper;Vanessa Moore

  • M cell targeting by lectins: a strategy for mucosal vaccination and drug delivery

    Mark A Jepson;MA Clark;BH Hirst

  • Targeting to intestinal M cells.

    Mark A Jepson;MA Clark;N Foster;CM Mason

  • Selective binding and transcytosis of latex microspheres by rabbit intestinal M cells.

    Mark A. Jepson;Nicholas L. Simmons;Tor C. Savidge;Peter S. James

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry J. Gilbert
Harry J. Gilbert Newcastle University
Geoffrey P. Hazlewood
Geoffrey P. Hazlewood Babraham Institute
David H. Coy
David H. Coy Tulane University
Kathleen L. Soole
Kathleen L. Soole Flinders University
Carlos M. G. A. Fontes
Carlos M. G. A. Fontes Nzytech (Portugal)
David J. Brayden
David J. Brayden University College Dublin
J. Michael Conlon
J. Michael Conlon University of Ulster
Jean-Marie Boeynaems
Jean-Marie Boeynaems Université Libre de Bruxelles
Tor C. Savidge
Tor C. Savidge Baylor College of Medicine
Samuel I. Miller
Samuel I. Miller University of Washington

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