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Christopher C. J. Miller

Christopher C. J. Miller

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
21950
World Ranking
6907
National Ranking
526

Overview

Christopher C. J. Miller is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to the subfields of Molecular Biology, Neurology, Cell Biology, Physiology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work encompasses several key topics including:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders

Their recent publications highlight a focus on cellular mechanisms related to neurodegenerative diseases and mitochondrial function. Notable papers include:

  • "Nox4 regulates InsP 3 receptor-dependent Ca 2+ release into mitochondria to promote cell survival" (2020), published in The EMBO Journal
  • "Disruption of endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria tethering proteins in post-mortem Alzheimer's disease brain" (2020), published in Neurobiology of Disease
  • "Disruption of ER-mitochondria tethering and signalling in C9orf72-associated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia" (2022), published in Aging Cell
  • "The PTPIP51 coiled-coil domain is important in VAPB binding, formation of ER-mitochondria contacts and IP3 receptor delivery of Ca2+ to mitochondria" (2022), published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "Disruption of the VAPB-PTPIP51 ER-mitochondria tethering proteins in post-mortem human amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" (2022), published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Christopher C. J. Miller frequently collaborates with several researchers including:

  • Gábor M. Mórotz
  • Andrea Markovinović
  • Patricia Gómez-Suaga
  • Sandra M. Martín-Guerrero
  • Wendy Noble

Their work has appeared in various scientific journals, with multiple publications in Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Acta Neuropathologica Communications, SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine, and The EMBO Journal.

Best Publications

  • TDP-43 Mutations in Familial and Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Jemeen Sreedharan;Ian P. Blair;Vineeta B. Tripathi;Xun Hu

  • Mutations in FUS, an RNA Processing Protein, Cause Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 6

    Caroline Vance;Boris Rogelj;Tibor Hortobágyi;Kurt J. De Vos

  • Role of Axonal Transport in Neurodegenerative Diseases

    Kurt J. De Vos;Andrew J. Grierson;Steven Ackerley;Christopher C. J. Miller

  • Evidence of widespread cerebral microglial activation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an [11C](R)-PK11195 positron emission tomography study

    M R Turner;A Cagnin;F E Turkheimer;F E Turkheimer;Christopher Miller

  • ER–mitochondria associations are regulated by the VAPB–PTPIP51 interaction and are disrupted by ALS/FTD-associated TDP-43

    Radu Stoica;Kurt J. De Vos;Kurt J. De Vos;Sébastien Paillusson;Sarah Mueller

  • Alzheimer's disease-like phosphorylation of the microtubule-associated protein tau by glycogen synthase kinase-3 in transfected mammalian cells

    S Lovestone;C H Reynolds;D Latimer;Davis

  • VAPB interacts with the mitochondrial protein PTPIP51 to regulate calcium homeostasis

    Kurt J. De Vos;Gábor M. Mórotz;Radu Stoica;Elizabeth L. Tudor

  • The importance of tau phosphorylation for neurodegenerative diseases.

    Wendy Noble;Diane P. Hanger;Christopher C. J. Miller;Simon Lovestone

  • Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-linked SOD1 mutants perturb fast axonal transport to reduce axonal mitochondria content

    Kurt J. De Vos;Kurt J. De Vos;Anna L. Chapman;Maria E. Tennant;Catherine Manser

  • There's Something Wrong with my MAM; the ER–Mitochondria Axis and Neurodegenerative Diseases

    Sebastien Paillusson;Radu Stoica;Patricia Gomez-Suaga;Dawn H.W. Lau

  • α-Synuclein binds to the ER–mitochondria tethering protein VAPB to disrupt Ca 2+ homeostasis and mitochondrial ATP production

    Sébastien Paillusson;Patricia Gomez-Suaga;Radu Stoica;Daniel Little

  • Cellular phosphorylation of tau by GSK-3 beta influences tau binding to microtubules and microtubule organisation

    Uta Wagner;Michelle Utton;Jean-Marc Gallo;Christopher C. J. Miller

  • The ER-Mitochondria Tethering Complex VAPB-PTPIP51 Regulates Autophagy

    Patricia Gomez-Suaga;Sebastien Paillusson;Radu Stoica;Wendy Noble

  • Overexpression of human wild-type FUS causes progressive motor neuron degeneration in an age- and dose-dependent fashion

    Jacqueline C. Mitchell;Philip McGoldrick;Caroline Vance;Tibor Hortobagyi

  • ALS mutant FUS disrupts nuclear localization and sequesters wild-type FUS within cytoplasmic stress granules

    Caroline Vance;Emma L. Scotter;Agnes L. Nishimura;Claire Troakes

  • Increasing microtubule acetylation rescues axonal transport and locomotor deficits caused by LRRK2 Roc-COR domain mutations

    Vinay K. Godena;Nicholas Brookes-Hocking;Annekathrin Moller;Gary Shaw

  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease neurofilament mutations disrupt neurofilament assembly and axonal transport

    Janet Brownlees;Steven Ackerley;Andrew J. Grierson;Nick J.O. Jacobsen

  • ALS/FTD-associated FUS activates GSK-3β to disrupt the VAPB–PTPIP51 interaction and ER–mitochondria associations

    Radu Stoica;Sébastien Paillusson;Patricia Gomez‐Suaga;Jacqueline C Mitchell

  • Neurofilament heavy chain side arm phosphorylation regulates axonal transport of neurofilaments

    Steven Ackerley;Paul Thornhill;Andrew J. Grierson;Janet Brownlees

  • Supporting Online Material for Mutations in FUS, an RNA Processing Protein, Cause Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 6

    Caroline Vance;Boris Rogelj;Tibor Hortobágyi;Kurt J. De Vos

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Shaw
Christopher Shaw King's College London
Brian H. Anderton
Brian H. Anderton King's College London
P. Nigel Leigh
P. Nigel Leigh Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Wendy Noble
Wendy Noble King's College London
Jonathan D. Cooper
Jonathan D. Cooper Washington University in St. Louis
Diane P. Hanger
Diane P. Hanger King's College London
Pang-Chui Shaw
Pang-Chui Shaw Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tibor Hortobágyi
Tibor Hortobágyi University of Debrecen
Ammar Al-Chalabi
Ammar Al-Chalabi King's College London
Garth A. Nicholson
Garth A. Nicholson University of Sydney

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