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Clare Elizabeth Hughes

Clare Elizabeth Hughes

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
9978
World Ranking
17126
National Ranking
1348

Overview

Clare Elizabeth Hughes is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these disciplines, Clare Elizabeth Hughes has engaged extensively with subfields including Cell Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research topics concentrate notably on proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans, corneal surgery and treatments, congenital heart defects, connective tissue disorders, ocular surface and contact lens issues, osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms, as well as corneal surgery and disorders.

Frequent publication venues for Clare Elizabeth Hughes include the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, UNC Libraries, eLife, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, and Physiological Reports.

  • Extracellular Matrix Deposition and Remodeling after Corneal Alkali Burn in Mice, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Vascular dimorphism ensured by regulated proteoglycan dynamics favors rapid umbilical artery closure at birth, 2020, eLife
  • Chondroitin Sulfate as a Potential Modulator of the Stem Cell Niche in Cornea, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Matrix metalloproteinases cleave at two distinct sites on human cartilage link protein, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Characterisation of key proteoglycans in the cranial cruciate ligaments (CCLs) from two dog breeds with different predispositions to CCL disease and rupture, 2021, The Veterinary Journal

Co-authors who have frequently collaborated with Clare Elizabeth Hughes include Bruce Caterson, Sumeda Nandadasa, Jason M. Szafron, Vai Pathak, and Sae-Il Murtada.

Best Publications

  • The role of synovial macrophages and macrophage-produced cytokines in driving aggrecanases, matrix metalloproteinases, and other destructive and inflammatory responses in osteoarthritis.

    Jan Bondeson;Shane Daniel Wainwright;Sarah Nicol Lauder;Nick Amos

  • The role of synovial macrophages and macrophage‐produced mediators in driving inflammatory and destructive responses in osteoarthritis

    Jan Bondeson;Arjen B. Blom;Shane Daniel Wainwright;Clare Hughes

  • Articular Cartilage Superficial Zone Protein (SZP) Is Homologous to Megakaryocyte Stimulating Factor Precursor and Is a Multifunctional Proteoglycan with Potential Growth-Promoting, Cytoprotective, and Lubricating Properties in Cartilage Metabolism

    Carl R. Flannery;Clare E. Hughes;Barbara L. Schumacher;Debbie Tudor

  • Mechanisms involved in cartilage proteoglycan catabolism.

    Bruce Caterson;Carl R. Flannery;Clare Elizabeth Hughes;Chris B. Little

  • n-3 Fatty Acids Specifically Modulate Catabolic Factors Involved in Articular Cartilage Degradation *

    Clare L. Curtis;Clare Elizabeth Hughes;C. R. Flannery;Chris B. Little

  • The role of human HtrA1 in arthritic disease.

    Sandra Grau;Peter J. Richards;Briedgeen Kerr;Clare Elizabeth Hughes

  • Monoclonal antibodies that specifically recognize neoepitope sequences generated by 'aggrecanase' and matrix metalloproteinase cleavage of aggrecan: application to catabolism in situ and in vitro.

    C E Hughes;B Caterson;A J Fosang;P J Roughley

  • Proteolytic Activities of Human ADAMTS-5 COMPARATIVE STUDIES WITH ADAMTS-4

    Christi Gendron;Masahide Kashiwagi;Ngee Han Lim;Jan J. Enghild

  • Immunodetection and partial cDNA sequence of the proteoglycan, superficial zone protein, synthesized by cells lining synovial joints.

    Barbara L. Schumacher;Clare E. Hughes;Klaus E. Kuettner;Bruce Caterson

  • Altered proteolytic activities of ADAMTS-4 expressed by C-terminal processing

    Masahide Kashiwagi;Jan J. Enghild;Christi Gendron;Clare Hughes

  • Aggrecanase versus matrix metalloproteinases in the catabolism of the interglobular domain of aggrecan in vitro.

    Chris B. Little;Carl R. Flannery;Clare E. Hughes;John S. Mort

  • Pathologic indicators of degradation and inflammation in human osteoarthritic cartilage are abrogated by exposure to n-3 fatty acids.

    Clare L. Curtis;Sarah G. Rees;Chris B. Little;Carl R. Flannery

  • The regulation of the ADAMTS4 and ADAMTS5 aggrecanases in osteoarthritis: a review.

    Jan Bondeson;Shane Daniel Wainwright;Clare Elizabeth Hughes;Bruce Caterson

  • Cytokine-induced cartilage proteoglycan degradation is mediated by aggrecanase

    Elizabeth C. Arner;Clare E. Hughes;Carl P. Decicco;Bruce Caterson

  • Binding and localization of recombinant lubricin to articular cartilage surfaces

    Aled R.C. Jones;Jason P. Gleghorn;Clare Elizabeth Hughes;Lori J. Fitz

  • Immunolocalisation and expression of proteoglycan 4 (cartilage superficial zone proteoglycan) in tendon.

    Sarah Geraldine Rees;Janet Rosemary Davies;Debbie Tudor;Carl Ralph Flannery

  • Relative efficacies of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in reducing expression of key proteins in a model system for studying osteoarthritis.

    Z. Zainal;Andrea Jane Longman;S. Hurst;K. Duggan

  • Matrix metalloproteinases are involved in C-terminal and interglobular domain processing of cartilage aggrecan in late stage cartilage degradation.

    Christopher B. Little;Clare Elizabeth Hughes;Clare L. Curtis;Mike J. Janusz

  • Neutrophil collagenase (MMP-8) cleaves at the aggrecanase site E373-A374 in the interglobular domain of cartilage aggrecan

    A J Fosang;P J Neame;G Murphy

  • Altered proteolytic activities of ADAMTS-4 expressed by C-terminal processing. Vol. 279 (2004) 10109-10119

    Masahide Kashiwagi;Jan J. Enghild;Christi Gendron;Clare Hughes

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce Caterson
Bruce Caterson Cardiff University
Christopher B. Little
Christopher B. Little University of Sydney
John L. Harwood
John L. Harwood Cardiff University
Hideaki Nagase
Hideaki Nagase University of Oxford
Jan J. Enghild
Jan J. Enghild Aarhus University
John S. Mort
John S. Mort McGill University
Timothy E. Hardingham
Timothy E. Hardingham Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research
Peter J. Roughley
Peter J. Roughley McGill University
Gillian Murphy
Gillian Murphy University of Cambridge
Yoshifumi Itoh
Yoshifumi Itoh University of Oxford

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