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David W. Ray is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and neuroscience, focusing on areas such as endocrine and autonomic systems, physiology, experimental and cognitive psychology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and molecular biology.

Their work covers a range of topics centered on circadian rhythm and melatonin, sleep and related disorders, sleep and work-related fatigue, diet, metabolism and disease, dietary effects on health, asthma and respiratory diseases, and sleep and wakefulness research.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Guideline for the management of hip fractures 2020, 2020, Anaesthesia
  • The clock gene Bmal1 inhibits macrophage motility, phagocytosis, and impairs defense against pneumonia, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Treating the Side Effects of Exogenous Glucocorticoids; Can We Separate the Good From the Bad?, 2023, Endocrine Reviews
  • Sleep and liver disease: a bidirectional relationship, 2021, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  • Night shift work is associated with an increased risk of asthma, 2020, Thorax

David W. Ray has collaborated frequently with several researchers including Robert Maidstone, Andrew Loudon, Simon D. Kyle, Martin K. Rutter, and David A. Bechtold. These collaborations have resulted in multiple published works, contributing to their areas of study.

The scientist's publications are often found in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Thorax, Clinical Endocrinology, and the Journal of Hepatology.

Best Publications

  • The nuclear receptor REV-ERBα mediates circadian regulation of innate immunity through selective regulation of inflammatory cytokines

    Julie E. Gibbs;John Blaikley;Stephen Beesley;Laura Matthews

  • Genome-wide association analyses of chronotype in 697,828 individuals provides insights into circadian rhythms.

    Samuel E. Jones;Jacqueline M. Lane;Jacqueline M. Lane;Andrew R. Wood;Vincent T. van Hees

  • Genome-wide association study identifies genetic loci for self-reported habitual sleep duration supported by accelerometer-derived estimates

    Hassan S. Dashti;Hassan S. Dashti;Samuel E. Jones;Andrew R. Wood;Jacqueline M. Lane;Jacqueline M. Lane

  • Molecular Actions of PPARα in Lipid Metabolism and Inflammation.

    Nadia Bougarne;Basiel Weyers;Sofie J Desmet;Julie Deckers

  • An epithelial circadian clock controls pulmonary inflammation and glucocorticoid action

    Julie Gibbs;Louise Ince;Laura Matthews;Junjie Mei

  • Haplotype Analysis of the Polymorphic Human Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Promoter

    Adam Stevens;Joanne Soden;Paul E. Brenchley;Shirley Ralph

  • The role of psychosocial factors in predicting the onset of chronic widespread pain: results from a prospective population-based study

    A. Gupta;A. J. Silman;D. Ray;R. Morriss

  • Genome-wide association analyses of sleep disturbance traits identify new loci and highlight shared genetics with neuropsychiatric and metabolic traits

    Jacqueline M Lane;Jingjing Liang;Irma Vlasac;Irma Vlasac;Simon G Anderson;Simon G Anderson

  • Mutations in the genes encoding 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 and hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase interact to cause cortisone reductase deficiency

    Nicole Draper;Elizabeth A Walker;Iwona J Bujalska;Jeremy W Tomlinson

  • Immediate and delayed impact of oral glucocorticoid therapy on risk of serious infection in older patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a nested case–control analysis

    William G. Dixon;Michal Abrahamowicz;Marie Eve Beauchamp;David W. Ray

  • Defining conditions where long-term glucocorticoid treatment has an acceptably low level of harm to facilitate implementation of existing recommendations: viewpoints from an EULAR task force

    Cindy Strehl;Johannes W J Bijlsma;Maarten de Wit;Maarten Boers

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel loci for chronotype in 100,420 individuals from the UK Biobank

    Jacqueline M. Lane;Irma Vlasac;Irma Vlasac;Simon G. Anderson;Simon D. Kyle

  • Mutation screening of the macrophage migration inhibitory factor gene: positive association of a functional polymorphism of macrophage migration inhibitory factor with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

    Rachelle Donn;Zaynab Alourfi;Fabrizio De Benedetti;Cristina Meazza

  • Moderation of psychosocial risk factors through dysfunction of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal stress axis in the onset of chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain : Findings of a population-based prospective cohort study

    J. McBeth;A. J. Silman;A. Gupta;Y. H. Chiu

  • Biological and clinical insights from genetics of insomnia symptoms

    Jacqueline M Lane;Jacqueline M Lane;Samuel E Jones;Hassan S Dashti;Hassan S Dashti;Andrew R Wood

  • EULAR evidence-based and consensus-based recommendations on the management of medium to high-dose glucocorticoid therapy in rheumatic diseases

    N Duru;M C van der Goes;J W G Jacobs;Tara Andrews

  • Pituitary Cytokine and Growth Factor Expression and Action

    David Ray;Shlomo Melmed

  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal stress axis function and the relationship with chronic widespread pain and its antecedents

    John McBeth;Yee H Chiu;Alan J Silman;David Ray

  • Association of the VEGF gene with proliferative diabetic retinopathy but not proteinuria in diabetes.

    David Ray;Manoj Mishra;Shirley Ralph;Ian Read

  • Genome-wide association analyses of chronotype in 697, 828 individuals provides insights into circadian rhythms

    Jones Se;Lane Jm;Wood Ar;van Hees Vt

Frequent Co-Authors

Richa Saxena
Richa Saxena Harvard University
Dave Singh
Dave Singh University of Manchester
Anne White
Anne White University of Manchester
Frank A.J.L. Scheer
Frank A.J.L. Scheer Brigham and Women's Hospital
Debbie A. Lawlor
Debbie A. Lawlor University of Bristol
Max A. Little
Max A. Little University of Birmingham
Susan Redline
Susan Redline Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ian N. Bruce
Ian N. Bruce University of Manchester
Simon D. Kyle
Simon D. Kyle University of Oxford
Shaun Purcell
Shaun Purcell Harvard Medical School

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