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Biology and Biochemistry

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143
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240
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13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Gillian Murphy is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Oncology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Hematology, and Biomaterials as subfields.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
  • Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
  • Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor Research
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Advanced Drug Delivery Systems

Murphy has published recent papers such as:

  • "Albumin-based delivery systems: Recent advances, challenges, and opportunities," 2025, Journal of Controlled Release
  • "Outrageous! The Story of Section 28 and Britain's Battle for LGBT Education," 2023, History Reviews of New Books
  • "Women's Post-War Print Culture," 2022, Women a Cultural Review

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Murphy include:

  • David J. Brayden
  • David W. Cheung
  • Aaron Liew
  • Michael Fitzgerald
  • Abhay Pandit

Their publications appear in diverse venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their work. These venues include:

  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • Scientific Reports
  • Cancers
  • History Reviews of New Books
  • Women a Cultural Review

Murphy has also contributed to book publications, with at least one title released by Princeton University Press titled "Memory Lane" published in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Structure and function of matrix metalloproteinases and TIMPs

    Hideaki Nagase;Robert Visse;Gillian Murphy

  • Metalloproteinase inhibitors: biological actions and therapeutic opportunities.

    Andrew H. Baker;Dylan R. Edwards;Gillian Murphy;Gillian Murphy

  • Transforming growth factor beta modulates the expression of collagenase and metalloproteinase inhibitor.

    D. R. Edwards;G. Murphy;J. J. Reynolds;S. E. Whitham

  • Biochemical Characterization of Human Collagenase-3

    Vera Knäuper;Carlos López-Otin;Bryan Smith;Graham Knight

  • A novel coumarin-labelled peptide for sensitive continuous assays of the matrix metalloproteinases.

    C.Graham Knight;Frances Willenbrock;Gillian Murphy

  • Sequence of human tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases and its identity to erythroid-potentiating activity

    Andrew J. P. Docherty;Alan Lyons;Bryan J. Smith;Edwina M. Wright

  • Progress in matrix metalloproteinase research.

    Gillian Murphy;Hideaki Nagase

  • Cellular Mechanisms for Human Procollagenase-3 (MMP-13) Activation EVIDENCE THAT MT1-MMP (MMP-14) AND GELATINASE A (MMP-2) ARE ABLE TO GENERATE ACTIVE ENZYME

    Vera Knäuper;Horst Will;Carlos López-Otin;Bryan Smith

  • The matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors.

    Gillian Murphy;Andrew J. P. Docherty

  • The Soluble Catalytic Domain of Membrane Type 1 Matrix Metalloproteinase Cleaves the Propeptide of Progelatinase A and Initiates Autoproteolytic Activation REGULATION BY TIMP-2 AND TIMP-3

    Horst Will;Susan J. Atkinson;Georgina S. Butler;Bryan Smith

  • TNF-α converting enzyme (TACE) is inhibited by TIMP-3

    Augustin Amour;Patrick M Slocombe;Ailsa Webster;Michael Butler

  • A novel function for tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP3): inhibition of angiogenesis by blockage of VEGF binding to VEGF receptor-2.

    Jian Hua Qi;Quteba Ebrahem;Nina Moore;Gillian Murphy

  • Localization of stromelysin gene expression in atherosclerotic plaques by in situ hybridization.

    Adriano M. Henney;Philip R. Wakeley;Michael J. Davies;Keith Foster

  • Tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme (ADAM17) mediates the cleavage and shedding of fractalkine (CX3CL1).

    Kyle J. Garton;Peter J. Gough;Carl P. Blobel;Gillian Murphy

  • The TIMP2 Membrane Type 1 Metalloproteinase “Receptor” Regulates the Concentration and Efficient Activation of Progelatinase A A KINETIC STUDY

    Georgina S. Butler;Michael J. Butler;Susan J. Atkinson;Horst Will

  • Stromelysin, a connective tissue-degrading metalloendopeptidase secreted by stimulated rabbit synovial fibroblasts in parallel with collagenase. Biosynthesis, isolation, characterization, and substrates.

    J R Chin;G Murphy;Z Werb

  • The ADAMs: signalling scissors in the tumour microenvironment

    Gillian Murphy

  • Matrix metalloproteinase degradation of elastin, type IV collagen and proteoglycan. A quantitative comparison of the activities of 95 kDa and 72 kDa gelatinases, stromelysins-1 and -2 and punctuated metalloproteinase (PUMP).

    G Murphy;M I Cockett;R V Ward;A J P Docherty

  • Stromelysin is an activator of procollagenase. A study with natural and recombinant enzymes.

    G Murphy;M I Cockett;P E Stephens;B J Smith

  • Comparison of human stromelysin and collagenase by cloning and sequence analysis

    S E Whitham;G Murphy;P Angel;H J Rahmsdorf

Frequent Co-Authors

Vera Knäuper
Vera Knäuper Cardiff University
Andrew J. P. Docherty
Andrew J. P. Docherty UCB Pharma (Belgium)
J J Reynolds
J J Reynolds King's College London
Hideaki Nagase
Hideaki Nagase University of Oxford
Rosalind M. Hembry
Rosalind M. Hembry University of East Anglia
Dylan R. Edwards
Dylan R. Edwards University of East Anglia
Carlos López-Otín
Carlos López-Otín University of Oviedo
Tim E. Cawston
Tim E. Cawston Newcastle University
Alberto M. Pendás
Alberto M. Pendás University of Salamanca
R. G. G. Russell
R. G. G. Russell University of Sheffield

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