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Overview

Michael V. Berridge is affiliated with the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus also on medicine.

The main subjects of their work include mitochondrial function and pathology, cancer, hypoxia and metabolism, ATP synthase and ATPases research, RNA modifications in cancer, metabolism and genetic disorders, organ transplantation techniques and outcomes, and GDF15-related biomarkers.

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include:

  • Jiří Neužil
  • Renata Zobalová
  • Patries M. Herst
  • Carole Grasso
  • Štěpána Boukalová

Their publications often appear in the following venues:

  • Oncogene
  • Frontiers in Oncology
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Nature Metabolism
  • Journal of Applied Physiology

Selected recent papers include:

  • Mitochondria on the move: Horizontal mitochondrial transfer in disease and health, 2023, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Recommendations for mitochondria transfer and transplantation nomenclature and characterization, 2025, Nature Metabolism
  • High-intensity interval exercise increases humanin, a mitochondrial encoded peptide, in the plasma and muscle of men, 2020, Journal of Applied Physiology
  • SMAD4 loss limits the vulnerability of pancreatic cancer cells to complex I inhibition via promotion of mitophagy, 2021, Oncogene
  • Mitochondrial Physiology, 2020, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Their subfields of study predominantly involve molecular biology, cancer research, surgery, oncology, and immunology, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to medical and biological sciences.

Best Publications

  • Tetrazolium dyes as tools in cell biology: new insights into their cellular reduction.

    Michael V Berridge;Patries M Herst;An S Tan

  • Mitochondrial Genome Acquisition Restores Respiratory Function and Tumorigenic Potential of Cancer Cells without Mitochondrial DNA

    An S. Tan;James W. Baty;Lan-Feng Dong;Ayenachew Bezawork-Geleta

  • The Biochemical and Cellular Basis of Cell Proliferation Assays That Use Tetrazolium Salts

    Michael V. Berridge;An S. Tan;Kathy D. McCOY;Rui Wang

  • Superoxide produced by activated neutrophils efficiently reduces the tetrazolium salt, WST-1 to produce a soluble formazan: a simple colorimetric assay for measuring respiratory burst activation and for screening anti-inflammatory agents.

    An S Tan;Michael V Berridge

  • Peloruside A, a Novel Antimitotic Agent with Paclitaxel-like Microtubule- stabilizing Activity

    Kylie A. Hood;Lyndon M. West;Berber Rouwé;Peter T. Northcote

  • Horizontal transfer of whole mitochondria restores tumorigenic potential in mitochondrial DNA-deficient cancer cells.

    Lan-Feng Dong;Jaromira Kovarova;Martina Bajzikova;Ayenachew Bezawork-Geleta

  • Functional Mitochondria in Health and Disease

    Patries M. Herst;Matthew R. Rowe;Georgia M. Carson;Georgia M. Carson;Michael V. Berridge

  • Reactivation of Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase-Driven Pyrimidine Biosynthesis Restores Tumor Growth of Respiration-Deficient Cancer Cells.

    Martina Bajzikova;Martina Bajzikova;Jaromira Kovarova;Ana R. Coelho;Ana R. Coelho;Stepana Boukalova

  • Cell surface oxygen consumption: A major contributor to cellular oxygen consumption in glycolytic cancer cell lines

    Patries M. Herst;Michael V. Berridge

  • Effects of recombinant human erythropoietin on megakaryocytes and on platelet production in the rat

    Michael V. Berridge;John K. Fraser;John M. Carter;Fu-Kuen Lin

  • Expression of specific high-affinity binding sites for erythropoietin on rat and mouse megakaryocytes.

    J. K. Fraser;A. S. Tan;Fu-Kuen Lin;M. V. Berridge

  • Induction of apoptosis by the marine sponge (Mycale) metabolites, mycalamide A and pateamine.

    K. A. Hood;L. M. West;P. T. Northcote;M. V. Berridge

  • Antitumor Activity of Bis-Indole Derivatives

    Aldo Andreani;Silvia Burnelli;Massimiliano Granaiola;Alberto Leoni

  • Cell surface oxygen consumption by mitochondrial gene knockout cells.

    Patries M Herst;An S Tan;Debbie-Jane G Scarlett;Michael V Berridge

  • The binding of kinetin to plant ribosomes.

    M. V. Berridge;R. K. Ralph;D. S. Letham

  • Acute Regulation of Glucose Transport After Activation of Human Peripheral Blood Neutrophils by Phorbol Myristate Acetate, fMLP, and Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor

    An S. Tan;Nuzhat Ahmed;Michael V. Berridge

  • High-capacity redox control at the plasma membrane of mammalian cells: trans-membrane, cell surface, and serum NADH-oxidases.

    Michael V. Berridge;An S. Tan

  • Expression of high affinity receptors for erythropoietin on human bone marrow cells and on the human erythroleukemic cell line, HEL.

    J K Fraser;F K Lin;M V Berridge

  • Trans-plasma membrane electron transport: A cellular assay for NADH- and NADPH-oxidase based on extracellular, superoxide-mediated reduction of the sulfonated tetrazolium salt WST-1

    M. V. Berridge;A. S. Tan

  • Author response: Horizontal transfer of whole mitochondria restores tumorigenic potential in mitochondrial DNA-deficient cancer cells

    Lan-Feng Dong;Jaromira Kovarova;Martina Bajzikova;Ayenachew Bezawork-Geleta

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiri Neuzil
Jiri Neuzil Czech Academy of Sciences
Brent R. Copp
Brent R. Copp University of Auckland
Nigel B. Perry
Nigel B. Perry University of Otago
Paulo J. Oliveira
Paulo J. Oliveira University of Coimbra
David Ritchie
David Ritchie Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Bing Yan
Bing Yan Griffith University
Mikael Kubista
Mikael Kubista Czech Academy of Sciences
Kathy D. McCoy
Kathy D. McCoy University of Calgary
Roland Stocker
Roland Stocker The Heart Research Institute
Antony W. Braithwaite
Antony W. Braithwaite University of Otago

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