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Overview

Robin W. Carrell is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on protease and inhibitor mechanisms as well as blood coagulation processes.

Their recent published papers include:

  • The Serpins Are an Expanding Superfamily of Structurally Similar but Functionally Diverse Proteins: EVOLUTION, MECHANISM OF INHIBITION, NOVEL FUNCTIONS, AND A REVISED NOMENCLATURE, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Angiotensinogen and the Modulation of Blood Pressure, 2021, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Heparin Blocks the Inhibition of Tissue Kallikrein 1 by Kallistatin through Electrostatic Repulsion, 2020, Biomolecules
  • Commentary: Screening: righting a wrong in Auckland, 2020, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Zimei Shu
  • Aiwu Zhou
  • Gary A. Silverman
  • Phillip I. Bird
  • Frank Church

Common venues for publication are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Biomolecules
  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Robin W. Carrell's main fields of study are:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these, the scientist works extensively in subfields such as:

  • Cancer Research
  • Genetics
  • Cell Biology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Their research topics cover areas including:

  • Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
  • Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema
  • Calpain Protease Function and Regulation
  • Blood properties and coagulation
  • Renin-Angiotensin System Studies
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms

Best Publications

  • The serpins are an expanding superfamily of structurally similar but functionally diverse proteins - Evolution, mechanism of inhibition, novel functions, and a revised nomenclature

    Gary A. Silverman;Phillip I. Bird;Robin W. Carrell;Frank C. Church

  • Structure of a serpin–protease complex shows inhibition by deformation

    James A. Huntington;Randy J. Read;Robin W. Carrell

  • The mechanism of Z alpha 1-antitrypsin accumulation in the liver.

    D A Lomas;D L Evans;J T Finch;R W Carrell

  • The anticoagulant activation of antithrombin by heparin.

    Lei Jin;Jan Pieter Abrahams;Jan Pieter Abrahams;Richard Skinner;Maurice Petitou

  • Mutation of antitrypsin to antithrombin. alpha 1-antitrypsin Pittsburgh (358 Met leads to Arg), a fatal bleeding disorder.

    Maurice C. Owen;Stephen O. Brennan;Jessica H. Lewis;Robin W. Carrell

  • Crystal structure of uncleaved ovalbumin at 1.95 A resolution.

    Penelope E. Stein;Andrew G.W. Leslie;John T. Finch;Robin W. Carrell

  • What do dysfunctional serpins tell us about molecular mobility and disease

    Penelope E. Stein;Robin W. Carrell

  • α1-Antitrypsin and the serpins: variation and countervariation

    Robin Carrell;James Travis

  • Crystal structure of ovalbumin as a model for the reactive centre of serpins.

    Penelope E. Stein;Andrew G. W. Leslie;John T. Finch;William G. Turnell

  • Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency--a model for conformational diseases.

    Robin W Carrell;David A Lomas

  • Prevalence of antithrombin deficiency in the healthy population.

    R. C. Tait;Isobel D. Walker;D. J. Perry;S. I. A. M. Islam

  • Biological implications of a 3 å structure of dimeric antithrombin

    Robin W Carrell;Penelope E Stein;Giulio Fermi;Mark R Wardell

  • Hormone binding globulins undergo serpin conformational change in inflammation.

    P. A. Pemberton;P. E. Stein;M. B. Pepys;J. M. Potter

  • Mobile reactive centre of serpins and the control of thrombosis.

    Robin W. Carrell;Dyfed Ll. Evans;Penelope E. Stein

  • Familial dementia caused by polymerization of mutant neuroserpin

    Richard L. Davis;Antony E. Shrimpton;Peter D. Holohan;Charles Bradshaw

  • How vitronectin binds PAI-1 to modulate fibrinolysis and cell migration

    Aiwu Zhou;James A Huntington;Navraj S Pannu;Navraj S Pannu;Robin W Carrell

  • Effect of the Z mutation on the physical and inhibitory properties of alpha 1-antitrypsin.

    David A. Lomas;Dyfed L. Evans;Stuart R. Stone;Wun Shaing W. Chang

  • Serpinopathies and the conformational dementias

    David A. Lomas;Robin W. Carrell

  • Inhibitory conformation of the reactive loop of alpha 1-antitrypsin.

    Peter R. Elliott;David A. Lomas;Robin W. Carrell;Jan Pieter Abrahams

  • Alpha 1-antitrypsin Siiyama (Ser53-->Phe). Further evidence for intracellular loop-sheet polymerization.

    D A Lomas;J T Finch;K Seyama;T Nukiwa

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Lomas
David A. Lomas University College London
James A. Huntington
James A. Huntington University of Cambridge
Randy J. Read
Randy J. Read University of Cambridge
Jan Pieter Abrahams
Jan Pieter Abrahams Paul Scherrer Institute
James C. Whisstock
James C. Whisstock Monash University
Timothy R. Dafforn
Timothy R. Dafforn University of Birmingham
Robert N. Pike
Robert N. Pike La Trobe University
Stuart R. Stone
Stuart R. Stone Monash University
Arthur M. Lesk
Arthur M. Lesk Pennsylvania State University
Peter G. W. Gettins
Peter G. W. Gettins University of Illinois at Chicago

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