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Overview

Roman Fischer is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, demonstrating interdisciplinary expertise.

The main fields of study represented in Fischer's body of work include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their subfields of concentration are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Oncology
  • Neurology
  • Physiology

The specific research topics frequently covered in their publications are:

  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Cellular transport and secretion

Fischer has co-authored numerous studies with recurring collaborators, including:

  • Benedikt M. Kessler
  • Iolanda Vendrell
  • Philip D. Charles
  • Raphael Heilig
  • Simon Davis

Their work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science Advances
  • Journal of Extracellular Biology

Significant publications from Fischer include:

  • The Immunomodulatory Metabolite Itaconate Modifies NLRP3 and Inhibits Inflammasome Activation (2020, Cell Metabolism)
  • A blood atlas of COVID-19 defines hallmarks of disease severity and specificity (2022, Cell)
  • MaxQuant Software for Ion Mobility Enhanced Shotgun Proteomics (2020, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics)
  • Supramolecular attack particles are autonomous killing entities released from cytotoxic T cells (2020, Science)
  • TEX264 coordinates p97- and SPRTN-mediated resolution of topoisomerase 1-DNA adducts (2020, Nature Communications)

Best Publications

  • Itaconate is an anti-inflammatory metabolite that activates Nrf2 via alkylation of KEAP1.

    Evanna L Mills;Dylan G Ryan;Hiran A Prag;Dina Dikovskaya

  • Interrelation of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Neurodegenerative Disease: Role of TNF

    Roman Fischer;Olaf Maier

  • Colonic epithelial cell diversity in health and inflammatory bowel disease

    Kaushal Parikh;Kaushal Parikh;Agne Antanaviciute;Agne Antanaviciute;David Fawkner-Corbett;David Fawkner-Corbett;David Fawkner-Corbett;Marta Jagielowicz;Marta Jagielowicz

  • Renal Cyst Formation in Fh1-Deficient Mice Is Independent of the Hif/Phd Pathway: Roles for Fumarate in KEAP1 Succination and Nrf2 Signaling

    Julie Adam;Emine Hatipoglu;Linda O'Flaherty;Nicola Ternette

  • A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau

    Fahu Chen;Fahu Chen;Frido Welker;Frido Welker;Frido Welker;Chuan Chou Shen;Shara E. Bailey;Shara E. Bailey

  • The Immunomodulatory Metabolite Itaconate Modifies NLRP3 and Inhibits Inflammasome Activation.

    Alexander Hooftman;Stefano Angiari;Svenja Hester;Sarah E. Corcoran

  • Activity-Based Chemical Proteomics Accelerates Inhibitor Development for Deubiquitylating Enzymes

    Mikael Altun;Holger B. Kramer;Lianne I. Willems;Jeffrey L. McDermott

  • Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates

    Frido Welker;Matthew J. Collins;Jessica A. Thomas;Marc Wadsley

  • 53BP1 cooperation with the REV7–shieldin complex underpins DNA structure-specific NHEJ

    Hind Ghezraoui;Catarina Oliveira;Jordan R. Becker;Kirstin Bilham

  • Crystal structures of the endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase-1 (ERAP1) reveal the molecular basis for N-terminal peptide trimming.

    G Kochan;T Krojer;D Harvey;R Fischer

  • Palaeoproteomic evidence identifies archaic hominins associated with the Châtelperronian at the Grotte du Renne

    Frido Welker;Frido Welker;Mateja Hajdinjak;Sahra Talamo;Klervia Jaouen

  • Diabetes causes marked inhibition of mitochondrial metabolism in pancreatic β-cells.

    Elizabeth Haythorne;Maria Rohm;Martijn van de Bunt;Martijn van de Bunt;Melissa F. Brereton

  • Protein sequences bound to mineral surfaces persist into deep time.

    Beatrice Demarchi;Shaun Hall;Teresa Roncal-Herrero;Colin Freeman

  • Nitric Oxide Modulates Metabolic Remodeling in Inflammatory Macrophages through TCA Cycle Regulation and Itaconate Accumulation

    Jade D. Bailey;Marina Diotallevi;Thomas Nicol;Eileen McNeill

  • Metalloprotease SPRTN/DVC1 Orchestrates Replication-Coupled DNA-Protein Crosslink Repair

    Bruno Vaz;Marta Popovic;Joseph A. Newman;John Fielden

  • Direct evidence of milk consumption from ancient human dental calculus

    C Warinner;J Hendy;C Speller;E Cappellini

  • Colorectal cancer liver metastatic growth depends on PAD4-driven citrullination of the extracellular matrix

    A. E. Yuzhalin;A. N. Gordon-Weeks;M. L. Tognoli;K. Jones

  • Selective Targeting of TNF Receptors as a Novel Therapeutic Approach

    Roman Fischer;Roland E Kontermann;Klaus Pfizenmaier

  • Inhibition of mitochondrial aconitase by succination in fumarate hydratase deficiency.

    Nicola Ternette;Ming Yang;Mahima Laroyia;Mitsuhiro Kitagawa

  • Salt-Inducible Kinase 2 Couples Ovarian Cancer Cell Metabolism with Survival at the Adipocyte-Rich Metastatic Niche.

    Fabrizio Miranda;David Mannion;Shujuan Liu;Yiyan Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Benedikt M. Kessler
Benedikt M. Kessler University of Oxford
Matthew J. Collins
Matthew J. Collins University of Cambridge
Simon J. Davis
Simon J. Davis University of Oxford
Klaus Pfizenmaier
Klaus Pfizenmaier University of Stuttgart
Roland E. Kontermann
Roland E. Kontermann University of Stuttgart
Peter J. Ratcliffe
Peter J. Ratcliffe The Francis Crick Institute
John R. Bethea
John R. Bethea George Washington University
Paul Bowness
Paul Bowness University of Oxford
Jesper V. Olsen
Jesper V. Olsen University of Copenhagen
Martin R. Turner
Martin R. Turner University of Oxford

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