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Simon M. Hughes is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a significant focus on muscle physiology and cardiovascular conditions.

The scientist's recent publications include the following works:

  • Myogenin is an essential regulator of adult myofibre growth and muscle stem cell homeostasis, 2020, eLife
  • Cellular and molecular pathways controlling muscle size in response to exercise, 2021, FEBS Journal
  • Circadian regulation of muscle growth independent of locomotor activity, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Knockout of zebrafish desmin genes does not cause skeletal muscle degeneration but alters calcium flux, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Maternal Larp6 controls oocyte development, chorion formation and elevation, 2020, Development

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Peter S. Zammit
  • Jeffrey J. Kelu
  • Tapan G. Pipalia
  • Massimo Ganassi
  • Kees Wanders

Simon M. Hughes has contributed regularly to several publication venues. The most frequent among these are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Developmental Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Development
  • Methods in molecular biology

The key fields of study reflected in the scientist's body of work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, the following subfields are emphasized:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Epidemiology
  • Cell Biology

The main research topics addressed cover:

  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Best Publications

  • The Kinase Domain of Titin Controls Muscle Gene Expression and Protein Turnover

    Stephan Lange;Fengqing Xiang;Andrey Yakovenko;Anna Vihola

  • Nanoscale live-cell imaging using hopping probe ion conductance microscopy.

    Pavel Novak;Chao Li;Andrew I Shevchuk;Ruben Stepanyan

  • Selective accumulation of MyoD and myogenin mRNAs in fast and slow adult skeletal muscle is controlled by innervation and hormones

    Simon M. Hughes;Jane M. Taylor;Stephen J. Tapscott;Cathy M. Gurley

  • Notochord induction of zebrafish slow muscle mediated by Sonic hedgehog

    Chris S. Blagden;Peter D. Currie;Philip W. Ingham;Philip W. Ingham;Simon M. Hughes

  • Ciliary neurotrophic factor induces type-2 astrocyte differentiation in culture

    Simon M. Hughes;Laura E. Lillien;Martin C. Raff;Hermann Rohrer

  • Evidence that satellite cell decrement contributes to preferential decline in nuclear number from large fibres during murine age-related muscle atrophy.

    Andrew S. Brack;Heidi Bildsoe;Simon M. Hughes;Simon M. Hughes

  • Type-2 astrocyte development in rat brain cultures is initiated by a CNTF like protein produced by type-1 astrocytes

    Laura E. Lillien;Michael Sendtner;Hermann Rohrer;Simon M. Hughes

  • Management of prostate cancer in older patients: updated recommendations of a working group of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology

    Jean Pierre Droz;Matti Aapro;Lodovico Balducci;Helen Boyle

  • A continuous 4D motion model from multiple respiratory cycles for use in lung radiotherapy

    Jamie R. McClelland;Jane M. Blackall;Ségolène Tarte;Adam C. Chandler

  • WNT-3, expressed by motoneurons, regulates terminal arborization of neurotrophin-3-responsive spinal sensory neurons

    Olga Krylova;Judit Herreros;Karen E Cleverley;Elisabeth Ehler

  • Migration of myoblasts across basal lamina during skeletal muscle development.

    Simon M. Hughes;Helen M. Blau

  • Relationship between Membrane Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate and Receptor-Mediated Inhibition of Native Neuronal M Channels

    Joanna S Winks;Simon Hughes;Alexander K Filippov;Lucine Tatulian

  • Myogenin Induces a Shift of Enzyme Activity from Glycolytic to Oxidative Metabolism in Muscles of Transgenic Mice

    Simon M. Hughes;Maggie M.-Y. Chi;Oliver H. Lowry;Kristian Gundersen

  • Three slow myosin heavy chains sequentially expressed in developing mammalian skeletal muscle

    Simon M. Hughes;Mildred Cho;Ilene Karsch-Mizrachi;Marilyn Travis

  • Muscle fiber pattern is independent of cell lineage in postnatal rodent development.

    Simon M. Hughes;Helen M. Blau

  • MyoD protein is differentially accumulated in fast and slow skeletal muscle fibres and required for normal fibre type balance in rodents

    Simon M. Hughes;Kyoko Koishi;Michael Rudnicki;Alison M. Maggs

  • Sequential actions of Pax3 and Pax7 drive xanthophore development in zebrafish neural crest.

    James E.N. Minchin;Simon M. Hughes

  • Hedgehog signalling is required for maintenance of myf5 and myoD expression and timely terminal differentiation in zebrafish adaxial myogenesis.

    Oliver Coutelle;Chris S. Blagden;Richard Hampson;Chandi Halai

  • Signals and myogenic regulatory factors restrict pax3 and pax7 expression to dermomyotome-like tissue in zebrafish.

    Christina L. Hammond;Yaniv Hinits;Daniel P.S. Osborn;James E.N. Minchin

  • Mef2 and the skeletal muscle differentiation program

    Michael V. Taylor;Simon M. Hughes

Frequent Co-Authors

Helen M. Blau
Helen M. Blau Stanford University
Peter S. Zammit
Peter S. Zammit King's College London
David J. Hawkes
David J. Hawkes University College London
Philip W. Ingham
Philip W. Ingham University of Bath
Elisabeth Ehler
Elisabeth Ehler King's College London
Trevor G. Smart
Trevor G. Smart University College London
David Klenerman
David Klenerman University of Cambridge
Martin Raff
Martin Raff University College London
Nathan D. Lawson
Nathan D. Lawson University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Patricia C. Salinas
Patricia C. Salinas University College London

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