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Stephen W.G. Tait is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the biochemical, genetic, and molecular biology fields, with substantial contributions to molecular biology, immunology, epidemiology, cell biology, and biomedical engineering. The main areas of scientific inquiry encompass cell death mechanisms and regulation, interferon and immune responses, phagocytosis and immune regulation, autophagy in disease and therapy, inflammasome and immune disorders, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, and RNA interference and gene delivery.

They have published extensively, with a significant number of works appearing in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Molecular Oncology
  • Nature

Recent papers by Stephen W.G. Tait include:

  • "Targeting immunogenic cell death in cancer," 2020, Molecular Oncology
  • "Mitochondrial control of inflammation," 2022, Nature Reviews. Immunology
  • "Mitochondrial DNA in inflammation and immunity," 2020, EMBO Reports
  • "Apoptotic stress causes mtDNA release during senescence and drives the SASP," 2023, Nature
  • "Mitochondria and cell death-associated inflammation," 2022, Cell Death and Differentiation

Frequent collaborators in their research include Catherine Cloix, Joel S. Riley, Karen Blyth, Anna L. Koessinger, and Kirsteen J. Campbell. These co-authors have contributed to multiple publications alongside Stephen W.G. Tait, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts in relevant scientific topics.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Mitochondria and cell death: outer membrane permeabilization and beyond

    Stephen W. G. Tait;Douglas R. Green

  • Mitochondria as multifaceted regulators of cell death.

    Florian J Bock;Stephen W G Tait

  • Toll-like receptor signalling in macrophages links the autophagy pathway to phagocytosis

    Miguel A. Sanjuan;Christopher P. Dillon;Stephen W. G. Tait;Simon Moshiach

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Mitochondrial apoptosis: killing cancer using the enemy within

    Jonathan Lopez;Stephen Tait

  • A unified model of mammalian BCL-2 protein family interactions at the mitochondria

    Fabien Llambi;Tudor Moldoveanu;Stephen W.G. Tait;Lisa Bouchier-Hayes

  • Mitochondria are required for pro‐ageing features of the senescent phenotype

    Clara Correia-Melo;Clara Correia-Melo;Francisco D.M. Marques;Rhys Anderson;Graeme Hewitt

  • GAPDH and Autophagy Preserve Survival after Apoptotic Cytochrome c Release in the Absence of Caspase Activation

    Anna Colell;Jean-Ehrland Ricci;Stephen Tait;Sandra Milasta

  • Mitochondrial DNA in inflammation and immunity

    Joel S. Riley;Stephen W.G. Tait

  • Targeting immunogenic cell death in cancer

    Asma Ahmed;Stephen W.G. Tait

  • Mitochondrial Regulation of Cell Death

    Stephen W.G. Tait;Douglas R. Green

  • Mitochondria and cell signalling

    Stephen W. G. Tait;Douglas R. Green

  • A fate worse than death: apoptosis as an oncogenic process

    Gabriel Ichim;Stephen W. G. Tait

  • Targeting BCL-2 regulated apoptosis in cancer

    Kirsteen J. Campbell;Stephen W. G. Tait

  • Die another way – non-apoptotic mechanisms of cell death

    Stephen W. G. Tait;Gabriel Ichim;Douglas R. Green

  • Caspase-independent cell death: leaving the set without the final cut

    Stephen W. G. Tait;Douglas R. Green

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas R. Green
Douglas R. Green St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Kevin M. Ryan
Kevin M. Ryan University of Glasgow
Karen Blyth
Karen Blyth University of Glasgow
Jannie Borst
Jannie Borst Leiden University Medical Center
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Oliver Kepp
Oliver Kepp Institut Gustave Roussy
Nektarios Tavernarakis
Nektarios Tavernarakis Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
Sharad Kumar
Sharad Kumar University of Adelaide
Simone Fulda
Simone Fulda Goethe University Frankfurt

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