Professor Nicol Keith
- Professor of Molecular Oncology (School of Cancer Sciences)
email:
Nicol.Keith@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
He/him/his
Room 5107, Advanced Research Centre, 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow, G11 6EW
Research interests
Nicol is Professor of Molecular Oncology at the School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow. He is motivated by what's round the corner and the societal impact of research.
His research activities focus on translational cancer research including biomarker development, clinical trials and cancer cell immortality. His research has successfully delivered preclinical findings into clinical studies. Nicol values global co-operation and interdisciplinary research and have been part of, and led, complex national, European and global consortia.
Nicol has extensive experience in career, research and policy development internationally and chairs/sits on several international funding committees which span disciplines from medical sciences through to social sciences and the humanities. His roles with international finding agencies highlight his experience in identifying and nurturing complex partnerships, identifying local needs within global context and in developing and implementing impact evaluation.
Nicol works both internally and externally across traditional discipline boundaries.
Research groups
- Health Inequalities to Cancer Outcomes
Publications
Selected publications
Keith, N. et al. (2023) Regenerative Futures: From Global to Local Development in 2032. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.295862) [Exhibitions]
Keith, N. , Welisch, G., Ross, K. and Smykowski, A. (2022) The Curious Researchers. [Website]
Keith, N. and Evans, J. (2022) An Analysis of Relative Telomere Length (RTL) During Peri-Operative Chemotherapy in Patients with Operable Gastric or Gastro-Oesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma [Protocol]. Other. protocols.io. (doi: 10.17504/protocols.io.ca5csg2w).
Keith, N. and Evans, J. (2022) An Analysis of Relative Telomere Length (RTL) During Chemotherapy in Patients with Advanced Gastro-Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma [Protocol]. Other. protocols.io. (doi: 10.17504/protocols.io.n92ldznenv5b/v1).
Welisch, G. et al. (2021) First in Human: who and what makes a cancer phase 1 trial and why are they so important? Project Report. OSF. (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/KWHQF).
All publications
2024
Keith, N. et al. (2024) Emerging Ecologies of Health, Heritage, and Habitat: Looking into Living and Working in 2033. [Exhibitions]
Keith, N. , Ross, K., Campbell, H., McCrum, P., Uribe, V. and Rowan, F. (2024) Designing Future Experiences: The value of exhibition spaces as creative environments for collaborative, multidisciplinary research, exhibitions, and audiences. Project Report. OSF. (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/N7MD9).
Welisch, G., Keith, N. , Jones, R. and Hanna, C. (2024) Creative approaches to reimagining patient and public involvement (PPI) in cancer research. Project Report. OSF. (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/243XN).
Keith, N. and Donaldson, M. (2024) Professional and Technical Staff supporting Open Research: Case Study 4. Research-enabling staff and Open Research. Other. OSF. UKRN Shared Resources.
2023
Skeldon, K. et al. (2023) Research Firsts Exhibition. [Exhibitions]
Keith, N. et al. (2023) Regenerative Futures: From Global to Local Development in 2032. [Exhibitions]
2022
Keith, N. , Welisch, G., Ross, K. and Smykowski, A. (2022) The Curious Researchers. [Website]
Keith, N. and Evans, J. (2022) An Analysis of Relative Telomere Length (RTL) During Chemotherapy in Patients with Advanced Gastro-Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma [Protocol]. Other. protocols.io. (doi: 10.17504/protocols.io.n92ldznenv5b/v1).
Keith, N. and Evans, J. (2022) An Analysis of Relative Telomere Length (RTL) During Peri-Operative Chemotherapy in Patients with Operable Gastric or Gastro-Oesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma [Protocol]. Other. protocols.io. (doi: 10.17504/protocols.io.ca5csg2w).
2021
Welisch, G. et al. (2021) First in Human: who and what makes a cancer phase 1 trial and why are they so important? Project Report. OSF. (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/KWHQF).
Keith, N. , Plummer, R., Coyle, V., Cameron, D., Evans, J. , Twelves, C., Palmer, D., Danson, S., Graham, D. and Welisch, G. (2021) Early Phase Cancer Research in the COVID-19 Pandemic: an ECMC North Initiative. Project Report. OSF. (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/6WTN2).
2020
Ivanova, Y., Aitchison, I., Cannon, P. , Butler, D., Gadegaard, N. and Keith, N. (2020) Mapping of University Research Output and Impact to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Project Report. OSF. (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/UFYTA).
2019
Bilsland, A. E. , Liu, Y., Turnbull, A., Sumpton, D., Stevenson, K., Cairney, C. J., Boyd, S. M., Roffey, J., Jenkinson, D. and Keith, W. N. (2019) A novel pyrazolopyrimidine ligand of human PGK1 and stress sensor DJ1 modulates the shelterin complex and telomere length regulation. Neoplasia, 21(9), pp. 893-907. (doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2019.07.008) (PMID:31401411) (PMCID:PMC6700475)
2018
Smit, S., Kwakkel, J. and Keith, N. (2018) Accomplissh: creating societal impact from social sciences and humanities research. In: Open Innovation 2.0 Yearbook 2017-2018. European Commission: Luxembourg, pp. 31-37. ISBN 9789279925856 (doi: 10.2759/737501)
Keith, W. N. , Yu, X. and Barbeau, R.-M. (2018) Diversity of institutional support for research impact implementation. Zeitschrift für Diversitätsforschung und –management, 3(2), pp. 199-207.
2017
Cairney, C. J. et al. (2017) A 'synthetic-sickness' screen for senescence re-engagement targets in mutant cancer backgrounds. PLoS Genetics, 13(8), e1006942. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006942) (PMID:28806777) (PMCID:PMC5570495)
Letsolo, B. T., Jones, R. E., Rowson, J., Grimstead, J. W., Keith, W. N. , Jenkins, G. J.S. and Baird, D. M. (2017) Extensive telomere erosion is consistent with localised clonal expansions in Barrett's metaplasia. PLoS ONE, 12(3), e0174833. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174833) (PMID:28362812) (PMCID:PMC5375150)
2015
Amin, A.R.M. R. et al. (2015) Evasion of anti-growth signaling: a key step in tumorigenesis and potential target for treatment and prophylaxis by natural compounds. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35, S55-S77. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.02.005) (PMID:25749195) (PMCID:PMC4561219)
Block, K. I. et al. (2015) Designing a broad-spectrum integrative approach for cancer prevention and treatment. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35, S276-S304. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.09.007) (PMID:26590477) (PMCID:PMC4819002)
Casey, S. C. et al. (2015) Cancer prevention and therapy through the modulation of the tumor microenvironment. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35, S199-S223. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.02.007) (PMID:25865775) (PMCID:PMC4930000)
Feitelson, M. A. et al. (2015) Sustained proliferation in cancer: mechanisms and novel therapeutic targets. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35(Suppl), S25-S54. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.02.006) (PMID:25892662) (PMCID:PMC4898971)
Ferguson, L. R. et al. (2015) Genomic instability in human cancer: molecular insights and opportunities for therapeutic attack and prevention through diet and nutrition. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35(Suppl), S5-S24. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.03.005) (PMID:25869442) (PMCID:PMC4600419)
Jiang, W.G. et al. (2015) Tissue invasion and metastasis: Molecular, biological and clinical perspectives. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35, S244-S275. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.03.008) (PMID:25865774)
Mohammad, R. M. et al. (2015) Broad targeting of resistance to apoptosis in cancer. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35(Suppl.), S78-S103. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.03.001) (PMID:25936818)
Samadi, A. K. et al. (2015) A multi-targeted approach to suppress tumor-promoting inflammation. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35(Suppl), S151-S184. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.03.006) (PMID:25951989) (PMCID:PMC4635070)
Vinay, D. S. et al. (2015) Immune evasion in cancer: mechanistic basis and therapeutic strategies. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35(Suppl.), S185-S198. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.03.004) (PMID:25818339)
Wang, Z. et al. (2015) Broad targeting of angiogenesis for cancer prevention and therapy. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35(Suppl.), S224-S243. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.01.001) (PMID:25600295) (PMCID:PMC4737670)
Yaswen, P. et al. (2015) Therapeutic targeting of replicative immortality. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35(Supp.), S104-S128. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.03.007) (PMID:25869441) (PMCID:PMC4600408)
Sadaie, M., Dillon, C., Narita, M., Young, A.R.J., Cairney, C., Godwin, L.S., Torrance, C.J., Bennett, D.C., Keith, N. and Narita, M. (2015) Cell-based screen for altered nuclear phenotypes reveals senescence progression in polyploid cells after Aurora kinase B inhibition. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 26(17), pp. 2971-2985. (doi: 10.1091/mbc.E15-01-0003) (PMID:26133385) (PMCID:PMC4551313)
Bilsland, A. E. et al. (2015) Identification of a selective G1-phase benzimidazolone inhibitor by a senescence-targeted virtual screen using artificial neural networks. Neoplasia, 17(9), pp. 704-715. (doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2015.08.009) (PMID:26476078) (PMCID:PMC4611071)
Hartmann, D., von Figura, G., Song, Z., Harden, S., Scott, L. C., Evans, T. J. , Rudolph, K. L., Bilsland, A. E. and Keith, W. N. (2015) PlasmaN-acetyl-glucosaminidase in advanced gastro-intestinal adenocarcinoma correlates with age, stage and outcome. Future Oncology, 11(2), pp. 193-203. (doi: 10.2217/fon.14.166)
2014
Degerman, S. et al. (2014) Immortalization of T-cells is accompanied by gradual changes in CpG methylation resulting in a profile resembling a subset of T-cell leukemias. Neoplasia, 16(7), pp. 606-615. (doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2014.07.001)
Bilsland, A. E. , Stevenson, K., Liu, Y., Hoare, S., Cairney, C. J., Roffey, J. and Keith, W. N. (2014) Mathematical model of a telomerase transcriptional regulatory network developed by cell-based screening: analysis of inhibitor effects and telomerase expression mechanisms. PLoS Computational Biology, 10(2), e1003448. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003448) (PMID:24550717) (PMCID:PMC3923661)
Godwin, L. S., Castle, J. T., Kohli, J. S., Goff, P. S., Cairney, C. J., Keith, W. N. , Sviderskaya, E. V. and Bennett, D. C. (2014) Isolation, culture, and transfection of melanocytes. In: Current Protocols in Cell Biology. Wiley-Blackwell, 1.8.1-1.8.20. ISBN 9780471143031 (doi: 10.1002/0471143030.cb0108s63)
2013
Bilsland, A. E. , Revie, J. and Keith, W.N. (2013) MicroRNA and senescence: the senectome, integration and distributed control. Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis, 18(4), pp. 373-390. (doi: 10.1615/CritRevOncog.2013007197)
2012
Mohanty, S.T. et al. (2012) A small molecule modulator of prion protein increases human mesenchymal stem cell lifespan, ex vivo expansion, and engraftment to bone marrow in NOD/SCID mice. Stem Cells, 30(6), pp. 1134-43. (doi: 10.1002/stem.1065)
Venturini, L., Daidone, M.G., Motta, R., Cimino-Reale, G., Hoare, S.F., Gronchi, A., Folini, M., Keith, W.N. and Zaffaroni, N. (2012) Telomere maintenance mechanisms in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: expression and prognostic relevance. Neuro-Oncology, 14(6), pp. 736-744. (doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nos083)
Cairney, C.J., Bilsland, A.E. , Evans, T.R.J. , Roffey, J., Bennett, D.C., Narita, M., Torrance, C. and Keith, W.N. (2012) Cancer cell senescence: a new frontier in drug development. Drug Discovery Today, 17(5-6), pp. 269-276. (doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2012.01.019)
Bellantuono, I., Sanguinetti, G. and Keith, W.N. (2012) Progeroid syndromes: models for stem cell aging? Biogerontology, 13(1), pp. 63-75. (doi: 10.1007/s10522-011-9347-2)
Keith, W.N. , Lafferty-Whyte, K., Cairney, C.J., Zaffaroni, N. and Bilsland, A. (2012) Response to ‘Validating a gene expression signature proposed to differentiate liposarcomas that use different telomere maintenance mechanism. Oncogene, 31(2), pp. 267-268. (doi: 10.1038/onc.2011.374)
2011
Bilsland, A.E. , Cairney, C.J. and Keith, W.N. (2011) Targeting the telomere and shelterin complex for cancer therapy: current views and future perspectives. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 15(2), pp. 179-186. (doi: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2010.01253.x)
Serakinci, N., Christensen, R., Fahrioglu, U., Sorensen, F.B., Dagnæs-Hansen, F., Hajek, M., Jensen, T.H., Kolvraa, S. and Keith, N.W. (2011) Mesenchymal stem cells as therapeutic delivery vehicles targeting tumor stroma. Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals, 26(6), pp. 767-773. (doi: 10.1089/cbr.2011.1024)
Soo, J.K. et al. (2011) Malignancy without immortality? Cellular immortalization as a possible late event in melanoma progression. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 24(3), pp. 490-503. (doi: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00850.x)
2010
Lafferty-Whyte, K., Bilsland, A. , Hoare, S.F., Burns, S., Zaffaroni, N., Cairney, C.J. and Keith, W.N. (2010) TCEAL7 inhibition of c-Myc activity in alternative lengthening of telomeres regulates hTERT expression. Neoplasia, 12(5), pp. 405-414.
Degerman, S., Siwicki, J. K., Osterman, P., Lafferty-Whyte, K., Keith, W.N. and Roos, G. (2010) Telomerase upregulation is a postcrisis event during senescence bypass and immortalization of two Nijmegen breakage syndrome T cell cultures. Aging Cell, 9(2), pp. 220-235. (doi: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2010.00550.x)
Bilsland, A. E. and Keith, W. N. (2010) Mining cellular senescence for drug targets. In: Adams, P. D. and Sedivy, J. M. (eds.) Cellular Senescence and Tumor Suppression. Springer: New York, pp. 235-266. ISBN 9781441910745 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1075-2_10)
Lafferty-Whyte, K. et al. (2010) Scoring of senescence signalling in multiple human tumour gene expression datasets, identification of a correlation between senescence score and drug toxicity in the NCI60 panel and a pro-inflammatory signature correlating with survival advantage in peritoneal mesothelioma. BMC Genomics, 11(1), p. 532. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-532)
Stolzenburg, S., Bilsland, A. , Keith, W.N. and Rots, M.G. (2010) Modulation of gene expression using zinc finger-based artificial transcription factors. Methods in Molecular Biology, 649(2), pp. 117-132. (doi: 10.1007/978-1-60761-753-2_7)
2009
Lafferty-Whyte, K., Cairney, C.J., Will, M.B., Serakinci, N., Daidone, M.G., Zaffaroni, N., Bilsland, A.E. and Keith, W.N. (2009) A gene expression signature classifying telomerase and ALT immortalization reveals an hTERT regulatory network and suggests a mesenchymal stem cell origin for ALT. Oncogene, 28(43), pp. 3765-3774. (doi: 10.1038/onc.2009.238)
Sitaram, R.T., Cairney, C.J., Grabowski, P., Keith, W.N. , Hallberg, B., Ljungberg, B. and Roos, G. (2009) The PTEN regulator DJ-1 is associated with hTERT expression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. International Journal of Cancer, 125(4), pp. 783-790. (doi: 10.1002/ijc.24335)
Bilsland, A.E., Hoare, S.F., Stevenson, K.H., Plumb, J.A., Gomez-Roman, N. , Cairney, C.J., Burns, S., Lafferty-Whyte, K., Hammonds, T. and Keith, W.N. (2009) Dynamic telomerase gene suppression via network effects of GSK3 inhibition. PLoS ONE, 4(7), e6459. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006459) (PMID:19649288) (PMCID:PMC2714081)
Cairney, C.J., Sanguinetti, G., Ranghini, E., Chantry, A.D., Nostro, M.C., Bhattacharyya, A., Svendsen, C.N., Keith, W.N. and Bellantuono, I. (2009) A systems biology approach to Down syndrome: Identification of Notch/Wnt dysregulation in a model of stem cells aging. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Basis of Disease, 1792(4), pp. 353-363. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2009.01.015)
Lafferty-Whyte, K., Cairney, C.J., Jamieson, N., Oien, K.A. and Keith, W.N. (2009) Pathway analysis of senescence-associated miRNA targets reveals common processes to different senescence induction mechanisms. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Basis of Disease, 1792(4), pp. 341-352. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2009.02.003)
Shay, J. and Keith, N. (2009) Cellular immortality and cancer: From telomerase to cancer stem cells Preface. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Basis of Disease, 1792(4), pp. 227-228. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2009.03.006)
Zhang, X. et al. (2009) A role for NANOG in G1 to S transition in human embryonic stem cells through direct binding of CDK6 and CDC25A. Journal of Cell Biology, 184(1), pp. 67-82. (doi: 10.1083/jcb.200801009)
2008
Stewart, R., Yang, C., Anyfantis, G., Przyborski, S., Hole, N., Strachan, T., Stojkovic, M., Keith, W.N. , Armstrong, L. and Lako, M. (2008) Silencing of the expression of pluripotent driven-reporter genes stably transfected into human pluripotent cells. Regenerative Medicine, 3(4), pp. 505-522. (doi: 10.2217/17460751.3.4.505)
Cairney, C., Hoare, S., Daidone, M., Zaffaroni, N. and Keith, W. (2008) High level of telomerase RNA gene expression is associated with chromatin modification, the ALT phenotype and poor prognosis in liposarcoma. British Journal of Cancer, 98(8), pp. 1467-1474. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604328)
Saretzki, G. et al. (2008) Downregulation of multiple stress defense mechanisms during differentiation of human embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells, 26(2), pp. 455-464. (doi: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0628)
Shay, J. W. and Keith, W. N. (2008) Targeting telomerase for cancer therapeutics. British Journal of Cancer, 98(4), pp. 677-683. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604209)
Cairney, C. and Keith, W. (2008) Telomerase redefined: integrated regulation of hTR and hTERT for telomere maintenance and telomerase activity. Biochimie, 90(1), pp. 13-23. (doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2007.07.025)
Keith, W.N. and Bilsland, A.E. (2008) Targeting telomerase: therapeutic options for cancer treatment. In: Rudolph, K.L. (ed.) Telomeres and Telomerase in Aging, Disease, and Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms of Adult Stem Cell Ageing. Springer: Berlin, Germany, pp. 247-283. ISBN 9783540737087 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-73709-4_13)
2007
Atkinson, S.P. and Keith, W.N. (2007) Epigenetic control of cellular senescence in disease: opportunities for therapeutic intervention. Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine, 9(7), pp. 1-26. (doi: 10.1017/S1462399407000269)
Bellantuono, I. and Keith, W.N. (2007) Stem cell ageing: does it happen and can we intervene? Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine, 9(31), pp. 1-20. (doi: 10.1017/S146239940700049X)
Bilsland, A.E. , Merron, A., Vassaux, G. and Keith, W.N. (2007) Modulation of telomerase promoter tumor selectivity in the context of oncolytic adenoviruses. Cancer Research, 67(3), pp. 1299-1307. (doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-3000)
Keith, W.N. , Thomson, C.M., Howcroft, J., Maitland, N.J. and Shay, J.W. (2007) Seeding drug discovery: integrating telomerase cancer biology and cellular senescence to uncover new therapeutic opportunities in targeting cancer stem cells. Drug Discovery Today, 12, pp. 611-621.
Serakinci, N., Christensen, R., Graakjaer, J., Cairney, C.J., Keith, W.N. , Alsner, J., Saretzki, G. and Koluraa, S. (2007) Ectopically hTERT expressing adult human mesenchymal stem cells are less radiosensitive than their telomerase negative counterpart. Experimental Cell Research, 313, pp. 1056-1067. (doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.01.002)
2006
Keith, W.N. (2006) European Journal of Cancer Special Issue on Cancer Stem Cells: Opportunities for Novel Diagnostics and Drug Discovery. European Journal of Cancer, 42(9), pp. 1195-1316. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.02.003)
Anderson, C.J., Hoare, S.F., Ashcroft, M., Bilsland, A.E. and Keith, W.N. (2006) Hypoxic regulation of telomerase gene expression by transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms. Oncogene, 25(1), pp. 61-69. (doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209011)
Bilsland, A., Stevenson, K., Atkinson, S., Kolch, W. and Keith, W. (2006) Transcriptional repression of telomerase RNA gene expression by c-Jun-NH2-kinase and Sp1/Sp3. Cancer Research, 66(3), pp. 1363-1370. (doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-1941)
Serakinci, N., Hoare, S.F., Kassem, M., Atkinson, S.P. and Keith, W.N. (2006) Telomerase promoter reprogramming and interaction with general transcription factors in the human mesenchymal stem cell. Regenerative Medicine, 1(1), pp. 125-131. (doi: 10.2217/17460781.1.1.125)
Serakinci, N. and Keith, W.N. (2006) Therapeutic potential of adult stem cells. European Journal of Cancer, 42(9), pp. 1243-1246. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.01.036)
2005
Atkinson, S.P., Hoare, S.F., Glasspool, R.M. and Keith, W.N. (2005) Lack of telomerase gene expression in alternative lengthening of telomere cells is associated with chromatin remodeling of the hTR and hTERT gene promoters. Cancer Research, 65(17), pp. 7585-7590. (doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-1715)
Bilsland, A.E. , Fletcher-Monaghan, A. and Keith, W.N. (2005) Properties of a telomerase-specific Cre/Lox switch for transcriptionally targeted cancer gene therapy. Neoplasia, 7(11), pp. 1020-1029. (doi: 10.1593/neo.05385)
Dennis, J. et al. (2005) Markers of adenocarcinoma characteristic of the site of origin: Development of a diagnostic algorithm. Clinical Cancer Research, 11(10), pp. 3766-3772.
Drummond, M.W., Hoare, S.F., Monaghan, A., Graham, S.M., Alcorn, M.J., Keith, W.N. and Holyoake, T.L. (2005) Dysregulated expression of the major telomerase components in leukaemic stem cells. Leukemia, 19(3), pp. 381-389. (doi: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403616)
Dufes, C., Keith, W.N. , Proutski, I., Bilsland, A. , Uchegbu, I.F. and Schõtzlein, A.G. (2005) Synthetic anti-cancer gene medicine exploits intrinsic anti-tumour activity of cationic vector to cure established tumours. Cancer Research, 65(18), pp. 8079-8084. (doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-4402)
Fullerton, N., Mairs, R., Kirk, D., Keith, W. , Carruthers, R., McCluskey, A., Brown, M., Wilson, L. and Boyd, M. (2005) Application of targeted radiotherapy/gene therapy to bladder cancer cell lines. European Urology, 47(2), pp. 250-256. (doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2004.09.009)
Glasspool, R.M., Burns, S., Hoare, S.F., Svensson, C. and Keith, W.N. (2005) The hTERT and hTERC telomerase gene promoters are activated by the second Exon of the adenoviral protein, E1A, identifying the transcriptional co-repressor CtBP as a potential repressor of both genes. Neoplasia, 7(6), pp. 614-622. (doi: 10.1593/neo.04766)
Westra, J. et al. (2005) Predictive value of thymidylate synthase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase protein expression on survival in adjuvantly treated stage III colon cancer patients. Annals of Oncology, 16(10), pp. 1646-1653. (doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdi316)
Zhao, J., Bilsland, A. , Jackson, K. and Keith, W.N. (2005) MDM2 negatively regulates the human telomerase RNA gene promoter. BMC Cancer, 5, p. 6. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-5-6)
2004
Boyd, M. et al. (2004) An efficient targeted radiotherapy/gene therapy strategy utilising human telomerase promoters and radioastatine and harnessing radiation-mediated bystander effects. Journal of Gene Medicine, 6(8), pp. 937-947. (doi: 10.1002/jgm.578)
Evans, T.R.J. and Keith, W.N. (2004) Intra-Peritoneal Administration of Genetic Therapies: promises and pitfalls. Minerva Ginecologica, 56(6), pp. 529-538.
Fullerton, N.E., Boyd, M., Mairs, R.J. , Keith, W.N. , Alderwish, O., Brown, M.M., Livingstone, A. and Kirk, D. (2004) Combining a targeted radiotherapy and gene therapy approach for adenocarcinoma of prostate. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 7(4), pp. 355-363. (doi: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500760)
Going, J.J., Fletcher-Monaghan, A.J., Neilson, L., Wisman, B.A., van der Zee, A., Stuart, R.C. and Keith, W.N. (2004) Zoning of mucosal phenotype, dysplasia, and telomerase activity measured by telomerase repeat assay protocol in Barrett's esophagus. Neoplasia, 6(1), pp. 85-92.
Groot-Wassink, T., Aboagye, E.O., Wang, Y.H., Lemoine, N.R., Keith, W.N. and Vassaux, G. (2004) Noninvasive imaging of the transcriptional activities of human telomerase promoter fragments in mice. Cancer Research, 64(14), pp. 4906-4911.
Keith, W.N. (2004) From stem cells to cancer: balancing immortality and neoplasia. Oncogene, 23(29), pp. 5092-5094. (doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207762)
Keith, W.N. and Hoare, S.F. (2004) Detection of telomerase hTERT gene expression and its splice variants by RT-PCR. In: Roulston, J.E. and Bartlett, J.M.S. (eds.) Molecular Diagnosis of Cancer: Methods and Protocols. Series: Methods in molecular medicine (97). Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, USA, pp. 297-309. ISBN 9781588291608
Keith, W.N. and Monaghan, A.J. (2004) Detection of telomerase enzyme activity by TRAP assay. In: Roulston, J.E. and Bartlett, J.M.S. (eds.) Molecular Diagnosis of Cancer: Methods and Protocols. Series: Methods in molecular medicine (97). Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, USA, pp. 311-322. ISBN 9781588291608
Keith, W.N. et al. (2004) A mutation in a functional Sp1 binding site of the telomerase RNA gene (hTERC) promoter in a patient with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria. BMC Blood Disorders, 4(3), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2326-4-3)
Keith, W. , Bilsland, A. , Hardie, M. and Evans, T. (2004) Drug Insight: cancer cell immortality - telomerase as a target for novel cancer gene therapies. Nature Clinical Practice Oncology, 1(2), pp. 88-96. (doi: 10.1038/ncponc0044)
Oien, K.A. , McGregor, F., Butler, S., Ferrier, R.K., Downie, I., Bryce, S., Burns, S. and Keith, W.N. (2004) Gastrokine 1 is abundantly and specifically expressed in superficial gastric epithelium, down-regulated in gastric carcinoma, and shows high evolutionary conservation. Journal of Pathology, 203(3), pp. 789-797. (doi: 10.1002/path.1583)
2003
Keith, N. and Bagnis, C. (2003) Why a Special Issue on Gene Therapy? Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 2003(1), pp. 1-2. (doi: 10.1155/S1110724303003000)
Bilsland, A.E. , Anderson, C.J., Fletcher-Monaghan, A.J., McGregor, F., Evans, T.R.J. , Ganly, I., Knox, R.J., Plumb, J.A. and Keith, W.N. (2003) Selective ablation of human cancer cells by telomerase-specific adenoviral suicide gene therapy vectors expressing bacterial nitroreductase. Oncogene, 22(3), pp. 370-380. (doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206168)
Keith, W.N. (2003) In situ analysis of telomerase RNA gene expression as a marker for tumor progression. In: Driscoll, B. (ed.) Lung Cancer. Series: Methods in Molecular Medicine, Volume (75. II). Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, USA, pp. 163-176. ISBN 9780896039209 (doi: 10.1385/1-59259-324-0:163)
Oien, K.A. , Vass, J.K., Downie, I., Fullarton, G. and Keith, W.N. (2003) Profiling, comparison and validation of gene expression in gastric carcinoma and normal stomach. Oncogene, 22(27), pp. 4287-4300. (doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206615)
Zhao, J.Q., Bilsland, A. , Hoare, S.F. and Keith, W.N. (2003) Involvement of NF-Y and Sp1 binding sequences in basal transcription of the human telomerase RNA gene. FEBS Letters, 536(1-3), pp. 111-119. (doi: 10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00038-3)
2002
Dennis, J.L., Vass, J.K., Wit, E.C., Keith, W.N. and Oien, K.A. (2002) Identification from public data of molecular markers of adenocarcinoma characteristic of the site of origin. Cancer Research, 62(21), pp. 5999-6005.
Evans, T. and Keith, W. (2002) Telomerase and the senescence-like phenotype in cancer progression. Gastrointestinal Cancer Abstracts, 8, pp. 2-5.
Going, J.J., Keith, W.N. , Neilson, L., Stoeber, K., Stuart, R.C. and Williams, G.H. (2002) Aberrant expression of minichromosome maintenance proteins 2 and 5, and Ki-67 in dysplastic squamous oesophageal epithelium and Barrett's mucosa. Gut, 50(3), pp. 373-377. (doi: 10.1136/gut.50.3.373)
Going, J.J., Stuart, R.C., Downie, M., Fletcher-Monaghan, A.J. and Keith, W.N. (2002) 'Senescence-associated' beta-galactosidase activity in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Journal of Pathology, 196(4), pp. 394-400. (doi: 10.1002/path.1059)
Keith, W.N. (2002) Molecular biology techniques. In: Cassidy, J., Bisset, D. and Spence, R. (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Oncology. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 15-20. ISBN 9780192630353
Keith, W.N. , Bilsland, A. , Evans, T.R.J. and Glasspool, R.M. (2002) Telomerase-Directed Molecular Therapeutics. Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine(4), pp. 1-25. (doi: 10.1017/S1462399402004507)
Keith, W.N. , Sarvesvaran, J. and Downey, M. (2002) Analysis of telomerase RNA gene expression by in situ hybridization. Methods in Molecular Biology, 191, pp. 65-81. (doi: 10.1385/1-59259-189-2:65)
2001
Boyd, M., Mairs, R.J. , Mairs, S.C., Wilson, L., Livingstone, A., Cunningham, S.H., Brown, M.M., Quigg, M. and Keith, W.N. (2001) Expression in UVW glioma cells of the noradrenaline transporter gene, driven by the telomerase RNA promoter, induces active uptake of [I-131]MIBG and clonogenic cell kill. Oncogene, 20(53), pp. 7804-7808.
Downey, M.G., Going, J.J., Stuart, R.C. and Keith, W.N. (2001) Expression of telomerase RNA in oesophageal and oral cancer. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine, 30(10), pp. 577-581. (doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2001.301001.x)
Hoare, S.F., Bryce, L.A., Wisman, G.B.A., Burns, S., Going, J.J., van der Zee, A.G.J. and Keith, W.N. (2001) Lack of telomerase RNA gene hTERC expression in alternative lengthening of telomeres cells is associated with methylation of the hTERC promoter. Cancer Research, 61(1), pp. 27-32.
Keith, W.N. , Evans, T.R.J. and Glasspool, R.M. (2001) Telomerase and cancer: time to move from a promising target to a clinical reality. Journal of Pathology, 195(4), pp. 404-414. (doi: 10.1002/path.1001)
Plumb, J.A., Bilsland, A. , Kakani, R., Zhao, J.Q., Glasspool, R.M., Knox, R.J., Evans, T.R.J. and Keith, W.N. (2001) Telomerase-specific suicide gene therapy vectors expressing bacterial nitroreductase sensitize human cancer cells to the pro-drug CB1954. Oncogene, 20(53), pp. 7797-7803.
2000
Bryce, L.A., Morrison, N., Hoare, S.F., Muir, S. and Keith, W.N. (2000) Mapping of the gene for the human telomerase reverse transcriptase, hTERT, to chromosome 5p15.33 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Neoplasia, 2(3), pp. 197-201.
Wisman, G.B.A., De Jong, S., Meersma, G.J., Helder, M.N., Hollema, H., de Vries, E.G.E., Keith, W.N. and van der Zee, A.G.J. (2000) Telomerase in (pre)neoplastic cervical disease. Human Pathology, 31(10), pp. 1304-1312. (doi: 10.1053/hupa.2000.19299)
Zhao, J.Q., Glasspool, R.M., Hoare, S.F., Bilsland, A. , Szatmari, I. and Keith, W.N. (2000) Activation of telomerase RNA gene promoter activity by NF-Y, Sp1, and the retinoblastoma protein and repression by Sp3. Neoplasia, 2(6), pp. 531-539.
1999
Agochiya, M., Brunton, V.G., Owens, D.W., Parkinson, E.K., Paraskeva, C., Keith, W.N. and Frame, M.C. (1999) Increased dosage and amplification of the focal adhesion kinase gene in human cancer cells. Oncogene, 18(41), pp. 5646-5653.
Al Mulla, F., Keith, W.N. , Pickford, I.R., Going, J.J. and Birnie, G.D. (1999) Comparative genomic hybridization analysis of primary colorectal carcinomas and their synchronous metastases. Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 24(4), pp. 306-314.
Russell, A.J., Sibbald, J., Haak, H., Keith, W.N. and McNicol, A.M. (1999) Increasing genome instability in adrenocortical carcinoma progression with involvement of chromosomes 3, 9 and X at the adenoma stage. British Journal of Cancer, 81(4), pp. 684-689. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690748)
Sarvesvaran, J., Going, J.J., Milroy, R., Kaye, S.B. and Keith, W.N. (1999) Is small cell lung cancer the perfect target for anti- telomerase treatment? Carcinogenesis, 20(8), pp. 1649-1651. (doi: 10.1093/carcin/20.8.1649)
1998
Soder, A.I., Going, J.J., Kaye, S.B. and Keith, W.N. (1998) Tumour specific regulation of telomerase RNA gene expression visualized by in situ hybridization. Oncogene, 16(8), pp. 979-983.
Zhao, J.Q., Hoare, S.F., McFarlane, R., Muir, S., Parkinson, E.K., Black, D.M. and Keith, W.N. (1998) Cloning and characterization of human and mouse telomerase RNA gene promoter sequences. Oncogene, 16(10), pp. 1345-1350.
1997
Gause, P.R., LluriaPrevatt, M., Keith, W.N. , Balmain, A., Linardopolous, S., Warneke, J. and Powell, M.B. (1997) Chromosomal and genetic alterations of 7,12- dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced melanoma from TP-ras transgenic mice. Molecular Carcinogenesis, 20(1), pp. 78-87.
Hoare, S.F., Freeman, C.A., Coutts, J.C., Varley, J.M., James, L. and Keith, W.N. (1997) Identification of genetic changes associated with drug resistance by reverse in situ hybridization. British Journal of Cancer, 75(2), pp. 275-282.
Mckay, J.A., Murray, G.I., Keith, W.N. and Mcleod, H.L. (1997) Amplification of fluorescent in situ hybridisation signals in formalin fixed paraffin wax embedded sections of colon tumour using biotinylated tyramide. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 50(6), pp. 322-325.
Parkinson, E.K., Newbold, R.F. and Keith, W.N. (1997) The genetic basis of human keratinocyte immortalisation in squamous cell carcinoma development: The role of telomerase reactivation. European Journal of Cancer, 33(5), pp. 727-734. (doi: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)00063-4)
Soder, A.I., Hoare, S.F., Muir, S., Going, J.J., Parkinson, E.K. and Keith, W.N. (1997) Amplification, increased dosage and in situ expression of the telomerase RNA gene in human cancer. Oncogene, 14(9), pp. 1013-1021.
Soder, A.I., Hoare, S.F., Muire, S., Balmain, A., Parkinson, E.K. and Keith, W.N. (1997) Mapping of the gene for the mouse telomerase RNA component, Terc, to chromosome 3 by fluorescence in situ hybridization and mouse chromosome painting. Genomics, 41(2), pp. 293-294. (doi: 10.1006/geno.1997.4621)
1994
van der Zee, A.G.J., de Vries, E.G.E., Hollema, H., Kaye, S.B., Brown, R. and Keith, W.N. (1994) Molecular analysis of the topoisomerase II α gene and its expression in human ovarian cancer. Annals of Oncology, 5(1), pp. 75-81. (doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.annonc.a058700) (PMID:8172796)
Articles
Bilsland, A. E. , Liu, Y., Turnbull, A., Sumpton, D., Stevenson, K., Cairney, C. J., Boyd, S. M., Roffey, J., Jenkinson, D. and Keith, W. N. (2019) A novel pyrazolopyrimidine ligand of human PGK1 and stress sensor DJ1 modulates the shelterin complex and telomere length regulation. Neoplasia, 21(9), pp. 893-907. (doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2019.07.008) (PMID:31401411) (PMCID:PMC6700475)
Keith, W. N. , Yu, X. and Barbeau, R.-M. (2018) Diversity of institutional support for research impact implementation. Zeitschrift für Diversitätsforschung und –management, 3(2), pp. 199-207.
Cairney, C. J. et al. (2017) A 'synthetic-sickness' screen for senescence re-engagement targets in mutant cancer backgrounds. PLoS Genetics, 13(8), e1006942. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006942) (PMID:28806777) (PMCID:PMC5570495)
Letsolo, B. T., Jones, R. E., Rowson, J., Grimstead, J. W., Keith, W. N. , Jenkins, G. J.S. and Baird, D. M. (2017) Extensive telomere erosion is consistent with localised clonal expansions in Barrett's metaplasia. PLoS ONE, 12(3), e0174833. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174833) (PMID:28362812) (PMCID:PMC5375150)
Amin, A.R.M. R. et al. (2015) Evasion of anti-growth signaling: a key step in tumorigenesis and potential target for treatment and prophylaxis by natural compounds. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35, S55-S77. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.02.005) (PMID:25749195) (PMCID:PMC4561219)
Block, K. I. et al. (2015) Designing a broad-spectrum integrative approach for cancer prevention and treatment. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35, S276-S304. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.09.007) (PMID:26590477) (PMCID:PMC4819002)
Casey, S. C. et al. (2015) Cancer prevention and therapy through the modulation of the tumor microenvironment. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35, S199-S223. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.02.007) (PMID:25865775) (PMCID:PMC4930000)
Feitelson, M. A. et al. (2015) Sustained proliferation in cancer: mechanisms and novel therapeutic targets. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35(Suppl), S25-S54. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.02.006) (PMID:25892662) (PMCID:PMC4898971)
Ferguson, L. R. et al. (2015) Genomic instability in human cancer: molecular insights and opportunities for therapeutic attack and prevention through diet and nutrition. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35(Suppl), S5-S24. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.03.005) (PMID:25869442) (PMCID:PMC4600419)
Jiang, W.G. et al. (2015) Tissue invasion and metastasis: Molecular, biological and clinical perspectives. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35, S244-S275. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.03.008) (PMID:25865774)
Mohammad, R. M. et al. (2015) Broad targeting of resistance to apoptosis in cancer. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35(Suppl.), S78-S103. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.03.001) (PMID:25936818)
Samadi, A. K. et al. (2015) A multi-targeted approach to suppress tumor-promoting inflammation. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35(Suppl), S151-S184. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.03.006) (PMID:25951989) (PMCID:PMC4635070)
Vinay, D. S. et al. (2015) Immune evasion in cancer: mechanistic basis and therapeutic strategies. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35(Suppl.), S185-S198. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.03.004) (PMID:25818339)
Wang, Z. et al. (2015) Broad targeting of angiogenesis for cancer prevention and therapy. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35(Suppl.), S224-S243. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.01.001) (PMID:25600295) (PMCID:PMC4737670)
Yaswen, P. et al. (2015) Therapeutic targeting of replicative immortality. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 35(Supp.), S104-S128. (doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.03.007) (PMID:25869441) (PMCID:PMC4600408)
Sadaie, M., Dillon, C., Narita, M., Young, A.R.J., Cairney, C., Godwin, L.S., Torrance, C.J., Bennett, D.C., Keith, N. and Narita, M. (2015) Cell-based screen for altered nuclear phenotypes reveals senescence progression in polyploid cells after Aurora kinase B inhibition. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 26(17), pp. 2971-2985. (doi: 10.1091/mbc.E15-01-0003) (PMID:26133385) (PMCID:PMC4551313)
Bilsland, A. E. et al. (2015) Identification of a selective G1-phase benzimidazolone inhibitor by a senescence-targeted virtual screen using artificial neural networks. Neoplasia, 17(9), pp. 704-715. (doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2015.08.009) (PMID:26476078) (PMCID:PMC4611071)
Hartmann, D., von Figura, G., Song, Z., Harden, S., Scott, L. C., Evans, T. J. , Rudolph, K. L., Bilsland, A. E. and Keith, W. N. (2015) PlasmaN-acetyl-glucosaminidase in advanced gastro-intestinal adenocarcinoma correlates with age, stage and outcome. Future Oncology, 11(2), pp. 193-203. (doi: 10.2217/fon.14.166)
Degerman, S. et al. (2014) Immortalization of T-cells is accompanied by gradual changes in CpG methylation resulting in a profile resembling a subset of T-cell leukemias. Neoplasia, 16(7), pp. 606-615. (doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2014.07.001)
Bilsland, A. E. , Stevenson, K., Liu, Y., Hoare, S., Cairney, C. J., Roffey, J. and Keith, W. N. (2014) Mathematical model of a telomerase transcriptional regulatory network developed by cell-based screening: analysis of inhibitor effects and telomerase expression mechanisms. PLoS Computational Biology, 10(2), e1003448. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003448) (PMID:24550717) (PMCID:PMC3923661)
Bilsland, A. E. , Revie, J. and Keith, W.N. (2013) MicroRNA and senescence: the senectome, integration and distributed control. Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis, 18(4), pp. 373-390. (doi: 10.1615/CritRevOncog.2013007197)
Mohanty, S.T. et al. (2012) A small molecule modulator of prion protein increases human mesenchymal stem cell lifespan, ex vivo expansion, and engraftment to bone marrow in NOD/SCID mice. Stem Cells, 30(6), pp. 1134-43. (doi: 10.1002/stem.1065)
Venturini, L., Daidone, M.G., Motta, R., Cimino-Reale, G., Hoare, S.F., Gronchi, A., Folini, M., Keith, W.N. and Zaffaroni, N. (2012) Telomere maintenance mechanisms in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: expression and prognostic relevance. Neuro-Oncology, 14(6), pp. 736-744. (doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nos083)
Cairney, C.J., Bilsland, A.E. , Evans, T.R.J. , Roffey, J., Bennett, D.C., Narita, M., Torrance, C. and Keith, W.N. (2012) Cancer cell senescence: a new frontier in drug development. Drug Discovery Today, 17(5-6), pp. 269-276. (doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2012.01.019)
Bellantuono, I., Sanguinetti, G. and Keith, W.N. (2012) Progeroid syndromes: models for stem cell aging? Biogerontology, 13(1), pp. 63-75. (doi: 10.1007/s10522-011-9347-2)
Keith, W.N. , Lafferty-Whyte, K., Cairney, C.J., Zaffaroni, N. and Bilsland, A. (2012) Response to ‘Validating a gene expression signature proposed to differentiate liposarcomas that use different telomere maintenance mechanism. Oncogene, 31(2), pp. 267-268. (doi: 10.1038/onc.2011.374)
Bilsland, A.E. , Cairney, C.J. and Keith, W.N. (2011) Targeting the telomere and shelterin complex for cancer therapy: current views and future perspectives. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 15(2), pp. 179-186. (doi: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2010.01253.x)
Serakinci, N., Christensen, R., Fahrioglu, U., Sorensen, F.B., Dagnæs-Hansen, F., Hajek, M., Jensen, T.H., Kolvraa, S. and Keith, N.W. (2011) Mesenchymal stem cells as therapeutic delivery vehicles targeting tumor stroma. Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals, 26(6), pp. 767-773. (doi: 10.1089/cbr.2011.1024)
Soo, J.K. et al. (2011) Malignancy without immortality? Cellular immortalization as a possible late event in melanoma progression. Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, 24(3), pp. 490-503. (doi: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2011.00850.x)
Lafferty-Whyte, K., Bilsland, A. , Hoare, S.F., Burns, S., Zaffaroni, N., Cairney, C.J. and Keith, W.N. (2010) TCEAL7 inhibition of c-Myc activity in alternative lengthening of telomeres regulates hTERT expression. Neoplasia, 12(5), pp. 405-414.
Degerman, S., Siwicki, J. K., Osterman, P., Lafferty-Whyte, K., Keith, W.N. and Roos, G. (2010) Telomerase upregulation is a postcrisis event during senescence bypass and immortalization of two Nijmegen breakage syndrome T cell cultures. Aging Cell, 9(2), pp. 220-235. (doi: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2010.00550.x)
Lafferty-Whyte, K. et al. (2010) Scoring of senescence signalling in multiple human tumour gene expression datasets, identification of a correlation between senescence score and drug toxicity in the NCI60 panel and a pro-inflammatory signature correlating with survival advantage in peritoneal mesothelioma. BMC Genomics, 11(1), p. 532. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-532)
Stolzenburg, S., Bilsland, A. , Keith, W.N. and Rots, M.G. (2010) Modulation of gene expression using zinc finger-based artificial transcription factors. Methods in Molecular Biology, 649(2), pp. 117-132. (doi: 10.1007/978-1-60761-753-2_7)
Lafferty-Whyte, K., Cairney, C.J., Will, M.B., Serakinci, N., Daidone, M.G., Zaffaroni, N., Bilsland, A.E. and Keith, W.N. (2009) A gene expression signature classifying telomerase and ALT immortalization reveals an hTERT regulatory network and suggests a mesenchymal stem cell origin for ALT. Oncogene, 28(43), pp. 3765-3774. (doi: 10.1038/onc.2009.238)
Sitaram, R.T., Cairney, C.J., Grabowski, P., Keith, W.N. , Hallberg, B., Ljungberg, B. and Roos, G. (2009) The PTEN regulator DJ-1 is associated with hTERT expression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. International Journal of Cancer, 125(4), pp. 783-790. (doi: 10.1002/ijc.24335)
Bilsland, A.E., Hoare, S.F., Stevenson, K.H., Plumb, J.A., Gomez-Roman, N. , Cairney, C.J., Burns, S., Lafferty-Whyte, K., Hammonds, T. and Keith, W.N. (2009) Dynamic telomerase gene suppression via network effects of GSK3 inhibition. PLoS ONE, 4(7), e6459. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006459) (PMID:19649288) (PMCID:PMC2714081)
Cairney, C.J., Sanguinetti, G., Ranghini, E., Chantry, A.D., Nostro, M.C., Bhattacharyya, A., Svendsen, C.N., Keith, W.N. and Bellantuono, I. (2009) A systems biology approach to Down syndrome: Identification of Notch/Wnt dysregulation in a model of stem cells aging. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Basis of Disease, 1792(4), pp. 353-363. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2009.01.015)
Lafferty-Whyte, K., Cairney, C.J., Jamieson, N., Oien, K.A. and Keith, W.N. (2009) Pathway analysis of senescence-associated miRNA targets reveals common processes to different senescence induction mechanisms. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Basis of Disease, 1792(4), pp. 341-352. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2009.02.003)
Shay, J. and Keith, N. (2009) Cellular immortality and cancer: From telomerase to cancer stem cells Preface. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Basis of Disease, 1792(4), pp. 227-228. (doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2009.03.006)
Zhang, X. et al. (2009) A role for NANOG in G1 to S transition in human embryonic stem cells through direct binding of CDK6 and CDC25A. Journal of Cell Biology, 184(1), pp. 67-82. (doi: 10.1083/jcb.200801009)
Stewart, R., Yang, C., Anyfantis, G., Przyborski, S., Hole, N., Strachan, T., Stojkovic, M., Keith, W.N. , Armstrong, L. and Lako, M. (2008) Silencing of the expression of pluripotent driven-reporter genes stably transfected into human pluripotent cells. Regenerative Medicine, 3(4), pp. 505-522. (doi: 10.2217/17460751.3.4.505)
Cairney, C., Hoare, S., Daidone, M., Zaffaroni, N. and Keith, W. (2008) High level of telomerase RNA gene expression is associated with chromatin modification, the ALT phenotype and poor prognosis in liposarcoma. British Journal of Cancer, 98(8), pp. 1467-1474. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604328)
Saretzki, G. et al. (2008) Downregulation of multiple stress defense mechanisms during differentiation of human embryonic stem cells. Stem Cells, 26(2), pp. 455-464. (doi: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0628)
Shay, J. W. and Keith, W. N. (2008) Targeting telomerase for cancer therapeutics. British Journal of Cancer, 98(4), pp. 677-683. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604209)
Cairney, C. and Keith, W. (2008) Telomerase redefined: integrated regulation of hTR and hTERT for telomere maintenance and telomerase activity. Biochimie, 90(1), pp. 13-23. (doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2007.07.025)
Atkinson, S.P. and Keith, W.N. (2007) Epigenetic control of cellular senescence in disease: opportunities for therapeutic intervention. Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine, 9(7), pp. 1-26. (doi: 10.1017/S1462399407000269)
Bellantuono, I. and Keith, W.N. (2007) Stem cell ageing: does it happen and can we intervene? Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine, 9(31), pp. 1-20. (doi: 10.1017/S146239940700049X)
Bilsland, A.E. , Merron, A., Vassaux, G. and Keith, W.N. (2007) Modulation of telomerase promoter tumor selectivity in the context of oncolytic adenoviruses. Cancer Research, 67(3), pp. 1299-1307. (doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-3000)
Keith, W.N. , Thomson, C.M., Howcroft, J., Maitland, N.J. and Shay, J.W. (2007) Seeding drug discovery: integrating telomerase cancer biology and cellular senescence to uncover new therapeutic opportunities in targeting cancer stem cells. Drug Discovery Today, 12, pp. 611-621.
Serakinci, N., Christensen, R., Graakjaer, J., Cairney, C.J., Keith, W.N. , Alsner, J., Saretzki, G. and Koluraa, S. (2007) Ectopically hTERT expressing adult human mesenchymal stem cells are less radiosensitive than their telomerase negative counterpart. Experimental Cell Research, 313, pp. 1056-1067. (doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.01.002)
Keith, W.N. (2006) European Journal of Cancer Special Issue on Cancer Stem Cells: Opportunities for Novel Diagnostics and Drug Discovery. European Journal of Cancer, 42(9), pp. 1195-1316. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.02.003)
Anderson, C.J., Hoare, S.F., Ashcroft, M., Bilsland, A.E. and Keith, W.N. (2006) Hypoxic regulation of telomerase gene expression by transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms. Oncogene, 25(1), pp. 61-69. (doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209011)
Bilsland, A., Stevenson, K., Atkinson, S., Kolch, W. and Keith, W. (2006) Transcriptional repression of telomerase RNA gene expression by c-Jun-NH2-kinase and Sp1/Sp3. Cancer Research, 66(3), pp. 1363-1370. (doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-1941)
Serakinci, N., Hoare, S.F., Kassem, M., Atkinson, S.P. and Keith, W.N. (2006) Telomerase promoter reprogramming and interaction with general transcription factors in the human mesenchymal stem cell. Regenerative Medicine, 1(1), pp. 125-131. (doi: 10.2217/17460781.1.1.125)
Serakinci, N. and Keith, W.N. (2006) Therapeutic potential of adult stem cells. European Journal of Cancer, 42(9), pp. 1243-1246. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.01.036)
Atkinson, S.P., Hoare, S.F., Glasspool, R.M. and Keith, W.N. (2005) Lack of telomerase gene expression in alternative lengthening of telomere cells is associated with chromatin remodeling of the hTR and hTERT gene promoters. Cancer Research, 65(17), pp. 7585-7590. (doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-1715)
Bilsland, A.E. , Fletcher-Monaghan, A. and Keith, W.N. (2005) Properties of a telomerase-specific Cre/Lox switch for transcriptionally targeted cancer gene therapy. Neoplasia, 7(11), pp. 1020-1029. (doi: 10.1593/neo.05385)
Dennis, J. et al. (2005) Markers of adenocarcinoma characteristic of the site of origin: Development of a diagnostic algorithm. Clinical Cancer Research, 11(10), pp. 3766-3772.
Drummond, M.W., Hoare, S.F., Monaghan, A., Graham, S.M., Alcorn, M.J., Keith, W.N. and Holyoake, T.L. (2005) Dysregulated expression of the major telomerase components in leukaemic stem cells. Leukemia, 19(3), pp. 381-389. (doi: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403616)
Dufes, C., Keith, W.N. , Proutski, I., Bilsland, A. , Uchegbu, I.F. and Schõtzlein, A.G. (2005) Synthetic anti-cancer gene medicine exploits intrinsic anti-tumour activity of cationic vector to cure established tumours. Cancer Research, 65(18), pp. 8079-8084. (doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-4402)
Fullerton, N., Mairs, R., Kirk, D., Keith, W. , Carruthers, R., McCluskey, A., Brown, M., Wilson, L. and Boyd, M. (2005) Application of targeted radiotherapy/gene therapy to bladder cancer cell lines. European Urology, 47(2), pp. 250-256. (doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2004.09.009)
Glasspool, R.M., Burns, S., Hoare, S.F., Svensson, C. and Keith, W.N. (2005) The hTERT and hTERC telomerase gene promoters are activated by the second Exon of the adenoviral protein, E1A, identifying the transcriptional co-repressor CtBP as a potential repressor of both genes. Neoplasia, 7(6), pp. 614-622. (doi: 10.1593/neo.04766)
Westra, J. et al. (2005) Predictive value of thymidylate synthase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase protein expression on survival in adjuvantly treated stage III colon cancer patients. Annals of Oncology, 16(10), pp. 1646-1653. (doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdi316)
Zhao, J., Bilsland, A. , Jackson, K. and Keith, W.N. (2005) MDM2 negatively regulates the human telomerase RNA gene promoter. BMC Cancer, 5, p. 6. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-5-6)
Boyd, M. et al. (2004) An efficient targeted radiotherapy/gene therapy strategy utilising human telomerase promoters and radioastatine and harnessing radiation-mediated bystander effects. Journal of Gene Medicine, 6(8), pp. 937-947. (doi: 10.1002/jgm.578)
Evans, T.R.J. and Keith, W.N. (2004) Intra-Peritoneal Administration of Genetic Therapies: promises and pitfalls. Minerva Ginecologica, 56(6), pp. 529-538.
Fullerton, N.E., Boyd, M., Mairs, R.J. , Keith, W.N. , Alderwish, O., Brown, M.M., Livingstone, A. and Kirk, D. (2004) Combining a targeted radiotherapy and gene therapy approach for adenocarcinoma of prostate. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 7(4), pp. 355-363. (doi: 10.1038/sj.pcan.4500760)
Going, J.J., Fletcher-Monaghan, A.J., Neilson, L., Wisman, B.A., van der Zee, A., Stuart, R.C. and Keith, W.N. (2004) Zoning of mucosal phenotype, dysplasia, and telomerase activity measured by telomerase repeat assay protocol in Barrett's esophagus. Neoplasia, 6(1), pp. 85-92.
Groot-Wassink, T., Aboagye, E.O., Wang, Y.H., Lemoine, N.R., Keith, W.N. and Vassaux, G. (2004) Noninvasive imaging of the transcriptional activities of human telomerase promoter fragments in mice. Cancer Research, 64(14), pp. 4906-4911.
Keith, W.N. (2004) From stem cells to cancer: balancing immortality and neoplasia. Oncogene, 23(29), pp. 5092-5094. (doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207762)
Keith, W.N. et al. (2004) A mutation in a functional Sp1 binding site of the telomerase RNA gene (hTERC) promoter in a patient with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria. BMC Blood Disorders, 4(3), (doi: 10.1186/1471-2326-4-3)
Keith, W. , Bilsland, A. , Hardie, M. and Evans, T. (2004) Drug Insight: cancer cell immortality - telomerase as a target for novel cancer gene therapies. Nature Clinical Practice Oncology, 1(2), pp. 88-96. (doi: 10.1038/ncponc0044)
Oien, K.A. , McGregor, F., Butler, S., Ferrier, R.K., Downie, I., Bryce, S., Burns, S. and Keith, W.N. (2004) Gastrokine 1 is abundantly and specifically expressed in superficial gastric epithelium, down-regulated in gastric carcinoma, and shows high evolutionary conservation. Journal of Pathology, 203(3), pp. 789-797. (doi: 10.1002/path.1583)
Keith, N. and Bagnis, C. (2003) Why a Special Issue on Gene Therapy? Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 2003(1), pp. 1-2. (doi: 10.1155/S1110724303003000)
Bilsland, A.E. , Anderson, C.J., Fletcher-Monaghan, A.J., McGregor, F., Evans, T.R.J. , Ganly, I., Knox, R.J., Plumb, J.A. and Keith, W.N. (2003) Selective ablation of human cancer cells by telomerase-specific adenoviral suicide gene therapy vectors expressing bacterial nitroreductase. Oncogene, 22(3), pp. 370-380. (doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206168)
Oien, K.A. , Vass, J.K., Downie, I., Fullarton, G. and Keith, W.N. (2003) Profiling, comparison and validation of gene expression in gastric carcinoma and normal stomach. Oncogene, 22(27), pp. 4287-4300. (doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206615)
Zhao, J.Q., Bilsland, A. , Hoare, S.F. and Keith, W.N. (2003) Involvement of NF-Y and Sp1 binding sequences in basal transcription of the human telomerase RNA gene. FEBS Letters, 536(1-3), pp. 111-119. (doi: 10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00038-3)
Dennis, J.L., Vass, J.K., Wit, E.C., Keith, W.N. and Oien, K.A. (2002) Identification from public data of molecular markers of adenocarcinoma characteristic of the site of origin. Cancer Research, 62(21), pp. 5999-6005.
Evans, T. and Keith, W. (2002) Telomerase and the senescence-like phenotype in cancer progression. Gastrointestinal Cancer Abstracts, 8, pp. 2-5.
Going, J.J., Keith, W.N. , Neilson, L., Stoeber, K., Stuart, R.C. and Williams, G.H. (2002) Aberrant expression of minichromosome maintenance proteins 2 and 5, and Ki-67 in dysplastic squamous oesophageal epithelium and Barrett's mucosa. Gut, 50(3), pp. 373-377. (doi: 10.1136/gut.50.3.373)
Going, J.J., Stuart, R.C., Downie, M., Fletcher-Monaghan, A.J. and Keith, W.N. (2002) 'Senescence-associated' beta-galactosidase activity in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Journal of Pathology, 196(4), pp. 394-400. (doi: 10.1002/path.1059)
Keith, W.N. , Bilsland, A. , Evans, T.R.J. and Glasspool, R.M. (2002) Telomerase-Directed Molecular Therapeutics. Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine(4), pp. 1-25. (doi: 10.1017/S1462399402004507)
Keith, W.N. , Sarvesvaran, J. and Downey, M. (2002) Analysis of telomerase RNA gene expression by in situ hybridization. Methods in Molecular Biology, 191, pp. 65-81. (doi: 10.1385/1-59259-189-2:65)
Boyd, M., Mairs, R.J. , Mairs, S.C., Wilson, L., Livingstone, A., Cunningham, S.H., Brown, M.M., Quigg, M. and Keith, W.N. (2001) Expression in UVW glioma cells of the noradrenaline transporter gene, driven by the telomerase RNA promoter, induces active uptake of [I-131]MIBG and clonogenic cell kill. Oncogene, 20(53), pp. 7804-7808.
Downey, M.G., Going, J.J., Stuart, R.C. and Keith, W.N. (2001) Expression of telomerase RNA in oesophageal and oral cancer. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine, 30(10), pp. 577-581. (doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2001.301001.x)
Hoare, S.F., Bryce, L.A., Wisman, G.B.A., Burns, S., Going, J.J., van der Zee, A.G.J. and Keith, W.N. (2001) Lack of telomerase RNA gene hTERC expression in alternative lengthening of telomeres cells is associated with methylation of the hTERC promoter. Cancer Research, 61(1), pp. 27-32.
Keith, W.N. , Evans, T.R.J. and Glasspool, R.M. (2001) Telomerase and cancer: time to move from a promising target to a clinical reality. Journal of Pathology, 195(4), pp. 404-414. (doi: 10.1002/path.1001)
Plumb, J.A., Bilsland, A. , Kakani, R., Zhao, J.Q., Glasspool, R.M., Knox, R.J., Evans, T.R.J. and Keith, W.N. (2001) Telomerase-specific suicide gene therapy vectors expressing bacterial nitroreductase sensitize human cancer cells to the pro-drug CB1954. Oncogene, 20(53), pp. 7797-7803.
Bryce, L.A., Morrison, N., Hoare, S.F., Muir, S. and Keith, W.N. (2000) Mapping of the gene for the human telomerase reverse transcriptase, hTERT, to chromosome 5p15.33 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Neoplasia, 2(3), pp. 197-201.
Wisman, G.B.A., De Jong, S., Meersma, G.J., Helder, M.N., Hollema, H., de Vries, E.G.E., Keith, W.N. and van der Zee, A.G.J. (2000) Telomerase in (pre)neoplastic cervical disease. Human Pathology, 31(10), pp. 1304-1312. (doi: 10.1053/hupa.2000.19299)
Zhao, J.Q., Glasspool, R.M., Hoare, S.F., Bilsland, A. , Szatmari, I. and Keith, W.N. (2000) Activation of telomerase RNA gene promoter activity by NF-Y, Sp1, and the retinoblastoma protein and repression by Sp3. Neoplasia, 2(6), pp. 531-539.
Agochiya, M., Brunton, V.G., Owens, D.W., Parkinson, E.K., Paraskeva, C., Keith, W.N. and Frame, M.C. (1999) Increased dosage and amplification of the focal adhesion kinase gene in human cancer cells. Oncogene, 18(41), pp. 5646-5653.
Al Mulla, F., Keith, W.N. , Pickford, I.R., Going, J.J. and Birnie, G.D. (1999) Comparative genomic hybridization analysis of primary colorectal carcinomas and their synchronous metastases. Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 24(4), pp. 306-314.
Russell, A.J., Sibbald, J., Haak, H., Keith, W.N. and McNicol, A.M. (1999) Increasing genome instability in adrenocortical carcinoma progression with involvement of chromosomes 3, 9 and X at the adenoma stage. British Journal of Cancer, 81(4), pp. 684-689. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690748)
Sarvesvaran, J., Going, J.J., Milroy, R., Kaye, S.B. and Keith, W.N. (1999) Is small cell lung cancer the perfect target for anti- telomerase treatment? Carcinogenesis, 20(8), pp. 1649-1651. (doi: 10.1093/carcin/20.8.1649)
Soder, A.I., Going, J.J., Kaye, S.B. and Keith, W.N. (1998) Tumour specific regulation of telomerase RNA gene expression visualized by in situ hybridization. Oncogene, 16(8), pp. 979-983.
Zhao, J.Q., Hoare, S.F., McFarlane, R., Muir, S., Parkinson, E.K., Black, D.M. and Keith, W.N. (1998) Cloning and characterization of human and mouse telomerase RNA gene promoter sequences. Oncogene, 16(10), pp. 1345-1350.
Gause, P.R., LluriaPrevatt, M., Keith, W.N. , Balmain, A., Linardopolous, S., Warneke, J. and Powell, M.B. (1997) Chromosomal and genetic alterations of 7,12- dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced melanoma from TP-ras transgenic mice. Molecular Carcinogenesis, 20(1), pp. 78-87.
Hoare, S.F., Freeman, C.A., Coutts, J.C., Varley, J.M., James, L. and Keith, W.N. (1997) Identification of genetic changes associated with drug resistance by reverse in situ hybridization. British Journal of Cancer, 75(2), pp. 275-282.
Mckay, J.A., Murray, G.I., Keith, W.N. and Mcleod, H.L. (1997) Amplification of fluorescent in situ hybridisation signals in formalin fixed paraffin wax embedded sections of colon tumour using biotinylated tyramide. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 50(6), pp. 322-325.
Parkinson, E.K., Newbold, R.F. and Keith, W.N. (1997) The genetic basis of human keratinocyte immortalisation in squamous cell carcinoma development: The role of telomerase reactivation. European Journal of Cancer, 33(5), pp. 727-734. (doi: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)00063-4)
Soder, A.I., Hoare, S.F., Muir, S., Going, J.J., Parkinson, E.K. and Keith, W.N. (1997) Amplification, increased dosage and in situ expression of the telomerase RNA gene in human cancer. Oncogene, 14(9), pp. 1013-1021.
Soder, A.I., Hoare, S.F., Muire, S., Balmain, A., Parkinson, E.K. and Keith, W.N. (1997) Mapping of the gene for the mouse telomerase RNA component, Terc, to chromosome 3 by fluorescence in situ hybridization and mouse chromosome painting. Genomics, 41(2), pp. 293-294. (doi: 10.1006/geno.1997.4621)
van der Zee, A.G.J., de Vries, E.G.E., Hollema, H., Kaye, S.B., Brown, R. and Keith, W.N. (1994) Molecular analysis of the topoisomerase II α gene and its expression in human ovarian cancer. Annals of Oncology, 5(1), pp. 75-81. (doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.annonc.a058700) (PMID:8172796)
Book Sections
Smit, S., Kwakkel, J. and Keith, N. (2018) Accomplissh: creating societal impact from social sciences and humanities research. In: Open Innovation 2.0 Yearbook 2017-2018. European Commission: Luxembourg, pp. 31-37. ISBN 9789279925856 (doi: 10.2759/737501)
Godwin, L. S., Castle, J. T., Kohli, J. S., Goff, P. S., Cairney, C. J., Keith, W. N. , Sviderskaya, E. V. and Bennett, D. C. (2014) Isolation, culture, and transfection of melanocytes. In: Current Protocols in Cell Biology. Wiley-Blackwell, 1.8.1-1.8.20. ISBN 9780471143031 (doi: 10.1002/0471143030.cb0108s63)
Bilsland, A. E. and Keith, W. N. (2010) Mining cellular senescence for drug targets. In: Adams, P. D. and Sedivy, J. M. (eds.) Cellular Senescence and Tumor Suppression. Springer: New York, pp. 235-266. ISBN 9781441910745 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1075-2_10)
Keith, W.N. and Bilsland, A.E. (2008) Targeting telomerase: therapeutic options for cancer treatment. In: Rudolph, K.L. (ed.) Telomeres and Telomerase in Aging, Disease, and Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms of Adult Stem Cell Ageing. Springer: Berlin, Germany, pp. 247-283. ISBN 9783540737087 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-73709-4_13)
Keith, W.N. and Hoare, S.F. (2004) Detection of telomerase hTERT gene expression and its splice variants by RT-PCR. In: Roulston, J.E. and Bartlett, J.M.S. (eds.) Molecular Diagnosis of Cancer: Methods and Protocols. Series: Methods in molecular medicine (97). Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, USA, pp. 297-309. ISBN 9781588291608
Keith, W.N. and Monaghan, A.J. (2004) Detection of telomerase enzyme activity by TRAP assay. In: Roulston, J.E. and Bartlett, J.M.S. (eds.) Molecular Diagnosis of Cancer: Methods and Protocols. Series: Methods in molecular medicine (97). Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, USA, pp. 311-322. ISBN 9781588291608
Keith, W.N. (2003) In situ analysis of telomerase RNA gene expression as a marker for tumor progression. In: Driscoll, B. (ed.) Lung Cancer. Series: Methods in Molecular Medicine, Volume (75. II). Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, USA, pp. 163-176. ISBN 9780896039209 (doi: 10.1385/1-59259-324-0:163)
Keith, W.N. (2002) Molecular biology techniques. In: Cassidy, J., Bisset, D. and Spence, R. (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Oncology. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, pp. 15-20. ISBN 9780192630353
Research Reports or Papers
Keith, N. , Ross, K., Campbell, H., McCrum, P., Uribe, V. and Rowan, F. (2024) Designing Future Experiences: The value of exhibition spaces as creative environments for collaborative, multidisciplinary research, exhibitions, and audiences. Project Report. OSF. (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/N7MD9).
Welisch, G., Keith, N. , Jones, R. and Hanna, C. (2024) Creative approaches to reimagining patient and public involvement (PPI) in cancer research. Project Report. OSF. (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/243XN).
Keith, N. and Donaldson, M. (2024) Professional and Technical Staff supporting Open Research: Case Study 4. Research-enabling staff and Open Research. Other. OSF. UKRN Shared Resources.
Keith, N. and Evans, J. (2022) An Analysis of Relative Telomere Length (RTL) During Chemotherapy in Patients with Advanced Gastro-Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma [Protocol]. Other. protocols.io. (doi: 10.17504/protocols.io.n92ldznenv5b/v1).
Keith, N. and Evans, J. (2022) An Analysis of Relative Telomere Length (RTL) During Peri-Operative Chemotherapy in Patients with Operable Gastric or Gastro-Oesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma [Protocol]. Other. protocols.io. (doi: 10.17504/protocols.io.ca5csg2w).
Welisch, G. et al. (2021) First in Human: who and what makes a cancer phase 1 trial and why are they so important? Project Report. OSF. (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/KWHQF).
Keith, N. , Plummer, R., Coyle, V., Cameron, D., Evans, J. , Twelves, C., Palmer, D., Danson, S., Graham, D. and Welisch, G. (2021) Early Phase Cancer Research in the COVID-19 Pandemic: an ECMC North Initiative. Project Report. OSF. (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/6WTN2).
Ivanova, Y., Aitchison, I., Cannon, P. , Butler, D., Gadegaard, N. and Keith, N. (2020) Mapping of University Research Output and Impact to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Project Report. OSF. (doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/UFYTA).
Exhibitions
Keith, N. et al. (2024) Emerging Ecologies of Health, Heritage, and Habitat: Looking into Living and Working in 2033. [Exhibitions]
Skeldon, K. et al. (2023) Research Firsts Exhibition. [Exhibitions]
Keith, N. et al. (2023) Regenerative Futures: From Global to Local Development in 2032. [Exhibitions]
Website
Keith, N. , Welisch, G., Ross, K. and Smykowski, A. (2022) The Curious Researchers. [Website]
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- ECMC QQR 2023-2028
Cancer Research UK
2023 - 2024
- Whose crisis?: The global COVID-19 crisis from the perspective of communities in Africa
Arts and Humanities Research Council
2020 - 2021
- NU-004380 RES/0280/0438 - Biomarker Trials Covid 19
Pfizer
2020 - 2021
- ECMC supplement
Chief Scientist Office
2019 - 2020
- Glasgow ECMC
Cancer Research UK
2017 - 2019
- Glasgow ECMC
Chief Scientist Office
2017 - 2018
- ACCOMPLISH
European Commission
2016 - 2019
- ACCOMPLISSH
European Commission
2016 - 2019
- Telomerase Study
Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre
2014 - 2014
- Validation of a virtual screen for senescence agonists
Cancer Research UK
2012 - 2013
- Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)
Cancer Research UK
2012 - 2018
- Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)
Chief Scientist Office
2012 - 2017
- Optimisation of telomerase expression repressors
Cancer Research UK
2012 - 2014
- Telomerase Expression Repressors - Project Development Funding
Cancer Research Technology
2011 - 2011
- Telomerase Expression Repressors - Project Development Funding
Cancer Research UK
2011 - 2011
- Senectus: Exploitation of a Cell Senescence Drug Discovery Program
Cancer Research UK
2011 - 2013
- Telomerase therapeutics
Cancer Research UK
2009 - 2011
- In Vitro Modelling and Imaging in Oncology Drug Discovery
Cancer Research UK
2009 - 2009
- TELOMARKER Identification & characterization of novel human telomere-related biomarkers that aid cancer management by improving patient diagnosis, treatment selection, response monitoring, & drug de
European Commission
2008 - 2011
- Workshop on cell based screening for drug discovery
Cancer Research UK
2007 - 2008
- Generation of Cardiomyocytes from Mesenchymal Stem Cells derived from Adult Human Bone Marrow
British Heart Foundation
2005 - 2007
- Developing Molecular Medicine MOL CANCER MED for cancer in the Post-Genomic Era
European Commission
2004 - 2008
Professional activities & recognition
Prizes, awards & distinctions
- 2023: Recognition of service as Chair of the Union for International Cancer Control's (UICC) Technical Fellowships Programme (Union for International Cancer Control (UICC))
Grant committees & research advisory boards
- 2020 - Onwards: COST Association (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), COST Innovators Grant Committee (Chair)
- 2015 - 2018: COST Association (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), COST Actions Review Panel (Member & Chair)
- 2007 - Onwards: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC - World Health Organisation), Fellowship Selection Committee (Member)
- 2020 - 2020: European Commission, Horizon 2020 Science with and for Society (Vice-Chair)
- 2013 - 2019: European Commission, European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant (Panel Member)
- 2019 - 2020: NordForsk (Nordic cooperation on research and research infrastructure), Nordic Programme for Interdisciplinary Research (Member)
- 2014 - Onwards: VLIR-UOS (Supporting partnerships between Flemish HEIs and the Global South), Belgium Commission (Member)
- 2002 - Onwards: Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), Technical Fellowships Programme (Chair)
- 2009 - Onwards: Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial (YY) International Cancer Study Grants (Chair)
- 2019 - 2019: The Research Council of Norway, Centres for Research-based Innovation (Evaluation Member)
- 2019 - 2019: The Swedish Research Council, Swedish Centres of Excellence (Linnaeus Centres) (Evaluation Member)
- 2020 - 2020: The Swedish Research Council, Medicine and Health Panel (Member)
- 2017 - 2017: The Swedish Research Council, Clinical Research Review Panel (Member)
Selected international presentations
- 2023: Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (Hacking Impact Potential: An Advanced Workshop)
- 2022: Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographic Society: Geographies beyond recovery (Creating Impact – How can universities contribute to regional transformation processes?)
- 2022: Research Council of Lithuania Grants Coaching Workshop, Lithuania (How to Develop a Successful Grant)
- 2022: Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands (The Future Shape of Research Impact: An Advanced Workshop)
- 2021: SHAREDay 2021 Symposium, University Medical Center Groningen Netherlands (The New Normal - moving forward stronger!)
- 2021: Groningen Graduate Schools - Career Perspectives Series, Groningen, Netherlands (Post-Covid Careers & emerging skill sets: a futures-focussed view)
- 2021: University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands (The research impact journey: A round trip from bench to society. Fostering a research culture beyond academia)
- 2021: Early Career Scientists Association, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), World Health Organization, Lyon, France (Post-Covid Careers & emerging skill sets: a futures-focussed view.)
- 2021: Research Professionals Network, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands (Understanding organisational cultures and emerging skills sets for career development)
- 2021: Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals (ASTP) (Welcome to 2030: design explorations into the future of living & working with cancer - bon voyage!)
- 2021: Sustainable Futures in Africa Annual International Symposium (Research Impact – Making sense of the concept across different contexts)
- 2021: Sustainable Futures in Africa Network (Post-Covid Careers & emerging skill sets: a futures-focussed view)
- 2021: University of Groningen, The Netherlands (The Future Shape of Research Impact: An Advanced Workshop (Lifelong Learning, Education and Assessment Research Network (LEARN)))
- 2021: Facing the Future. How to Increase Societal Impact? KU Leuven, Belgium. (Welcome to 2030: student-led explorations into the future of living & working with cancer - bon voyage!)
- 2020: The Doctoral network of the Max Planck Society. Max Planck Society (Post-Covid Careers: a futures-focussed view through the post-graduate lens. Max Planck PhDnet)
- 2019: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC),World Health Organization, Lyon, France (Horizon scanning workshop: The future shape of academic career pathways)
- 2020: Stifterverband, Allianz Forum, Berlin, Germany (Hearts & Minds: Co-creating a culture enabling knowledge exchange and research impact. Workshop on Unleashing the potential of SSHA - How to integrate Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts into Professional Knowledge Exchange)
- 2019: The Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria (Preferable Futures in Societal Impact & Innovation. Beyond training in knowledge exchange Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts (SSHA). A STP Meeting)
- 2019: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), World Health Organization, Lyon, France (Research Impact, Open Science & Co-creation - solving problems that matter)
- 2019: Umea University, Sweden (Open Research, Knowledge Exchange & Impact: its relevance to academic careers)
- 2019: Umea University, Sweden (Future Faculty Horizon Scanning Workshop: How to maximise the chances of a successful academic career)
- 2019: Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Why do universities care so much about open research, co-creation & research impact beyond academia?)
- 2019: iKEN Live Online Event (Global) (Co-creation and research translation)
- 2019: University of Hasselt, Belgium (Capacity building for research impact)
- 2018: University of Groningen, Netherlands (Research and societal impact for the humanities and social sciences)
- 2018: VLIRUOS Symposium, Brussels, Belgium (The impact of university cooperation for development: is it about sharing minds or changing lives?)
- 2018: University of Groningen, Netherlands (Research and societal impact for the medical sciences)
- 2018: University of Bremen, Germany (KoWi Conference on EU Research and Innovation Funding)
- 2018: EU Liaison Office, German Research Organisations, Brussels, Belgium (Research policy workshop "Coordinating Policy Recommendations for Durable Action")
- 2017: COST Association, Brussels, Belgium (The Relevance of Impact in Research & Innovation Policy)
- 2017: Ghent University, Belgium (Match-making STEMM & SSH for impact)
- 2017: University of Helsinki, Finland (Advanced Impact Workshop)
Research datasets
2022
ROSS, K. , Keith, N. , Abbott, L., Adams, C., Aitken, E., Aslett, O., Basra, S., Bell, I., Bradley, J., Brown, T., Brown, W., Chen, R., Cheskin, L., Corrie, R., de Vries, E., Defty, E., Drake, H., Dunlop, H., Emadi, A. , Evans, J. , Everett, S., Feng, Z., Fraser, A., Gallacher, K. , Gaynor-Kirk, E., Halsey, C. , Harris, F., Hu, J., Hush, G., Jamieson, N. , Jameison, V., Jones, R. , Just, L., Lembo, T. , Lloyd, B., Ma, C.-L., Macdonald, S. , Mathias, M. , McAra, M., McCaffrey, B., Mccluskey, L.-A., Mchattie, L.-S., Mcneill, E., Milliken, A., Mogford, D., Morris, G., Nicoll, M., O'Brien, T., Onwuka, T., Papanastasatou, M., Perry, M. , Prosser, Z., Proudfoot, B., Raman Komnedath, S., Robinson, J. , Sleight, R., Smith, P., Stricevic, M., Tharp, B., Thoresson, V., Thorne, J., Vansteenhouse, H., Welisch, G. and Wu, O. (2022) Symbiotic Futures: Health, Well-being and Care in the Post-Covid World. [Data Collection]
2021
Perry, M. , Duclos, V., Kambalu, E., Currie, A., Loose, E., Modise, O. M., Lekoko, R., Mmeko, G., Ketlogetswe, T., Mabaso, S., Joseph, M., Ndlela, T., Mathendele Amstrong, D., Moyo, B., Nyirenda, D., Chikonda, B., Paul, S., Ajayi, S., Adjibade, S., Awosanmi, G., Babatunde, F., Abiodun, D., Tofunmi Ajibade, E., Okot, A., Aganyira, K., Kagolobya, R., Otim, D. J., Alanyo, P., Byekwaso, J., Kandole, R., Muwanika, V., Sharp, J., Robinson, J. , Keith, N. and Strachan, Z. (2021) Whose Crisis? Covid 19 explored through arts and cultural practices of African communities. [Data Collection]
Ross, K., Keith, N. , Jones, R. , Hanna, C. , Afzal, I., Basra, S., Bell, I., Bennie, M., Berger, A., Bilsland, A., Blyth, K. , Borris, A., Boruc, M., Bradley, J., Caryl, J., Cerniauskaite, U., Cheskin, L., Chiwanda, J., Cooper, J. , Debiasse, K., Fegan, S., Ferguson, C., Halsey, C. , Harris, F., Herceg, Z., Hogg, C., Hush, G., Julien, A., Kameda, R., Keith, A., Kelly, J., Konieczna, Z., Lu, M. Y., Mackay, S., Marinescu-Duca, M., Maxwell, M., McCaffrey, R., McGuire, N., McIntyre, D., Moffat-Kyle, T., Mukherjee, L., O'Friel, A., Perry, M. , Prentice, J., Prosser, Z., Proudfoot, B., Raman, S., Robinson, J. , Smith, A., Stewart, S., Stricevic, M., Teal, G., Thomson, H., Wang, Z., Welisch, G., Wu, O. , Wu, H., Young, E. and Young, S. (2021) The Future of Cancer and Collective Intelligence in the Post-Covid World. [Data Collection]
2020
Ross, K., Perry, M. , Keith, N. , Ajayi, S., Baird, B., Barrett, B. , Basra, S., Bell, I., Boyce, A. , Brinkmann, K., Brown, R., Burnside, N. , Chechia, V., Chisholm, E., Conroy, J. , Currie, A., Duclos, V., Ehret, C., Fallow, L., Ferdous, R. , Ferguson, C., Harper, A., Hush, G., Judge, J., Kadoma, A., Karakasis, P., Kawecka, M., Keenan, C., Kelly, J., Khalilian, K., Kupiainen, R., LeGrand, P., Macdonald, H., Mcarthur, E., McCaffrey, R., Mcghie, K., Mckenzie, R., O'Neill, D., O'Rourke, J., Paul, S., Piatek, N., Prendergast, E., Proudfoot, B., Pullanikkatil, D., Robertson, E., Robinson, J. , Roth, C., Sharp, J., Sleight, R., Stevens-Rosa, P., Stewart, S., Strazdaite, I., Stricevic, M., Vidal-Lourenco, J., Vincent, A., Wills, N., Yang, S. and Zambonini, H. (2020) Future Experiences: Sustainable Development and the Global South. [Data Collection]
2019
Bilsland, A. , Boyd, S., Turnbull, A., Jenkinson, D., Roffey, J. and Keith, N. (2019) Theoretical model of complex between phosphoglycerate kinase 1 and DJ1. [Data Collection]
Ross, K., Keith, N. , Aitchison, I., Allbutt, E., Banks, E., Basra, S., Bilsland, A., Charalambous, A., Chapal, C., Drummond, M., Dunipace, S., Erridge, A., Fremin-Besombes, M., Glasspool, R., Hamilton, V., Hanna, C. , Herfurth, L., Humpleby, M., Hush, G., Ivanova, Y., Jones, R. , Kaleta-Pyrek, A., Kalt, L., Kantor, M., Karolak, G., Keith, A., Klink, S., Laing, B., Lister, A., Mallon, E., Mccann, E., McLaughlin, R., Merchant, Z., Mozel, A., Mrozek, O., Painter, C., Paul, J. , Paxton, J., Perry, M. , Prendergast, E., Proudfoot, B., Raina, T., Roberts, F., Safrany, S., Scott, J., Sleight, R., Smith, C., Strain, E., Stricevic, M., Svanera, S., Tobias, E. , Vansteenhouse, H., Williams, N. and Zhang, H. (2019) A collaborative approach to exploring the future of Cancer treatment and care in relation to Precision Medicine: A design perspective. [Data Collection]
2018
Sumpton, D., Keith, N. and Bilsland, A. (2018) Identification of novel pyrazolopyrimidine compounds that modulate the shelterin complex and telomere length regulation via phosphoglycerate kinase 1 and stress sensor DJ1. [Data Collection]
Turnbull, A. P., Bilsland, A., Liu, Y., Sumpton, D., Stevenson, K., Cairney, C., Roffey, J., Jenkinson, D. and Keith, N. (2018) PGK1 in complex with CRT0063465 (3-[2-(4-bromophenyl)-5,7-dimethyl-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-6-yl]propanoic acid). [Data Collection]
2017
Keith, N. and Bilsland, A. (2017) Confirmatory assay for modulation of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter in HCT116 cells. [Data Collection]
Keith, N. and Bilsland, A. (2017) Confirmatory dose-response cell survival assay for modulators of telomere damage signalling. [Data Collection]
Keith, N. and Bilsland, A. (2017) Luciferase assay for modulation of the human telomerase RNA component promoter. [Data Collection]
Cairney, C., Godwin, L., Bilsland, A., Burns, S., Stevenson, K., McGarry, L., Revie, J., Moore, J., Wiggans, C., Collinson, R., Mudd, C., Tsonou, E., Sadaie, M., Bennet, D., Narita, M., Torrance, C. and Keith, N. (2017) A ‘synthetic-sickness’ screen for senescence re-engagement targets in mutant cancer backgrounds. [Data Collection]
Keith, N. and Bilsland, A. (2017) Cell survival assay for modulators of telomere damage signalling. [Data Collection]
Keith, N. and Bilsland, A. (2017) Luciferase assay for modulation of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter. [Data Collection]
2015
Bilsland, A., Pugliese, A., Liu, Y., Revie, J., Burns, S., McCormick, C., Cairney, C., Bower, J., Drysdale, M., Narita, M., Sadaie, M. and Keith, N. (2015) Identification of a selective G1-phase benzimidazolone inhibitor by a senescence-targeted virtual screen using artificial neural networks. [Data Collection]
Degerman, S., Landfors, M., Siwicki, J. K., Revie, J., Borssen, M., Evelonn, E., Forestier, E., Chrzanowska, K., Ryden, P., Keith, N. and Roos, G. (2015) Immortalization of T-cells is accompanied by gradual changes in CpG methylation resulting in a profile resembling a subset of T-cell leukemias. [Data Collection]
2012
Mohanty, S., Cairney, C., Keith, N. and Bellantuono, I. (2012) A small molecule modulator of prion protein enhances proliferation and engraftment of mesenchymal stem cells and extends their lifespan upon serial passage in culture. [Data Collection]
2010
Lafferty-Whyte, K., Bilsland, A., Hoare, S., Burns, S., Zaffaroni, N., Cairney, C. and Keith, N. (2010) TCEAL7 Inhibition of c-Myc Activity in Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres Regulates hTERT Expression. [Data Collection]