Dr Ruchi Shukla

Assistant Professor

Department: Applied Sciences

Key Publications

Endogenous retroelement activation is implicated in IFN-α production and anti-CCP autoantibody generation in early Rheumatoid Arthritis, Cooles, F., Pedrola, G., Naamane, N., Pratt, A., Barron‐Millar, B., Anderson, A., Hilkens, C., Casement, J., Bondet, V., Duffy, D., Zhang, F., Shukla, R., Isaacs, J. 16 Dec 2024, In: Arthritis and Rheumatism
Identification of TIAM1 as a Potential Synthetic-Lethal-like Gene in a Defined Subset of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Permtermsin, C., Lalchungnunga, H., Nakjang, S., Casement, J., Ogle, L., Reeves, H., Strathdee, G., Shukla, R., Welsh, M. 28 Mar 2023, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Impact of retrotransposon protein L1 ORF1p expression on oncogenic pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma: the role of cytoplasmic PIN1 upregulation, Zadran, B., Sudhindar, P., Wainwright, D., Bury, Y., Luli, S., Howarth, R., McCain, M., Watson, R., Huet, H., Palinkas, F., Palmini, R., Casement, J., Mann, D., Oakley, F., Lunec, J., Reeves, H., Faulkner, G., Shukla, R. 30 Mar 2023, In: British Journal of Cancer
Regulation of CHK1 inhibitor resistance by a c-Rel and USP1 dependent pathway, Hunter, J., Campbell, A., Hannaway, N., Kerridge, S., Luli, S., Butterworth, J., Sellier, H., Mukherjee, R., Dhillon, N., Sudhindar, P., Shukla, R., Brownridge, P., Bell, H., Coxhead, J., Taylor, L., Leary, P., Hasoon, M., Collins, I., Garrett, M., Eyers, C., Perkins, N. 14 Oct 2022, In: Biochemical Journal
Sulfatase-2 from Cancer Associated Fibroblasts: An Environmental Target for Hepatocellular Carcinoma?, Zaki, M., Alhasan, S., Shukla, R., McCain, M., Laszczewska, M., Geh, D., Patman, G., Televantou, D., Whitehead, A., Maurício, J., Barksby, B., Gee, L., Paish, H., Leslie, J., Younes, R., Burt, A., Borthwick, L., Thomas, H., Beale, G., Govaere, O., Sia, D., Anstee, Q., Tiniakos, D., Oakley, F., Reeves, H. 13 Dec 2022, In: Liver Cancer
A PDCD1 Role in the Genetic Predisposition to NAFLD-HCC?, Eldafashi, N., Darlay, R., Shukla, R., McCain, M., Watson, R., Liu, Y., McStraw, N., Fathy, M., Fawzy, M., Zaki, M., Daly, A., Maurício, J., Burt, A., Haugk, B., Cordell, H., Bianco, C., Dufour, J., Valenti, L., Anstee, Q., Reeves, H. 19 Mar 2021, In: Cancers
HCV activates somatic L1 retrotransposition—a potential hepatocarcinogenesis pathway, Sudhindar, P., Wainwright, D., Saha, S., Howarth, R., McCain, M., Bury, Y., Saha, S., McPherson, S., Reeves, H., Patel, A., Faulkner, G., Lunec, J., Shukla, R. 11 Oct 2021, In: Cancers
Key features of the environment promoting liver cancer in the absence of cirrhosis, Zaki, M., Mahdi, A., Patman, G., Whitehead, A., Maurício, J., McCain, M., Televantou, D., Abou-Beih, S., Ramon-Gil, E., Watson, R., Cox, C., Leslie, J., Wilson, C., Govaere, O., Lunec, J., Mann, D., Nakjang, S., Oakley, F., Shukla, R., Anstee, Q., Tiniakos, D., Reeves, H. 1 Dec 2021, In: Scientific Reports
L1 retrotransposition is a common feature of mammalian hepatocarcinogenesis, Schauer, S., Carreira, P., Shukla, R., Gerhardt, D., Gerdes, P., Sanchez-Luque, F., Nicoli, P., Kindlova, M., Ghisletti, S., Dos Santos, A., Rapoud, D., Samuel, D., Faivre, J., Ewing, A., Richardson, S., Faulkner, G. May 2018, In: Genome Research
Mutual epithelium-macrophage dependency in liver carcinogenesis mediated by ST18, Ravà, M., D'Andrea, A., Doni, M., Kress, T., Ostuni, R., Bianchi, V., Morelli, M., Collino, A., Ghisletti, S., Nicoli, P., Recordati, C., Iascone, M., Sonzogni, A., D'Antiga, L., Shukla, R., Faulkner, G., Natoli, G., Campaner, S., Amati, B. May 2017, In: Hepatology

PGR Supervision

Ayodeji Olushola Awotula Understanding the interactions between L1 ORF1 protein and other cellular proteins in the context of oncogenic pathways Start Date: 01/11/2024

Qualifications

PhD December 20 2007

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