Dr Ashton Faulkner
BSc Hons(Herts.), MSc(Bristol), PhD
Current positions
Research Associate
School of Biochemistry
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Research interests
My research aims to further our mechanistic understanding of how molecular sensors and modulators of metabolism regulate cardiovascular cell function and how this is impacted by metabolic diseases. In doing so, it is hoped that novel targets for therapeutic intervention will be identified.
Publications
Recent publications
23/12/2021Human adventitial pericytes provide a unique source of anti-calcific cells for cardiac valve engineering
Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Umbilical Cord Pericytes Provide a Viable Alternative to Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Neonatal Vascular Engineering
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Trans-endothelial trafficking of metabolic substrates and its importance in cardio-metabolic disease
Biochemical Society Transactions
Context-dependent regulation of endothelial cell metabolism
Scientific Reports
Dimethyl-2-oxoglutarate improves redox balance and mitochondrial function in muscle pericytes of individuals with diabetes mellitus
Diabetologia
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