Dr Madeleine McNeill
PhD, BSc (Bristol)
Expertise
My research has focused on the molecular and cellular mechanisms that control cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, restenosis and vascular calcification.
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Publications
Recent publications
01/08/2026Extracellular matrix stiffness primes the NLRP3-Inflammasome by promoting NLRP3 gene expression via FAK/mTOR/nuclear-actin/SREBP signalling in vascular smooth muscle cells
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
Extracellular matrix stiffness controls cardiac fibroblast proliferation via the nuclear factor-Y (NF-Y) transcription factor
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
Substrate stiffness promotes vascular smooth muscle cell calcification by reducing levels of nuclear actin monomers
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Combined role for YAP-TEAD and YAP-RUNX2 signalling in substrate-stiffness regulation of cardiac fibroblast proliferation
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
Cyclic-AMP Increases Nuclear Actin Monomer Which Promotes Proteasomal Degradation of RelA/p65 Leading to Anti-Inflammatory Effects
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