Dr Matthew Butler
BSc, MBChB, PhD
Current positions
Consultant Senior Lecturer & MRC Clinician Scientist
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Determining The Therapeutic Potential Of Gene Therapy For Translation Of Glycocalyx Protection Strategies In Chronic Kidney Disease
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
13/02/2024 to 12/02/2025
Publications
Recent publications
12/05/2026Endothelial-erythrocyte glycocalyx exchange enables liquid biopsies of endothelial function
Nature Communications
Heparanase inhibition prevents glycocalyx damage and albuminuria in experimental minimal change disease
Clinical and Translational Medicine
Mitochondrial activity promotes neutrophil degranulation and endothelial dysfunction in systemic infections
EMBO Molecular Medicine
Association between glucosamine use and albuminuria in the UK
BMJ Open
The glomerular endothelial glycocalyx as a therapeutic target in proteinuric kidney disease
Nature Reviews Nephrology
Thesis
Aldosterone-induced endothelial glycocalyx dysfunction, a potential therapeutic target in proteinuria?
Supervisors
Award date
25/09/2018
Related people
Professor Gavin Welsh
Professor of Renal Cell Biology
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Professor Simon Satchell
Professor of Renal and Vascular Medicine
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Dr Becky Foster
Associate Professor of Microvascular Medicine
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Dr Raina Ramnath
Senior Research Fellow
Bristol Medical School (THS)
Dr Karen Onions
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (THS)