Dr Lynda Partridge
School of Biosciences
Senior Lecturer
+44 114 222 4185
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School of Biosciences
Firth Court
Western Bank
葫芦影业
S10 2TN
- Profile
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I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biosciences and teach Immunology to students in all years of our course. After a Biological Sciences degree at the University of Birmingham (specialising in Microbiology and Genetics) I carried out my PhD in Immunology at the Medical School there. I moved to 葫芦影业 as a postdoctoral worker and later joined the Department as a lecturer. Most of my research now focusses on the tetraspanin family of membrane proteins and their role in infection, but I also have a long-standing interest in the application of antibody techniques to research and medicine. I鈥檓 currently Chair of the Yorkshire Branch of the Royal Society of Biology and am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.
Career history
- 1979-1982: PhD, Department of Immunology, University of Birmingham
- 1882-1988: Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Biochemistry University of 葫芦影业
- 1988-1998: Lecturer, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of 葫芦影业
- 1990, 1993: Visiting Researcher, Scripps Research Clinic, La Jolla, California
- 2009-2013: Scientific Director, Bioserv UK Ltd.
- 1998-present: Senior Lecturer, School of Biosciences, University of 葫芦影业
- Qualifications
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- PhD Immunology (University of Birmingham)
- MSc Immunology (University of Birmingham)
- BSc Biological Sciences (University of Birmingham)
- Research interests
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Tetraspanins in health and disease
Tetraspanins are a highly conserved superfamily of transmembrane proteins, with the first member having appeared some 570 million years ago! They are widely expressed in multicellular organisms and are involved in basic cell functions such as motility, fusion and membrane trafficking. Tetraspanins form promiscuous associations with one another and with other membrane proteins and lipids to generate a specialised type of microdomain: the tetraspanin enriched microdomain (TEM). There are 33 tetraspanins in mammals with roles in fertility, the immune response, cancer progression and susceptibility to infections.
Our group uses specific antibodies and other tetraspanin-based reagents to investigate how these proteins function in health and disease. We have shown that tetraspanins help control the formation of multinucleated giant cells (MNGCs), which are associated with chronic inflammation and certain types of infection, particularly those caused by viruses.
We have also discovered that many pathogenic bacteria 鈥渉ijack鈥 tetraspanin microdomains as a way of attaching to host cells before causing infection. This has encouraged us to develop tetraspanin-based reagents as alternatives to antibiotics for treating infections caused by a wide range of microbes such as Staphylococcus aureus (including MRSA).
Antibodies in research
I have also had a long-standing interest in the production and use of antibodies as tools in research and medicine. In the early 1990s, I helped establish a dedicated facility at the University for Custom Production of antibodies for researchers. A related spinout company, Bioserv UK Ltd, established in 2009, specialises in the production of antibodies and other proteins from mammalian cell culture.
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- . Cells, 9(11).
- . Scientific Reports, 10.
- . Medical Microbiology and Immunology.
- . Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 209(5), 643-652.
- . Journal of Infection, 75(2), 115-124.
- . PLoS One, 11(7).
- . Scientific Reports, 5, 12444-12444.
- . PLoS ONE, 9(12).
- . Science, 334(6057), 821-824.
- . Infect Immun, 79(6), 2241-2249.
- . PLoS One, 6(5), e19683.
- . Immunology, 127(2), 237-248.
- . mBio.
- . Toxins, 9(11), 344-344.
All publications
Journal articles
- . The Ocular Surface.
- . PLOS ONE, 17(11).
- . PLoS ONE, 16(11).
- . Cells, 9(11).
- . Scientific Reports, 10.
- . Access Microbiology, 2(7A).
- . Journal of Visualized Experiments.
- . Medical Microbiology and Immunology.
- . Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 209(5), 643-652.
- . Microorganisms, 8(2).
- . Frontiers in Immunology, 9.
- . Journal of Infection, 75(2), 115-124.
- . Biochem Soc Trans, 45(2), 465-475.
- . PLoS One, 11(7).
- . Cell Metabolism, 23(2), 379-385.
- . Nature Medicine, 21(12), 1395-1399.
- . Scientific Reports, 5, 12444-12444.
- . PLoS ONE, 9(12).
- . Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 25(11), 555-557.
- . Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 41(9), 505-512.
- . Archives of Disease in Childhood, 99(10), 887-891.
- . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369(1633), 20130496-20130496.
- . Current Biology, 22(17), R741-R752.
- . Infect Disord Drug Targets, 12(1), 4-17.
- . Science, 334(6057), 821-824.
- . Infect Immun, 79(6), 2241-2249.
- . Biochem Soc Trans, 39(2), 524-528.
- . Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28(8), 2393-2402.
- . Cell Metabolism, 13(3), 340-350.
- . Aging Cell, 10(1), 137-147.
- . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366(1561), 6-8.
- . PLoS One, 6(5), e19683.
- . Aging Cell, 8(5), 509-513.
- . Immunology, 127(2), 237-248.
- . BioDrugs, 23(6), 341-359.
- . Journal of Insect Physiology, 54(1), 32-40.
- . Aging Cell, 6(5), 595-598.
- . Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 128(10), 546-552.
- . Aging Cell, 6(4), 429-438.
- . Mol Immunol, 44(10), 2507-2517.
- . J Biol Chem, 282(6), 3664-3671.
- . J VIROL, 80(13), 6487-6496.
- . EUR J HAEMATOL, 76(4), 331-338.
- . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273(1589), 939-947.
- . EMBO reports, 6(11), 1006-1008.
- . Genome Biology, 6(11), R94-R94.
- . J Virol, 79(17), 10839-10851.
- . Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 60(Pt 1), 172-174.
- . Evolution, 57(11), 2653-2658.
- . Evolution, 57(3), 566-573.
- . Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 311(1), 208-214.
- . J Mol Biol, 332(2), 423-435.
- . INT J CANCER, 105(5), 613-616.
- . NAT BIOTECHNOL, 21(6), 679-685.
- . Clin Exp Immunol, 131(1), 182-189.
- . Aging Cell, 1(2), 140-148.
- . Aging Cell, 1(1), 1-9.
- Production of human monoclonal antibodies to an ovarian carcinoma-associated antigen (HPLAP) using phage display. J PATHOL, 198, 19A-19A.
- . Nature, 418(6901), 921-921.
- . Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 41(9), 1460.
- Direkte Identifizierung von Proteinkatalysatoren mit Phosphatase-Aktivit盲t durch kovalente Bindung an ein Suizid-Substrat. Angewandte Chemie, 114(5), 801-803.
- Direct screening for phosphatase activity by turnover-based capture of protein catalysts.. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 41(5), 775-777.
- . Evolution, 55(8), 1609-1620.
- . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 268(1477), 1647-1654.
- . Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr, 57(Pt 8), 1192-1195.
- . Evolution, 54(6), 2152-2155.
- . Evolution, 54(2), 534-542.
- The identification of endothelial cell autoantigens. J AUTOIMMUN, 15(1), 41-49.
- . Genetical Research, 75(3), 297-313.
- . Immunology, 99(4), 546-552.
- . Heredity, 84(3), 338-347.
- . Science, 286(5449), 2521-2524.
- . Biol Reprod, 59(5), 1180-1186.
- . Journal of Insect Physiology, 43(12), 1117-1123.
- . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 264(1386), 1271-1275.
- . The American Naturalist, 150(2), 250-282.
- . Evolution, 51(4), 1164-1164.
- . Physiological Zoology, 70(4), 403-414.
- A human monoclonal antiendothelial cell autoantibody uses a V-H gene associated with an anti-DNA autoantibody.. BIOCHEM SOC T, 25(2), S321-S321.
- Antibody catalysis of B(Ac)2 aryl carbamate ester hydrolysis: A highly disfavored chemical process. J AM CHEM SOC, 119(9), 2315-2316.
- . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 263(1371), 755-759.
- The medical potential of catalytic antibodies. PURE APPL CHEM, 68(11), 2009-2016.
- A human monoclonal antiendothelial cell autoantibody uses a V-H gene associated an anti-DNA autoantibody. IMMUNOLOGY, 89, BB321-BB321.
- hCD63 binding by MAb's from the platelet workshop blind panel. TISSUE ANTIGENS, 48(4-II), PL105-PL105.
- Analysis of the reactivity of antibodies from the blind panel of the myeloid workshop with hCD63. TISSUE ANTIGENS, 48(4-II), MC505-MC505.
- Toward antibody-directed ''abzyme'' prodrug therapy, ADAPT: Carbamate prodrug activation by a catalytic antibody and its in vitro application to human tumor cell killing. P NATL ACAD SCI USA, 93(2), 799-803.
- . Mol Immunol, 32(17-18), 1339-1344.
- . J Biol Chem, 270(28), 16625-16629.
- CHARACTERIZATION OF NUCLEAR TRANSPORT-SYSTEM AND MOLECULES INVOLVED IN NUCLEAR-PROTEIN LOCALIZATION IN HUMAN MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE CELL-LINES. J CELL BIOCHEM, 145-145.
- . Biochim Biophys Acta, 1221(3), 323-329.
- DIGESTION OF ACTIN WITH GLY-C AND THE LOCALIZATION OF THE EPITOPE FOR THE MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY NH3. J MUSCLE RES CELL M, 15(2), 196-196.
- STRATEGIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CATALYTIC ANTIBODIES USING COMBINATORIAL LIBRARIES. J CELL BIOCHEM, 195-195.
- HUMAN THYROID AUTOANTIBODIES FROM PCOMB3 PHAGE DISPLAY COMBINATORIAL LIBRARIES. J CELL BIOCHEM, 200-200.
- . Methods Mol Biol, 27, 65-86.
- . Autoimmunity, 17(3), 167-179.
- . Biochem Soc Trans, 21(4), 415S.
- . Biochem J, 295 ( Pt 3), 679-684.
- . Biochem Soc Trans, 21(4), 1096-1098.
- HUMAN MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES AGAINST A PLETHORA OF VIRAL PATHOGENS FROM SINGLE COMBINATORIAL LIBRARIES. P NATL ACAD SCI USA, 90(9), 4141-4145.
- . Heredity, 69(6), 489-495.
- . Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 7(3), 99-100.
- . Biochem Soc Trans, 18(2), 274-275.
- . J Mol Endocrinol, 3(1), 7-14.
- . Mol Immunol, 25(11), 1175-1181.
- LOCALIZATION OF THE BINDING-SITE FOR THE HUMAN HIGH-AFFINITY FC RECEPTOR ON IGG. NATURE, 332(6164), 563-564.
- INITIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ANTI-ACTIN MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY (NH3). BIOCHEM SOC T, 16(2), 163-164.
- Dibutyryl cyclic AMP stimulation of a monocyte-like cell line, U937: a model for monocyte chemotaxis and Fc receptor-related functions.. Immunology, 63(3), 483-490.
- Comparison of human monocytes isolated by elutriation and adherence suggests that heterogeneity may reflect a continuum of maturation/activation states.. Immunology, 63(3), 491-498.
- CHARACTERIZATION OF A MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY (DA1) WHICH REACTS WITH BONE-MATRIX AND BONE CELL CYTOPLASM. BONE, 8(1), 46-46.
- THE USE OF ANTI-IGG MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES IN MAPPING THE MONOCYTE RECEPTOR-SITE ON IGG. MOL IMMUNOL, 23(12), 1365-1372.
- LOCALIZATION OF THE MONOCYTE-BINDING REGION ON HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN-G. MOL IMMUNOL, 23(3), 319-330.
- SUBCLASSES OF IGG ON THE SURFACE OF HUMAN-LYMPHOCYTES - A STUDY WITH MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES. CLIN EXP IMMUNOL, 56(1), 167-174.
- IMMUNOGENIC AND ANTIGENIC EPITOPES OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS .2. ANTIGENIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SECRETED AND MEMBRANE IGG DEMONSTRATED USING MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES. J IMMUNOL, 128(1), 1-6.
- . mBio.
- . eLife, 10.
- . Cells, 10(6), 1419-1419.
- . Journal of Visualized Experiments(159).
- . Toxins, 9(11), 344-344.
- . Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 6.
- . PLoS Biology, 12(4), e1001824-e1001824.
- . PLoS ONE, 6(1), e16144-e16144.
- . Journal of Visualized Experiments(47).
- . PLoS ONE, 3(11), e3721-e3721.
- . PLoS Genetics, 3(4), e57-e57.
- . PLoS Biology, 3(7), e223-e223.
Conference proceedings papers
- The role of tetraspanin proteins in macrophage uptake of Salmonella bacteria. IMMUNOLOGY, Vol. 131 (pp 80-80)
- Roles for tetraspanin proteins in the fusion of human monocytes to form multinucleated giant cells. IMMUNOLOGY, Vol. 125 (pp 6-7)
- . MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY, Vol. 44(1-3) (pp 237-237)
- Passive and catalytic antibodies and drug delivery. PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY, Vol. 76(5) (pp 983-989)
- Inhibition of sperm-oolemma interactions by the extracellular domains of CD9 and CD81. ANDROLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY, SHORT COMMUNICATIONS (pp 565-572)
- Does the CDR3 of the heavy chain determine the specificity of autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus?. JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNITY, Vol. 11(5) (pp 477-483)
- A role for CD63 in signal transduction. IMMUNOLOGY, Vol. 89 (pp OM114-OM114)
- Identification of potential ligands for CD63 from random peptide libraries. IMMUNOLOGY, Vol. 89 (pp OM117-OM117)
Preprints
- Research group
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Most of my current research is focussed on the role of tetraspanins in bacterial infections. Together with colleagues in Medicine and Engineering in 葫芦影业 and at the LV-Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad, I am a co-investigator on an MRC GCRF-funded project that aims to develop new anti-adhesive treatments for infections that cause corneal ulceration and blindness. With colleagues in Medicine in 葫芦影业 and Mahidol University in Bangkok, we have also been investigating the role of tetraspanins in the tropical disease melioidosis. I currently supervise three PhD students as primary supervisor and two as secondary supervisor.
- Teaching activities
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Level 4 modules
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MBB405 Advanced Research Topics
Level 3 modules
- MBB311 Molecular Immunology (Module Coordinator)
Level 2 modules
- MBB263 Microbiology 2
Level 1 modules
- MBB163 Microbiology
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- Professional activities and memberships
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I am Chair of the Yorkshire Branch of Royal Society of Biology, represent the 葫芦影业 region for the British Society of Immunology, and am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.