Adrian Harris
Emeritus Professor of Medical Oncology
- Professorial Fellow, St Hugh's College
- Consultant Medical Oncologist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Research Summary
I investigate tumour angiogenesis and the role of notch signalling, and hypoxia biology and its regulation.
Biography
Adrian Harris has been the Cancer Research UK Professor of Medical Oncology in the Department of Oncology at University of Oxford since 1988 and is also a Professorial Fellow of St Hugh's College, University of Oxford.
He is a Consultant Medical Oncologist at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. He was also the Director of Molecular Oncology Laboratory at the University of Oxford. He trained in Medicine and Biochemistry at Liverpool University and subsequently received his DPhil from Oxford University. He then trained at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Medical Oncology.
Recent publications
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Cellular imbalance in proximal and distal lung of CFTR−/− sheep in utero and at birth
Journal article
Leir SH. et al, (2025), Molecular Medicine, 31
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A systems-based approach to uterine fibroids identifies differential splicing associated with abnormal uterine bleeding.
Journal article
Wang C-Y. et al, (2025), Commun Med (Lond), 5
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Amyloid-β disrupts APP-regulated protein aggregation and dissociation from recycling endosomal membranes.
Journal article
Singh PJ. et al, (2025), EMBO J
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Low cytoplasmic NUB1 protein exerts hypoxic cell death with poorer prognosis in oestrogen receptor negative breast cancer patients.
Journal article
Tan K-L. et al, (2024), Transl Oncol, 49
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Data from GTP cyclohydrolase drives breast cancer development and promotes EMT in an enzyme-independent manner
Other
Wang Z. et al, (2024)

