Professor Michael Themis
Professor - Gene Therapy and Genotoxicity
Heinz Wolff 235
- Email: michael.themis@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 267252
Suleman, S., Alhaque, S., Guo, A., Zhang, H., Payne, A., Zahn, M., et al. (2025) 'hInGeTox: a human-based in vitro platform to evaluate lentivirus/host interactions that contribute to genotoxicity'. Gene Therapy, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 0969-7128 Open Access Link
Suleman, S., Alhaque, S., Guo, A., Zhang, A., Fawaz, S., Perera, S., et al. (2025) 'Transcriptomic Profiling of iPS Cell-Derived Hepatocyte-like Cells Reveals Their Close Similarity to Primary Liver Hepatocytes'. Cells, 14 (12). pp. 1 - 19. ISSN: 2073-4409 Open Access Link
Suleman, S., Khalifa, MS., Fawaz, S., Alhaque, S., Chinea, Y. and Themis, M. (2025) 'Analysis of HIV-1 based lentiviral vector particle composition by PacBio long-read nucleic acid sequencing'. Human Gene Therapy, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 1043-0342 Open Access Link
Klapwijk, JC., Del Rio Espinola, A., Libertini, S., Collin, P., Fellows, MD., Jobling, S., et al. (2024) 'Improving the assessment of risk factors relevant to potential carcinogenicity of gene therapies: a consensus paper'. Human Gene Therapy, 35 (15-16). pp. 527 - 542. ISSN: 1043-0342 Open Access Link
Suleman, S., Fawaz, S., Roberts, T., Ellison, S., Bigger, B. and Themis, M. (2024) 'Optimised protocols to generate high titre lentiviral vectors using a novel transfection agent enabling extended HEK293T culture following transient transfection and suspension culture'. Journal of Virological Methods, 325 (April 2024). pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 0166-0934 Open Access Link
Suleman, S., Fawaz, S., Roberts, T., Bigger, B., Ellison, S. and Themis, M. (2022) 'An optimised protocol to generate high titre lentiviral vectors by extended HEK293T culture following transient transfection and suspension culture'.ESGCT 29th Annual Congress In collaboration with BSGCT. Edinburgh, UK. 25 - 14 October. Human Gene Therapy. pp. A103 - A103. ISSN: 1043-0342 Open Access Link
Suleman, S., Payne, A., Bowden, J., Al Haque, S., Zhan, M., Fawaz, S., et al. (2022) 'HIV-1 lentivirus tethering to the genome is associated with transcription factor binding sites found in genes that favour virus survival'.ESGCT 29th Annual Congress In collaboration with BSGCT. Edinburgh, UK. 25 - 14 October. Human Gene Therapy. pp. A48 - A48. ISSN: 1043-0342 Open Access Link
Kennea, NL., Waddington, SN., Chan, J., O'Donoghue, K., Yeung, D., Taylor, DL., et al. (2009) 'Differentiation of human fetal mesenchymal stem cells into cells with an oligodendrocyte phenotype'. Cell Cycle, 8 (7). pp. 1069 - 1079. ISSN: 1538-4101 Open Access Link
Buckley, SMK., Waddington, SN., Jezzard, S., Bergau, A., Themis, M., MacVinish, LJ., et al. (2008) 'Intra-amniotic delivery of CFTR-expressing adenovirus does not reverse cystic fibrosis phenotype in inbred CFTR-knockout mice'. Molecular Therapy, 16 (5). pp. 819 - 824. ISSN: 1525-0016 Open Access Link
David, AL., Weisz, B., Gregory, L., Themis, M., Cook, T., Roubliova, X., et al. (2006) 'Ultrasound-guided injection and occlusion of the trachea in fetal sheep'. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 28 (1). pp. 82 - 88. ISSN: 0960-7692
David, AL., Peebles, DM., Gregory, L., Waddington, SN., Themis, M., Weisz, B., et al. (2006) 'Clinically applicable procedure for gene delivery to fetal gut by ultrasound-guided gastric injection: Toward prenatal prevention of early-onset intestinal diseases'. Human Gene Therapy, 17 (7). pp. 767 - 779. ISSN: 1043-0342
David, A., Weisz, B., Ruthe, A., Peebles, DM., Coutelle, C., Rodeck, CH. and et al. (2006) 'Gene transfer to human fetal tissues in vitro'. BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, 113 (7). pp. 863 - 863. ISSN: 1470-0328
Themis, M., Waddington, SN., Schmidt, M., von Kalle, C., Wang, Y., Al-Allaf, F., et al. (2006) 'Erratum: "Oncogenesis following delivery of a nonprimate lentiviral gene therapy vector to fetal and neonatal mice" (Molecular Therapy (2005) vol. 12 (763-771) 10.1016/j.ymthe.2005.07.358)'. Molecular Therapy, 13 (4). pp. 830. ISSN: 1525-0016
Themis, M., Waddington, SN., Schmidt, M., von Kalle, C., Wang, Y., Al-Allaf, F., et al. (2006) 'Oncogenesis following delivery of a nonprimate lentiviral gene therapy vector to fetal and neonatal mice (vol 12, pg 763, 2005)'. Molecular Therapy, 13 (4). pp. 830 - 830. ISSN: 1525-0024
Bigger, BW., Siapati, EK., Mistry, A., Waddington, SN., Nivsarkar, MS., Jacobs, L., et al. (2006) 'Permanent partial phenotypic correction and tolerance in a mouse model of hemophilia B by stem cell gene delivery of human factor IX.'. Gene Therapy, 13 (2). pp. 117 - 126. ISSN: 0969-7128
Tolmachov, O., Ma, YL., Themis, M., Patel, P., Spohr, H., Macleod, KT., et al. (2006) 'Overexpression of connexin 43 using a retroviral vector improves electrical coupling of skeletal myoblasts with cardiac myocytes in vitro'. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 6 (1). pp. 25 - 25. ISSN: 1471-2261 Open Access Link
Coutelle, C., Themis, M., Waddington, SN., Buckley, SMK., Gregory, LG., Nivsarkar, MS., et al. (2005) 'Gene therapy progress and prospects: Fetal gene therapy - First proofs of concept - Some adverse effects'. Gene Therapy, 12 (22). pp. 1601 - 1607. ISSN: 0969-7128
Themis, M., Waddington, SN., Schmidt, M., von Kalle, C., Wang, YH., Al-Allaf, F., et al. (2005) 'Oncogenesis following delivery of a non-primate lentiviral gene therapy vector to fetal mice'.Autumn Meeting of the British-Toxicology-Society. Univ Bath, Bath, ENGLAND. 19 - 20 September. ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD. pp. 233 - 233. ISSN: 0300-483X
Siapati, EK., Bigger, BW., Miskin, J., Chipchase, D., Parsley, KL., Mitrophanous, K., et al. (2005) 'Comparison of HIV- and EIAV-based vectors on their efficiency in transducing murine and human hematopoietic repopulating cells'. Molecular Therapy, 12 (3). pp. 537 - 546. ISSN: 1525-0016
Weisz, B., David, AL., Gregory, LG., Perocheau, D., Ruthe, A., Waddington, SN., et al. (2005) 'Targeting the respiratory muscles of fetal sheep for prenatal gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy'. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 193 (3). pp. 1105 - 1109. ISSN: 1097-6868
Weisz, B., David, AL., Gregory, LG., Perocheau, D., Ruthe, A., Waddington, SN., et al. (2005) 'Targeting the respiratory muscles of fetal sheep for prenatal gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy'. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 193 (3 SUPPL.). pp. 1105 - 1109. ISSN: 0002-9378
Buckley, SM., Waddington, SN., Jezzard, S., Lawrence, L., Schneider, H., Holder, MV., et al. (2005) 'Factors influencing adenovirus-mediated airway transduction in fetal mice'. Molecular Therapy, 12 (3). pp. 484 - 492. ISSN: 1525-0016
Al-Allaf, FA., Tolmachov, O., Themis, M. and Coutelle, C. (2005) 'Coupled analysis of bacterial transformants and ligation mixture by duplex PCR enables detection of fatal instability of a nascent recombinant plasmid'. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods, 64 (2). pp. 142 - 146. ISSN: 0165-022X
Bigger, BW., Waddington, SN., Jones, N., Buch, M., Jacobs, L., Perrett, R., et al. (2005) 'Non-myeloablative stem cell gene delivery effectively establishes long-term gene expression and mixed chimerism in immunocompetent mice'.34th Annual Meeting of the International-Society-for-Experimental-Hematology. Univ Glasgow, Glasgow, SCOTLAND. 30 - 2 August. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. pp. 41 - 42. ISSN: 0301-472X
Waddington, SN., Kramer, MG., Hernandez-Alcoceba, R., Buckley, SM., Themis, M., Coutelle, C. and et al. (2005) 'In utero gene therapy: Current challenges and perspectives'. Molecular Therapy, 11 (5). pp. 661 - 676. ISSN: 1525-0016
Al-Allaf, F., Tolmachov, O., Themis, M. and Coutelle, C. (2005) 'Accurate size gauging of ExoIII/S1-generated deletions by PCR analysis of ligation mixtures'. Anal Biochem, 339 (2). pp. 348 - 350. ISSN: 0003-2697
Themis, M., Bennett, PR., Mehmet, H., Waddington, SN. and Buckley, SM. (2005) 'The development of a mouse model to study the effect of uterine infection on preterm labour and fetal outcome.'.52nd Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Gynecologic-Investigation. Los Angeles, CA. 23 - 26 March. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. pp. 259A - 259A. ISSN: 1071-5576
Weisz, B., David, A., Peebles, D., Gregory, L., Perocheau, D., Waddington, S., et al. (2005) 'Targeting the fetal respiratory muscles for prenatal gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy'.25th Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Maternal-Fetal-Medicine. Reno, NV. 7 - 12 February. MOSBY-ELSEVIER. pp. S22 - S22. ISSN: 0002-9378
David, A., Weisz, B., Peebles, D., Roubliova, X., Perocheau, D., Themis, M., et al. (2005) 'Ultrasound guided placement of an occlusive balloon in the trachea of fetal sheep'.25th Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Maternal-Fetal-Medicine. Reno, NV. 7 - 12 February. MOSBY-ELSEVIER. pp. S166 - S166. ISSN: 0002-9378
Themis, M., Waddington, SN., Schmidt, M., von Kalle, C., Wang, Y., Al-Allaf, F., et al. (2005) 'Oncogenesis following delivery of a nonprimate lentiviral gene therapy vector to fetal and neonatal mice.'. Molecular Therapy, 12 (4). pp. 763 - 771. ISSN: 1525-0016
Waddington, SN., Nivsarkar, MS., Mistry, AR., Buckley, SMK., Kemball-Cook, G., Mosley, KL., et al. (2004) 'Permanent phenotypic correction of hemophilia B in immunocompetent mice by prenatal gene therapy'. BLOOD, 104 (9). pp. 2714 - 2721. ISSN: 0006-4971
Gregory, LG., Waddington, SN., Holder, MV., Mitrophanous, KA., Buckley, SM., Mosley, KL., et al. (2004) 'Highly efficient EIAV-mediated in utero gene transfer and expression in the major muscle groups affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy'. Gene Therapy, 11 (14). pp. 1117 - 1125. ISSN: 0969-7128
Themis, M., Gregory, LG., Waddington, SN., Holder, MV., Mitrophanous, KA., Buckley, SMK., et al. (2004) 'The fetal approach: A novel therapy for the treatment of musculo-skeletal disease'.7th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Gene-Therapy. Minneapolis, MN. 2 - 6 June. ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. pp. S91 - S91. ISSN: 1525-0016
Bigger, BW., Siapati, EK., Mistry, A., Waddington, SN., Nivsarkar, MS., Holder, MV., et al. (2004) 'Induction of immune tolerance and phenotypic rescue of hemophilic mice by stem cell mediated gene transfer'.7th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Gene-Therapy. Minneapolis, MN. 2 - 6 June. ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. pp. S64 - S64. ISSN: 1525-0016
Ma, YI., Tolmachov, O., Themis, M., Spohr, H., Kienast, Y., Coutelle, C. and et al. (2004) 'Field action potential activation and propagation in cocultured cardiac myocytes and Cx43 transduced skeletal myoblasts in a multi-electrode array'.Annual Conference of the British-Cardiac-Society. Manchester, ENGLAND. 24 - 27 May. B M J PUBLISHING GROUP. pp. A37 - A37. ISSN: 1355-6037
Waddington, SN., Buckley, SM., Bernloehr, C., Bossow, S., Ungerechts, G., Cook, T., et al. (2004) 'Reduced toxicity of F-deficient Sendai virus vector in the mouse fetus'. Gene Ther, 11 (7). pp. 599 - 608. ISSN: 0969-7128
Nivsarkar, MS., Nathwani, A., Mosley, K., Davies, N., Gregory, LG., David, AL., et al. (2004) 'Testosterone induced increase in transgene expression in vivo using Adenoviral Gene Delivery Vectors'.1st Annual Conference of the British-Society-for-Gene-Therapy. Keble Coll, Oxford, ENGLAND. 28 - 30 March. WILEY-BLACKWELL. pp. S12 - S13. ISSN: 1099-498X
Bergau, A., Gregory, L., Waddington, S., Harbottle, R., Lawrence, L., Coutelle, C. and et al. (2004) 'Comparative analysis of the human cytokeratin K18 promoter with the CMV promoter by hydrodynamic injection of adult MF-1 mice'.1st Annual Conference of the British-Society-for-Gene-Therapy. Keble Coll, Oxford, ENGLAND. 28 - 30 March. JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD. pp. S5 - S6. ISSN: 1099-498X
Bigger, BW., Siapati, KE., Mistry, A., Waddington, SN., Nivsarkar, MS., Holder, MV., et al. (2004) 'Induction of immune tolerance and partial phenotypic correction of haermophiliac mice by lentiviral gene transfer of human factor IX to haematopoietic stem cells'.1st Annual Conference of the British-Society-for-Gene-Therapy. Keble Coll, Oxford, ENGLAND. 28 - 30 March. JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD. pp. S15 - S15. ISSN: 1099-498X
Holder, MV., Waddington, SN., Gregory, LG., Kramer, MG., Prieto, J., Mitrophanous, K., et al. (2004) 'Comparison of gene expression from liver specific promoter/enhancer combinations in the context of a lentiviral backbone'.1st Annual Conference of the British-Society-for-Gene-Therapy. Keble Coll, Oxford, ENGLAND. 28 - 30 March. JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD. pp. S9 - S9. ISSN: 1099-498X
Gregory, LG., Waddington, SN., Holder, M., Mitrophanous, KA., Buckley, SMK., Ellard, FM., et al. (2004) 'Pseudotyped lentiviral vectors: Toward an applicability for in utero treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy'.1st Annual Conference of the British-Society-for-Gene-Therapy. Keble Coll, Oxford, ENGLAND. 28 - 30 March. JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD. pp. S18 - S18. ISSN: 1099-498X
Chan, J., O'Donoghue, K., Kennea, N., de la Fuente, J., Waddington, S., Themis, M., et al. (2004) 'Human fetal mesenchymal stem cells for intrauterine cellular therapy'.1st Annual Conference of the British-Society-for-Gene-Therapy. Keble Coll, Oxford, ENGLAND. 28 - 30 March. JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD. pp. S17 - S17. ISSN: 1099-498X
Themis, M. (2004) 'An in vitro hprt locus insertion mutagenesis assay'.1st Annual Conference of the British-Society-for-Gene-Therapy. Keble Coll, Oxford, ENGLAND. 28 - 30 March. JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD. pp. S37 - S37. ISSN: 1099-498X
Waddington, SN., Nivsarkar, M., Mistry, A., Buckley, SMK., Kemball-Cook, G., Mosley, KL., et al. (2004) 'Permanent phenotypic correction of Haemophilia B in immunocompetent mice by prenatal gene therapy'.1st Annual Conference of the British-Society-for-Gene-Therapy. Keble Coll, Oxford, ENGLAND. 28 - 30 March. WILEY-BLACKWELL. pp. S17 - S17. ISSN: 1099-498X
Weisz, B., David, AL., Peebles, DM., Gregory, L., Perocheau, D., Themis, M., et al. (2004) 'Targeting the fetal gut for prenatal gene therapy.'.51st Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Gynecologic-Investigation. Houston, TX. 24 - 27 March. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. pp. 182A - 182A. ISSN: 1071-5576
Waddington, SN., Buckley, SMK., Gregory, LG., Themis, M., Coutelle, C. and Kennea, NL. (2004) 'Fetal and neonatal gene therapy: Benefits and pitfalls'.2nd European Conference and Practical Course on Towards Clinical Gene Therapy - Preclinical Gene Transfer Assessment. Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Fac Vet, Bellaterra, SPAIN. 1 - 14 February. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. pp. S92 - S97. ISSN: 0969-7128
Alison, MR., Vig, P., Russo, F., Bigger, BW., Amofah, E., Themis, M. and et al. (2004) 'Hepatic stem cells: From inside and outside the liver?'. Cell Proliferation, 37 (1). pp. 1 - 21. ISSN: 0960-7722
Peebles, D., Gregory, LG., David, A., Themis, M., Waddington, SN., Knapton, HJ., et al. (2004) 'Widespread and efficient marker gene expression in the airway epithelia of fetal sheep after minimally invasive tracheal application of recombinant adenovirus in utero'. Gene Therapy, 11 (1). pp. 70 - 78. ISSN: 0969-7128
Mellor, N., Themis, M., Selden, C., Jones, M. and Hodgson, HJF. (2004) 'Characteristics of murine histidinaemia and its potential for genetic manipulation'. Liver International, 24 (4). pp. 354 - 360. ISSN: 1478-3223
Themis, M., May, D., Coutelle, C. and Newbold, RF. (2003) 'Mutational effects of retrovirus insertion on the genome of V79 cells by an attenuated retrovirus vector: Implications for gene therapy'. Gene Therapy, 10 (19). pp. 1703 - 1711. ISSN: 0969-7128