Dr Julie Rayes

Dr Julie Rayes

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Sciences
British Heart Foundation Intermediate Fellow

Contact details

Address
Cardiovascular Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Julie Rayes is an Associate Professor in Cardiovascular sciences. She holds a British Heart Foundation Intermediate Fellowship. She is interested in understanding the immunoregulatory functions of platelets beyond haemostasis. Her team focuses on the crosstalk between platelets, immune and endothelial cells to identify targets that limit thromboinflammation during infections and sterile inflammation.

Qualifications

  • PhD in biology and pharmacology of haemostasis and vessels (Denis Diderot university-Paris VII)
  • MA in biology and pharmacology of haemostasis and vessels (Denis Diderot university-Paris VII)

Teaching

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Hain, S, Fu, MS, Wigg, L, George, L, Lecky, D, Whitehead, AJ, Clipston, E, Sato, K, Ono, M, Wuthrich, M, Klein, B, Kawakami, K, Rayes, J, Bending, D & Drummond, RA 2025, 'Brain-infiltrating CD4 T cells drive inflammatory microglia proliferation during cryptococcal meningitis in mice', Nature Communications, vol. 16, no. 1, 8995. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64034-5

Perez-Toledo, M, Beristain-Covarrubias, N, Pillaye, J, Persaud, R, Marcial Juarez, E, Jossi, S, Hitchcock, J, Alshayea, A, Channell, W, Wiersma, N, Lamerton, R, Kavanagh, D, Carestia, A, Horsnell, W, Henderson, IR, Mackman, N, Clark, AR, Jenne, CN, Rayes, J, Watson, S & Cunningham, A 2025, 'Discrete and conserved inflammatory signatures drive thrombosis in different organs after Salmonella infection', Nature Communications, vol. 16, 2356. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57466-6

Stapley, RJ, Sawkulycz, X, Da Mota Araujo, GHM, Englert, M, Garcia-Quintanilla, L, Smith, SRM, Ahmed, A, Haining, EJ, Kaur, N, Bacon, A, Pisarev, AV, Poulter, NS, Kavanagh, DPJ, Thomas, SG, Montague, SJ, Rayes, J, Nagy, Z & Morgan, NV 2025, 'Platelet-specific SLFN14 deletion causes macrothrombocytopenia and platelet dysfunction through dysregulated megakaryocyte and platelet gene expression', Journal of Clinical Investigation. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI189100

El-awaisi, J, Perrella, G, Mayer, N, Tinkova, V, Simon, CJ, Grygielska, B, Watson, SP, Dimitrov, JD, Brill, A, Hassan, E, Nicolson, PLR, Kavanagh, D, Kalia, N & Rayes, J 2025, 'Spleen tyrosine kinase inhibition mitigates hemin-induced thromboinflammation in an organ-specific manner in sickle cell mice', Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. https://doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.124.32207

Sekar, R, Mimoun, A, Bou-Jaoudeh, M, Loyau, S, Delignat, S, Daventure, V, Bonilla, P, Bahle, AS, Venkataraman, K, Rayes, J, Boulaftali, Y, Jandrot-Perrus, M, Proulle, V & Lacroix-Desmazes, S 2024, 'High FVIII concentrations interfere with GPVI-mediated platelet activation in vitro', Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtha.2024.01.021

Bourne, JH, Perrella, G, El-Awaisi, J, Terry, LV, Tinkova, V, Hogg, RL, Gant, P, Grygielska, B, Kalia, N, Kavanagh, D, Brill, A, Dimitrov, JD, Watson, SP & Rayes, J 2024, 'Hydroxychloroquine inhibits hemolysis-induced arterial thrombosis ex vivo and improves lung perfusion in hemin-treated mice', Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 2018-2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtha.2024.04.008

Reyat, J, Sommerfeld, L, O'Reilly, M, Roth Cardoso, V, Thiemann, E, Khan, A, O'Shea, C, Harder, S, Müller, C, Barlow, J, Stapley, R, Chua, WWL, Kabir, N, Grech, O, Hummel, O, Hübner, N, Kaab, S, Mont, L, Hatem, SN, Winters, J, Zeemering, S, Morgan, N, Rayes, J, Gehmlich, K, Stoll, M, Brand, T, Schweizer , M, Piasecki, A, Schotten, U, Gkoutos, G, Lorenz, K, Cuello, F, Kirchhof, P & Fabritz, L 2024, 'PITX2 deficiency leads to atrial mitochondrial dysfunction', Cardiovascular Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvae169

Roullet, S, Luc, N, Rayes, J, Solarz, J, Disharoon, D, Ditto, A, Gahagan, E, Pawlowski, C, Sefiane, T, Adam, F, Casari, C, Christophe, OD, Bruckman, M, Lenting, PJ, Sen Gupta, A & Denis, CV 2023, 'Efficacy of platelet-inspired hemostatic nanoparticles on bleeding in von Willebrand disease murine models', Blood, vol. 141, no. 23, pp. 2891-2900. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2022018956

Khan, AO, Rodriguez-Romera, A, Reyat, JS, Olijnik, AA, Colombo, M, Wang, G, Wen, WX, Sousos, N, Murphy, LC, Grygielska, B, Perrella, G, Mahony, CB, Ling, RE, Elliott, NE, Karali, CS, Stone, AP, Kemble, S, Cutler, EA, Fielding, AK, Croft, AP, Bassett, D, Poologasundarampillai, G, Roy, A, Gooding, S, Rayes, J, Machlus, KR & Psaila, B 2023, 'Human Bone Marrow Organoids for Disease Modeling, Discovery, and Validation of Therapeutic Targets in Hematologic Malignancies', Cancer Discovery, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 364-385. https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-22-0199

Bourne, JH, Campos, J, Hopkin, SJ, Whitworth, K, Palis, J, Senis, YA, Rayes, J, Iqbal, AJ & Brill, A 2023, 'Megakaryocyte NLRP3 hyperactivation induces mild anemia and potentiates inflammatory response in mice', Frontiers in immunology, vol. 14, 1226196. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1226196

Reyat, JS, di Maio, A, Grygielska, B, Pike, J, Kemble, S, Rodriguez-Romero, A, Simoglou Karali, C, Croft, AP, Psaila, B, Simões, F, Rayes, J & Khan, AO 2023, 'Modelling the pathology and treatment of cardiac fibrosis in vascularised atrial and ventricular cardiac microtissues', Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1156759

Bourne, J, Smith, C, Jooss, N, Di, Y, Brown, H, Montague, S, Thomas, M, Poulter, N, Rayes, J & Watson, SP 2022, 'CLEC-2 supports platelet aggregation in mouse but not human blood at arterial shear', Thrombosis and Haemostasis, vol. 122, no. 12, pp. 1988-2000. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1896-6992

Editorial

Rayes, J 2022, 'It takes guts to boost platelet reactivity and inflammation', Blood, vol. 139, no. 12, pp. 1781-1783. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2021015118

Preprint

Brill, A, Bourne, J, Campos, J, Hopkin, S, Whitworth, K, Palis, J, Senis, Y, Rayes, J & Iqbal, A 2023 'Megakaryocyte NLRP3 hyperactivation induces anemia and potentiates inflammatory response in mice' Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2616664/v1

Review article

Rayes, J & Brill, A 2024, 'Hot under the clot: venous thrombogenesis is an inflammatory process', Blood, vol. 144, no. 5, pp. 477-489. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2023022522

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