Dr Julie Rayes

Dr Julie Rayes

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

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+44 (0)121 414 2560
Email
j.rayes@bham.ac.uk
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@JulieRayes
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Institute of 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)

Biography

Julie Rayes completed her MA and PhD at the University of Denis Diderot-Paris VII in France (2003-2007) focusing on the role of Von Willebrand Factor and ADAMTS13 in thrombotic and bleeding disorders. During her first post doc (2008-2010), she established a mouse model of VWD type 2B using hydrodynamic injection. During her second post doc (2011-2014), she focused on the crosslink between coagulation and complement and the role of complement activation in the immune response against therapeutic FVIII in haemophilia A. Since 2014, Julie Rayes focuses on the crosstalk between platelets and immune cells in thromboinflammation.

In 2019, Julie was appointed as a lecturer in Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Birmingham. In 2020, she received a British Heart Foundation Intermediate Fellowship to investigate novel mechanisms of thromboinflammation in haemolytic diseases, with both infectious and congenital origins.

Teaching

Project supervision

Postgraduate supervision

 Julie is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:

Research

Research Themes

The main aim of Julie's research is to investigate and target thromboinflammation in infection, haemolysis and sterile inflammation.

Her current research focuses on the role of Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs) and Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs) released during infections and haemolysis on the development and resolution of thromboinflammation focusing on platelet- innate immune cell interactions. She is also interested in understanding how the presence of comorbidities alter the response of platelets, endothelial cells and immune cells to DAMPs and PAMPs and identify potential targets to limit thromboinflammation in particular in the presence of cardiovascular diseases.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Schrottmaier, WC, Pirabe, A, Pereyra, D, Heber, S, Hackl, H, Schmuckenschlager, A, Brunnthaler, L, Santol, J, Kammerer, K, Oosterlee, J, Pawelka, E, Treiber, SM, Khan, AO, Pugh, M, Traugott, MT, Schörgenhofer, C, Seitz, T, Karolyi, M, Jilma, B, Rayes, J, Zoufaly, A & Assinger, A 2022, 'Platelets and antiplatelet medication in COVID-19-related thrombotic complications', Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, vol. 8, 802566. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.802566

Khan, A, Reyat, J, Hill, H, Bourne, J, Colicchia, M, Newby, ML, Allen, JD, Crispin, M, Youd, E, Murray, P, Taylor, G, Stamataki, Z, Richter, A, Cunningham, A, Pugh, M & Rayes, J 2022, 'Preferential uptake of SARS-CoV-2 by pericytes potentiates vascular damage and permeability in an organoid model of the microvasculature', Cardiovascular Research, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvac097

Colicchia, M, Schrottmaier, WC, Perrella, G, Reyat, JS, Begum, J, Slater, A, Price, J, Clark, JC, Zhi, Z, Simpson, M, Bourne, J, Poulter, NS, Khan, AO, Nicolson, PLR, Pugh, MR, Harrison, P, Iqbal, AJ, Rainger, GE, Watson, SP, Thomas, MR, Mutch, NJ, Assinger, A & Rayes, J 2022, 'S100A8/A9 drives the formation of procoagulant platelets through GPIbα', Blood. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2021014966

Lamerton, R, Marcial-Juarez, E, Faustini, S, Perez-Toledo, M, Goodall, M, Jossi, S, Newby, ML, Chapple, I, Dietrich, T, Veenith, T, Shields, A, Harper, L, Henderson, I, Rayes, J, Wraith, D, Watson, S, Crispin, M, Drayson, M, Richter, A & Cunningham, A 2022, 'SARS-CoV-2 spike- and nucleoprotein-specific antibodies induced after vaccination or infection promote classical complement activation', Frontiers in immunology, vol. 13, 838780. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.838780

Krysko, O, Bourne, J, Kondakova, E, Galova, E, Whitworth, K, Newby, ML, Bachert, C, Hill, H, Crispin, M, Stamataki, Z, Cunningham, A, Pugh, M, Khan, A, Rayes, J, Vedunova, M, Krysko, D & Brill, A 2022, 'Severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with high numbers of alveolar mast cells and their degranulation', Frontiers in immunology, vol. 13, 968981. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.968981

Schrottmaier, WC, Pirabe, A, Pereyra, D, Heber, S, Hackl, H, Schmuckenschlager, A, Brunnthaler, L, Santol, J, Kammerer, K, Oosterlee, J, Pawelka, E, Treiber, SM, Khan, AO, Pugh, M, Traugott, MT, Schörgenhofer, C, Seitz, T, Karolyi, M, Jilma, B, Rayes, J, Zoufaly, A & Assinger, A 2021, 'Adverse outcome in COVID-19 is associated with an aggravating hypo-responsive platelet phenotype', Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, vol. 8, 795624. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.795624

Bourne, J, Beristain Covarrubias, N, Zuidscherwoude, M, Campos, J, Di, Y, Garlick, E, Colicchia, M, Terry, L, Thomas, S, Brill, A, Bayry, J, Watson, S & Rayes, J 2021, 'CLEC-2 Prevents Accumulation and Retention of Inflammatory Macrophages During Murine Peritonitis', Frontiers in immunology, vol. 12, 693974. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.693974

Zhi, Z, Jooss, NJ, Sun, Y, Colicchia, M, Slater, A, Moran, LA, Cheung, HYF, Di, Y, Rayes, J, Poulter, NS, Watson, SP & Iqbal, AJ 2021, 'Galectin-9 activates platelet ITAM receptors glycoprotein VI and C-type lectin-like receptor-2', Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH. https://doi.org/10.1111/jth.15625

Haining, E, Lowe, K, Wichaiyo, S, Kataru, RP, Nagy, Z, Kavanagh, D, Lax, S, Di, Y, Nieswandt, B, Ho-Tin-Noé, B, Mehrara, BJ, Senis, Y, Rayes, J & Watson, S 2020, 'Lymphatic blood filling in CLEC-2-deficient mouse models', Platelets. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2020.1734784

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

Rayes, J & Jenne, CN 2021, 'Platelets: bridging thrombosis and inflammation', Platelets, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 293-294. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2021.1889310

Preprint

Lamerton, RE, Juarez, EM, Faustini, SE, Perez-Toledo, ME, Goodall, M, Jossi, SE, Newby, ML, Chapple, I, Dietrich, T, Veenith, T, Shields, AM, Harper, L, Henderson, IR, Rayes, J, Wraith, DC, Watson, SP, Crispin, M, Drayson, MT, Richter, AG & Cunningham, AF 2021 'In vitro, classical complement activation differs by disease severity and between SARS-CoV-2 antigens' medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.22.21266681

Review article

Raghunathan, S, Rayes, J & Sen Gupta, A 2022, 'Platelet-inspired nanomedicine in hemostasis thrombosis and thromboinflammation', Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 1535-1549. https://doi.org/10.1111/jth.15734

Bourne, J, Colicchia, M, Di, Y, Martin, E, Slater, A, Roumenina, LT, Dimitrov, JD, Watson, S & Rayes, J 2021, 'Heme induces human and mouse platelet activation through C-type-lectin-like receptor-2', Haematologica, vol. 106, no. 2, pp. 626-629. https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2020.246488

Rayes, J & Lacroix-Desmazes, S 2020, 'A molecular jewel for hemophilia A treatment', Blood, vol. 135, no. 17, pp. 1417-1419. https://doi.org/10.1182/BLOOD.2020005250

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