Dr Julie Rayes

Julie Rayes

Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
Lecturer

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 2560
Email
j.rayes@bham.ac.uk
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Address
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
College of Medical and Dental Sciences
1st Floor IBR
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston Birmingham
B15 2TT
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

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 (2003-2006) working on the role of Von Willebrand Factor and ADAMTS13 in thrombotic and bleeding disorders. During her PhD, she focused on the expression and characterisation of novel mutations identified in patients with Von willebrand disease or thrombotic thrombocytopenic Purpura.

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. In 2014, she joined the University of Birmingham as a post doc with Pr. Steve Watson to investigate the role of platelets in inflammation and infection. She is focusing on the interaction between platelets and immune cells in particular macrophages in the modulation of the inflammatory reaction during sepsis.

Postgraduate supervision

If you are interested in studying in the area of thrombo-inflammation and infection, please contact Julie on the details above.

Research

Julie’s main interest is to study the role of platelets in thrombo-inflammation and infection.

She mainly works on the role of platelets in the modulation of infection-mediated inflammation and the modulation of immune cells functions in particular macrophages. Julie is also interested in the cross-talk between coagulation and complement and the role of these interactions in inflammation and thrombosis.

Other activities

  • Member of the British society of haemostasis and thrombosis
  • Member of International society of thrombosis and haemostasis
  • Member of the British society of immunology

Publications

Calippe B, Augustin S, Poupel L, Hu S, Lavalette S, Fauvet A, Rayes J, Levy O, Raoul W, Fitting C, Denèfle T, Pickering MC, Harris C, Jorieux S, Sullivan PM, Sahel JA, Karoyan P, Sapieha P, Guillonneau X, Gautier EL and Sennlaub F, (2017) Complement factor H inhibits CD47-mediated resolution of inflammation, Immunity. 2017;46:261-272

Roumenina LT, Rayes J, Frimat M and Fremeaux-Bacchi V (2016). Endothelial cells: source, barrier, and target of defensive mediators. Immunol Rev. Nov; 274:307-329.

Roumenina LT, Rayes J, Lacroix-Desmazes S and Dimitrov JD (2016), Heme: Modulator of Plasma Systems in Hemolytic Diseases.Trends Mol Med.  Mar;22:200-13.

Rayes J & Watson S.P. Platelet GPVI repairs its own damage (2015). Blood.  126:933-4.

Rayes J, Roumenina LT, Dimitrov JD, Repessé Y, Ing M, Christophe O, Jokiranta TS, Halbwachs-Mecarelli L, Borel-Derlon A, Kaveri SV, Frémeaux-Bacchi V, Lacroix-Desmazes S (2014), The interaction between factor H and VWF increases factor H cofactor activity and regulates VWF prothrombotic status. Blood ;123:121-5.

Teyssandier M, Delignat S, Rayes J, Bryckaert M, Jandrot-Perrus M, Kaveri SV, Lacroix-Desmazes S (2012). Activation state of platelet in experimental severe hemophilia A.  Haematologica. Jul;97:1115-6.

Rayes J, Hollestelle MJ, Legendre P, Marx I, de Groot PG, Christophe OD, Lenting PJ, Denis CV (2010), Mutation & ADAMTS13-Dependent Modulation Of Disease Severity In A Mouse Model for Won Willebrand Disease Type 2B.  Blood. Jun;115:4870-7.

Rayes J, Hommais A, Legendre P, Tout H, Veyradier A, Obert B, Ribba AS, Girma JP (2007), Effect of von Willebrand disease type 2B and type 2M mutations on the susceptibility of von Willebrand factor to ADAMTS-13 , J Thromb Haemost. Feb;5:321-8.

Book chapter: Julie Rayes, Alexander T Hardy, Stephanie E Lombard, Samantha J Montague, Steve P Watson and Kate L Lowe (2017). The role of CLEC-2 in and beyond the vasculature. Book Title :Platelets in Thrombotic and Non-Thrombotic Disorders, Springer pp 129-138

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