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Dr Helen Blair

Research Associate

  • Telephone: +44 (0)191 208 2240
  • Address: Dr Helen J Blair
    Translation and Clinical Research Institute,
    Faculty of Medical Sciences,
    Â鶹´«Ã½,
    Wolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre,
    Herschel Building, Level 6,
    Brewery Lane,
    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne,
    NE1 7RU, UK.


Publications

  • Articles

    • Adiamah M, Poole B, Lindsey JC, Kohe S, Morcavallo A, Burte F, Hill RM, Blair H, Thompson D, Singh M, Swartz S, Crosier S, Zhang T, Maddocks ODK, Peet A, Chesler L, Hickson I, Maxwell RJ, Clifford SC. . Neuro-Oncology 2025, 27(1), 237-253.
    • Coleman DJL, Keane P, Chin PS, Ames L, Kellaway S, Blair H, Khan N, Griffin J, Holmes E, Maytum A, Potluri S, Strate L, Koscielniak K, Raghavan M, Bushweller J, Heidenreich O, Rabbitts T, Cockerill PN, Bonifer C. . iScience 2024, 27(4), 109576.
    • Kellaway SG, Potluri S, Keane P, Blair HJ, Ames L, Worker A, Chin PS, Ptasinska A, Derevyanko PK, Adamo A, Coleman DJL, Khan N, Assi SA, Krippner-Heidenreich A, Raghavan M, Cockerill PN, Heidenreich O, Bonifer C. . Nature Communications 2024, 15, 1359.
    • Tirtakusuma R, Milne P, Blair HJ, Shi Y, Bomken S, Heidenreich O. . Leukemia 2024, 38, 883-886.
    • Bell HL, Blair HJ, Jepson Gosling SJ, Galler M, Astley D, Moorman AV, Heidenreich O, Veal GJ, van Delft FW, Lunec J, Irving JAE. . Leukemia 2024, 38, 1223-1235.
    • Rasouli M, Blair H, Troester S, Szoltysek K, Cameron R, Ashtiani M, Krippner-Heidenreich A, Grebien F, McGeehan G, Zwaan CM, Heidenreich O. . HemaSphere 2023, 7(8), e935.
    • Bell HL, Blair HJ, Singh M, Moorman AV, Heidenreich O, van Delft FW, Lunec J, Irving JAE. . Cancer Cell International 2023, 23, 202.
    • Sinclair PB, Cranston RE, Raninga P, Cheng J, Hanna R, Hawking Z, Hair S, Ryan SL, Enshaei A, Nakjang S, Rand V, Blair HJ, Moorman AV, Heidenreich O, Harrison CJ. . Leukemia 2023, 37, 636–649.
    • Stolzel F, Fordham SE, Nandana D, Lin W-Y, Blair H, Elstob C, Bell HL, Mohr B, Ruhnke L, Kunadt D, Dill C, Allsop D, Piddock R, Soura E-N, Park C, Fadly M, Rahman T, Alharbi A, Wobus M, Altmann H, Rollig C, Wagenfuhr L, Jones GL, Menne T, Jackson GH, Marr HJ, Fitzgibbon J, Onel K, Meggendorfer M, Robinson A, Bziuk Z, Bowes E, Heidenreich O, Haferlach T, Villar S, Ariceta B, Diaz RA, Altschuler SJ, Wu LF, Prosper F, Montesinos P, Martinez-Lopez J, Bornhauser M, Allan JM. . JCI Insight 2023, 8(2), e150368.
    • Pringle TA, Chan CD, Luli S, Blair HJ, Rankin KS, Knight JC. . Bioconjugate Chemistry 2022, 33(8), 1564-1573.
    • Pal D, Blair H, Parker J, Hockney S, Beckett M, Singh M, Tirtakusuma R, Nelson R, McNeill H, Angel SH, Wilson A, Nizami S, Nakjang S, Zhou P, Schwab C, Sinclair P, Russell LJ, Coxhead J, Halsey C, Allan JM, Harrison CJ, Moorman AV, Heidenreich O, Vormoor J. . Cell Reports Medicine 2022, 3(8), 100717.
    • Tirtakusuma R, Szoltysek K, Milne P, Grinev VV, Ptasinska A, Chin PS, Meyer C, Nakjang S, Hehir-Kwa JY, Williamson D, Cauchy P, Keane P, Assi SA, Ashtiani M, Kellaway SG, Imperato MR, Vogiatzi F, Schweighart EK, Lin S, Wunderlich M, Stutterheim J, Komkov A, Zerkalenkova E, Evans P, McNeill H, Elder A, Martinez-Soria N, Fordham SE, Shi Y, Russell LJ, Pal D, Smith A, Kingsbury Z, Becq J, Eckert C, Haas OA, Carey P, Bailey S, Skinner R, Miakova N, Collin M, Bigley V, Haniffa M, Marschalek R, Harrison CJ, Cargo CA, Schewe D, Olshanskaya Y, Thirman MJ, Cockerill PN, Mulloy JC, Blair HJ, Vormoor J, Allan JM, Bonifer C, Heidenreich O, Bomken S. . Blood 2022, 140(17), 1875-1890.
    • Marin-Rubio JL, Peltier-Heap RE, Duenas ME, Heunis T, Dannoura A, Inns J, Scott J, Simpson AJ, Blair HJ, Heidenreich O, Allan JM, Watt JE, Martin MP, Saxty B, Trost M. . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2022, 65(18), 12014-12030.
    • Wilson A, Hockney S, Parker J, Angel S, Blair H, Pal D. . F1000Research 2022, 11, 1280.
    • Shi Y, Beckett MC, Blair HJ, Tirtakusuma R, Nakjang S, Enshaei A, Halsey C, Vormoor J, Heidenreich O, Krippner-Heidenreich A, van Delft FW. . Haematologica 2021, 106(4), 1056-1066.
    • Forde S, Matthews JD, Jahangiri L, Lee LC, Prokoph N, Malcolm TIM, Giger OT, Bell N, Blair H, O'Marcaigh A, Smith O, Kenner L, Bomken S, Burke GAA, Turner SD. . British Journal of Haematology 2021, 192(2), 354-365.
    • Fidyt K, Pastorczak A, Goral A, Szczygiel K, Fendler W, Muchowicz A, Bartlomiejczyk MA, Madzio J, Cyran J, Graczyk-Jarzynka A, Jansen E, Patkowska E, Lech-Maranda E, Pal D, Blair H, Burdzinska A, Pedzisz P, Glodkowska-Mrowka E, Demkow U, Gawle-Krawczyk K, Matysiak M, Winiarska M, Juszczynski P, Mlynarski W, Heidenreich O, Golab J, Firczuk M. . Molecular Oncology 2019, 13(5), 1180-1195.
    • Assi SA, Imperato MR, Coleman DJL, Pickin A, Potluri S, Ptasinska A, Chin PS, Blair H, Cauchy P, James SR, Zacarias-Cabeza J, Gilding LN, Beggs A, Clokie S, Loke JC, Jenkin P, Uddin A, Delwel R, Richards SJ, Raghavan M, Griffiths MJ, Heidenreich O, Cockerill PN, Bonifer C. . Nature Genetics 2019, 51(1), 151-162.
    • Potter N, Jones L, Blair H, Strehl S, Harrison CJ, Greaves M, Kearney L, Russell LJ. . Leukemia 2019, 33, 893-904.
    • Matheson EC, Thomas H, Case M, Blair H, Jackson RK, Masic D, Veal G, Halsey C, Newell DR, Vormoor J, Irving JAE. . Haematologica 2019, 104(9), 1804-1811.
    • Martinez-Soria N, McKenzie L, Draper J, Ptasinska A, Issa H, Potluri S, Blair HJ, Pickin A, Isa A, Chin PS, Tirtakusuma R, Coleman D, Nakjang S, Assi S, Forster V, Reza M, Law E, Berry P, Mueller D, Elder A, Bomken SN, Pal D, Allan JM, Veal GJ, Cockerill PN, Wichmann C, Vormoor J, Lacaud G, Bonifer C, Heidenreich O. . Cancer Cell 2018, 34(4), 626-642.e8.
    • Fordham SE, Blair HJ, Elstob CJ, Plummer R, Drew Y, Curtin NJ, Heidenreich O, Pal D, Jamieson D, Park C, Pollard J, Fields S, Milne P, Jackson GH, Marr HJ, Menne T, Jones GJ, Allan JM. . Blood Advances 2018, 2(10), 1157-1169.
    • Sinclair PB, Blair HH, Ryan SL, Buechler L, Cheng J, Clayton J, Hanna R, Hollern S, Hawking Z, Bashton M, Schwab CJ, Jones L, Russell LJ, Marr H, Carey P, Halsey C, Heidenreich O, Moorman AV, Harrison CJ. . Haematologica 2018, 103, 634-644.
    • Vormoor B, Schlosser YT, Blair H, Sharma A, Wilkinson S, Newell DR, Curtin N. . Oncotarget 2017, 8(69), 113418-113430.
    • Noble RA, Bell N, Blair H, Sikka A, Thomas H, Phillips N, Nakjang S, Miwa S, Crossland R, Rand V, Televantou D, Long A, Keun HC, Bacon CM, Bomken S, Critchlow SE, Wedge SR. . Haematologica 2017, 102(7), 1247-1257.
    • McCormick A, Earp E, Elliot K, Cuthbert G, O'Donnell R, Wilson BT, Sutton R, Leeson C, Thomas HD, Blair H, Fordham S, Lunec J, Allan J, Edmondson RJ. . Oncotarget 2017, 8(16), 26832-26844.
    • Elder A, Bomken S, Wilson I, Blair HJ, Cockell S, Ponthan F, Dormon K, Pal D, Heidenreich O, Vormoor J. . Leukemia 2017, 31, 2577-2586.
    • Williams MT, Yousafzai YM, Elder A, Rehe K, Bomken S, Frishman-Levy L, Tavor S, Sinclair P, Dormon K, Masic D, Perry T, Weston VJ, Kearns P, Blair H, Russell LJ, Heidenreich O, Irving JA, Izraeli S, Vormoor J, Graham GJ, Halsey C. . Blood 2016, 127(16), 1998-2006.
    • Pal D, Blair HJ, Elder A, Dormon K, Rennie KJ, Coleman DJL, Weiland J, Rankin KS, Filby A, Heidenreich O, Vormoor J. . Leukemia 2016, 30, 1691-1700.
    • Irving J, Matheson E, Minto L, Blair H, Case M, Halsey C, Swidenbank I, Ponthan F, Kirschner-Schwabe R, Groeneveld-Krentz S, Hof J, Allan J, Harrison C, Vormoor J, von Stackelberg A, Eckert C. . Blood 2014, 124(23), 3420-3430.
    • Scherr M, Elder A, Battmer K, Barzan D, Bomken S, Ricke-Hoch M, Schröder A, Venturini L, Blair HJ, Vormoor J, Ottmann O, Ganser A, Pich A, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Heidenreich O, Eder M. . Leukemia 2014, 28, 554-565.
    • Vormoor B, Knizia HK, Batey MA, Almeida GS, Wilson I, Dildey P, Sharma A, Blair H, Hide IG, Heidenreich O, Vormoor J, Maxwell RJ, Bacon CM. . PLoS ONE 2014, 9(1), e85128.
    • Bomken S, Buechler L, Rehe K, Ponthan F, Elder A, Blair H, Bacon CM, Vormoor J, Heidenreich O. . Leukemia 2013, 27(3), 718-721.
    • Nakatomi M, Hovorakova M, Gritli-Linde A, Blair HJ, Macarthur K, Peterka M, Lesot H, Peterkova R, Ruiz-Perez VL, Goodship JA, Peters H. . Journal of Dental Research 2013, 92(3), 222-228.
    • Blair HJ, Tompson S, Liu YN, Campbell J, MacArthur K, Ponting CP, Ruiz-Perez VL, Goodship JA. . BMC Biology 2011, 9(1), 14.
    • Tompson SWJ, Ruiz-Perez VL, Blair HJ, Barton S, Navarro V, Robson JL, Wright MJ, Goodship JA. . Human Genetics 2007, 120(5), 663-670.
    • Ruiz-Perez VL, Blair HJ, Rodrigues-Andres ME, Blanco MJ, Wilson A, Liu Y-N, Miles C, Peters H, Goodship JA. . Development 2007, 134(16), 2903-2912.
    • Garcia CC, Blair HJ, Seager M, Coulthard A, Tennant S, Buddles M, Curtis A, Goodship JA. . Journal of Medical Genetics 2004, 41(3), 183-186.
    • Ruiz-Perez VL, Tompson SWJ, Blair HJ, Espinoza-Valdez C, Lapunzina P, Silva EO, Hamel B, Gibbs JL, Young ID, Wright MJ, Goodship JA. . American Journal of Human Genetics 2003, 72(3), 728-732.
    • Ann Clark M, Blair H, Liang L, Brey RN, Brayden D, Hirst BH. . Vaccine 2001, 20(1-2), 208-217.
    • Blair HJ, Reed V, Gormally E, Wilson JB, Novak J, McInnes RR, Phillips SJ, Taylor BA, Boyd Y. . Mammalian Genome 2000, 11(8), 710-712.
    • Blair HJ, Gormally E, Uwechue IC, Boyd Y. Mouse mutants carrying deletions that remove the genes mutated in Coffin-Lowry syndrome and lactic acidosis. Hum Mol Genet 7 7 549-555 1998.
    • Boyd Y, Blair HJ, Cunliffe P, Denny P, Gormally E, Herman GE. Encylopedia of the mouse genome VII. Mouse chromosome X. Mamm Genome 8 8 S361-377 1998.
    • Blair HJ, Uwechue IC, Barsh GS, Rowe PS, Boyd Y. An integrated genetic and man-mouse comparative map of the DXHXS674-Pdha1 region of the mouse X chromosome. Genomics 48 48 128-31 1998.
    • Laval SH, Reed V, Blair HJ, Boyd Y. The structure of DXF34, a human X-linked sequence family with homology to a transcribed mouse Y-linked repeat. Mamm Genome 8 8 689-691 1997.
    • Boyd Y, Herman GE, Avner P, Disteche CM, Adler D, Reed V, Blair HJ. Mouse X chromosome. Mamm Genome 7 7 S313-326 1997.
    • Uwechue IC, Cooper BF, Goble C, Hacker T, Blair HJ, Burke DT, Herman G, Boyd Y. The mouse X-linked developmental mutant, tattered, lies between DXMit55 and Xkh and is associated with hyperkeratinization. Genomics 37 37 238-241 1996.
    • Laval SH, Blair HJ, Mitchell MJ, Boyd Y. Smcx lies distal to DXHX674 and DXHX679 on the mouse X chromosome. Mamm Genome 7 7 552 1996.
    • Herman GE, Blair HJ, Boyd SD, De Gouyon B, Haynes A, Quaderi N. Encyclopedia of the mouse genome V. Mouse X chromosome. Mamm Genome 6 6 C317-330 1996.
    • Blair HJ, Ho M, Monaco AP, Fisher S, Craig IW, Boyd Y. High-resolution comparative mapping of the proximal region of the mouse X chromosome. Genomics 28 28 305-310 1995.
    • Blair HJ, Reed V, Laval SH, Boyd Y. New insignts into the man-mouse comparative map of the X-chromosome. Genomics 19 19 212-220 1994.
    • Blair HJ, Hirst MC, MacKinnon R, Davies KE, Boyd Y. Evaluation of human microdissection clones from the FRAXA region as tools for comparative mapping in the mouse: isolation of a conserved genomic clone close to FMR1. Mamm Genome 5 5 584-587 1994.
    • Reed V, Rider S, Maslen GL, Hatchwell E, Blair HJ, Uwechue IC, Craig IW, Laval SH, Monaco AP, Boyd Y. A 2-Mb YAC contig encompassing three loci (DXF34, DXS14 and DXS390) that lie between Xp11.2 translocation breakpoints associated with incontinentia pigmenti type 1. Genomics 20 20 341-346 1994.
    • Blair HJ, Reed V, Laval SH, Boyd Y. The locus for pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 alpha subunit (Pdha1) lies between Plp and Amg on the mouse X chromosome. Mamm Genome 4 4 230-233 1993.
    • Laval SH, Blair HJ, Hirst MC, Davies KE, Boyd Y. Mapping of FMR1, the gene implicated in fragile X-linked mental retardation, on the mouse X chromosome. Genomics 12 12 818-821 1992.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • McKenzie L, Martinez-Soria N, Draper J, Nakjang S, Blair HJ, Wichmann C, Vormoor J, Bonifer C, Lacaud G, Heidenreich O. . In: 58th ASH Annual Meeting. 2016, San Diego, CA, USA: American Society of Hematology.
    • Bell N, Blair H, Noble R, Price L, Wood K, Vormoor J, Bacon C, Rand V, Heidenreich O, Wedge S, Bomken S. . In: Fifth International Symposium on Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. 2015, Varese, Italy: Wiley-Blackwell.
    • Vormoor B, Schlosser Y, Blair H, Wilkinson S, Newell DR, Curtin N. . In: 47th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP). 2015, Cape Town, South Africa: Wiley-Blackwell.
    • Elder A, Blair H, Dormon K, Bomken S, Cockell SJ, Heidenreich O, Vormoor J. . In: 57th ASH Annual Meeting. 2015, Orlando, USA: American Society of Hematology.
    • Dormon K, Latif ES, Bashton M, Pal D, Selby M, Blair H, Rand V, Hall AG, Vormoor J, Heidenreich O. . In: ASH 2015 Annual Meeting. 2015, Orlando, USA: American Society of Hematology.
    • Sinclair P, Cheng J, Raninga P, Hanna R, Hollern S, Enshaei A, Blair H, Nakjang S, Ryan S, Eswaran J, Buechler L, Heidenreich O, Harrison C. . In: 57th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting. 2015, Orlando, FL, USA: American Society of Hematology.
    • Batey MA, Ponthan F, Blair HJ, Heidenreich O. . In: AACR Annual Meeting 2014. 2014, San Diego, CA: American Association for Cancer Research.
    • Bomken S, Elder A, Blair H, Scherr M, Eder M, Vormoor J, Heidenreich O. . In: Spring Meeting for Clinician Scientists in Training. 2014, Royal College of Physicians, London: The Lancet Publishing Group.
    • Bell N, Blair HJ, Vormoor J, Bacon C, Rand V, Heidenreich O, Bomken S. . In: 56th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition. 2014, San Francisco, CA: American Society of Hematology.
    • Bomken S, Buechler L, Rehe K, Ponthan F, Blair H, Heidenreich O, Vormoor J. . In: Blood: 53rd Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). 2011, San Diego, California, USA: American Society of Hematology.
    • Blair HJ, Tompson S, Liu YN, Campbell J, Goodship JA. . In: Mechanisms of Development: 16th Annual Conference of the International Society of Development Biologists. 2009, Edinburgh, UK: Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
    • Goodship J, Blair H, Wilson A, Liu YN, Rodriguez-Andres M, Blanco M, Peters H, Miles C, Ruiz-Perez V. Evc is a positive mediator of Ihh signalling. In: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS. 2007, BRITISH MED ASSOC HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9JR, ENGLAND: B M J PUBLISHING GROUP.
    • Goodship J, Garcia CC, Blair HJ, Seager M, Coulthard A, Tennent S, Buddles M, Curtis A. . In: Journal of Medical Genetics: British Human Genetics Conference. 2003, York, UK: BMJ Group.

  • Online Publication

    • Singh M, Blair H, Berry P, Heidenreich O. . Thieme, 2020. Available at: .

  • Review

    • Boyd Y, Blair HJ, Cunliffe P, Masson WK, Reed V. . Genome Research 2000, 10(3), 277-292.