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  Queen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
  NG7 2UH
  UK
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• Stuart.Astbury@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I am a Senior Research Fellow in the Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre and NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre. Currently I am part of an EU/IMI project aiming to understand the immune response during drug-induced liver injury (DILI) and develop new biomarkers to aid in its detection. I also provide bioinformatics methods support to researchers within the Nottingham BRC. From 2022-2024 I was deputy lead for postgraduate student training in the School of Medicine.

Expertise Summary

• Sequencing (whole genome/exome studies, bulk and single cell RNAseq, metagenomics, Oxford Nanopore).
• Mass cytometry and high dimensional flow cytometry.
• Immunogenetics & genome-wide association studies.

Research Summary

Current research projects include:

• Immune phenotyping in checkpoint and drug-induced liver injury using mass/flow cytometry, single-cell and bulk RNA-seq
• Genome-wide association studies and immunogenetics
• Viral deep sequencing (amplicon-based and metagenomic approaches) on Illumina and minION platforms
• Effects of host and virus genotypes on immune response
• The application of AI-based image analysis in liver pathology
• The microbiome in liver disease - 16S and metagenomic sequencing
• Serum and tissue markers of disease progression in both non-alcoholic and alcoholic liver disease
• A number of the above projects involve international collaboration, I have worked as a visiting researcher at the Population Health and Research Institute, Trivandrum, India, and Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.

Recent Publications

• MASSEN, GEORGIE M, STONE, PHILIP W, JENKINS, R GISLI, ALLEN, RICHARD J, WAIN, LOUISE V, STEWART, IAIN, TAYAL, UPASANA and QUINT, JENNIFER K, 2026. The association between fibrotic diseases and treatment-resistant hypertension in England European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 33(7), 1227-1235
• ASTBURY, STUART, ATALLAH, EDMOND, GROVE, JANE I, BOZWARD, AMBER G, DAVIES, SCOTT P, SHEEHAN, MARK J, KUMPF, STEVEN W, QIAN, JESSIE, KRAJEWSKA, NATALIA M, WOOTTON, GRACE E and OTHERS, 2026. Circulating exhausted CD8+ effector memory cells differentiate immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced liver injury from other acute immune-mediated liver injuries Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 14(3), e014178
• VARGAS, MARIA FERNANDA, ASTBURY, STUART, GROVE, JANE I, VISENTIN, MICHELE, SAMODELOV, SOPHIA L, KULLAK-UBLICK, GERD A and AITHAL, GURUPRASAD P, 2026. Diagnosing idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury: lessons from monocyte-derived hepatocyte-like cells Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology. 22(3), 217-224
• PRAMUDI WIJAYASIRI, STUART ASTBURY, GRACE NEEDHAM, PHILIP KAYE, MAMATHA BHAT, ANNA M PICCININI and ALOYSIOUS D ARAVINTHAN, 2025. Human Cell. 38, 70

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Past Research

My PhD from the Division of Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ covered maternal gastrointestinal and liver adaptation to pregnancy, and the effect of maternal diet on this adaptation, as well as the effect of maternal diet on GI development in the offspring. I also spent 2 years as a Visiting Graduate Student at the Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Canada.

I previously worked in the Molecular Gastroenterology group at the University of Sheffield, studying the role of fibre, butyrate and histone deacetylase inhibition in colorectal cancer progression.

• MASSEN, GEORGIE M, STONE, PHILIP W, JENKINS, R GISLI, ALLEN, RICHARD J, WAIN, LOUISE V, STEWART, IAIN, TAYAL, UPASANA and QUINT, JENNIFER K, 2026. The association between fibrotic diseases and treatment-resistant hypertension in England European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 33(7), 1227-1235
• ASTBURY, STUART, ATALLAH, EDMOND, GROVE, JANE I, BOZWARD, AMBER G, DAVIES, SCOTT P, SHEEHAN, MARK J, KUMPF, STEVEN W, QIAN, JESSIE, KRAJEWSKA, NATALIA M, WOOTTON, GRACE E and OTHERS, 2026. Circulating exhausted CD8+ effector memory cells differentiate immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced liver injury from other acute immune-mediated liver injuries Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. 14(3), e014178
• VARGAS, MARIA FERNANDA, ASTBURY, STUART, GROVE, JANE I, VISENTIN, MICHELE, SAMODELOV, SOPHIA L, KULLAK-UBLICK, GERD A and AITHAL, GURUPRASAD P, 2026. Diagnosing idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury: lessons from monocyte-derived hepatocyte-like cells Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology. 22(3), 217-224
• PRAMUDI WIJAYASIRI, STUART ASTBURY, GRACE NEEDHAM, PHILIP KAYE, MAMATHA BHAT, ANNA M PICCININI and ALOYSIOUS D ARAVINTHAN, 2025. Human Cell. 38, 70
• DUNCAN, JOSHUA D, PATHAK, MONIKA, KING, BARNABAS J, BAMBER, HOLLY, RADFORD, PAUL, DEY, JAYASREE, RICHARDSON, CHARLOTTE, ASTBURY, STUART, MCCLURE, PATRICK, BALL, JONATHAN K and OTHERS, 2025. Wisteria floribunda agglutinin enhances Zaire ebolavirus entry through interactions at specific N-linked glycosylation sites on the virus glycoprotein complex Journal of General Virology. 106(6), 002120
• JI, CHANGHUA, KUMPF, STEVEN, QIAN, JESSIE, FEDERSPIEL, JOEL D, SHEEHAN, MARK, CAPUNITAN, DARIEN, ATALLAH, EDMOND, ASTBURY, STUART, ARAT, SEDA, OZIOLOR, ELIAS and OTHERS, 2025. Transcriptomic and proteomic characterization of cell and protein biomarkers of checkpoint inhibitor-induced liver injury Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy. 74(6), 190
• EASTON, VICTORIA, MCPHILLIE, MARTIN J, SANTOS, IGOR ANDRADE, HALL, PHILIPPA, MCCLURE, C PATRICK, ASTBURY, STUART, PACI, EMANUELLE, ST JOHN, ALEXANDER, FISHWICK, COLIN WG and HARRIS, MARK, 2025. Identification and characterization of candidate inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 nsp14 3′-5′ exoribonuclease Journal of General Virology. 106(12), 002190
• MCCLURE, C PATRICK, TSOLERIDIS, THEOCHARIS, HILL, JACK D, HOLMES, NADINE, CHAPPELL, JOSEPH G, BYARUHANGA, TIMOTHY, DUNCAN, JOSHUA, TOFAN, MIRUNA, BERRY, LOUISE, CLARK, GEMMA and OTHERS, 2025. ‘Vivaldi’: an amplicon-based whole-genome sequencing method for the four seasonal human coronaviruses, 229E, NL63, OC43 and HKU1, alongside SARS-CoV-2 Microbial genomics. 11(7), 001451
• BYARUHANGA, TIMOTHY, ASTBURY, STUART, HILL, JACK D, TSOLERIDIS, THEOCHARIS, CHAPPELL, JOSEPH G, KAYIWA, JOHN T, ATALIBA, IRENE J, NANKYA, ANNET M, BALL, JONATHAN K, LUTWAMA, JULIUS J and OTHERS, 2024. Undiagnosed West Nile virus lineage 2d infection in a febrile patient from South-west Uganda, 2018 IJID Regions. 13, 100462
• JOYCE, ALICE M, HILL, JACK D, TSOLERIDIS, THEOCHARIS, ASTBURY, STUART, BERRY, LOUISE, HOWSON-WELLS, HANNAH C, ALLEN, NANCY, CANNING, BEN, JONES, CARL B, CLARK, GEMMA and OTHERS, 2024. Coxsackievirus A6 UK Genetic and Clinical Epidemiology Pre-and Post-SARS-CoV-2 Emergence Pathogens. 13(11), 1020
• MASSEN, GEORGIE M, WHITTAKER, HANNAH R, COOK, SARAH, JENKINS, GISLI, ALLEN, RICHARD J, WAIN, LOUISE V, STEWART, IAIN and QUINT, JENNIFER K, 2024. Using routinely collected electronic healthcare record data to investigate fibrotic multimorbidity in England Clinical epidemiology. 433-443
• ASTBURY, STUART, BASKAR, AISHWARYA, GROVE, JANE I, KAYE, PHILIP, ARAVINTHAN, ALOYSIOUS D, JAMES, MARTIN W, CLARKE, CHRISTOPHER, AITHAL, GURUPRASAD P and VENKATACHALAPATHY, SURESH VASAN, 2023. Next-generation sequencing of pancreatic cyst wall specimens obtained using micro-forceps for improving diagnostic accuracy Endoscopy International Open. 11(10), E983-E991
• GARON, ADAM, VENKATACHALAPATHY, SURESH, CORREIA, RICARDO, KORPOSH, SERGIY, MORGAN, STEVE, LEE, SEUNG-WOO, GORDON, GEORGE, PRAMANIK, BAPAN, MATA, ALVARO, AITHAL, GURUPRASAD and OTHERS, 2023. Fabrication of an Optical Fibre Biosensor towards Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Pancreatic Cancer Detection In: Optical Fiber Sensors. Th4-3
• HASHIM, AHMED, BREMNER, STEPHEN, GROVE, JANE I, ASTBURY, STUART, MENGOZZI, MANUELA, O’SULLIVAN, MARGARET, MACKEN, LUCIA, WORTHLEY, TIM, KATAREY, DEV, AITHAL, GURUPRASAD P and OTHERS, 2022. Liver International. 42(3), 628-639
• ASTBURY, STUART, REYNOLDS, CATHERINE J, BUTLER, DAVID K, MUNOZ-SANDOVAL, DIANA C, LIN, KAI-MIN, PIEPER, FRANZISKA P, OTTER, ASHLEY, KOURAKI, AFRODITI, CUSIN, LOLA, NIGHTINGALE, JESSICA and OTHERS, 2022. Immunology.
• PRAMUDI WIJAYASIRI, STUART ASTBURY, PHILIP KAYE, FIONA OAKLEY, GRAEME J ALEXANDER, TIMOTHY J KENDALL and ALOYSIOUS D ARAVINTHAN, 2022. CELLS. 11(14), 2221
• VIJAY, AMRITA, ASTBURY, STUART, LE ROY, CAROLINE, SPECTOR, TIM D and VALDES, ANA M, 2021. Gut Microbes. 13(1), 1863133
• MENNI, CRISTINA, LOUCA, PANAYIOTIS, BERRY, SARAH E, VIJAY, AMRITA, ASTBURY, STUART, LEEMING, EMILY R, GIBSON, RACHEL, ASNICAR, FRANCESCO, PICCINNO, GIANMARCO, WOLF, JONATHAN and OTHERS, 2021. BMC Medicine. 19(1), 1-10
• ASTBURY, STUART, GROVE, JANE I, DORWARD, DAVID A, GUHA, INDRA N, FALLOWFIELD, JONATHAN A and KENDALL, TIMOTHY J, 2021. The Journal of Pathology: Clinical Research. 7(5), 471-481
• VIJAY, AMRITA, ASTBURY, STUART, PANAYIOTIS, LOUCA, MARQUES, FRANCINE Z, SPECTOR, TIM D, MENNI, CRISTINA and VALDES, ANA M, 2021. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 683
• BOZWARD, AMBER, ASTBURY, STUART, ATALLAH, EDMOND, WOOTTON, GRACE, GROVE, JANE, PATEL, POULAM, RAO, ANKIT, MA, YUKTING, PUNIA, PANKAJ, AITHAL, GURUPRASAD and OTHERS, 2021. CXCR3pos CD27pos CD161pos NK cells in autoimmune and drug induced liver injury position around lectin like transcript-1 expressing Kupffer cells and CD70pos dendritic cells In: JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY. S303-S303
• ASTBURY, STUART, SOARES, MARCIA MARIA COSTA NUNES, PEPRAH, EMMANUEL, KING, BARNABAS, JARDIM, ANA CAROLINA GOMES, SHIMIZU, JACQUELINE FARINHA, JALAL, PAYWAST, SAEED, CHIMAN H., SABEER, FURAT T., IRVING, WILLIAM L., TARR, ALEXANDER W. and MCCLURE, C. PATRICK, 2020. Journal of Clinical Virology. 129, 104483
• ATKINSON, STEPHEN R, GROVE, JANE I, LIEBIG, STEPHANIE, ASTBURY, STUART, VERGIS, NIKHIL, GOLDIN, ROBERT, QUAGLIA, ALBERTO, BANTEL, HEIKE, GUHA, INDRA NEIL, THURSZ, MARK R, NEWCOMBE, PAUL, STRNAD, PAVEL and AITHAL, GURUPRASAD P, 2020. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 115(11), 1857-1868
• ATKINSON, STEPHEN R, GROVE, JANE I, LIEBIG, STEPHANIE, ASTBURY, STUART, VERGIS, NIKHIL, GOLDIN, ROBERT, QUAGLIA, ALBERTO, BANTEL, HEIKE, GUHA, INDRA NEIL, THURSZ, MARK R and OTHERS, 2020. In Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis, Serum Keratin-18 Fragments Are Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Theragnostic Biomarkers Official journal of the American College of Gastroenterology| ACG. 115(11), 1857-1868
• ATKINSON, STEPHEN, GROVE, JANE, LIEBIG, STEPHANIE, ASTBURY, STUART, GOLDIN, ROBERT D, QUAGLIA, ALBERTO, BANTEL, HEIKE, GUHA, NEIL, THURSZ, MARK, STRNAD, PAVEL and OTHERS, 2020. In alcoholic hepatitis, cytokeratin 18 serum fragments reflect its severity and predict responsiveness to prednisolone Journal of Hepatology. 73, S179
• ASTBURY, STUART, ATALLAH, EDMOND, VIJAY, AMRITA, AITHAL, GURUPRASAD P, GROVE, JANE I and VALDES, ANA M, 2019. Gut microbes. 1-12
• GROVE JI, THIAGARAJAN P, ASTBURY S, HARRIS R, DELAHOOKE T, GUHA IN and AITHAL GP, 2018. Liver International. 38(10), 1832-1838
• ASTBURY, STUART, SONG, ALEIDA, ZHOU, MI, NIELSEN, BRENT, HOEDL, ABHA, WILLING, BENJAMIN P., SYMONDS, MICHAEL E. and BELL, RHONDA C., 2018. Frontiers in Genetics. 9,
• SONG A, ASTBURY S, HOEDL A, NIELSEN B, SYMONDS ME and BELL RC, 2017. Nutrients. 9(4),
• GROVE, J. I., THIAGARAJAN, P., ASTBURY, S., HARRIS, R., DELAHOOKE, T., CARD, T. R., GUHA, I. N. and AITHAL, G. P., 2017. Journal of Hepatology. 66(1), S587
• LINEKER, CHRISTOPHER, KERR, PAUL M., NGUYEN, PATRICIA, BLOOR, IAN, ASTBURY, STUART, PATEL, NIKHIL, BUDGE, HELEN, HEMMINGS, DENISE G., PLANE, FRANCES, SYMONDS, MICHAEL E. and BELL, RHONDA C., 2015. Reproduction, Fertility and Development.
• ASTBURY, STUART, MOSTYN, ALISON, SYMONDS, MICHAEL E and BELL, RHONDA C, 2015. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 40(11), 1100-1106
• ASTBURY, STUART, SONG, ALEIDA, NIELSEN, BRENT, COURSEN, NICOLE, HOEDL, ABHA and BELL, RHONDA, 2014. A high fructose diet during pregnancy significantly affects markers of intestinal permeability in the offspring (816.2) The FASEB Journal. 28(1 Supplement), 816-2
• SONG, ALEIDA, ASTBURY, STUART, COURSEN, NICOLE, HOEDL, ABHA and BELL, RHONDA C, 2014. Maternal High-Fructose Intake Induces Adverse Effects on Their Metabolic Profile and that of Their Female Offspring in Pregnancy Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 38(5), S73-S74
• ASTBURY, STUART MARK, BELL, RHONDA C, MOSTYN, ALISON, SHARKEY, DON and SYMONDS, MICHAEL E, 2013. Supplementation of commercial pig feed with palm oil during pregnancy downregulates genes related to development and permeability in the offspring small intestine The FASEB Journal. 27, 867-7
• ASTBURY, STUART M and CORFE, BERNARD M, 2012. Current Drug Metabolism. 13(6), 815-821