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Publications: DR Sarah Mcclelland

Lumeau A, Guscott MA, Pere NM, Nichols I, Werner B, Dusetti N, McClelland SE ( 2025 ) . Abstract B129: Tracking genome evolution and chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer . Cancer Research vol. 85 , ( 18_Supplement_3 ) b129 - b129 .
Deenonpoe R, Guscott MA, Watcharadetwittaya S, McNeill IL, Moralli D, Shaikh N, McClelland SE ( 2025 ) . Chromosomal instability and genomic alterations in cholangiocarcinoma from Northeastern Thailand . The Journal of Pathology vol. 267 , ( 3 ) 261 - 274 .
Jones MJK, Rai SK, Pfuderer PL, Bonfim-Melo A, Pagan JK, Clarke PR, Totañes FIG, Merrick CJ et al. ( 2025 ) . A high-resolution, nanopore-based artificial intelligence assay for DNA replication stress in human cancer cells . Nature Communications vol. 16 , ( 1 )
Benvenisty N, Draper JS, Gokhale PJ, Healy L, Hewitt Z, Hursh D, Hodgson A, Ludwig TE et al. ( 2025 ) . A call to action for deciphering genetic variants in human pluripotent stem cells for cell therapy . Cell Stem Cell vol. 32 , ( 4 ) 508 - 512 .
Khan MA, Hall A, Guscott M, Bakali N, McClelland S, Graham T, Lockley M ( 2025 ) . 29P BRCA1 reversion mutations confer a fitness benefit to PARP inhibitor-resistant subclones in high grade serous ovarian cancer models . ESMO Open vol. 10 ,
Lu W-T, Zalmas L-P, Bailey C, Black JRM, Martinez-Ruiz C, Pich O, Gimeno-Valiente F, Usaite I et al. ( 2024 ) . TRACERx analysis identifies a role for FAT1 in regulating chromosomal instability and whole-genome doubling via Hippo signalling . Nature Cell Biology vol. 27 , ( 1 ) 154 - 168 .
Guscott MA, McClelland SE ( 2024 ) . Experimental evolution of cancer chromosomal changes . Nature Genetics vol. 56 , ( 5 ) 743 - 745 .
Andrade JR, Gallagher AD, Maharaj J, McClelland SE ( 2023 ) . Disentangling the roles of aneuploidy, chromosomal instability and tumour heterogeneity in developing resistance to cancer therapies . Chromosome Research vol. 31 , ( 4 )
Tovini L, Johnson SC, Guscott MA, Andersen AM, Spierings DCJ, Wardenaar R, Foijer F, McClelland SE ( 2023 ) . Targeted assembly of ectopic kinetochores to induce chromosome‐specific segmental aneuploidies . The EMBO Journal vol. 42 , ( 10 )
Shaikh N, Mazzagatti A, De Angelis S, Johnson SC, Bakker B, Spierings DCJ, Wardenaar R, Maniati E et al. ( 2022 ) . Replication stress generates distinctive landscapes of DNA copy number alterations and chromosome scale losses . Genome Biology vol. 23 , ( 1 )
Guscott M, Saha A, Maharaj J, McClelland SE ( 2022 ) . The multifaceted role of micronuclei in tumour progression: A whole organism perspective . The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology vol. 152 ,
Barr AR, McClelland SE ( 2022 ) . Cells on lockdown: long‐term consequences of CDK4/6 inhibition . The EMBO Journal vol. 41 , ( 6 )
Shaikh N, McClelland SE ( 2021 ) . Diversity in chromosome numbers promotes resistance to chemotherapeutics . Developmental Cell vol. 56 , ( 17 ) 2399 - 2400 .
MacDonald C, McClelland SE ( 2021 ) . Chromosome Instability through the Ages: Parallels between Speciation and Somatic (Cancer) Evolution . Trends in Genetics vol. 37 , ( 8 ) 691 - 694 .
Moghul M, McClelland S, Rajan P ( 2021 ) . Cellular and Immunobiology . Basic Urological Sciences ,
Tamura N, Shaikh N, Muliaditan D, Soliman TN, McGuinness JR, Maniati E, Moralli D, Durin M-A et al. ( 2020 ) . Specific Mechanisms of Chromosomal Instability Indicate Therapeutic Sensitivities in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma . Cancer Research vol. 80 , ( 22 ) 4946 - 4959 .
Graham TA, McClelland SE ( 2020 ) . Strands of evidence about cancer evolution . Nature vol. 583 , ( 7815 ) 207 - 209 .
Tovini L, McClelland SE ( 2020 ) . Towards restoring proper chromosome segregation and preventing ageing . EMBO Reports vol. 21 , ( 5 )
Dumont M, Gamba R, Gestraud P, Klaasen S, Worrall JT, De Vries SG, Boudreau V, Salinas‐Luypaert C et al. ( 2019 ) . Human chromosome‐specific aneuploidy is influenced by DNA‐dependent centromeric features . The EMBO Journal vol. 39 , ( 2 )
Johnson SC, McClelland SE ( 2019 ) . Watching cancer cells evolve through chromosomal instability . Nature vol. 570 , ( 7760 ) 166 - 167 .
McClelland SE ( 2019 ) . Single-cell approaches to understand genome organisation throughout the cell cycle . Essays in Biochemistry vol. 63 , ( 2 ) 209 - 216 .
Tijhuis AE, Johnson SC, McClelland SE ( 2019 ) . The emerging links between chromosomal instability (CIN), metastasis, inflammation and tumour immunity . Molecular Cytogenetics vol. 12 , ( 1 )
Tovini L, McClelland SE ( 2019 ) . Impaired CENP-E Function Renders Large Chromosomes More Vulnerable to Congression Failure . Biomolecules vol. 9 , ( 2 )
Worrall JT, Tamura N, Mazzagatti A, Shaikh N, van Lingen T, Bakker B, Spierings DCJ, Vladimirou E et al. ( 2018 ) . Non-random Mis-segregation of Human Chromosomes . Cell Reports vol. 23 , ( 11 ) 3366 - 3380 .
Currie CE, Mora-Santos M, Smith CA, McClelland SE, McAinsh AD, Millar JB ( 2018 ) . Elucidating the role of Bub1 in human checkpoint signalling . MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL . vol. 29 ,
McClelland SE ( 2017 ) . Role of chromosomal instability in cancer progression . Endocrine Related Cancer vol. 24 , ( 9 ) t23 - t31 .
Worrall JT, McClelland SE ( 2016 ) . Determining the Missegregation Rates of Individual Human Chromosomes . CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH . vol. 148 , 131 - 131 .
Worrall JT, McClelland SE ( 2016 ) . Determining the missegregation rates of individual human chromosomes . MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL . vol. 27 ,
Tamura N, Shaikh N, McGuinness JR, Bowtell D, Balkwill F, Petermann E, McClelland SE ( 2016 ) . What drives chromosomal instability in high-grade serous ovarian cancer? . MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL . vol. 27 ,
Burrell RA, McClelland SE, Bartek J, Swanton C ( 2014 ) . Response to Bakhoum et al . Curr Biol vol. 24 , ( 4 )
Burrell RA, McClelland SE, Endesfelder D, Groth P, Weller M-C, Shaikh N, Domingo E, Kanu N et al. ( 2013 ) . Correction: Corrigendum: Replication stress links structural and numerical cancer chromosomal instability . Nature vol. 500 , ( 7463 ) 490 - 490 .
Burrell RA, McClelland SE, Endesfelder D, Groth P, Weller M-C, Shaikh N, Domingo E, Kanu N et al. ( 2013 ) . Replication stress links structural and numerical cancer chromosomal instability . Nature vol. 494 , ( 7438 ) 492 - 496 .
Burrell RA, McClelland SE, Endesfelder D, Rowan A, Schenk A, Sheffer M, Shaikh N, Domingo E et al. ( 2012 ) . Abstract 3105: Chromosome 18q encodes a chromosomal instability suppressor locus in colorectal cancer . Cancer Research . vol. 72 , 3105 - 3105 .
Birkbak NJ, Eklund AC, Li Q, McClelland SE, Endesfelder D, Tan P, Tan IB, Richardson AL et al. ( 2011 ) . Paradoxical Relationship between Chromosomal Instability and Survival Outcome in Cancer . Cancer Research vol. 71 , ( 10 ) 3447 - 3452 .
Jaqaman K, King EM, Amaro AC, Winter JR, Dorn JF, Elliott HL, Mchedlishvili N, McClelland SE et al. ( 2010 ) . Kinetochore alignment within the metaphase plate is regulated by centromere stiffness and microtubule depolymerases . Journal of Cell Biology vol. 188 , ( 5 ) 665 - 679 .
Burrell R, McClelland S, Juul N, Downward J, Szallasi Z, Szallasi Z, Swanton C, Swanton C ( 2009 ) . Regulators of Mitotic Transition Determine Paclitaxel Resistance In Vitro and Predict Poor Prognosis in Breast Cancer In Vivo . Cancer Research . vol. 69 , 2151 - 2151 .
McClelland SE, Burrell RA, Swanton C ( 2009 ) . Chromosomal instability: a composite phenotype that influences sensitivity to chemotherapy . Cell Cycle vol. 8 , ( 20 ) 3262 - 3266 .
McClelland SE, McAinsh AD ( 2009 ) . Hydrodynamic Analysis of Human Kinetochore Complexes During Mitosis . Methods in Molecular Biology vol. 545 , 81 - 98 .
Burrell RA, McClelland SE, Juul N, Downward J, Szallasi Z, Swanton C ( 2009 ) . Regulators of Mitotic Transition Determine Paclitaxel Resistance <i>In Vitro</i> and Predict Poor Prognosis in Breast Cancer <i>In Vivo</i> . CANCER RESEARCH . vol. 69 , 641S - 641S .
McClelland SE, Borusu S, Amaro AC, Winter JR, Belwal M, McAinsh AD, Meraldi P ( 2007 ) . The CENP‐A NAC/CAD kinetochore complex controls chromosome congression and spindle bipolarity . The EMBO Journal vol. 26 , ( 24 ) 5033 - 5047 .
Porter IM, McClelland SE, Khoudoli GA, Hunter CJ, Andersen JS, McAinsh AD, Blow JJ, Swedlow JR ( 2007 ) . Bod1, a novel kinetochore protein required for chromosome biorientation . Journal of Cell Biology vol. 179 , ( 2 ) 187 - 197 .
Xu C, Losytskyy MY, Kovalska VB, Kryvorotenko DV, Yarmoluk SM, McClelland S, Bianco PR ( 2007 ) . Novel, Monomeric Cyanine Dyes as Reporters for DNA Helicase Activity . Journal of Fluorescence vol. 17 , ( 6 ) 671 - 685 .
McClelland SE, Dryden DTF, Szczelkun MD ( 2005 ) . Continuous Assays for DNA Translocation Using Fluorescent Triplex Dissociation: Application to Type I Restriction Endonucleases . Journal of Molecular Biology vol. 348 , ( 4 ) 895 - 915 .
Jones MJK, Kumar S, Pfuderer PL, Bonfim-Melo A, Pagan JK, Clarke PR, McClelland SE, Boemo MA . A high-resolution, nanopore-based artificial intelligence assay for DNA replication stress in human cancer cells .
Mazzagatti A, Shaikh N, Bakker B, Spierings DCJ, Wardenaar R, Maniati E, Wang J, Boemo MA et al. . DNA Replication Stress Generates Distinctive Landscapes of DNA Copy Number Alterations and Chromosome Scale Losses .
Feng H, Deng D, Dahiya R, Wang L, Zeng J, Tan BJY, Byrne F, Shepherd STC et al. . Genome-wide Chromosome-specific Aneuploidy Engineering and Phenotypic Characterization with CRISPR-Taiji .
Lumeau A, Pfuderer P, De Angelis S, Scarth J, Guscott M, Shaikh N, Copley F, Gerdes H et al. . High levels of DNA replication initiation factors indicate ATRi sensitivity via excessive origin firing .
Tovini L, Johnson SC, Andersen AM, Spierings DCJ, Wardenaar R, Foijer F, McClelland SE . Inducing Specific Chromosome Mis-Segregation in Human Cells .
Tamura N, Shaikh N, Muliaditan D, McGuinness J, Moralli D, Durin MA, Green CM, Bowtell D et al. . Mechanisms of Chromosomal Instability in High-grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma .
Worrall JT, Tamura N, Shaikh N, Mazzagatti A, van Lingen T, Bakker B, Spierings DCJ, Vladimirou E et al. . Non-Random Mis-Segregation of Human Chromosomes .
Guscott MA, Gómez-Peregrina D, Andersen AM, Soliman TN, Horrach CV, Bakker B, Spierings DCJ, Wardenaar R et al. . Tracking genome evolution in single cell clones reveals the rates and features of copy number alterations generated by ongoing chromosomal instability in cancer .
Bojko J, Flynn B, Aschenbrenner B, Howard A, Lay E, Aschenbrenner B, Guscott M, Catalan S et al. . YAP engages RIF1 to dampen replication stress-induced DNA damage in human squamous cell carcinoma .