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Patrick Henry Maxwell

University of Cambridge

Patrick Henry Maxwell is a British physician and the Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge, a position he has held since 2012. His research focuses regulation of gene expression by changes in oxygen.

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Publications384Total indexed works
Citations56,917Source-reported citations
h-index97Source-reported h-index
i10-index231Source-reported i10-index

Biography, research & contributions

Patrick Henry Maxwell is a British physician and the Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge, a position he has held since 2012. His research focuses regulation of gene expression by changes in oxygen.

Affiliation

University of Cambridge

Top Publications

  • Targeting of HIF-α to the von Hippel-Lindau Ubiquitylation Complex by O 2 -Regulated Prolyl Hydroxylation (2001) - 5,605 citations
  • The tumour suppressor protein VHL targets hypoxia-inducible factors for oxygen-dependent proteolysis (1999) - 5,253 citations
  • C. elegans EGL-9 and Mammalian Homologs Define a Family of Dioxygenases that Regulate HIF by Prolyl Hydroxylation (2001) - 3,379 citations
  • Role of HIF-1α in hypoxia-mediated apoptosis, cell proliferation and tumour angiogenesis (1998) - 2,517 citations
  • Spatiotemporal transcriptomic atlas of mouse organogenesis using DNA nanoball-patterned arrays (2022) - 1,901 citations

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Full name
Patrick Henry Maxwell
ORCID
0000-0002-0338-2679
OpenAlex ID
https://openalex.org/A5036848232

Research interests

  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment, Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer, Renal cell carcinoma treatment, Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies

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      Patrick Henry Maxwell. JournalsWorld. Accessed October 8, 2026.

      https://journalsworld.com/researchers/patrick-henry-maxwell/