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George Mells

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GB
Area of research
Hepatology · Epidemiology
Research interest
Research interests include Liver Diseases and Immunity, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, and Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments.
h-index
37
citations
6,891
works
155
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
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Recent publications

Optimising Primary thErapy in pRimAry biliary cholangitis (OPERA): protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of enhanced primary therapy with obeticholic acid.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines for diagnosis and management of autoimmune hepatitis
Gut 2025cited by 16position: middledoi
Implementation of a care bundle improves PBC management
JHEP Reports 2025cited by 0position: lastdoi
Critical shortfalls in the management of PBC: Results of a UK-wide, population-based evaluation of care delivery
JHEP Reports 2024cited by 17position: contributordoi
Noninvasive Assessment of Portal Hypertension in Patients With Primary Biliary Cholangitis Is Affected by Severity of Cholestasis
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2024cited by 4position: middledoi
Ursodeoxycholic acid and severe COVID-19 outcomes in a cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform
Communications Medicine 2024cited by 1position: middledoi
Critical shortfalls in the management of PBC: Results of a UK-wide, population-based evaluation of care delivery
JHEP Reports 2023cited by 24position: middledoi
Regulation of immune responses in primary biliary cholangitis: a transcriptomic analysis of peripheral immune cells.
2023cited by 6position: contributordoi
FXR inhibition may protect from SARS-CoV-2 infection by reducing ACE2
Nature 2022cited by 292position: middledoi
Greater Transplant-Free Survival in Patients Receiving Obeticholic Acid for Primary Biliary Cholangitis in a Clinical Trial Setting Compared to Real-World External Controls
Gastroenterology 2022cited by 95position: middledoi
Corrigendum to 'An international genome-wide meta-analysis of primary biliary cholangitis: Novel risk loci and candidate drugs' [J Hepatol 2021;75(3):572-581].
2022cited by 1position: contributordoi
An international genome-wide meta-analysis of primary biliary cholangitis: Novel risk loci and candidate drugs
Journal of Hepatology 2021cited by 180position: middledoi
An international genome-wide meta-analysis of primary biliary cholangitis: Novel risk loci and candidate drugs.
2021cited by 128position: contributordoi
FXR inhibition reduces ACE2 expression, SARS-CoV-2 infection and may improve COVID-19 outcome
2021cited by 3position: contributordoi
Outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with chronic liver disease: An international registry study
Journal of Hepatology 2020cited by 525position: middledoi
High mortality rates for SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with pre-existing chronic liver disease and cirrhosis: Preliminary results from an international registry
Journal of Hepatology 2020cited by 270position: middledoi
Effects of Primary Biliary Cholangitis on Quality of Life and Health Care Costs in the United Kingdom
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2020cited by 24position: middledoi
PBC‐10: a short quality of life measure for clinical screening in primary biliary cholangitis
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2019cited by 21position: middledoi
Editorial: rapid assessment of health‐related quality of life in primary biliary cholangitis—no excuse not to ask. Authors' reply
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2019cited by 0position: middledoi
Pretreatment prediction of response to ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cholangitis: development and validation of the UDCA Response Score
˜The œLancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology 2018cited by 162position: middledoi
Seladelpar (MBX-8025), a selective PPAR-δ agonist, in patients with primary biliary cholangitis with an inadequate response to ursodeoxycholic acid: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2, proof-of-concept study
˜The œLancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology 2017cited by 185position: middledoi
Genome-wide association study of primary sclerosing cholangitis identifies new risk loci and quantifies the genetic relationship with inflammatory bowel disease
Nature Genetics 2016cited by 380position: middledoi
International genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new primary biliary cirrhosis risk loci and targetable pathogenic pathways
Nature Communications 2015cited by 309position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

David Jones · Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital5 papers (2019–2023)Laith Alrubaiy · University of London4 papers (2019–2025)Steven Flack · University of Cambridge4 papers (2019–2023)Douglas Thorburn · University College London4 papers (2023–2025)Palak Trivedi · University of Amsterdam3 papers (2023–2025)Michael A. Heneghan · King's College London3 papers (2023–2025)Richard Aspinall · Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust2 papers (2023–2025)John George Williams · Swansea University2 papers (2019–2019)Nadir Abbas · National Health Service2 papers (2023–2025)Simon D. Taylor‐Robinson · Nigerian Institute of Medical Research2 papers (2020–2023)Joanna Leithead · University of Birmingham2 papers (2023–2025)Jessica Dyson · Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust2 papers (2025–2025)Hayley Hutchings · Swansea University2 papers (2019–2019)Rebecca Jones · Imperial College London2 papers (2023–2025) · 2 papers (2023–2024) · 2 papers (2023–2024)Helen Bosomworth · Newcastle University2 papers (2019–2019) · 2 papers (2023–2025) · 2 papers (2023–2025)Gideon M. Hirschfield · University Health Network2 papers (2020–2023)