Andrew Filer MBChB BSc MRCP

Andrew is an SpR and honorary clinical research fellow working at the Heart of England Foundation trust and The University of Birmingham. He has research interests in early arthritis, vasculitis and the role of stromal cells in tissue microenvironments.

He has a keen interest in education, and is involved with BSR and ARC Education subcommittees.

His publications include:

Publications
  1. Parsonage G, Filer A, Haworth O, Nash G, Rainger E, Salmon M, Buckley C. A stromal address code define by fibroblasts. Trends in Immunology 2005; 26:150-6
  2. Burman A, Haworth O, Bradfield P, Parsonage G, Filer A, Thomas AMC, Amft N, Salmon M, Buckley, CD. The role of leukocyte-stromal interactions in chronic inflammatory joint disease. Joint Bone Spine 2005; 72:10-6
  3. Buckley C, Filer A, Haworth O, Parsonage G, Salmon M. Defining a role for fibroblasts in the persistence of chronic inflammatory joint disease. Ann Rheum Dis. 2004; 63 Suppl 2:ii92-ii95.
  4. Scaife S, Brown R, Kellie S, Thomas A, Filer A, Martin S, Bradfield P, Amft N, Salmon M, Buckley C. Detection of differentially expressed genes in synovial fibroblasts by restriction fragment differential display. Rheumatology 2004;43:1346-52
  5. Filer A, Burman A, Haworth O, Parsonage G, Salmon M, Buckley C. Chemokines and persistent inflammatory disease: Hunting for therapeutic targets. Current Medicinal Chemistry Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Allergy agents 2004; 3:103-11
  6. Parsonage G, Falciani F, Burman A, Filer A, Ross E, Bofill M, Martin S, Salmon M, Buckley CD. Global gene expression profiles in fibroblasts from synovial, skin and lymphoid tissue reveals distinct cytokine and chemokine expression patterns. Thromb Haemost. 2003; 90:688-697.
  7. CS Yee, A Filer, A Pace, K Douglas, D Situnayake, I Rowe. The Prevalence of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in the West Midlands fulfilling the BSR criteria for anti-TNF therapy: An outpatient study. Rheumatology 2003; 42:856-859
  8. AD Filer, JM Gardner-Medwin, J Thambyrajah, K Raza, D Carruthers, RJ Stevens, L Liu, S Lowe, JN Townend, PA Bacon. Diffuse endothelial dysfunction is common to anca-associated systemic vasculitis and polyarteritis nodosa. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2003; 62:162-167
  9. A Filer, J Freeguard, I Rowe. Methotrexate prescribing records: A primary and secondary care audit. Rheumatology. 2003; 42:397-398
  10. A Filer, D Nicholls, R Corston, P Carey, P Bacon. Takayasu Arteritis and atherosclerosis: Illustrating the Consequences of Endothelial Damage. J Rheumatol 2001; 28:2752-2753
  11. A Filer, A Hughes, K Kane, D Mutimer, P Jobanputra. Successful treatment of hepatitis B associated vasculitis using lamivudine as sole therapeutic agent. Rheumatology 2001; 40: 1064-1065
  12. K Raza, J Thabyrajah, J Townend, A Exley, C Hortas, A Filer, D Carruthers, P Bacon. Suppression of inflammation in primary systemic vasculitis restores vascular endothelial function: lessons for atherosclerotic disease? Circulation 2000; 102: 1470-1472
Course Organisers

Arri Coomarasamy
Rajesh Varma
John Ayuk
Andrew Filer
Thomas Justin Clark

Course Director: Arri (Aravinthan) Coomarasamy MBChB, MD, MRCOG, DFFP
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