Dr Sean Carlson

Sean Carlson

NHS Clinician / Researcher

Barts NHS Trust
Queen Mary University of London

Research

Inflammatory bowel disease, Fungal immunity, Candida, Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Microbiome

Infectious Disease and Inflammation Models

Interests

Using in vitro models to assess damage assays for macrophage cultures inoculated with candida albicans strains from IBD patients and health donors

Publications

solid heart iconPublications of specific relevance to Predictive in vitro Models

2026

DOP078 Development of a bioengineered 3D model of gut barrier defence against Candida albicans invasion and inflammasome activation in Crohn’s Disease
Carlson S, Mathew L, Pardieu C, Hindle S, Khan M, Blowes L, Munro C, Connelly J et al.
Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 20 (Supplement_1) 
01-01-2026

2025

Clinical Utility and Cost‐Effectiveness of Pretreatment NUDT15 Pharmacogenetic Testing to Prevent Thiopurine‐Induced Myelosuppression: A Genotype‐First Reverse Phenotyping Cohort Study Within the UK NIHR Inflammatory Bowel Disease Bioresource
Roberts C, Peters J, Sazonvos A, Goodman N, Sharip M, Smith R, Bishara M, Bewshea C et al.
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Wiley vol. 62 (6), 630-645.  
23-06-2025

2024

P145 Phagocyte responses to gut-derived C. albicans are modified in inflammatory bowel disease
Mathew L, Carlson S, Savage M, Pardieu C, Sze N, Munro C, Naglik J, Stagg A et al.
Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, Oxford University Press (Oup) vol. 18 (Supplement_1), i441-i441.  
24-01-2024

2023

Mucosal Immunity to Gut Fungi in Health and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Carlson SL, Mathew L, Savage M, Kok K, Lindsay JO, Munro CA, McCarthy NE
Journal of Fungi, Mdpi vol. 9 (11) 
14-11-2023

2022

Implications for sequencing of biologic therapy and choice of second anti‐TNF in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: results from the IMmunogenicity to Second Anti‐TNF therapy (IMSAT) therapeutic drug monitoring study
Chanchlani N, Lin S, Auth MK, Lee CL, Robbins H, Looi S, Murugesan SV, Riley T et al.
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Wiley vol. 56 (8), 1250-1263.  
29-08-2022

Bacterial suppression of intestinal fungi via activation of human gut γδ T-cells
Mathew L, Carlson S, Savage M, Pardieu C, O’Brien M, Crawley E, Harrow P, Kaune A-K et al.
In Biorxiv