Chris Peers - Publications#

Cris Peers has published 149 original papers in peer-reviewed journals, along with 27 invited reviews and 34 chapters in books; he has also edited 3 books (one as sole editor). His current H index is 40 and his works have been cited over 4,400 times.

Major publications

DALLAS, M.L., BOYLE, J.P., MILLIGAN, C.J., SAYER, R., KERRIGAN, T.L., MCKINSTRY, C., LU, P., MANKOURI, J., HARRIS, M., SCRAGG, J.L., PEARSON, H.A. & PEERS, C. (2011) Carbon monoxide protects against oxidant-induced apoptosis via inhibition of Kv2.1. FASEB J. (in press).

MANKOURI, J., TEDBURY, P.R., GRETTON, S., HUGHES, M.E., GRIFFIN, S.D.C., DALLAS, M.L., GREEN, K.A., HARDIE, D.G., PEERS, C. & HARRIS, M. (2010) Enhanced hepatitis C virus genome replication and lipid accumulation mediated by inhibition of AMP-activated protein kinase Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107, 11594-11554.

MANKOURI, J., DALLAS, M.L., HUGHES, M.E., GRIFFIN, S.D.C., MACDONALD, A., PEERS, C. AND HARRIS, M. (2009) Suppression of a pro-apoptotic K+ channel as a novel mechanism for hepatitis C virus persistence. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 15903-15908.

SCRAGG, J.L., DALLAS, M.L., WILKINSON, J.A., VARADI, G. & PEERS, C. (2008) Carbon monoxide inhibits L-type Ca2+ channels via redox modulation of key cysteine residues by mitochondrial reactive oxygen species. J. Biol. Chem. 283, 24412-24419.

HALL, J., JONES, R.D., JONES, T.H., CHANNER, K.S. & PEERS, C. (2006) Selective inhibition of L-type Ca2+ channels in A7r5 cells by physiological levels of testosterone. Endocrinology 147, 2675-2680.

ALEY, P.K., PORTER, K.E., BOYLE, J.P., KEMP, P.J. & PEERS, C. (2005) Hypoxic modulation of Ca2+ signaling in human venous endothelial cells: Multiple roles for reactive oxygen species. J. Biol. Chem. 280, 13349-13354.

SCRAGG, J.L., FEARON, I. M., BOYLE, J.P., BALL, S.G., VARADI, G. & PEERS, C. (2005) Alzheimer’s amyloid peptides mediate hypoxic up-regulation of L-type Ca2+ channels. FASEB J. 19, 150-152.

SMITH, I.F., BOYLE, J.P., KANG, P., ROME, S., PEARSON, H.A. & PEERS, C. (2005) Hypoxic regulation of Ca2+ signalling in cultured rat astrocytes. Glia 49, 153-157.

WILLIAMS, S.E.J., WOOTTON, P., MASON, H.S, BOULD, J., ILES, D. E., RICCARDI, D., PEERS, C. & KEMP, P.J. (2004) Hemoxygenase-2 is an oxygen sensor for a calcium-sensitive potassium channel. Science 306, 2093-2097.

SMITH, I.F., BOYLE, J.P., PLANT L.D., PEARSON, H.A. & PEERS, C. (2003) Hypoxic remodelling of Ca2+ stores in type I cortical astrocytes. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 4875-4881.