!!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.
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__Major publications__
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.