Publications

D.S.K. Samways, A.B. Harkins and T.M. Egan (2009). Native and recombinant ASIC1a receptors conduct negligible calcium entry. Cell Calcium. 45, 319-25

J.C. Scatizzi, M.Mavers, J. Hutcheson, B. Young, B. Shi, R.M. Pope, D.S.K. Samways, J. A. Corbett, T.M. Egan, and H. Perlman (2009). The cyclin dependent kinase domain of p21 is a suppressor of IL-1beta-mediated inflammation in activated macrophages. Euro. J. Immunol. 39, 820-5

D.S.K. Samways, B.S. Khakh, and T.M. Egan (2008). Tunable calcium current through TRPV1 receptor channels. J. Biol. Chem. 283, 31274-31278.

D.S.K. Samways, K. Megita, Z. Li, and T.M. Egan (2008). Role of TM1 in regulating Ca2+ permeability and flux through the ATP-gated P2X2 receptor. J. Biol. Chem. 283, 5110-7

D.S.K. Samways and T.M. Egan (2007). Acidic amino acids impart enhanced Ca2+ permeability and flux in two members of the ATP-gated P2X receptor family. J. Gen. Physiol. 129, 245-256.

D.S.K. Samways (2007). Broken patch-clamp configuration seriously disrupted by brute mechanical force: a lamentable tragedy in not so many acts. Sci. Creativ. Qrt. 6, 6-9.*

D.S.K. Samways and G. Henderson (2006). Opioid elevation of intracellular free calcium: Possible mechanisms and physiological significance. Cell Signal. 18, 151-61. Review

D.S.K. Samways, Z. Li and T.M. Egan (2006). In: Biological and Biophysical Aspects of Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Receptor Superfamilies. Edited by Hugo R. Arias. Research Signpost. Trivandrum, India 419-444. ISBN: 81-7736-254-2. Chapter 16, 419-443.

T.M. Egan, D.S.K. Samways, and Z. Li (2006) Biophysics of P2X receptors. Pflugers Arch. 452, 151-61 Review

Z. Li, K. Migita, D.S.K. Samways, M. Voigt, and T.M. Egan. (2004). Gain and loss of channel function by alanine substitutions in the transmembrane segments of the rat ATP-gated P2X2 receptor. J. Neurosci. 24, 7378-86

D.S.K. Samways, WH. Li, S.J. Conway, A.B. Holmes, M.D. Bootman, and G. Henderson (2003). Co-incident signalling between mu-opioid and M3 muscarinic receptors at the level of Ca2+ release from intracellular stores: lack of evidence for Ins(1,4,5)P3 receptor sensitization. Biochem J. 375, 713-20.

A. Yeo , D.S.K. Samways, C.E. Fowler, F. Gunn-Moore, and G. Henderson (2001). Coincident signalling between the Gi/Go-coupled delta-opioid receptor and the Gq-coupled m3 muscarinic receptor at the level of intracellular free calcium in SH-SY5Y cells. J. Neurochem. 76, 1688-700

* Peer-reviewed by a Magic 8-Ball