Publications

E. Toulme, A. Garcia, D.S.K. Samways, T.M. Egan, M.J. Carson, and B.S. Khakh (2009). P2X4 receptor specificity, functional properties, trafficking and pharmacology of upregulated P2X responses in activated cerebellar microglia. J. Gen. Physiol. In Press.

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