Anthony J Balmforth
Senior Lecturer
Epidemiology
Qualifications: BSc PhD
Email: A.J.Balmforth@leeds.ac.uk
Telephone: 0113 343 7767
Research Area
Genetics of coronary artery disease, pharmacogenetics of commonly prescribed heart drugs and biology of human adipocytes.
Details
Pharmacogenics of commonly prescribed heart drugs:- The aim is to identify gene variants which contribute to inter-individual variation in response to drug therapy. Our present focus is on statins, ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers, with an emphasis on identifying gene variants which alter efficacy or cause adverse effects.
Cardiovascular biomarkers:- Interested in the identification of biomarkers linked to myocardial ischaemia. Currently we are evaluating H-FABP (Heart-type fatty acid binding protein) as a means of identifying myocardial ischaemia, in the absence of myocardial necrosis.
The role of the adipocyte in health and disease:- We have established a cell culture model of the human mature adipocyte which is readily amenable to biochemical and physiological study. In addition we have established methodology to isolate and measure gene and protein expression in adipose tissue biopsies, to provide validation of in vitro observations. Current studies include glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptor signalling and the potential role of neprilysin as an adipokine.
Recent Projects
£139,082 2011-2012.
PIs Balmforth, Grant, Hooper (FBS) and Standeven
£14,899 2010-2011.
the altered rhythm of adipocyte clock genes underlie human metabolic syndrome?
PIs Summers and Balmforth.
£10,000 2006-2010.
Awarded to Dr K.M. Bailey. Supervisors Hall and Balmforth.
£74,895 2006-2007
£158,022 2005-2007.
Publications
Recent
Savva J; Alfakih K; Galloway SL; Hall AS; West RM; Ball SG; Balmforth AJ; Maqbool A (2012) The alpha(2C)-Del322-325 adrenoceptor polymorphism and the occurrence of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensives. BLOOD PRESSURE, 21 , pp. 116-121.
Charchar FJ; Bloomer LDS; Barnes TA; Cowley MJ; Nelson CP; Wang Y; Denniff M; Debiec R; Christofidou P; Nankervis S; Dominiczak AF; Bani-Mustafa A; Balmforth AJ; Hall AS; Erdmann J; Cambien F; Deloukas P; Hengstenberg C; Packard C; Schunkert H; Ouwehand WH; Ford I; Goodall AH; Jobling MA; Samani NJ; Tomaszewski M (2012) Inheritance of coronary artery disease in men: an analysis of the role of the Y chromosome. LANCET, 379 , pp. 915-922.
Selected
Charchar FJ; Bloomer LDS; Barnes TA; Cowley MJ; Nelson CP; Wang Y; Denniff M; Debiec R; Christofidou P; Nankervis S; Dominiczak AF; Bani-Mustafa A; Balmforth AJ; Hall AS; Erdmann J; Cambien F; Deloukas P; Hengstenberg C; Packard C; Schunkert H; Ouwehand WH; Ford I; Goodall AH; Jobling MA; Samani NJ; Tomaszewski M (2012) Inheritance of coronary artery disease in men: an analysis of the role of the Y chromosome. LANCET, 379 , pp. 915-922.
Schunkert H; Koenig IR; Kathiresan S; Reilly MP; Assimes TL; Holm H; Preuss M; Stewart AFR; Barbalic M; Gieger C; Absher D; Aherrahrou Z; Allayee H; Altshuler D; Anand SS; Andersen K; Anderson JL; Ardissino D; Ball SG; Balmforth AJ; Barnes TA; Becker DM; Becker LC; Berger K; Bis JC; Boekholdt SM; Boerwinkle E; Braund PS; Brown MJ; Burnett MS; Buysschaert I; Carlquist JF; Chen L; Cichon S; Codd V; Davies RW; Dedoussis G; Dehghan A; Demissie S; Devaney JM; Diemert P; Do R; Doering A; Eifert S; El Mokhtari NE; Ellis SG; Elosua R; Engert JC; Epstein SE; de Faire U; Fischer M; Folsom AR; Freyer J; Gigante B; Girelli D; Gretarsdottir S; Gudnason V; Gulcher JR; Halperin E; Hammond N; Hazen SL; Hofman A; Horne BD; Illig T; Iribarren C; Jones GT; Jukema JW; Kaiser MA; Kaplan LM; Kastelein JJP; Khaw K; Knowles JW; Kolovou G; Kong A; Laaksonen R; Lambrechts D; Leander K; Lettre G; Li M; Lieb W; Loley C; Lotery AJ; Mannucci PM; Maouche S; Martinelli N; McKeown PP; Meisinger C; Meitinger T; Melander O; Merlini PA; Mooser V; Morgan T; Muehleisen TW; Muhlestein JB; Muenzel T; Musunuru K; nahrstaedt J; Nelson CP; Noethen MM; Olivieri O; Patel RS; Patterson CC; Peters A; Peyvandi F; Qu L; Quyyumi AA; Rader DJ; Rallidis LS; Rice C; Rosendaal FR; Rubin D; Salomaa V; Sampietro ML; Sandhu MS; Schadt E; Schaefer A; Schillert A; Schreiber S; Schrezenmeir J; Schwartz SM; Siscovick DS; Sivananthan M; Sivapalaratnam S; Smith A; Smith TB; Snoep JD; Soranzo N; Spertus JA; Stark K; Stirrups K; Stoll M; Tang WHW; Tennstedt S; Thorgeirsson G; Thorleifsson G; Tomaszewski M; Uitterlinden AG; van Rij AM; Voight BF; Wareham NJ; Wells GA; Wichmann H; Wild PS; Willenborg C; Witteman JCM; Wright BJ; Ye S; Zeller T; Ziegler A; Cambien F; Goodall AH; Cupples LA; Quertermous T; Maerz W; Hengstenberg C; Blankenberg S; Ouwehand WH; Hall AS; Deloukas P; Thompson JR; Stefansson K; Roberts R; Thorsteinsdottir U; O'Donnell CJ; McPherson R; Erdmann J; Samani NJ; Consortium C (2011) Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease. NATURE GENETICS, 43 , pp. 333-U153.
Craddock N; Hurles ME; Cardin N; Pearson RD; Plagnol V; Robson S; Vukcevic D; Barnes C; Conrad DF; Giannoulatou E; Holmes C; Marchini JL; Stirrups K; Tobin MD; Wain LV; Yau C; Aerts J; Ahmad T; Andrews TD; Arbury H; Attwood A; Auton A; Ball SG; Balmforth AJ; Barrett JC; Barroso I; Barton A; Bennett AJ; Bhaskar S; Blaszczyk K; Bowes J; Brand OJ; Braund PS; Bredin F; Breen G; Brown MJ; Bruce IN; Bull J; Burren OS; Burton J; Byrnes J; Caesar S; Clee CM; Coffey AJ; Connell JMC; Cooper JD; Dominiczak AF; Downes K; Drummond HE; Dudakia D; Dunham A; Ebbs B; Eccles D; Edkins S; Edwards C; Elliot A; Emery P; Evans DM; Evans G; Eyre S; Farmer A; Ferrier IN; Feuk L; Fitzgerald T; Flynn E; Forbes A; Forty L; Franklyn JA; Freathy RM; Gibbs P; Gilbert P; Gokumen O; Gordon-Smith K; Gray E; Green E; Groves CJ; Grozeva D; Gwilliam R; Hall A; Hammond N; Hardy M; Harrison P; Hassanali N; Hebaishi H; Hines S; Hinks A; Hitman GA; Hocking L; Howard E; Howard P; Howson JMM; Hughes D; Hunt S; Isaacs JD; Jain M; Jewell DP; Johnson T; Jolley JD; Jones IR; Jones LA; Kirov G; Langford CF; Lango-Allen H; Lathrop GM; Lee J; Lee KL; Lees C; Lewis K; Lindgren CM; Maisuria-Armer M; Maller J; Mansfield J; Martin P; Massey DCO; McArdle WL; McGuffin P; McLay KE; Mentzer A; Mimmack ML; Morgan AE; Morris AP; Mowat C; Myers S; Newman W; Nimmo ER; O'Donovan MC; Onipinla A; Onyiah I; Ovington NR; Owen MJ; Palin K; Parnell K; Pernet D; Perry JRB; Phillips A; Pinto D; Prescott NJ; Prokopenko I; Quail MA; Rafelt S; Rayner NW; Redon R; Reid DM; Renwick A; Ring SM; Robertson N; Russell E; St Clair D; Sambrook JG; Sanderson JD; Schuilenburg H; Scott CE; Scott R; Seal S; Shaw-Hawkins S; Shields BM; Simmonds MJ; Smyth DJ; Somaskantharajah E; Spanova K; Steer S; Stephens J; Stevens HE; Stone MA; Su Z; Symmons DPM; Thompson JR; Thomson W; Travers ME; Turnbull C; Valsesia A; Walker M; Walker NM; Wallace C; Warren-Perry M; Watkins NA; Webster J; Weedon MN; Wilson AG; Woodburn M; Wordsworth BP; Young AH; Zeggini E; Carter NP; Frayling TM; Lee C; McVean G; Munroe PB; Palotie A; Sawcer SJ; Scherer SW; Strachan DP; Tyler-Smith C; Brown MA; Burton PR; Caulfield MJ; Compston A; Farrall M; Gough SCL; Hall AS; Hattersley AT; Hill AVS; Mathew CG; Pembrey M; Satsangi J; Stratton MR; Worthington J; Deloukas P; Duncanson A; Kwiatkowski DP; McCarthy MI; Ouwehand WH; Parkes M; Rahman N; Todd JA; Samani NJ; Donnelly P; Control WTC (2010) Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls. NATURE, 464 , pp. 713-U86.
Erdmann J; Grosshennig A; Braund PS; Koenig IR; Hengstenberg C; Hall AS; Linsel-Nitschke P; Kathiresan S; Wright B; Tregouet D; Cambien F; Bruse P; Aherrahrou Z; Wagner AK; Stark K; Schwartz SM; Salomaa V; Elosua R; Melander O; Voight BF; O'Donnell CJ; Peltonen L; Siscovick DS; Altshuler D; Merlini PA; Peyvandi F; Bernardinelli L; Ardissino D; Schillert A; Blankenberg S; Zeller T; Wild P; Schwarz DF; Tiret L; Perret C; Schreiber S; El Mokhtari NE; Schaefer A; Maerz W; Renner W; Bugert P; Klueter H; Schrezenmeir J; Rubin D; Ball SG; Balmforth AJ; Wichmann H; Meitinger T; Fischer M; Meisinger C; Baumert J; Peters A; Ouwehand WH; Deloukas P; Thompson JR; Ziegler A; Samani NJ; Schunkert H; Thrombosis IA; Con MIG; Consor WTCC; Consortium C (2009) New susceptibility locus for coronary artery disease on chromosome 3q22.3. NATURE GENETICS, 41 , pp. 280-282.
Kathiresan S; Altschuler D; Anand S; Ardissino D; Asselta R; Ball SG; Balmforth AJ; Berger K; Berglund G; Bernardi F; Bernardinelli L; Berzuini C; Braund PS; Burnett M; Burtt N; Cambien F; Casari G; Celli P; Chen Z; Corrocher R; Daly MJ; Deloukas P; Devaney J; Do R; Duga S; Elosua R; Engert JC; Epstein SE; Erdmann J; Ferrario M; Fetiveau R; Fischer M; Friedlander Y; Gabriel SB; Galli M; Gianniny L; Girelli D; Grosshennig A; Guiducci C; Hakonarson HH; Hall AS; Havulinna AS; Hengstenberg C; Hirschhorn JN; Holm H; Huge A; Kent KM; Konig IR; Korn JM; Li M; Lieb W; Lindsay JM; Linsel-Nitschke P; Lucas G; MacRae CA; Mannucci PM; Marrugat J; Martinelli N; Marziliano N; Matthai W; McCarroll SA; McKeown PP; Meigs JB; Melander O; Merlini PA; Mirel D; Morgan T; Musunuru K; Nathan DM; Nemesh J; O'Donnell CJ; Olivieri O; Ouwehand W; Parkin M; Patterson CC; Peltonen L; Peyvandi F; Piazza A; Pichard AD; Preuss M; Purcell S; Qasim A; Rader DJ; Ramos R; Reilly MP; Ribichini F; Rossi M; Sala J; Salomaa V; Samani NJ; Satler L; Scheffold T; Scholz M; Schreiber S; Schunkert H; Schwartz SM; Siscovick DS; Spertus JA; Spreafico M; Stark K; Stefansson K; Stoll M; Subirana I; Surti A; Thompson JR; Thorleifsson G; Thorsteinsdottir U; Tubaro M; Voight BF; Waksman R; Wichmann H; Wilensky R; Williams G; Wright BJ; Xie C; Yee J; Ziegler A; Zonzin P; Consortium MIG (2009) Genome-wide association of early-onset myocardial infarction with single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variants. NATURE GENETICS, 41 , pp. 334-341.
Tregouet D; Koenig IR; Erdmann J; Munteanu A; Braund PS; Hall AS; Grosshennig A; Linsel-Nitschke P; Perret C; DeSuremain M; Meitinger T; Wright BJ; Preuss M; Balmforth AJ; Ball SG; Meisinger C; Germain C; Evans A; Arveiler D; Luc G; Ruidavets J; Morrison C; van der Harst P; Schreiber S; Neureuther K; Schaefer A; Bugert P; El Mokhtari NE; Schrezenmeir J; Stark K; Rubin D; Wichmann H; Hengstenberg C; Ouwehand W; Ziegler A; Tiret L; Thompson JR; Cambien F; Schunkert H; Samani NJ; Consor WTCC; Consortium C (2009) Genome-wide haplotype association study identifies the SLC22A3-LPAL2-LPA gene cluster as a risk locus for coronary artery disease. NATURE GENETICS, 41 , pp. 283-285.
All
Savva J; Alfakih K; Galloway SL; Hall AS; West RM; Ball SG; Balmforth AJ; Maqbool A (2012) The alpha(2C)-Del322-325 adrenoceptor polymorphism and the occurrence of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensives. BLOOD PRESSURE, 21 , pp. 116-121.
Charchar FJ; Bloomer LDS; Barnes TA; Cowley MJ; Nelson CP; Wang Y; Denniff M; Debiec R; Christofidou P; Nankervis S; Dominiczak AF; Bani-Mustafa A; Balmforth AJ; Hall AS; Erdmann J; Cambien F; Deloukas P; Hengstenberg C; Packard C; Schunkert H; Ouwehand WH; Ford I; Goodall AH; Jobling MA; Samani NJ; Tomaszewski M (2012) Inheritance of coronary artery disease in men: an analysis of the role of the Y chromosome. LANCET, 379 , pp. 915-922.
Charchar FJ; Bloomer LDS; Barnes TA; Cowley MJ; Nelson CP; Wang Y; Denniff M; Debiec R; Christofidou P; Nankervis S; Dominiczak AF; Bani-Mustafa A; Balmforth AJ; Hall AS; Erdmann J; Cambien F; Deloukas P; Hengstenberg C; Packard C; Schunkert H; Ouwehand WH; Ford I; Goodall AH; Jobling MA; Samani NJ; Tomaszewski M (2012) Inheritance of coronary artery disease in men: An analysis of the role of the y chromosome. The Lancet, 379 (9819), pp. 915-922.
Butterworth AS; Braund PS; Farrall M; Hardwick RJ; Saleheen D; Peden JF; Soranzo N; Chambers JC; Sivapalaratnam S; Kleber ME; Keating B; Qasim A; Klopp N; Erdmann J; Assimes TL; Ball SG; Balmforth AJ; Barnes TA; Basart H; Baumert J; Bezzina CR; Boerwinkle E; Boehm BO; Brocheton J; Bugert P; Cambien F; Clarke R; Codd V; Collins R; Couper D; Cupples LA; de Jong JS; Diemert P; Ejebe K; Elbers CC; Elliott P; Fornage M; Franzosi M; Frossard P; Garner S; Goel A; Goodall AH; Hengstenberg C; Hunt SE; Kastelein JJP; Klungel OH; Klueter H; Koch K; Koenig IR; Kooner AS; Laaksonen R; Lathrop M; Li M; Liu K; McPherson R; Musameh MD; Musani S; Nelson CP; O'Donnell CJ; Ongen H; Papanicolaou G; Peters A; Peters BJM; Potter S; Psaty BM; Qu L; Rader DJ; Rasheed A; Rice C; Scott J; Seedorf U; Sehmi JS; Sotoodehnia N; Stark K; Stephens J; van der Schoot CE; van der Schouw YT; Thorsteinsdottir U; Tomaszewski M; van der Harst P; Vasan RS; Wilde AAM; Willenborg C; Winkelmann BR; Zaidi M; Zhang W; Ziegler A; de Bakker PIW; Koenig W; Maerz W; Trip MD; Reilly MP; Kathiresan S; Schunkert H; Hamsten A; Hall AS; Kooner JS; Thompson SG; Thompson JR; Deloukas P; Ouwehand WH; Watkins H; Danesh J; Samani NJ; Consortium IBC50KCAD (2011) Large-Scale Gene-Centric Analysis Identifies Novel Variants for Coronary Artery Disease. PLOS GENETICS, 7 .
Standeven KF; Hess K; Carter AM; Rice GI; Cordell PA; Balmforth AJ; Lu B; Scott DJ; Turner AJ; Hooper NM; Grant PJ (2011) Neprilysin, obesity and the metabolic syndrome. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY, 35 , pp. 1031-1040.
Schunkert H; Koenig IR; Kathiresan S; Reilly MP; Assimes TL; Holm H; Preuss M; Stewart AFR; Barbalic M; Gieger C; Absher D; Aherrahrou Z; Allayee H; Altshuler D; Anand SS; Andersen K; Anderson JL; Ardissino D; Ball SG; Balmforth AJ; Barnes TA; Becker DM; Becker LC; Berger K; Bis JC; Boekholdt SM; Boerwinkle E; Braund PS; Brown MJ; Burnett MS; Buysschaert I; Carlquist JF; Chen L; Cichon S; Codd V; Davies RW; Dedoussis G; Dehghan A; Demissie S; Devaney JM; Diemert P; Do R; Doering A; Eifert S; El Mokhtari NE; Ellis SG; Elosua R; Engert JC; Epstein SE; de Faire U; Fischer M; Folsom AR; Freyer J; Gigante B; Girelli D; Gretarsdottir S; Gudnason V; Gulcher JR; Halperin E; Hammond N; Hazen SL; Hofman A; Horne BD; Illig T; Iribarren C; Jones GT; Jukema JW; Kaiser MA; Kaplan LM; Kastelein JJP; Khaw K; Knowles JW; Kolovou G; Kong A; Laaksonen R; Lambrechts D; Leander K; Lettre G; Li M; Lieb W; Loley C; Lotery AJ; Mannucci PM; Maouche S; Martinelli N; McKeown PP; Meisinger C; Meitinger T; Melander O; Merlini PA; Mooser V; Morgan T; Muehleisen TW; Muhlestein JB; Muenzel T; Musunuru K; nahrstaedt J; Nelson CP; Noethen MM; Olivieri O; Patel RS; Patterson CC; Peters A; Peyvandi F; Qu L; Quyyumi AA; Rader DJ; Rallidis LS; Rice C; Rosendaal FR; Rubin D; Salomaa V; Sampietro ML; Sandhu MS; Schadt E; Schaefer A; Schillert A; Schreiber S; Schrezenmeir J; Schwartz SM; Siscovick DS; Sivananthan M; Sivapalaratnam S; Smith A; Smith TB; Snoep JD; Soranzo N; Spertus JA; Stark K; Stirrups K; Stoll M; Tang WHW; Tennstedt S; Thorgeirsson G; Thorleifsson G; Tomaszewski M; Uitterlinden AG; van Rij AM; Voight BF; Wareham NJ; Wells GA; Wichmann H; Wild PS; Willenborg C; Witteman JCM; Wright BJ; Ye S; Zeller T; Ziegler A; Cambien F; Goodall AH; Cupples LA; Quertermous T; Maerz W; Hengstenberg C; Blankenberg S; Ouwehand WH; Hall AS; Deloukas P; Thompson JR; Stefansson K; Roberts R; Thorsteinsdottir U; O'Donnell CJ; McPherson R; Erdmann J; Samani NJ; Consortium C (2011) Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease. NATURE GENETICS, 43 , pp. 333-U153.
Smith KA; Adamson PJ; Pease RJ; Brown JM; Balmforth AJ; Cordell PA; Ariens RAS; Philippou H; Grant PJ (2011) Interactions between factor XIII and the alpha C region of fibrinogen. BLOOD, 117 , pp. 3460-3468.
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Balmforth AJ; Lee AJ; Warburton P; Donnelly D; Ball SG (1997) The specificity of Peptide-Binding of the Angiotensin AT1 receptor is Dependent on an Interaction Between Transmembrane Helices III and VII. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 272 , pp. 4245-4251.
Balmforth AJ; Lee AJ; Warburton P; Donnelly D; Ball SG (1997) The conformational change responsible for AT1 receptor activation is dependent upon two juxtaposed asparagine residues on transmembrane helices III and VII. . Journal of Biological Chemistry, 272 (7), pp. 4245-4251.
Fearon IM; Palmer ACV; Balmforth AJ; Ball SG; Mikala G; Schwartz A; Peers C (1997) Hypoxia inhibits the recombinant alpha1C subunit of the human cardiac L-type Ca2+ channel. . Journal of Physiology, 500 (3), pp. 551-556.
McDonald RL; Balmforth AJ; Palmer ACV; Ball SG; Peers C; Vaughan PFT (1995) The effect of the angiotensin ll (AT 1A) receptor stably transfected into human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells on oradrenaline release and changes in intracellular calcium. . Neuroscience Letters, 199 , pp. 115-118.
Ball SG; Wintersgill HP; Warburton P; Bryson S; Balmforth AJ (1995) Glucocorticoids regulate the expression of angiotensin AT1 receptors, in the human hepatoma cell line, PLC-PRF-5.. European Journal of Pharmacology, 288 , pp. 365-371.
Balmforth AJ; Lee AJ; Bajaj P; Dickinson CJ; Warburton P; Ball SG (1995) Functional domains of the c-terminus of the rat angiotensin AT1a receptor.. European Journal of Pharmacology, 291 , pp. 135-141.
Balmforth AJ; Bryson S; Aylett AJ; Warburton P; Ball SG; Pun KT; Middlemiss D; Drew GM (1994) Comparative pharmacology of recombinant rat AT1A, AT1B and human AT1 receptors expressed by transfected COS-M6 cells.. British Journal of Pharmacology, (112), pp. 277-281.
Balmforth AJ; Bryson S; Aylett AJ; Warburton P; Ball SG; Pun KT; Middlemiss D; Drew GM (1994) Comparative pharmacology of recominant rat AT 1A AT 1B and human AT1 receptors expressed by transfected COS-M6 cells. British Journal of Pharmacology, 112 , pp. 277-281.
Hall AS; Bryson S; Vaughan PFT; Ball SG; Balmforth AJ (1993) Pharmacological characterization of the dopamine receptor coupled to cyclic AMP formation expressed by rat mesenteric artery vascular smooth muscle cells in culture.. British Journal of Pharmacology, 110 , pp. 681-686.
Hall AS; Bryson S; Ball SG; Balmforth AJ (1993) Phenoxybenzamine mediated inhibition of the vascular dopamine D1 receptor.. European Journal of Pharmacology, 247 , pp. 249-255.
Bryson S; Warburton P; Wintersgill HP; Drew GM; Michel AD; Ball SG; Balmforth AJ (1992) Induction of the angiotensin AT2 receptor subtype expression by differentiation of the neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid, NG-108-15.. European Journal of Pharmacology, 225 , pp. 119-127.
Bryson S; Drew GM; Hall AS; Ball SG; Balmforth AJ (1992) Pharmacological characterization of the dopamine receptor expressed by rat glomerular mesangial cells in culture. . European Journal of Pharmacology, 225 , pp. 1-7.
Wintersgill HP; Warburton P; Bryson S; Ball SG; Balmforth AJ (1992) Characterisation of the angiotensin II receptor expressed by the human hepatoma cell line,PLC-PRF-5.. European Journal of Pharmacology, 227 , pp. 283-291.
Altiok N; Balmforth AJ; Fredholm BB (1992) Adenosine receptor-induced cAMP changes in D384 astrocytoma cells and the effect of bradykinin thereon. . Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, 144 , pp. 55-63.
Hall AS; Bryson S; Ball SG; Balmforth AJ (1991) Pharmacological characterization of the B-adrenoceptor coupled to cyclic AMP formation expressed by rat mesentric artery vascular smooth muscle cells in culture. . Journal of Hypertension. Supplement, 9 (supplement 6), pp. S96-S97.
Medeiros MS; Balmforth AJ; Vaughan PFT; Turner AJ (1991) Hydrolis of atrial and brain natriuretic peptides by the human astrocytoma clone D384 and the neuroblastoma line SH-SY5Y. . Neuroendocrinology Letters, 54 , pp. 295-302.
Balmforth AJ; Warburton P; Ball SG (1990) Homologous Desensitization of the D1-dopamine receptor.. Journal of Neurochemistry, 55 , pp. 2111-2116.
Yasunari K; Kohno M; Balmforth AJ; Murakawa K; Yokokawa K; Kurihara N; Takeda T (1989) Effect of glucocorticoid on DA-1dopamine receptors on vascular smooth muscle cells. . Hypertension, 13 ( No 6 part 1), pp. 575-581.
Balmforth AJ; Yasunari K; Vaughan PFT; Ball SG (1989) Glucocorticoids vascular smooth muscle cells express dopamine and prostaglandin E1-mediated cyclic AMP formation by the cultured human astrocytoma clone D384. . Journal of Neurochemistry, 52 , pp. 1613-1618.
Balmforth AJ; Lyall F; Morton JJ; Ball SG (1988) Cultured mesenteric vascular smooth muscle cells express dopamine DA1-receptors. . European Journal of Pharmacology, 155 , pp. 305-308.
Balmforth AJ; Yasunari K; Vaughan PFT; Ball SG (1988) Characterization of dopamine and B-Adrenergic receptors linked to cyclic AMP formation in intact cells of the clone D384 derived from a human astrocytoma. . Journal of Neurochemistry, 51 , pp. 1510-1515.
Lyall F; Balmforth AJ; Morton JJ (1988) Specific binding of atrial natriuretic peptide increases cyclic GMP levels in human astrocytoma cells. . None, 117 , pp. 315-321.