Dr Clare Austin (BSc, PhD, PGCE) - publications

2011

• Rossoni LV, Wareing M, Wenceslau C, Al-Abri M, Cobb C, Austin CE. (2011). Acute simvastatin increases endothelial nitric oxide synthase phosphorylation via AMP-activated protein kinase and reduces contractility of isolated rat mesenteric resistance arteries. Clinical Science, 121(10), 448-458. eScholarID:127538
• Hausman N, Martin J, Taggart MJ, Austin C. (2011). Age-related changes in the contractile and passive arterial properties of murine mesenteric small arteries are altered by caveolin-1 knockout. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, epubahead of print, eScholarID:133006 | DOI:10.1111/j.1582-4934.2011.01457.x
• Cartwright EJ, Oceandy D, Austin C, Neyses L. (2011). Ca(2+) signalling in cardiovascular disease: the role of the plasma membrane calcium pumps. Sci China Life Sci, 54(8), 691-698. eScholarID:128078 | DOI:10.1007/s11427-011-4199-1
• Lynch, F. M., Izzard, A., Austin, C., Prendergast, B., Keenan, D., Malik, R. A., Heagerty, A.M. (2011). Effects of diabetes and hypertension on structure and distensibility of human small coronary arteries. Journal of Hypertension (accepted for publication), eScholarID:133533 | DOI:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834e38a0
• Banerjee M, Anderson SG, Malik RA, Austin CE*, Cruickshank JK* (*equal last authors). (2011). Small artery function 2 years postpartum in women with altered glycaemic distributions in their preceding pregnancy. Clinical Science, 122(2), 53-61. eScholarID:127539

2009

• Austin C. (2009). Commentaries on viewpoint: pick your Poiseuille: normalizing the shear stimulus in studies of flow-mediated dilation. Journal of Applied Physiology, 107(4), 1361. eScholarID:127550
• Withers SB, Taggart MJ, Baker PN, Austin CE. (2009). Responses of isolated pressurised rat uterine arteries to changes in pressure: effects of pre-constriction, endothelium and pregnancy. Placenta, 30( 6), eScholarID:1d20809 | DOI:10.1016/j.placenta.2009.03.011
• Withers SB, Taggart MJ, Baker P, Austin C. (2009). Responses of isolated pressurised rat uterine arteries to changes in pressure: effects of pre-constriction, endothelium and pregnancy. Placenta, 30, 529-535. eScholarID:127540 | DOI:10.1016/j.placenta.2009.03.011

2008

• Austin CE, Braidman IP. (2008). Support for portfolio in the initial years of the undergraduate medical school curriculum; what do the tutors think? Medical Teacher, 30(3), eScholarID:1d28011

2007

• Wilkinson J, Foretia D, Rossington S, Heagerty A, Leonard J, Hussain N, Austin CE. (2007). 2'-hydroxy-fendiline analogues as potent relaxers of isolated arteries. Eur J Pharmacol, 561( 1-3), eScholarID:1d20924 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.01.039
• Azzawi M, Austin CE. (2007). The effects of endothelial factor inhibition on the time-course of responses of isolated rat coronary arteries to intraluminal flow. Journal of Vascular Research, 44, 223-233. eScholarID:1d27560 | DOI:10.1159/000100421

2006

• Lynch FM, Austin CE, Heagerty AM, Izzard AS. (2006). Adenosine and hypoxia-induced dilation of human coronary resistance arteries: evidence against the involvement of KATP channels. British Journal of Pharmacology, 147, 455-458. eScholarID:1d26675 | DOI:10.1038/sj.bjp.0706622
• Lynch FM, Austin CE, Heagerty AM, Izzard AS. (2006). Adenosine and hypoxic dilation of rat coronary small arteries; roles of the ATP-sensitive potassium channel, endothelium and nitric oxide. American Journal of Physiology, 290, H1151-H1156. eScholarID:1d26674 | DOI:10.1152/ajpheart.00314.2005
• Heerkens EH, Shaw LM, Ryding L, Brooker G, Austin CE, Ohanian V, Mullins J, Heagerty AM. (2006). Alpha V integrins are necessary for eutrophic inward remodelling of small arteries in hypertension. Hypertension, 47, 281-287. eScholarID:1d26677 | DOI:10.1161/01.HYP.0000198428.45132.02
• Shaw LM, Sweeney MA, Jones CJP, O'Neill SC, Austin CE, Taggart MJ. (2006). Caveolae and sarcoplasmic reticular coupling in smooth muscle cells of pressurised arteries: the relevance for Ca2+ oscillations and tone. Cardiovasc. Res, 69 (4), 825-835. eScholarID:1d13056 | DOI:10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.12.016
• Azzawi M, Austin CE. (2006). Extravascular pressure modulates responses of isolated rat coronary arteries to vasodilator, but not vasoconstrictor, stimuli. American Journal of Physiology, 290, 1151-1156. eScholarID:1d11626 | DOI:10.1152/ajpheart.00307.2005

2005

• Malik RA, Schofield I, Izzard AS, Austin CE, Bermann G, Heagerty AM. (2005). Effects of angiotensin Type-1 receptor antagonism on small artery function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Hypertension, 45, 264-269.. eScholarID:1d26111 | DOI:10.1161/01.HYP.0000153305.50128.a1
• Austin CE. (2005). Flow-mediated dilation does/does not reflect nitric oxide-mediated endothelial function. J. App. Physiol, eScholarID:1d11627

2004

• Shaw LM, O'Neill SC, Jones CJP, Austin CE, Taggart MJ. (2004). Comparison of U46619-, endothelin-1- or phenylephrine-induced changes in cellular Ca2+ profiles and Ca2+ sensitisation of constriction of pressurised rat resistance arteries. Br J Pharmacol, 141( 4), 678-88. eScholarID:1d10789 | DOI:10.1038/sj.bjp.0705647
• Bruce J, Taggart MJ, Austin CE. (2004). Contractile responses of isolated rat mesenteric arteries to acute episodes of severe hypoxia and subsequent re-oxygenation. Microvasc. Res, 68, 303-312.. eScholarID:1d8733
• Azzawi M, Austin CE. (2004). Myogenic regulation of isolated small coronary arteries following increases in extravascular pressure. Microvascular Research, 68, 71-74. eScholarID:17d842

2003

• Montgomery S, Shaw LM, N Pantelides, Taggart MJ, Austin CE. (2003). Acute effects of oestrogen receptor subtype-specifc agonists on vascular contractility. British Journal of Pharmacology, 139, 1249-1253. eScholarID:1d25182 | DOI:10.1038/sj.bjp.0705368
• Shaw LM, S Ahmed, Austin CE, Taggart MJ. (2003). Inhibitors of actin filament polymerisation attenuate force but not global intracellular calcium in isolated pressurised resistance arteries. Journal of Vascular Research, 40, 1-10. eScholarID:1d25021

2002

• Schofield I, Malik RA, Izzard AS, Austin CE, Heagerty AM. (2002). Vascular structural and functional changes in type 2 diabetes mellitus: evidence for the role of abnormal myogenic responsiveness and dyslipidemia. Circulation, 106, eScholarID:1d2345 | DOI:10.1161/01.CIR.0000041432.80615.A5

2001

• Shaw LM, Taggart MJ, Austin CE. (2001). Effects of oestrous cycle and gender on acute vasodilatory responses of isolated pressurised rat mesenteric arteries to 17beta-oestradiol. Br.J.Pharmacol, 132, 1055-1062. eScholarID:1d2404 | DOI:10.1038/sj.bjp.0703908