Russ Chess‐Williams

11.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
191 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Russ Chess‐Williams is a scholar working on Urology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Russ Chess‐Williams has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Urology, 51 papers in Molecular Biology and 41 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Russ Chess‐Williams's work include Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research (108 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (41 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (35 papers). Russ Chess‐Williams is often cited by papers focused on Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research (108 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (41 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (35 papers). Russ Chess‐Williams collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Japan. Russ Chess‐Williams's co-authors include John Garthwaite, Christopher R. Chapple, Donna Sellers, Tomonori Yamanishi, Catherine McDermott, Christian Moro, Kosaku Yasuda, Shailendra Anoopkumar‐Dukie, Toshimitsu Uchiyama and M. Hawthorn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Russ Chess‐Williams

184 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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Endothelium-derived relaxing factor release on activation of NMDA receptors suggests role as intercellular messenger in the brain

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Russ Chess‐Williams United Kingdom	35	2.4k	2.0k	1.7k	1.5k	938	191	6.4k
Alison F. Brading United Kingdom	49	3.9k 1.6×	1.2k 0.6×	2.3k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	710 0.8×	183	7.4k
Anthony Kanai United States	40	3.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	500 0.3×	904 1.0×	136	5.7k
Lori A. Birder United States	53	5.9k 2.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	745 0.5×	1.6k 1.7×	205	9.0k
Tamás Bı́ró Hungary	53	1.1k 0.4×	901 0.4×	2.2k 1.3×	924 0.6×	363 0.4×	190	8.1k
Sean M. Ward United States	73	881 0.4×	3.3k 1.7×	5.4k 3.1×	2.0k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	223	15.8k
Stuart M. Brierley Australia	44	456 0.2×	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	901 0.6×	573 0.6×	133	6.5k
Riccardo Patacchini Italy	57	534 0.2×	3.4k 1.7×	4.0k 2.3×	4.7k 3.2×	665 0.7×	209	9.6k
Tadashi Hisamitsu Japan	31	591 0.2×	893 0.4×	724 0.4×	516 0.4×	319 0.3×	144	3.4k
Marcello Tonini Italy	43	290 0.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	280 0.3×	151	5.4k
Robert B. Moreland United States	43	844 0.3×	722 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	733 0.5×	109 0.1×	126	5.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Russ Chess‐Williams

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Chess‐Williams, Russ, et al.. (2025). Comparisons of urinary bladder responses to common antimuscarinics reveals unique effects of darifenacin. Frontiers in Physiology. 16. 1534517–1534517. 1 indexed citations

Phelps, Charlotte, Russ Chess‐Williams, & Christian Moro. (2023). The role of intracellular calcium and Rho kinase pathways in G protein-coupled receptor-mediated contractions of urinary bladder urothelium and lamina propria. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 324(3). C787–C797. 9 indexed citations

Chess‐Williams, Russ, et al.. (2023). Antimuscarinic actions on bladder urothelium and lamina propria contractions are similar to those observed in detrusor smooth muscle preparations. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 42(5). 1080–1087. 4 indexed citations

Phelps, Charlotte, Russ Chess‐Williams, & Christian Moro. (2023). Ageing influences detrusor contractions to prostaglandin, angiotensin, histamine and 5-HT (serotonin), independent to the Rho kinase and extracellular calcium pathways. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 18062–18062. 2 indexed citations

McDermott, Catherine, et al.. (2020). A Pilot retrospective analysis of alpha-blockers on recurrence in men with localised prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 8191–8191. 10 indexed citations

Chess‐Williams, Russ, et al.. (2018). Altered ureteral contractility with ageing: Role of the rho-kinase pathway. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 171. 31–36. 5 indexed citations

Sellers, Donna, Russ Chess‐Williams, & Martin C. Michel. (2018). Modulation of lower urinary tract smooth muscle contraction and relaxation by the urothelium. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 391(7). 675–694. 35 indexed citations

Chess‐Williams, Russ, et al.. (2017). Inhibitory effect of the urothelium/lamina propria on female porcine urethral contractility & effect of age. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 44(9). 954–960. 5 indexed citations

McFarland, Amelia J., Nijole Bernaitis, Andrew K. Davey, et al.. (2015). Paradoxical effects of the autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine on docetaxel-induced toxicity in PC-3 and LNCaP prostate cancer cells. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 388(7). 793–799. 16 indexed citations

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Chess‐Williams, Russ, et al.. (2014). Gemcitabine enhances release of atp but not acetylcholine or pge(2) from bladder urothelial cells. Bond University Research Portal (Bond University). 1 indexed citations

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Chess‐Williams, Russ, et al.. (2014). Selective cytotoxicity of gemcitabine on superficial malignant vs. normal human urothelial cells and the effects of hyperthermia. Bond University Research Portal (Bond University). 1 indexed citations

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Sellers, Donna & Russ Chess‐Williams. (2011). Muscarinic Agonists and Antagonists: Effects on the Urinary Bladder. Handbook of experimental pharmacology. 375–400. 42 indexed citations

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Chess‐Williams, Russ, et al.. (2009). Pharmacology of the internal anal sphincter and its relevance to faecal incontinence. Autonomic and Autacoid Pharmacology. 29(3). 85–95. 14 indexed citations

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Kumar, Vivek, et al.. (2007). Enhanced ATP release from the urothelium of patients with painful bladder syndrome: A possible pathophysiological explanation. e-publications@bond (Bond University). 1 indexed citations

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Chapple, Christopher R., et al.. (2004). 296 Distribution of purinergic receptors in urinary bladder of porcine and normal human urinary bladder. European Urology Supplements. 3(2). 76–76. 3 indexed citations

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Chess‐Williams, Russ. (2004). Potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of detrusor overactivity. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets. 8(2). 95–106. 20 indexed citations

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Wanstall, Janet C., et al.. (2003). Potentiation of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) responses by a 5-HT uptake inhibitor in pulmonary and systemic vessels: effects of exposing rats to hypoxia. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 368(6). 520–527. 7 indexed citations

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Coker, Susan J. & Russ Chess‐Williams. (1991). Amiodarone, adrenoceptor responsiveness and iscaaemia- and reperfusion-induced arrhythmias. European Journal of Pharmacology. 201(1). 103–109. 7 indexed citations

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Chess‐Williams, Russ, et al.. (1990). Enhanced α‐adrenoceptor responsiveness and receptor number during global ischaemia in the Langendorff perfused rat heart. British Journal of Pharmacology. 100(3). 641–645. 12 indexed citations

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Chess‐Williams, Russ & Kenneth J. Broadley. (1987). Examination of cardiac alpha-adrenoceptors from pharmacological responses and radioligand binding. Journal of Pharmacological Methods. 18(2). 111–122. 10 indexed citations

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