Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Laboratory studies to enhance our knowledge of the lower urinary tract, with the aim of developing new treatments, or enhancing current treatments of the following conditions:
- Overactive bladder
- Cancers of the lower urinary tract
- Stress incontinence
- Ureteral stones
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Erectile dysfunction
Statement for HDR students
The research group specialises in studies of the lower urinary tract using isolated tissues to examine contraction, biochemical assays to measure release of ATP, acetylcholine and prostaglandins, histological techniques to examine structure and protein distribution, molecular biology techniques to measure proteins and radioligand binding to measure receptor densities and characteristics.
Current projects examine the receptors and ion channels of the bladder, urethra, ureter, prostate and cavernosum to identify new targets for drugs to treat overactive bladder, stress incontinence, renal stones, and enlarged prostate and erectile dysfunction.
Recent studies also include the effects of cytotoxic drugs and metabolites on bladder function to identify the causes of side effects, interactions between anti-cancer drugs, and treatments to enhance the effects of radiotherapy and other cytotoxic drugs.
Education/Academic qualification
Pharmacology, PhD, University of Wales
External positions
University of Sheffield
1990 → Mar 2006Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Russ Chess-Williams is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
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Swine
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Medicine & Life Sciences
tamsulosin
Medicine & Life Sciences
Mucous Membrane
Medicine & Life Sciences
Carbachol
Medicine & Life Sciences
Network
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Research Output 1988 2020
Acrolein, the toxic urinary metabolite of cyclophosphamide, causes physiological changes to bladder function
Sellers, D. J., Chess-Williams, R., McDermott, C. & West, E., 2019, In : Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal. 25, 4, p. 96-97 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › Research › peer-review
Acrolein
Poisons
Cyclophosphamide
Urinary Bladder
Purinergic Agonists
A porcine model of ureteral contractile activity: Influences of age, tissue orientation, region, urothelium, COX and NO
Lim, I., Chess-Williams, R. & Sellers, D., 24 Dec 2019, In : Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods. 102, 8 p., 106661.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Urothelium
Phenylephrine
Ureter
Swine
Carbachol
Can the beneficial effects of tamsulosin on the overactive bladder be explained by an effect on bladder blood flow?
Nilsson, D., Sellers, D. J. & Chess-Williams, R., 2019, In : Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal. 25, 4, p. 98-99 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › Research › peer-review
tamsulosin
Overactive Urinary Bladder
Adrenergic Receptors
Urinary Bladder
Phenylephrine
Differential mechanisms of action of the trace amines octopamine, synephrine and tyramine on the porcine coronary and mesenteric artery
Koh, A., Chess-Williams, R. & Lohning, A. E., 29 Jul 2019, In : Scientific Reports. 9, 9 p., 10925.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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mesenteric arteries
octopamine
tyramine
coronary vessels
amines
Elevated release of inflammatory but not sensory mediators from the urothelium is maintained following epirubicin treatment
Kang, S. H., Chess-Williams, R. & McDermott, C., 15 Nov 2019, In : European Journal of Pharmacology. 863, 9 p., 172703.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Urothelium
Epirubicin
Cytokines
Acetylcholine
Interleukin-8
Activities 2018 2018
- 1 Oral presentation
Speed Research Presentations
Elisabeth Isenring (Speaker), Jaimon T Kelly (Speaker), Christian Moro (Speaker), Mark Morgan (Speaker), Anna V. Lorimer (Speaker), Vernon G Coffey (Speaker), Rae Louise Thomas (Speaker), Alexandra Bannach-Brown (Speaker), Ray N Moynihan (Speaker), Daniel Maupin (Speaker), Rob Marc Orr (Speaker), Nigel L Barnett (Speaker), Russ Chess-Williams (Speaker)21 Nov 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Press / Media
Bond establishes new Centre for Urology Research
29/07/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Uni lifts research
Helen Christine O'Neill & Russ Chess-Williams
15/07/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Bond expands medical research centre
Helen Christine O'Neill & Russ Chess-Williams
14/07/15
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Student theses
Amphetamine-like compounds in pre-workout supplements
Author: Koh, A., 10 Jun 2017Supervisor: Lohning, A. E. (Supervisor) & Chess-Williams, R. G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Contractile activity of the bladder urothelium and lamina propria
Author: Moro, C., 9 Feb 2013Supervisor: Chess-Williams, R. (Supervisor) & Sellers, D. J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Cyclophosphamide and ifosfamide: mechanisms of cytotoxic action and consequences for normal bladder function
Author: Mills, K., 10 Oct 2015Supervisor: Chess-Williams, R. G. (Supervisor) & McDermott, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Cytotoxic Drugs and their Effects on Bladder Function
Author: Kang, S. H., 10 Oct 2015Supervisor: McDermott, C. (Supervisor) & Chess-Williams, R. G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Drug targets for urinary and faecal incontinence and anal fissure
Author: Folasire, O., 11 Feb 2017Supervisor: Sellers, D. J. (Supervisor) & Chess-Williams, R. G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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