Colleges
Paolo Tammaro
Professor of Pharmacology
- Director of Graduate Studies
 - Fellow & Tutor in Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, The Queen's College
 - Visiting Professor at Nagoya City University in Japan
 
Key publications
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                The structural basis of lipid scrambling and inactivation in the endoplasmic reticulum scramblase TMEM16K.
            
            
                
Journal article
Bushell SR. et al, (2019), Nat Commun, 10
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                Defining the ionic mechanisms of optogenetic control of vascular tone by channelrhodopsin-2.
            
            
                
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Rorsman NJG. et al, (2018), Br J Pharmacol, 175, 2028 - 2045
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                Contrasting effects of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2 ) on cloned TMEM16A and TMEM16B channels
            
            
                
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Ta C. et al, (2017), British Journal of Pharmacology
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                Mechanism of allosteric activation of TMEM16A/ANO1 channels by a commonly used chloride channel blocker.
            
            
                
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Ta CM. et al, (2016), Br J Pharmacol, 173, 511 - 528
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                Coronary spasm and acute myocardial infarction due to a mutation (V734I) in the nucleotide binding domain 1 of ABCC9.
            
            
                
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Smith KJ. et al, (2013), Int J Cardiol, 168, 3506 - 3513
 
Recent publications
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                Clinically relevant niclosamide concentrations modulate TMEM16A and CaV1.2 channels to control artery tone and capillary diameter
            
            
                
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Kaye R. et al, (2025), British Journal of Pharmacology
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                Pharmacological profiling of small molecule modulators of the TMEM16A channel and their implications for the control of artery and capillary function.
            
            
                
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Al-Hosni R. et al, (2025), Br J Pharmacol
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                The TMEM16A channel as a potential therapeutic target in vascular disease.
            
            
                
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Al-Hosni R. et al, (2024), Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens, 33, 161 - 169
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                Identification of determinants of lipid and ion transport in TMEM16/anoctamin proteins through a Bayesian statistical analysis.
            
            
                
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Moran O. and Tammaro P., (2024), Biophys Chem, 308
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                The TMEM16A anion channel as a versatile regulator of vascular tone.
            
            
                
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Tammaro P., (2023), Sci Signal, 16