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Changes in conformation and subcellular distribution of alpha(4)beta(2) nicotinic acetylcholine receptors revealed by chronic nicotine treatment and expression of subunit chimeras [PDF]

, 2002
Chronic exposure to nicotine, as occurs during tobacco smoking, is one of several factors that have been reported to cause an upregulation of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs).
Harkness, PC, Millar, NS
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Abnormal response to chronic social defeat stress and fear extinction in a mouse model of Lynx2-based cholinergic dysregulation

Frontiers in Neuroscience
Nicotinic receptor signaling is influential in modulating appropriate responses to salient stimuli within a complex environment. The cholinergic neurotransmitter system drives attention to salient stimuli such as stressors, and aids in orchestrating the ...
Kristin R. Anderson, Peter J. Rogu, Talulla B. Palumbo, Julie M. Miwa   +3 more
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Effects mediated by the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor on cell proliferation and migration in rat adipose-derived stem cells

European Journal of Histochemistry, 2020
Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) are an attractive source for regenerative medicine as they can be easily isolated, rapidly expandable in culture and show excellent in vitro differentiation potential.
Marta Pernarella, Roberta Piovesana, Carlo Matera, Alessandro Faroni, Mario Fiore, Luciana Dini, Adam J. Reid, Clelia Dallanoce, Ada Maria Tata   +8 more
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Synthese, Assemblierung und intrazellulärer Transport von Mitgliedern der cys-loop- und P2X-Familie liganden-gesteuerter Ionenkanäle [PDF]

, 2006
The results presented here strongly indicate that ubiquitination of the recombinant human alpha1 GlyR at the plasma membrane of Xenopus oocytes is involved in receptor internalisation and degradation.
Sadtler, Sven
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Cellular Expression of α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Protein in the Temporal Cortex in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease— A Stereological Approach

Neurobiology of Disease, 2000
Cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease are closely related to disturbed cholinergic transmission. The decrease of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor protein has been assessed by Western blotting and immunohistochemistry.
Carolin Banerjee, Jens R. Nyengaard, Andrea Wevers, Rob A.I. de Vos, Ernst N.H. Jansen Steur, Jon Lindstrom, Kirsten Pilz, Sonja Nowacki, Wilhelm Bloch, Hannsjörg Schröder   +9 more
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The Allosteric Activation of α7 nAChR by α-Conotoxin MrIC Is Modified by Mutations at the Vestibular Site

Toxins, 2021
α-conotoxins are 13–19 amino acid toxin peptides that bind various nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subtypes. α-conotoxin Mr1.7c (MrIC) is a 17 amino acid peptide that targets α7 nAChR.
Alican Gulsevin, Roger L. Papke, Clare Stokes, Hue N. T. Tran, Aihua H. Jin, Irina Vetter, Jens Meiler   +6 more
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Antibodies to acetylcholine receptor in parous women with myasthenia: evidence for immunization by fetal antigen [PDF]

, 2002
The weakness in myasthenia gravis (MG) is mediated by autoantibodies against adult muscle acetylcholine receptors (AChR) at the neuromuscular junction; most of these antibodies also bind to fetal AChR, which is present in the thymus.
Wilcox, Nick, Matthews, I, Stott, David, Ledwidge, S, Vincent, Angela, Willcox, N, Beeson, David, Vincent, A, Sims, G, Stott, D, Matthews, Ian, Sims, Gary, Ledwidge, Serena, Beeson, D   +13 more
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Acetylcholine receptor based chemogenetics engineered for neuronal inhibition and seizure control assessed in mice

Nature Communications
Epilepsy is a prevalent disorder involving neuronal network hyperexcitability, yet existing therapeutic strategies often fail to provide optimal patient outcomes. Chemogenetic approaches, where exogenous receptors are expressed in defined brain areas and
Quynh-Anh Nguyen, Peter M. Klein, Cheng Xie, Katelyn N. Benthall, Jillian Iafrati, Jesslyn Homidan, Jacob T. Bendor, Barna Dudok, Jordan S. Farrell, Tilo Gschwind, Charlotte L. Porter, Annahita Keravala, G. Steven Dodson, Ivan Soltesz   +13 more
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A7DB: a relational database for mutational, physiological and pharmacological data related to the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

BMC Neuroscience, 2005
Background Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are pentameric proteins that are important drug targets for a variety of diseases including Alzheimer's, schizophrenia and various forms of epilepsy. One of the most intensively studied nAChR subunits
Sansom Mark SP, Brown Laurence, Jones Andrew K, Pym Luanda, Buckingham Steven D, Sattelle David B, Biggin Philip C   +6 more
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Inhibition of Human α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors by Cyclic Monoterpene Carveol [PDF]

, 2016
Cyclic monoterpenes are a group of phytochemicals with antinociceptive, local anesthetic, and anti-inflammatory actions. Effects of cyclic monoterpenes including vanilin, pulegone, eugenole, carvone, carvacrol, carveol, thymol, thymoquinone, menthone ...
Yang, Keun-Hang Susan, Oz, Murat, Lozon, Yusra, Sultan, Ahmed, Prytkova, Tatiana, Lansdell, Stuart J., Howarth, Frank Christopher, Sadek, Bassem, Millar, Neil S.   +8 more
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