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Muscarinic Receptor Agonists and Antagonists [PDF]
A comprehensive review of pharmacological and medical aspects of the muscarinic class of acetylcholine agonists and antagonists is presented. The therapeutic benefits of achieving receptor subtype selectivity are outlined and applications in the ...
David R. Kelly, Kenneth J. Broadley
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Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonists Under Investigational to Treat Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [PDF]
Josuel Ora,1 Angelo Coppola,2 Mario Cazzola,3 Luigino Calzetta,4 Paola Rogliani1,3 1Division of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; 2Division of Respiratory Medicine, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy; 3Department of ...
Ora J+4 more
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Positioning of Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonists in the Management of Asthma [PDF]
René Aalbers, Hae‐Sim Park
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Efficacy and Safety of DA-8010, a Novel M3 Antagonist, in Patients With Overactive Bladder: A Randomized, Double-Blind Phase 2 Study [PDF]
Purpose DA-8010 is a novel muscarinic M3 receptor antagonist with significant selectivity for bladder over salivary gland in preclinical studies. We evaluated the clinical efficacy and safety of DA-8010 in overactive bladder (OAB) patients.
Hee Seo Son+12 more
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Multitargeting nature of muscarinic orthosteric agonists and antagonists
Muscarinic receptors (mAChRs) are typical members of the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) family and exist in five subtypes from M1 to M5. Muscarinic receptor subtypes do not sufficiently differ in affinity to orthosteric antagonists or agonists ...
Jaromir Myslivecek
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Psychosis that occurs over the course of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with increased caregiver burden and a more rapid cognitive and functional decline.
Heidy Jimenez+9 more
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Arecoline is one of the nicotinic acid-based alkaloids, which is found in the betel nut. In addition to its function as a muscarinic agonist, arecoline exhibits several adverse effects, such as inducing growth retardation and causing developmental ...
Petrus Siregar+10 more
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A Cholinergic Synaptically Triggered Event Participates in the Generation of Persistent Activity Necessary for Eye Fixation [PDF]
An exciting topic regarding integrative properties of the nervous system is how transient motor commands or brief sensory stimuli are able to evoke persistent neuronal changes, mainly as a sustained, tonic action potential firing.
Alvarado, Juan Carlos+5 more
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Katayama et al. report a vibrational spectroscopic study using ATR–FTIR of the human M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M2R). Their work involves an extensive comparison of agonists, antagonists, and inverse agonists, in which they show that they C ...
Kota Katayama+8 more
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide and new treatment strategies are clearly needed. The recent discovery that lung and other cancers synthesize and secrete acetylcholine (ACh) which acts as an autocrine growth factor suggests that
Therapy Pingfang Song, Eliot R. Spindel
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