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Pro-inflammatory mechanisms of muscarinic receptor stimulation in airway smooth muscle

Respiratory Research, 2010
Background Acetylcholine, the primary parasympathetic neurotransmitter in the airways, plays an important role in bronchoconstriction and mucus production.
Zuyderduyn Suzanne, Hiemstra Pieter S, Rieks Daniëlle, Nanninga Janke E, Kolahian Saeed, Oenema Tjitske A, Halayko Andrew J, Meurs Herman, Gosens Reinoud   +8 more
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Evaluation of preclinical antipsychotic models used to support first‐in‐human clinical trials

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Schizophrenia is regarded as a complex and heterogeneous psychiatric disorder, characterised by diverse symptoms and comorbidities, which complicate both clinical management and drug development. Current pharmacological treatment, primarily based on dopamine D2 receptor antagonism or partial agonism, which has not markedly progressed since the
Thi Viet Ha Nguyen, Declan P. McKernan, John P. Kelly   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Basic and Clinical Aspects of Non-neuronal Acetylcholine: Expression of Non-neuronal Acetylcholine in Lung Cancer Provides a New Target for Cancer

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2008
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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Protectin D1 and maresin 1 attenuate airway hyperreactivity induced by IL‐13 in human isolated small bronchi

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Interleukin (IL)‐13 is implicated in airway hyperreactivity (AHR), a key feature of asthma. We explored the potential anti‐AHR activity of selected specialised pro‐resolving mediators (SPMs) in IL‐13‐induced AHR models, using human bronchial smooth muscle cells (BSMCs) and human isolated bronchi.
Willem Abma, Sven‐Erik Dahlén, Craig E. Wheelock, Mikael Adner, Mamdoh Al‐Amerie, Erik Sachs, Kasra Vali Jalali, Leonardo De Maria, Henric Olsson, Jesper Säfholm   +9 more
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Generation of Choline for Acetylcholine Synthesis by Phospholipase D Isoforms [PDF]

, 2001
DEDICATION: This article is dedicated to the memory of Sue Kim Hanson, a graduate student in the department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, who perished in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 ...
Blusztajn, Jan Krzysztof, Frohman, Michael A, Zhao, Di   +2 more
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Vesicular glutamate transporter VGLUT2 expression emerges in substantia nigra dopamine neurons in mouse models of parkinsonism in the absence of neurodegeneration

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Purpose Subsets of midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons express the vesicular glutamate transporter VGLUT2 and can release the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate. VGLUT2+ DA neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) were shown to be more resistant to neurodegeneration in animal models of Parkinson's disease (PD ...
Sivakumar Srinivasan, Christian Pifl, Thomas Steinkellner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Autoradiography of 3H-pirenzepine and 3H-AFDX-384 in Mouse Brain Regions: Possible Insights into M1, M2, and M4 Muscarinic Receptors Distribution

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018
Autoradiography helps to determine the distribution and density of muscarinic receptor (MR) binding sites in the brain. However, it relies on the selectivity of radioligands toward their target.
Paulina Valuskova, Vladimir Farar, Sandor Forczek, Iva Krizova, Jaromir Myslivecek   +4 more
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A role for epithelium‐derived 6‐nitrodopamine on human ureter contractility

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Purpose To investigate the basal release of 6‐nitrodopamine (6‐ND) from human isolated ureter and the role of this novel catecholamine in the ureter contractility. Experimental Approach Ureters from 67 brain‐dead organ donors (40 males and 27 females) were used during kidney transplantation procedures.
Wilmar Azal Neto, Denis Lima Oliveira, José Britto‐Júnior, Alex Henrique Miller, Flaviano Lorenzon, Felipe Fernandes Jacintho, Valéria Barbosa de Souza, Fernanda Viviane Mariano, André Almeida Schenka, Fabiola Zakia Mónica, Adriano Fregonesi, Edson Antunes, Gilberto De Nucci   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Slow synaptic transmission in frog sympathetic ganglia [PDF]

, 1986
Bullfrog ganglia contain two classes of neurone, B and C cells, which receive different inputs and exhibit different slow synaptic potentials. B cells, to which most effort has been directed, possess slow and late slow EPSPs.
Adams, P. R., Brown, D. A., Jones, S. W., Koch, Christof, Lancaster, B., Pennefeather, P.   +5 more
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Expression of an atrial G-protein-activated potassium channel in Xenopus oocytes [PDF]

, 1993
Injection of rat atrial RNA into Xenopus oocytes resulted in the expression of a guanine nucleotide binding (G) protein-activated K+ channel. Current through the channel could be activated by acetylcholine or, if RNA encoding a neuronal 5HT1A receptor ...
Dascal, Nathan, Davidson, Norman, Lester, Henry A., Lim, Nancy F., Schreibmayer, Wolfgang, Wang, Weizhen   +5 more
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