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Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor α7 Subunit Mediates Migration of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Toward Nicotine

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2004
GbaSM-4 cells, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) derived from brain basilar arteries, were shown to migrate toward d-nicotine by augmenting the actin cytoskeleton in their cell bodies and lamellipodia, and expression of nicotinic acetylcholine ...
Sheng Li, Tiejun Zhao, Hong Xin, Li-Hong Ye, Xiaodong Zhang, Hideyuki Tanaka, Akio Nakamura, Kazuhiro Kohama   +7 more
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The Oncogenic Functions of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors [PDF]

Journal of Oncology, 2016
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are ion channels that are expressed in the cell membrane of all mammalian cells, including cancer cells. Recent findings suggest that nAChRs not only mediate nicotine addiction in the brain but also contribute to the development and progression of cancers directly induced by nicotine and its derived ...
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Venomous secretions from marine snails of the Terebridae family target acetylcholine receptors [PDF]

, 2013
Venoms from cone snails (Conidae) have been extensively studied during the last decades, but those from other members of the suborder Toxoglossa, such as of Terebridae and Turridae superfamilies attracted less interest so far. Here, we report the effects
Kauferstein, Silke, Kendel, Yvonne, Kurz, Alexander, Mebs, Dietrich, Melaun, Christian, Nicke, Annette, Peigneur, Steve, Tytgat, Jan, Wunder, Cora   +8 more
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Precision therapies for genetic epilepsies in 2025: Promises and pitfalls

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract By targeting the underlying etiology, precision therapies offer an exciting paradigm shift to improve the stagnant outcomes of drug‐resistant epilepsies, including developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. Unlike conventional antiseizure medications (ASMs) which only treat the symptoms (seizures) but have no effect on the underlying ...
Shuyu Wang, Emilio Perucca, Samuel F. Berkovic, Piero Perucca   +3 more
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Dysregulated homeostasis of acetylcholine levels in immune cells of RR-multiple sclerosis patients [PDF]

, 2016
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterized by pro-inflammatory cytokine production. Acetylcholine (ACh) contributes to the modulation of central and peripheral inflammation.
Biagioni, Stefano, Costantini, Erica, DI BARI, Maria, Di Nicola, Marta, D’Angelo, Chiara, Galizia, Sabrina, Gasperini, Claudio, Orlando, Viviana, Porfilio, Italo, Reale, Marcella, Ruggieri, Serena, Tata, Ada Maria   +11 more
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Cytotoxicity of 19 Pesticides in Rainbow Trout Gill, Liver, and Intestinal Cell Lines

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, EarlyView.
Abstract The rainbow trout gill cell line (RTgill‐W1), via test guideline 249 of the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development, has been established as a promising New Approach Methodology, although to advance confidence in the method more case studies are needed that: 1) expand our understanding of applicability domains (chemicals with ...
Sophie Emberley‐Korkmaz, Krittika Mittal, Na'im Temlock, Jessica Head, Niladri Basu   +4 more
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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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Developmental sex differences in nicotinic currents of prefrontal layer VI neurons in mice and rats.

PLoS ONE, 2010
BackgroundThere is a large sex difference in the prevalence of attention deficit disorder; yet, relatively little is known about sex differences in the development of prefrontal attention circuitry.
Nyresa C Alves, Craig D C Bailey, Raad Nashmi, Evelyn K Lambe   +3 more
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Regulation of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Assembly

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2003
Abstract: The four muscle‐type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) subunits, α, β, γ, and δ, assemble into functional α2βγδ pentamers in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) through a series of interdependent folding and oligomerization events. The first stable assembly intermediate is a trimer composed of α, β, and γ subunits.
Wanamaker, C, Christianson, J, Green, W
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Genetics update: monogenetics, polygene disorders and the quest for modifying genes [PDF]

, 2018
The genetic channelopathies are a broad collection of diseases. Many ion channel genes demonstrate wide phenotypic pleiotropy, but nonetheless concerted efforts have been made to characterise genotype-phenotype relationships.
Symonds, Joseph D., Zuberi, Sameer M.
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