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Expression of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in human lung cells

Respiratory Research, 2005
Background We and others have shown that one of the mechanisms of growth regulation of small cell lung cancer cell lines and cultured pulmonary neuroendocrine cells is by the binding of agonists to the α7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
Schuller Hildegard M, Dhar Madhu, Plummer Howard K   +2 more
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Palmitoylation of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors [PDF]

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2009
It is well established that nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) undergo a number of different posttranslational modifications, such as disulfide bond formation, glycosylation, and phosphorylation. Recently, our laboratory has developed more sensitive assays of protein palmitoylation that have allowed us and others to detect the palmitoylation of
M. P. Blanton, John K. Alexander, Anitha P. Govind, Renaldo C. Drisdel, William N. Green, TuKiet T. Lam, Yolanda F. Vallejo   +6 more
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A review of frequently used Kampo prescriptions part 1. Daikenchuto

Traditional &Kampo Medicine, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 151-179, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Background The original formula name for daikenchuto (DKT) was written in ‘Jin Gui Yao Lue (Kinkiyōryaku in Japanese)’. DKT as used in Japan consists of four types of crude drug. Key findings Although there are few examples of its use in Chinese classical records, it has begun to be used extensively in modern Japan for intestinal obstruction ...
Takao Namiki, Takayuki Hoshino, Nobuaki Egashira, Toshiaki Kogure, Mari Endo, Masato Homma   +5 more
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Resolution of complex fluorescence spectra of lipids and nicotinic acetylcholine receptor by multivariate analysis reveals protein-mediated effects on the receptor's immediate lipid microenvironment [PDF]

PMC Biophysics 2008, 1:6, 2009
Analysis of fluorescent spectra from complex biological systems containing various fluorescent probes with overlapping emission bands is a challenging task. Valuable information can be extracted from the full spectra, however, by using multivariate analysis (MA) of measurements at different wavelengths.
arxiv   +1 more source

Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles and future directions in diagnosis and therapy

WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, Volume 15, Issue 1, January/February 2023., 2023
Fundamental research on EV isolation, standardization and characterisation will bring about translational medical diagnostics and therapy. Abstract Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are a unique and heterogeneous class of lipid bilayer nanoparticles secreted by most cells.
Karina P. De Sousa, Izadora Rossi, Mahamed Abdullahi, Marcel Ivan Ramirez, Dan Stratton, Jameel Malhador Inal   +5 more
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Discoveries and future significance of research into amyloid-beta/α7-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) interactions

Pharmacological Research, 2023
Initiated by findings that Alzheimer’s disease is associated with a profound loss of cholinergic markers in human brain, decades of studies have examined the interactions between specific subtypes of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and amyloid-β ...
Paul Whiteaker, Andrew A. George
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A Hydrophobic Gate in an Ion Channel: The Closed State of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor [PDF]

Physical Biology, 3(2):147-159, 2006, 2005
The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is the prototypic member of the `Cys-loop' superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels which mediate synaptic neurotransmission, and whose other members include receptors for glycine, gamma-aminobutyric acid, and serotonin.
arxiv   +1 more source

MafA-Controlled Nicotinic Receptor Expression Is Essential for Insulin Secretion and Is Impaired in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Cell Reports, 2016
Monoamine and acetylcholine neurotransmitters from the autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulate insulin secretion in pancreatic islets. The molecular mechanisms controlling neurotransmitter signaling in islet β cells and their impact on diabetes ...
Elvira Ganic, Tania Singh, Cheng Luan, João Fadista, Jenny K. Johansson, Holly Ann Cyphert, Hedvig Bennet, Petter Storm, Gaëlle Prost, Henrik Ahlenius, Erik Renström, Roland Stein, Leif Groop, Malin Fex, Isabella Artner   +14 more
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Neuronal and Extraneuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors [PDF]

Current Neuropharmacology, 2018
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) belong to a super-family of Cysloop ligand-gated ion channels that respond to endogenous acetylcholine (ACh) or other cholinergic ligands. These receptors are also the targets of drugs such as nicotine (the main addictive agent delivered by cigarette smoke) and are involved in a variety of ...
Zoli Michele, Pucci Susanna, Vilella Antonietta, Gotti Cecilia   +3 more
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"Warming yang and invigorating qi" acupuncture alters acetylcholine receptor expression in the neuromuscular junction of rats with experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis

Neural Regeneration Research, 2016
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder in which antibodies have been shown to form against the nicotinic acetylcholine nicotinic postsynaptic receptors located at the neuromuscular junction.
Hai-peng Huang, Hong Pan, Hong-feng Wang
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