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Understanding of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors [PDF]

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2009
Cigarette smoking is a major public health problem and has been identified as the second-most prevalent cause of death in the world. China, a country with a population of 1.3 billion, is the world's largest producer and consumer of tobacco. It estimates that there are 0.35 billion cigarette smokers in China, which bears a large proportion of the deaths
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Chemical Profiling, In Silico and In Vitro Studies to Identify Potential CDK2 and mTOR Inhibitor From Selaginella inaequalifolia (Hook. & Grev.) Spring Ethanolic Extracts

Chemistry &Biodiversity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The current study is aimed to reveal the phytoprofile of Selaginella inaequalifolia (Hook. & Grev.) Spring using GC–MS and predict the drug properties, toxicity, biological properties of S. inaequalifolia ethanolic extracts (SiEE) using in silico methods and in vitro toxicity assays, namely, MTT and BSLB assay.
Johnson Marimuthu Alias Antonysamy, Sivaraman Arumugam, Robin Charles Antony Arulraj, Anne Wincy Jacob Thomas, Henrique D. M. Coutinho   +4 more
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Conditional expression in corticothalamic efferents reveals a developmental role for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in modulation of passive avoidance behavior [PDF]

, 2003
Prenatal nicotine exposure has been linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and cognitive impairment, but the sites of action for these effects of nicotine are still under investigation. High-affinity nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs)
Caldarone, Barbara J, Collins, Allan C, Grady, Sharon R, King, Sarah L, Koren, Andrei O, Marks, Michael J, Mukhin, Alexey G, Picciotto, Marina R   +7 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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EAT-18 is an essential auxiliary protein interacting with the non-alpha nAChR subunit EAT-2 to form a functional receptor.

PLoS Pathogens, 2020
Nematode parasites infect approximately 1.5 billion people globally and are a significant public health concern. There is an accepted need for new, more effective anthelmintic drugs.
Shivani Choudhary, Samuel K Buxton, Sreekanth Puttachary, Saurabh Verma, Gunnar R Mair, Ciaran J McCoy, Barbara J Reaves, Adrian J Wolstenholme, Richard J Martin, Alan P Robertson   +9 more
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Potency- and Selectivity-Enhancing Mutations of Conotoxins for Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Can Be Predicted Using Accurate Free-Energy Calculations [PDF]

, 2021
Dana Katz, Michael A. DiMattia, Dan Sindhikara, Hubert Li, Nikita Abraham, Abba E. Leffler   +5 more
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Fhod3 in zebrafish supports myofibril stability during growth of embryonic skeletal muscle

Developmental Dynamics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Actin filament organization in cardiomyocytes critically depends on the formin Fhod3, but a role for Fhod3 in skeletal muscle development has not yet been described. Results We demonstrate here that in zebrafish mutated for one of two fhod3 paralog genes, fhod3a, skeletal muscle of the trunk appears normal through 2 days post ...
Aubrie Russell, Tracy Eng, Jeffrey D. Amack, David Pruyne   +3 more
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Schizophrenia is a TH2 dominant autoimmune disease possibly against acetylcholine receptors of CNS [PDF]

, 2012
Schizophrenia is a very common psychiatric disorder. However, its etiology and pathogenesis is still unknown. Current theory saying that neurotransmitter imbalance such as serotonin or dopamine only provides limited effectiveness in schizophrenia ...
Wanchung(Wan-Jiung) Hu
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Trihexyphenidyl rescues the deficit in dopamine neurotransmission in a mouse model of DYT1 dystonia

Neurobiology of Disease, 2019
Trihexyphenidyl, a nonselective muscarinic receptor antagonist, is the small molecule drug of choice for the treatment of DYT1 dystonia, but it is poorly tolerated due to significant side effects.
Anthony M. Downs, Xueliang Fan, Christine Donsante, H.A. Jinnah, Ellen J. Hess   +4 more
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Comparative Assessment of Outcomes in Drug Treatment for Smoking Cessation and Role of Genetic Polymorphisms of Human Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunits

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
Objective: To investigate the effects of genetic polymorphisms of human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits α3, α4 and α5, which are encoded by CHRNA3, CHRNA4 CHRNA5 genes, respectively, on nicotine addiction and outcomes of pharmacological ...
Ahmet Muderrisoglu, Elif Babaoglu, Elif Tugce Korkmaz, Said Kalkisim, Erdem Karabulut, Salih Emri, Melih O. Babaoglu   +6 more
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