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Nicotine receptor partial agonists for smoking cessation [PDF]

open access: yesCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016
Nicotine receptor partial agonists may help people to stop smoking by a combination of maintaining moderate levels of dopamine to counteract withdrawal symptoms (acting as an agonist) and reducing smoking satisfaction (acting as an antagonist).To review the efficacy of nicotine receptor partial agonists, including varenicline and cytisine, for smoking ...
Cahill, Kate   +4 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Phosphocholine – an agonist of metabotropic but not of ionotropic functions of α9-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2016
We demonstrated previously that phosphocholine and phosphocholine-modified macromolecules efficiently inhibit ATP-dependent release of interleukin-1β from human and murine monocytes by a mechanism involving nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR ...
K. Richter   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Differential Contribution of Subunit Interfaces to α 9 α 10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Function [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors can be assembled from either homomeric or heteromeric pentameric subunit combinations. At the interface of the extracellular domains of adjacent subunits lies the acetylcholine binding site, composed of a principal ...
Boffi, Juan Carlos   +11 more
core   +3 more sources

An Accessory Agonist Binding Site Promotes Activation of α4β2* Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors*

open access: yesJournal of Biological Chemistry, 2015
Background: In (α4β2)2α4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, there is an agonist binding site at the α4/α4 subunit interface. Results: α2, α3, and α6 accessory subunits can form an agonist site with α4.
Jingyi Wang   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Functional Stoichiometry at the Nicotinic Receptor. The Photon Cross Section for Phase 1 Corresponds to Two Bis-Q Molecules per Channel [PDF]

open access: yes, 1982
These experiments examine changes in the agonist-induced conductance that occur when the agonist-receptor complex is perturbed. Voltage-clamped Electrophorus electroplaques are exposed to the photoisomerizable agonist trans-Bis-Q A 1-µs laser flash ...
Lester, Henry A., Sheridan, Robert E.
core   +1 more source

Lynx1 and the family of endogenous mammalian neurotoxin-like proteins and their roles in modulating nAChR function

open access: yesPharmacological Research, 2023
The promise of nicotinic receptors as a therapeutic target has yet to be fully realized, despite solid data supporting their involvement in neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases.
Talulla B. Palumbo, Julie.M. Miwa
doaj  

Molecular blueprint of allosteric binding sites in a homologue of the agonist-binding domain of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015
Significance In this study we take advantage of a recently described chimera of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) and acetylcholine binding protein (AChBP), termed α7-AChBP.
R. Spurny   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neural signatures of cognitive flexibility and reward sensitivity following nicotinic receptor stimulation in dependent smokers : a randomized trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
IMPORTANCE Withdrawal from nicotine is an important contributor to smoking relapse. Understanding how reward-based decision making is affected by abstinence and by pharmacotherapies such as nicotine replacement therapy and varenicline tartrate may aid ...
Aronson, Sarah E.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

6-Bromohypaphorine from Marine Nudibranch Mollusk Hermissenda crassicornis is an Agonist of Human α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

open access: yesMarine Drugs, 2015
6-Bromohypaphorine (6-BHP) has been isolated from the marine sponges Pachymatisma johnstoni, Aplysina sp., and the tunicate Aplidium conicum, but data on its biological activity were not available.
Igor E. Kasheverov   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of amixin and agmatine on cytochrome c release from isolated mitochondria [PDF]

open access: yesThe Ukrainian Biochemical Journal, 2017
Mitochondrial nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) control permeability transition pore formation and cytochrome c release in the presence of apoptogenic factors.
K. R. Uspenska   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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