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C-Reactive Protein Stimulates Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors to Control ATP-Mediated Monocytic Inflammasome Activation

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Blood levels of the acute phase reactant C-reactive protein (CRP) are frequently measured as a clinical marker for inflammation, but the biological functions of CRP are still controversial.
Katrin Richter, Sabrina Sagawe, Andreas Hecker, Mira Küllmar, Ingolf Askevold, Jelena Damm, Sarah Heldmann, Michael Pöhlmann, Sophie Ruhrmann, Michael Sander, Klaus-Dieter Schlüter, Sigrid Wilker, Inke R. König, Inke R. König, Wolfgang Kummer, Winfried Padberg, Arik J. Hone, J. Michael McIntosh, J. Michael McIntosh, J. Michael McIntosh, Anna Teresa Zakrzewicz, Christian Koch, Veronika Grau   +22 more
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The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors of the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum: formation of two distinct drug targets by varying the relative expression levels of two subunits. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2009
Parasitic nematodes are of medical and veterinary importance, adversely affecting human health and animal welfare. Ascaris suum is a gastrointestinal parasite of pigs; in addition to its veterinary significance it is a good model of the human parasite ...
Sally M Williamson, Alan P Robertson, Laurence Brown, Tracey Williams, Debra J Woods, Richard J Martin, David B Sattelle, Adrian J Wolstenholme   +7 more
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Intracellular mechanisms underlying the nicotinic enhancement of LTP in the rat dentate gyrus [PDF]

, 2008
We have previously shown that activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) enhanced long-term potentiation (LTP) in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro via activation of α7 nAChR. In the present studies, mechanisms underlying the acute and chronic
Abel, Arendt, Atack, Bain, Bear, Blanquet, Bliss, Blitzer, Blitzer, Bogan, Casey, Charpantier, Cho, Dajas-Bailador, Davies, Davis, Decker, Dhavan, Dominguez del Toro, English, Faghih, Fujii, Giovannini, Gray, Hope, Huang, Huang, Hunter, Hurst, Ji, Jones, Kawakami, Kelly, Kihara, Klein, Krause, Le Novere, Levin, Li, Liston, Lu, Man, Mann, Marrero, Matsuyama, Matthies, Meriane, Opazo, O’Dell, Peavy, Picciotto, Polesskaya, Polesskaya, Radcliffe, Roberson, Rush, Salazar, Sanna, Sanna, Santos, Seguela, Sharifzadeh, Sharifzadeh, Sharma, Shaw, Shaw, Sweatt, Takada-Takatori, Tominaga-Yoshino, Wada, Wang, Wang, Welsby, Welsby, Whitehouse, Woo, Wu, Yang, Ying, Yu, Zhang, Zwart   +81 more
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Medial Septum Modulates Cellular Response Induced in Hippocampus on Microinjection of Cholinergic Agonists into Hypothalamic Lateral Supramammillary Nucleus

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2017
Cholinergic mechanisms in supramammillary nucleus (SuM), especially the lateral SuM (lSuM) modulates septo-hippocampal neural activity. The lSuM, as compared to the contiguous medial SuM (mSuM) has relatively dense projections to hippocampus and ...
Mohammed Z. Ariffin, Chian-Ming Low, Chian-Ming Low, Sanjay Khanna, Sanjay Khanna   +4 more
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An expanding range of targets for kynurenine metabolites of tryptophan [PDF]

, 2013
The kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism accounts for most of the tryptophan that is not committed to protein synthesis and includes compounds active in the nervous and immune systems.
Darlington, L. Gail, Stone, Trevor W., Stoy, Nicholas   +2 more
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1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-1,4-methanonaphthalene-2,3-diol

Acta Crystallographica Section E, 2009
The title compound, C11H12O2, is an intermediate in the synthesis of Varenicline, a nicotinic receptor partial agonist used to treat smoking addiction. In the crystal structure, there is an intramolecular O—H...O hydrogen bond that generates an S(5)
Jian Xu, Hao Xu, Ji-cai Quan, Fei Sha, Cheng Yao   +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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Evaluation of the cholinomimetic actions of trimethylsulfonium, a compound present in the midgut gland of the sea hare Aplysia brasiliana (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2002
Trimethylsulfonium, a compound present in the midgut gland of the sea hare Aplysia brasiliana, negatively modulates vagal response, indicating a probable ability to inhibit cholinergic responses.
C.M. Kerchove, R.P. Markus, J.C. Freitas, L.V. Costa-Lotufo   +3 more
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Wareniklina – częściowy agonista receptorów nikotynowych w terapii zespołu uzależnienia od alkoholu

Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, 2016
The pharmacotherapy currently used for alcohol dependence may reduce alcohol consumption and extend abstinence periods. However, it is effective in only about 30% of addicted subjects.
Natalia Obsada, Jadwiga Zalewska-Kaszubska   +1 more
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Agonist activation of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor [PDF]

Neuropharmacology, 2015
How does an agonist activate a receptor? In this article I consider the activation process in muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs), a prototype for understanding the energetics of binding and gating in other ligand-gated ion channels. Just as movements that generate gating currents activate voltage-gated ion channels, movements at binding ...
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