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Acetylcholine induces stem cell properties of gastric cancer cells of diffuse type

Tumor Biology, 2018
Gastric cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, but the mechanisms of gastric carcinogenesis are not completely understood.
Phu Hung Nguyen, Yann Touchefeu, Tony Durand, Philippe Aubert, Emilie Duchalais, Stanislas Bruley des Varannes, Christine Varon, Michel Neunlist, Tamara Matysiak-Budnik   +8 more
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Nicotinic filtering of sensory processing in auditory cortex

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2012
Although it has been known for decades that the drug nicotine can improve cognitive function, the nature of its effects and the underlying mechanisms are not well understood.
Raju eMetherate, lrakli eIntskirveli, Hideki D. Kawai   +2 more
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Neuropharmacological targets for drug action in vestibular sensory pathways [PDF]

, 2017
The use of pharmacological agents is often the preferred approach to the management of vestibular dysfunction. In the vestibular sensory pathways, the sensory neuroepithelia are thought to be influenced by a diverse number of neuroactive substances that ...
Jones, Timothy A, Lee, Choongheon
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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
wiley   +1 more source

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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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: Therapeutic targets for novel ligands to treat pain and inflammation

Pharmacological Research, 2023
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) have been historically defined as ligand-gated ion channels and function as such in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Recently, however, non-ionic signaling mechanisms via nAChRs have been demonstrated
Arik J. Hone, J. Michael McIntosh
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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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Vanillin Modulates the Sedative Effect of Diazepam, Possibly Through GABAergic Interaction Pathways in Thiopental Sodium‐Induced Sleeping Mice

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Vanillin showed moderate sedative and modulatory synergistic activities on diazepam in thiopental sodium‐induced sleeping mice. These effects are implicated with GABAergic intervention. ABSTRACT Insomnia is a common sleep disorder affecting approximately 10% of adults.
Salehin Sheikh, Md. Shimul Bhuia, Raihan Chowdhury, Md. Sakib Al Hasan, Most. Israt Jahan Oni, Imam Hossen Rakib, Mir Imran Alim, Jakia Sultana, Muhammad Torequl Islam   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conformational dynamics of a nicotinic receptor neurotransmitter site

eLife
Agonists enhance receptor activity by providing net-favorable binding energy to active over resting conformations, with efficiency (η) linking binding energy to gating.
Mrityunjay Singh, Dinesh C Indurthi, Lovika Mittal, Anthony Auerbach, Shailendra Asthana   +4 more
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Equilibrium Properties of Mouse-Torpedo Acetylcholine Receptor Hybrids Expressed in Xenopus Oocytes [PDF]

, 1987
This study used messenger RNA encoding each subunit (α, β, γ and δ) of the nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptor from mouse BC3H-1 cells and from Torpedo electric organ.
Davidson, Norman, Lester, Henry A., Mayne, Katharine Mixter, Yoshii, Kiyonori, Yu, Lei   +4 more
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