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Signal Transduction and Pathogenic Modifications at the Melanocortin-4 Receptor: A Structural Perspective [PDF]

, 2019
The melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) can be endogenously activated by binding of melanocyte-stimulating hormones (MSH), which mediates anorexigenic effects. In contrast, the agouti-related peptide (AgRP) acts as an endogenous inverse agonist and suppresses
Biebermann, Heike, Cerdá-Reverter, José Miguel, Heyder, Nicolas, Kleinau, Gunnar, Krude, Heiko, Kwiatkowski, Dennis, Kühnen, Peter, Scheerer, Patrick, Soletto, Lucia, Speck, David, Szczepek, Michal   +10 more
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Biomaterial Strategies for Targeted Intracellular Delivery to Phagocytes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Phagocytes are essential to a functional immune system, and their behavior defines disease outcomes. Engineered particles offer a strategic opportunity to target phagocytes, harnessing inflammatory modulation in disease. By tuning features like size, shape, and surface, these systems can modulate immune responses and improve targeted treatment for a ...
Kaitlyn E. Woodworth, Neal I. Callaghan, Locke Davenport Huyer   +2 more
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Enkephalins and Pain Modulation: Mechanisms of Action and Therapeutic Perspectives

Biomolecules
Enkephalins, a subclass of endogenous opioid peptides, play a pivotal role in pain modulation. Enkephalins primarily exert their effects through opioid receptors located widely throughout both the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Mario García-Domínguez
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Design and structural validation of peptide–drug conjugate ligands of the kappa-opioid receptor

Nature Communications, 2023
Despite the increasing number of GPCR structures and recent advances in peptide design, the development of efficient technologies allowing rational design of high-affinity peptide ligands for single GPCRs remains an unmet challenge.
Edin Muratspahić, Kristine Deibler, Jianming Han, Nataša Tomašević, Kirtikumar B. Jadhav, Aina-Leonor Olivé-Marti, Nadine Hochrainer, Roland Hellinger, Johannes Koehbach, Jonathan F. Fay, Mohammad Homaidur Rahman, Lamees Hegazy, Timothy W. Craven, Balazs R. Varga, Gaurav Bhardwaj, Kevin Appourchaux, Susruta Majumdar, Markus Muttenthaler, Parisa Hosseinzadeh, David J. Craik, Mariana Spetea, Tao Che, David Baker, Christian W. Gruber   +23 more
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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Advancing Biosensor Technology: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores the transformative role of AI in biosensor technology and provides a holistic interdisciplinary perspective that covers a broader scope of AI‐enabled biosensor technologies across various sectors including healthcare, environmental monitoring, food safety, and agriculture. It also highlights the important role of novel materials in
Tuğba Akkaş, Mahshid Reshadsedghi, Mustafa Şen, Volkan Kılıç, Nesrin Horzum   +4 more
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Calcitonin Gene‐Related Peptide (CGRP)‐Expressing Neurons in the External Lateral Parabrachial Area Regulate Pain‐Induced Sleep Disturbances

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Lynch et al., identified novel targets on the wake‐promoting pathways that can effectively treat pain‐induced sleep disturbances. The authors demonstrated that Calcitonin gene‐related peptide‐expressing neurons (CGRP) in the external lateral parabrachial nucleus (PBelCGRP) serve as the primary relay node for pain stimuli that cause sleep disruption ...
Nicole Lynch, Roberto De Luca, Richard L Spinieli, Enrico Rillosi, Renner C Thomas, Samuel Sailesh, Nishta Gangeddula, Janayna D Lima, Sathyajit S Bandaru, Elda Arrigoni, Agustin Melo‐Carrillo, Rami Burstein, Stephen Thankachan, Satvinder Kaur   +13 more
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Pharmacogenetics of analgesic drugs [PDF]

, 2013
• Individual variability in pain perception and differences in the efficacy of analgesic drugs are complex phenomena and are partly genetically predetermined.
Branford, R, Cregg, R, Gubbay, A, Russo, G, Sato, H   +4 more
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Advances in Medical Devices for Augmented Acupuncture Therapy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Traditional acupuncture therapy faces several challenges in clinical applications, such as complex operation procedures and prolonged therapeutic periods. By incorporating physical stimulations and drug delivery technologies, engineered acupuncture needles (EANs) can enhance therapeutic efficacy, improve patient compliance, as well as mitigate ...
Ruisi Cai, Chenyi Yu, Xinyi Luo, Ningyu Xu, Jicheng Yu, Xiao Ye, Yuqi Zhang, Zhen Gu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

INVESTIGATION OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DERMORPHIN ANALOGS AND µ-OPIOID RECEPTOR

TASK Quarterly, 2014
Opioid receptors play the pain control function in the body. Most of the research is carried out to find the most effective analgesic. The earliest analgesic is morphine, however, unfortunately it has many side effects [Mizoguchi H et al.
AGNIESZKA KARCZYŃSKA, BARTŁOMIEJ ZABOROWSKI, MAGDALENA ŚLUSARZ   +2 more
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The cumulative analgesic effect of repeated electroacupuncture is modulated by Adora3 in the SCDH of mice with neuropathic pain

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Neuropathic pain management via repeated electroacupuncture. Abstract Background Existing remedial approaches for relieving neuropathic pain (NPP) are challenging and open the way for alternative therapeutic measures such as electroacupuncture (EA). The mechanism underlying the antinociceptive effects of repeated EA sessions, particularly concerning ...
Faisal Ayub Kiani, Hao Li, Panpan Guo, Qiulin Zhang, Mahmoud M. Abouelfetouh, Mingxing Ding, Yi Ding   +6 more
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