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P2X4: A fast and sensitive purinergic receptor

Biomedical Journal, 2017
Extracellular nucleotides have been recognized as important mediators of activation, triggering multiple responses via plasma membrane receptors known as P2 receptors. P2 receptors comprise P2X ionotropic receptors and G protein-coupled P2Y receptors.
Suurväli, Jaanus, Boudinot, Pierre, Kanellopoulos, Jean, Rüütel Boudinot, Sirje   +3 more
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G protein‐coupled receptor‐mediated autophagy in health and disease

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
G protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute the largest and most diverse superfamily of mammalian transmembrane proteins. These receptors are involved in a wide range of physiological functions and are targets for more than a third of available drugs in the market. Autophagy is a cellular process involved in degrading damaged proteins and organelles
Devrim Öz‐Arslan, Zeynep Aslıhan Durer, Beki Kan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ERNEST COST action overview on the (patho)physiology of GPCRs and orphan GPCRs in the nervous system

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
G protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large family of cell surface receptors that play a critical role in nervous system function by transmitting signals between cells and their environment. They are involved in many, if not all, nervous system processes, and their dysfunction has been linked to various neurological disorders representing important
Necla Birgül Iyison, Clauda Abboud, Dayana Abboud, Abdulrasheed O. Abdulrahman, Ana‐Nicoleta Bondar, Julie Dam, Zafiroula Georgoussi, Jesús Giraldo, Anemari Horvat, Christos Karoussiotis, Alba Paz‐Castro, Miriam Scarpa, Hannes Schihada, Nicole Scholz, Bilge Güvenc Tuna, Nina Vardjan   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Progress on the development of Class A GPCR‐biased ligands

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Class A G protein‐coupled receptors (GPCRs) continue to garner interest for their essential roles in cell signalling and their importance as drug targets. Although numerous drugs in the clinic target these receptors, over 60% GPCRs remain unexploited. Moreover, the adverse effects triggered by the available unbiased GPCR modulators, limit their use and
Paula Morales, Magdalena M. Scharf, Marcel Bermudez, Attila Egyed, Rafael Franco, Olivia K. Hansen, Nadine Jagerovic, Jan Jakubík, György M. Keserű, Dóra Judit Kiss, Pawel Kozielewicz, Olav Larsen, Maria Majellaro, Ana Mallo‐Abreu, Gemma Navarro, Rubén Prieto‐Díaz, Mette M. Rosenkilde, Eddy Sotelo, Holger Stark, Tobias Werner, Laura M. Wingler   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nimodipine reduces microglial activation in vitro as evidenced by morphological phenotype, phagocytic activity and high‐throughput RNA sequencing

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Nimodipine, an L‐type voltage‐gated calcium channel blocker, is an approved cerebral vasorelaxant. We hypothesized that nimodipine attenuates the pro‐inflammatory shift in microglial phenotypes. Here, we analysed the effects of nimodipine on morphological and functional microglial phenotypes as well as their transcriptomic ...
István Pesti, Valentin Varga, Erda Qorri, Rita Frank, Diana Kata, Krisztián Vinga, Péter Archibald Szarvas, Ákos Menyhárt, Károly Gulya, Ferenc Bari, Eszter Farkas   +10 more
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Lipid regulation of adenylyl cyclase Rv1625c from Mycobacterium tuberculosis by its membrane‐domain receptor

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
The adenylyl cyclase (AC) Rv1625c from M. tuberculosis is a monomeric progenitor of the nine pseudoheterodimeric mammalian AC isoforms. The hexahelical membrane anchor of Rv1625c serves as an inhibitory receptor for fatty acids, particularly oleic acid. One ligand binds into each monomer of the active Rv1625c dimer.
Anita Charlotte Friderun Schultz, Marius Landau, Andrei N. Lupas, Joachim Erdmann Schultz   +3 more
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Mind the GAPS: Glia associated with psychological stress

Journal of Neuroendocrinology, EarlyView.
Abstract Glial cells are an integral component of the nervous system, performing crucial functions that extend beyond structural support, including modulation of the immune system, tissue repair, and maintaining tissue homeostasis. Recent studies have highlighted the importance of glial cells as key mediators of stress responses across different organs.
Niklas Blank, Molly Weiner, Shaan Patel, Sarah Köhler, Christoph A. Thaiss   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The human colon: Evidence for degenerative changes during aging and the physiological consequences

Neurogastroenterology &Motility, EarlyView.
Reduced nociceptor innervation can explain diminished abdominal pain among the elderly. Degenerative changes occur within the colon wall, especially ascending colon. Mechanisms may include senescence‐like activity and inflammaging. Constipation is more likely to occur during age‐related challenges affecting functions of the bowel that now have reduced ...
Nicholas Baidoo, Gareth J. Sanger
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanisms of enteric neuropathy in diverse contexts of gastrointestinal dysfunction

Neurogastroenterology &Motility, EarlyView.
Abstract The enteric nervous system (ENS) commands moment‐to‐moment gut functions through integrative neurocircuitry housed in the gut wall. The functional continuity of ENS networks is disrupted in enteric neuropathies and contributes to major disturbances in normal gut activities including abnormal gut motility, secretions, pain, immune dysregulation,
Julia R. Jamka, Brian D. Gulbransen
wiley   +1 more source

Targeting Purinergic Receptors in Islet Transplantation [PDF]

Diabetes, 2013
Transplanted islets are exposed to a distinctively hostile immunological environment. Grafted islets typically encounter a combination of innate, allogeneic and anti-islet immune responses—the relative contributions of which are not fully understood.
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