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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs): advances in structures, mechanisms and drug discovery
Signal Transduction and Targeted TherapyG protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the largest family of human membrane proteins and an important class of drug targets, play a role in maintaining numerous physiological processes.
Mingyang Zhang +5 more
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Presynaptic G Protein-Coupled Receptors: Gatekeepers of Addiction?
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2016 Drug abuse and addiction cause widespread social and public health problems, and the neurobiology underlying drug actions and drug use and abuse is an area of intensive research.
Kari A Johnson, David M Lovinger
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Pharmacogenetics of ophthalmic topical β-blockers [PDF]
, 2008 Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. The primary glaucoma risk factor is elevated intraocular pressure. Topical β-blockers are affordable and widely used to lower intraocular pressure.
McCarty, Catherine A. +4 more
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Drugs for Allosteric Sites on Receptors [PDF]
Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2014 The presence of druggable, topographically distinct allosteric sites on a wide range of receptor families has offered new paradigms for small molecules to modulate receptor function. Moreover, ligands that target allosteric sites offer significant advantages over the corresponding orthosteric ligands in terms of selectivity, including subtype ...
Thomas P. Mathews +3 more
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Gray-Matter Volume, Midbrain Dopamine D2/D3 Receptors and Drug Craving in Methamphetamine Users
Molecular Psychiatry, 2015 Dysfunction of the mesocorticolimbic system has a critical role in clinical features of addiction. Despite evidence suggesting that midbrain dopamine receptors influence amphetamine-induced dopamine release and that dopamine is involved in ...
M. Alda
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Oral Administration of Levo-Tetrahydropalmatine Attenuates Reinstatement of Extinguished Cocaine Seeking by Cocaine, Stress or Drug-Associated Cues in Rats [PDF]
, 2011 Cocaine addiction is characterized by a persistently heightened susceptibility to drug relapse. For this reason, the identification of medications that prevent drug relapse is a critical goal of drug abuse research.
Baker, David A. +9 more
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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain, 2004 There are four principle protein targets with which drugs can interact: enzymes (e.g. neostigmine and acetyl cholinesterase), membrane carriers (e.g. tricyclic antidepressants and catecholamine uptake-1), ion channels (e.g. nimodipine and voltage-gated Ca2+ channels) and receptors.
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Receptor heteromerization and drug discovery [PDF]
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2010 G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are membrane proteins that convert extracellular information into intracellular signals. They are involved in many biological processes and therefore represent powerful targets to modulate physiological and pathological states.
Lakshmi A. Devi, Raphael Rozenfeld
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Physiopathological Implications of 7TM Receptors [PDF]
, 2010 Seven-transmembrane (7TM) receptors are one of the most important proteins involved in perception of extracellular stimuli and regulation of variety of intracellular signaling pathways.
Cygankiewicz, Adam
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Therapy of pancreatic cancer via an EphA2 receptor-targeted delivery of gemcitabine. [PDF]
, 2016 First line treatment for pancreatic cancer consists of surgical resection, if possible, and a subsequent course of chemotherapy using the nucleoside analogue gemcitabine.
Barile, Elisa +11 more
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