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

British Journal of Pharmacology, Volume 182, Issue 16, Page 3800-3817, August 2025.
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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Modulators of Ion Transport in Nasal Polyps: An Measurement of Short-Circuit Current [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2008
ObjectivesTo examine possible modulators of the ion transport through the apical membrane of the nasal polyps.MethodsThe study was conducted using the freshly-excised nasal polyps from the patients with chronic sinusitis.
Jun Ho Lee, Chae-Seo Rhee, Dae Woo Kim, Chul Hee Lee   +3 more
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Modulation of the TGF-β1-induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) mediated by P1 and P2 purine receptors in MDCK cells

Purinergic Signalling Purinergic Signalling, 2017
Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) occurs during embryogenesis or under pathological conditions such as hypoxia, injury, chronic inflammation, or tissue fibrosis.
M. Zuccarini, P. Giuliani, S. Buccella, Valentina Di Liberto, G. Mudó, N. Belluardo, M. Carluccio, Margherita Rossini, D. Condorelli, M. Rathbone, F. Caciagli, R. Ciccarelli, P. Di Iorio   +12 more
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Dual role for pannexin 1 at synapses: regulating functional and morphological plasticity

The Journal of Physiology, Volume 603, Issue 15, Page 4237-4253, 1 August 2025.
Abstract figure legend Pannexin 1 (PANX1) regulation of dendritic spines. The postnatal decrease in PANX1 expression could release key spine cytoskeleton‐regulating proteins enabling spine stabilization. Does the physiological decrease in neuronal PANX1 levels across brain development underlie dendritic spine maturation?
Adriana Casillas Martinez, Leigh E. Wicki‐Stordeur, Annika V. Ariano, Leigh Anne Swayne   +3 more
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NCI-H295R, a human adrenal cortex-derived cell line, expresses purinergic receptors linked to Ca²⁺-mobilization/influx and cortisol secretion. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Purinergic receptor expression and involvement in steroidogenesis were examined in NCI-H295R (H295R), a human adrenal cortex cell line which expresses all the key enzymes necessary for steroidogenesis. mRNA/protein for multiple P1 (A(2A) and A(2B)), P2X (
Haruhisa Nishi, Hirokazu Arai, Toshihiko Momiyama   +2 more
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Leukocyte Expression of Type 1 and Type 2 Purinergic Receptors and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines during Total Sleep Deprivation and/or Sleep Extension in Healthy Subjects

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2017
The purinergic type P1 (adenosine A1 and A2A) receptors and the type P2 (X7) receptor have been suggested to mediate physiological effects of adenosine and adenosine triphosphate on sleep.
M. Chennaoui, P. Arnal, C. Drogou, D. Léger, F. Sauvet, D. Gomez-Mérino   +5 more
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ATP Mediates Pyroptosis in the Intestinal Mucosal System During Colitis

Journal of Cellular Physiology, Volume 240, Issue 7, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Damage‐associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are molecules released from damaged or dying cells that contribute to inflammation and cell death. Extracellular ATP, a type of DAMP, has been studied primarily in the context of pyroptosis in monocytes.
Sihyun Jeong, Soyeong Park, Doyeon Lee, Gwangbeom Heo, Yunna Lee, Sang Hoon Rhee, Eunok Im   +6 more
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G protein‐coupled receptor‐mediated autophagy in health and disease

British Journal of Pharmacology, Volume 182, Issue 14, Page 3151-3162, July 2025.
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
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The Purinome and the preBötzinger Complex – A Ménage of Unexplored Mechanisms That May Modulate/Shape the Hypoxic Ventilatory Response

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2019
Exploration of purinergic signaling in brainstem homeostatic control processes is challenging the traditional view that the biphasic hypoxic ventilatory response, which comprises a rapid initial increase in breathing followed by a slower secondary ...
Robert J. Reklow, Tucaaue S. Alvares, Yong Zhang, Ana P. Miranda Tapia, Vivian Biancardi, Alexis K. Katzell, Sara M. Frangos, Megan A. Hansen, Alexander W. Toohey, Carol E. Cass, James D. Young, Silvia Pagliardini, Detlev Boison, Gregory D. Funk   +13 more
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ERNEST COST action overview on the (patho)physiology of GPCRs and orphan GPCRs in the nervous system

British Journal of Pharmacology, Volume 182, Issue 14, Page 3178-3210, July 2025.
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
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