G-protein–coupled receptors in heart disease

J Wang, C Gareri, HA Rockman - Circulation research, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
GPCRs (G-protein [guanine nucleotide-binding protein]–coupled receptors) play a central
physiological role in the regulation of cardiac function in both health and disease and thus …

Screening techniques for the identification of bioactive compounds in natural products

Y Fu, J Luo, J Qin, M Yang - Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Natural products (NPs) have a long history of clinical use and are rich source of bioactive
compounds. The development of tools and techniques for identifying and analyzing NP …

Optical control of cardiac function with a photoswitchable muscarinic agonist

F Riefolo, C Matera, A Garrido-Charles… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Light-triggered reversible modulation of physiological functions offers the promise of
enabling on-demand spatiotemporally controlled therapeutic interventions. Optogenetics …

A novel scale linking potency and dosage to estimate anticholinergic exposure in older adults: the muscarinic acetylcholinergic receptor ANTagonist exposure scale

TT Klamer, M Wauters, M Azermai… - Basic & clinical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Quantification of the anticholinergic exposure insufficiently or imprecisely incorporates
dosage information, leading to inaccurate estimations. The aim was to construct a novel …

The impact of medication anticholinergic burden on cognitive performance in people with schizophrenia

M San Ang, NAA Rashid, M Lam… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background Cognitive deficits are prevalent in people with schizophrenia and associated
with functional impairments. In addition to antipsychotics, pharmacotherapy in schizophrenia …

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the retina—therapeutic implications

Y Ruan, A Patzak, N Pfeiffer, A Gericke - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) belong to the superfamily of G-protein-
coupled receptors (GPCRs). The family of mAChRs is composed of five subtypes, M1, M2 …

Loss of cholinergic receptor muscarinic 1 impairs cortical mitochondrial structure and function: implications in Alzheimer's disease

MG Sabbir, M Swanson, BC Albensi - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Cholinergic Receptor Muscarinic 1 (CHRM1) is a G protein-coupled
acetylcholine (ACh) receptor predominantly expressed in the cerebral cortex. In a …

Designing hybrids targeting the cholinergic system by modulating the muscarinic and nicotinic receptors: A concept to treat Alzheimer's disease

D Volpato, U Holzgrabe - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
The cholinergic hypothesis has been reported first being the cause of memory dysfunction in
the Alzheimer's disease. Researchers around the globe have focused their attention on …

Cross interaction between M2 muscarinic receptor and Notch1/EGFR pathway in human glioblastoma cancer stem cells: effects on cell cycle progression and survival

I Cristofaro, F Alessandrini, Z Spinello, C Guerriero… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glioblastomas (GBM) are the most aggressive form of primary brain tumors in humans. A key
feature of malignant gliomas is their cellular heterogeneity. In particular, the presence of an …

The activation of M2 muscarinic receptor inhibits cell growth and survival in human glioblastoma cancer stem cells

F Alessandrini, I Cristofaro, M Di Bari, J Zasso… - International …, 2015 - Elsevier
The involvement of muscarinic receptors in cancer has been reported. Recently we have
demonstrated that the activation of M2 muscarinic receptors, through arecaidine propargyl …