Marine natural products in clinical use

N Haque, S Parveen, T Tang, J Wei, Z Huang - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Marine natural products are potent and promising sources of drugs among other natural
products of plant, animal, and microbial origin. To date, 20 drugs from marine sources are in …

How does adenosine control neuronal dysfunction and neurodegeneration?

RA Cunha - Journal of neurochemistry, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The adenosine modulation system mostly operates through inhibitory A1 (A1R) and
facilitatory A2A receptors (A2AR) in the brain. The activity‐dependent release of adenosine …

Positive allosteric mechanisms of adenosine A1 receptor-mediated analgesia

CJ Draper-Joyce, R Bhola, J Wang, A Bhattarai… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The adenosine A1 receptor (A1R) is a promising therapeutic target for non-opioid analgesic
agents to treat neuropathic pain,. However, development of analgesic orthosteric A1R …

Aging and circadian rhythms

JF Duffy, KM Zitting, ED Chinoy - Sleep medicine clinics, 2015 - sleep.theclinics.com
A common feature of aging is the advance of the timing of sleep to earlier hours, 1–7 often
earlier than desired. 8–10 The sleep of older people is also characterized by an increased …

Physiology and pathophysiology of purinergic neurotransmission

G Burnstock - Physiological reviews, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
This review is focused on purinergic neurotransmission, ie, ATP released from nerves as a
transmitter or cotransmitter to act as an extracellular signaling molecule on both pre-and …

Role of copper in the onset of Alzheimer's disease compared to other metals

S Bagheri, R Squitti, T Haertlé, M Siotto… - Frontiers in aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by amyloid
plaques in patients' brain tissue. The plaques are mainly made of β-amyloid peptides and …

Focusing on adenosine receptors as a potential targeted therapy in human diseases

WI Effendi, T Nagano, K Kobayashi, Y Nishimura - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Adenosine is involved in a range of physiological and pathological effects through
membrane-bound receptors linked to G proteins. There are four subtypes of adenosine …

Adenosine and brain function

BB Fredholm, JF Chen, RA Cunha… - Int Rev …, 2005 - books.google.com
A. Cellular and Subcellular Localization B. Pharmacological Tools to Study Adenosine
Receptors C. Signaling Via Adenosine Receptors D. Regulation of Receptor Expression and …

Purinergic signalling and disorders of the central nervous system

G Burnstock - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2008 - nature.com
Purines have key roles in neurotransmission and neuromodulation, with their effects being
mediated by the purine and pyrimidine receptor subfamilies, P1, P2X and P2Y. Recently …

[HTML][HTML] Adenosine receptors and brain diseases: neuroprotection and neurodegeneration

CV Gomes, MP Kaster, AR Tomé, PM Agostinho… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2011 - Elsevier
Adenosine acts in parallel as a neuromodulator and as a homeostatic modulator in the
central nervous system. Its neuromodulatory role relies on a balanced activation of inhibitory …