The expanding role of pyridine and dihydropyridine scaffolds in drug design

Y Ling, ZY Hao, D Liang, CL Zhang… - Drug design …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Pyridine-based ring systems are one of the most extensively used heterocycles in the field of
drug design, primarily due to their profound effect on pharmacological activity, which has led …

International union of basic and clinical pharmacology. XCVIII. Histamine receptors

P Panula, PL Chazot, M Cowart, R Gutzmer… - Pharmacological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Histamine is a developmentally highly conserved autacoid found in most vertebrate tissues.
Its physiological functions are mediated by four 7-transmembrane G protein–coupled …

From magic bullets to designed multiple ligands

R Morphy, C Kay, Z Rankovic - Drug discovery today, 2004 - Elsevier
Increasingly, it is being recognised that a balanced modulation of several targets can
provide a superior therapeutic effect and side effect profile compared to the action of a …

Platelet-activating factor (PAF) receptor and genetically engineered PAF receptor mutant mice

S Ishii, T Shimizu - Progress in lipid research, 2000 - Elsevier
Platelet-activating factor (PAF, 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) is a
biologically active phospholipid mediator. Although PAF was initially recognized for its …

Impaired anaphylactic responses with intact sensitivity to endotoxin in mice lacking a platelet-activating factor receptor

S Ishii, T Kuwaki, T Nagase, K Maki, F Tashiro… - The Journal of …, 1998 - rupress.org
Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is a potent phospholipid mediator with diverse biological
activities in addition to its well-known ability to stimulate platelet aggregation. Pharmacologic …

Platelets in the immune response: revisiting platelet-activating factor in anaphylaxis

P Gill, NL Jindal, A Jagdis, P Vadas - Journal of Allergy and Clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Anaphylaxis is an acute, severe, life-threatening multisystem allergic reaction resulting from
the sudden systemic release of biochemical mediators and chemotactic substances …

Japanese cedar and cypress pollinosis updated: new allergens, cross-reactivity, and treatment

T Osada, M Okano - Allergology International, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
abstract Pollen from many tree species in the Cupressaceae family is a well-known cause of
seasonal allergic diseases worldwide. Japanese cedar pollinosis and Japanese cypress …

Platelet-activating factor receptor

S Ishii, T Nagase, T Shimizu - Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators, 2002 - Elsevier
Platelet-activating factor (PAF, 1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) is a
biologically active phospholipid mediator. Although PAF was named for its potential to …

Cardiac safety of second‐generation H1‐antihistamines when updosed in chronic spontaneous urticaria

M Cataldi, M Maurer, M Taglialatela… - … & Experimental Allergy, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The symptoms of chronic urticaria, be it chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) or chronic
inducible urticaria (CindU), are mediated primarily by the actions of histamine on H1 …

Stress triggers coronary mast cells leading to cardiac events

M Alevizos, A Karagkouni, S Panagiotidou… - Annals of Allergy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective Stress precipitates and worsens not only asthma and atopic dermatitis but also
acute coronary syndromes (ACSs), which are associated with coronary inflammation …