N-acyl amino acids (elmiric acids): endogenous signaling molecules with therapeutic potential

SH Burstein - Molecular pharmacology, 2018 - ASPET
The subject of N-acyl amino acid conjugates has been rapidly growing in recent years,
especially with regard to their analgesic and anti-inflammatory actions. The field comprises a …

High-content analysis in neuroscience

M Dragunow - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2008 - nature.com
High-content analysis (HCA) combines automated microscopy and automated image
analysis to quantify complex cellular anatomy and biochemistry objectively, accurately and …

Characterisation of PDGF-BB: PDGFRβ signalling pathways in human brain pericytes: evidence of disruption in Alzheimer's disease

LCD Smyth, B Highet, D Jansson, J Wu… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB): PDGF receptor-β (PDGFRβ) signalling in
brain pericytes is critical to the development, maintenance and function of a healthy blood …

Real‐time characterization of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) allosteric modulators reveals novel mechanism of action

EE Cawston, WJ Redmond, CM Breen… - British Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose The cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB 1) has an allosteric binding
site. The drugs ORG 27569 {5‐chloro‐3‐ethyl‐N‐[2‐[4‐(1‐piperidinyl) phenyl] ethyl]‐1H …

Signalling profiles of a structurally diverse panel of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists

M Patel, JJ Manning, DB Finlay, JA Javitch… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs) represent the most rapidly proliferating
class of “designer drugs” or “new psychoactive substances”. SCRAs offer unregulated …

Do toxic synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists have signature in vitro activity profiles? A case study of AMB-FUBINACA

DB Finlay, JJ Manning, MS Ibsen… - ACS chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Recreational consumption of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs) is a growing
crisis in public health in many parts of the world. AMB-FUBINACA is a member of this class …

GPR18 undergoes a high degree of constitutive trafficking but is unresponsive to N-Arachidonoyl Glycine

DB Finlay, WR Joseph, NL Grimsey, M Glass - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
The orphan receptor GPR18 has become a research target following the discovery of a
putative endogenous agonist, N-arachidonoyl glycine (NAGly). Chemical similarity between …

Cannabinoid 1 (CB1) receptor arrestin subtype‐selectivity and phosphorylation dependence

JJ Manning, G Rawcliffe, DB Finlay… - British journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Arrestin or G protein bias may be desirable for novel cannabinoid
therapeutics. Arrestin‐2 and arrestin‐3 translocation to CB1 receptor have been suggested …

Combined non-psychoactive Cannabis components cannabidiol and β-caryophyllene reduce chronic pain via CB1 interaction in a rat spinal cord injury model

A Eeswara, A Pacheco-Spiewak, S Jergova, J Sagen - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The most frequently reported use of medical marijuana is for pain relief. However, its
psychoactive component Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) causes significant side effects …

[HTML][HTML] Cannabinoid receptor 2 undergoes Rab5-mediated internalization and recycles via a Rab11-dependent pathway

NL Grimsey, CE Goodfellow, M Dragunow… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2011 - Elsevier
Abstract Cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2) is a GPCR highly expressed on the surface of cells
of the immune system, supporting its role in immunomodulation. This study has investigated …