A guide for the synthesis of key nucleoside scaffolds in drug discovery

DG Rajapaksha, S Mondal, JW Wang… - Medicinal Chemistry …, 2023 - Springer
This review aims to provide an overview of the synthetic strategies employed for generating
modifications within the sugar backbone of nucleoside analogs. We have focused our …

Neuroinflammation in CNS diseases: Molecular mechanisms and the therapeutic potential of plant derived bioactive molecules

MO Welcome - PharmaNutrition, 2020 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, evidences have consistently shown that Neuroinflammation is a
critical underlying process in a range of CNS diseases, including neurodegenerative …

P2X4 receptor regulates alcohol-induced responses in microglia

L Gofman, JM Cenna, R Potula - Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 2014 - Springer
Mounting evidence indicates that alcohol-induced neuropathology may result from
multicellular responses in which microglia cells play a prominent role. Purinergic receptor …

Nucleotide receptors as targets in the pharmacological enhancement of dermal wound healing

E Gendaszewska-Darmach, M Kucharska - Purinergic Signalling, 2011 - Springer
With a growing interest of the involvement of extracellular nucleotides in both normal
physiology and pathology, it has become evident that P2 receptor agonists and antagonists …

Purinergic receptors: key mediators of HIV-1 infection and inflammation

TH Swartz, GR Dubyak, BK Chen - Frontiers in Immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) causes a chronic infection that afflicts more
than 30 million individuals worldwide. While the infection can be suppressed with potent …

P2X1 receptor antagonists inhibit HIV-1 fusion by blocking virus-coreceptor interactions

C Giroud, M Marin, J Hammonds, P Spearman… - Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT HIV-1 Env glycoprotein-mediated fusion is initiated upon sequential binding of
Env to CD4 and the coreceptor CXCR4 or CCR5. Whereas these interactions are thought to …

Modulation of the neuronal network activity by P2X receptors and their involvement in neurological disorders

F Saez-Orellana, PA Godoy, T Silva-Grecchi… - Pharmacological …, 2015 - Elsevier
ATP is a key energetic molecule, fundamental to cell function, which also has an important
role in the extracellular milieu as a signaling molecule, acting as a chemoattractant for …

Immune Cell Migration to Cancer

AT Ryan, M Kim, K Lim - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Immune cell migration is required for the development of an effective and robust immune
response. This elegant process is regulated by both cellular and environmental factors, with …

Putative roles of purinergic signaling in human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection

PAF Pacheco, RX Faria, LGB Ferreira, ICNP Paixão - Biology Direct, 2014 - Springer
Reviewers This article was reviewed by Neil S. Greenspan and Rachel Gerstein.
Nucleotides and nucleosides act as potent extracellular messengers via the activation of the …

P2Y2 receptor expression is regulated by C/EBPβ during inflammation in intestinal epithelial cells

E Degagne, N Turgeon, J Moore‐Gagné… - The FEBS …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Inflammatory bowel diseases are characterized by relapses and remission periods during
which numerous factors, including stress factors and nucleotides, are mobilized to re …