International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXXI. Nomenclature and classification of adenosine receptors—an update

BB Fredholm, AP IJzerman, KA Jacobson… - Pharmacological …, 2011 - ASPET
In the 10 years since our previous International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology
report on the nomenclature and classification of adenosine receptors, no developments …

Sex differences in dopamine receptors and relevance to neuropsychiatric disorders

OOF Williams, M Coppolino, SR George, ML Perreault - Brain sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dopamine is an important neurotransmitter that plays a key role in neuropsychiatric illness.
Sex differences in dopaminergic signaling have been acknowledged for decades and have …

Adenosine A2A Receptor as a Drug Discovery Target

M de Lera Ruiz, YH Lim, J Zheng - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
The adenosine A2A receptor is a G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that has been
extensively studied during the past few decades because it offers numerous possibilities for …

Dopamine outside the brain: The eye, cardiovascular system and endocrine pancreas

C Bucolo, GM Leggio, F Drago, S Salomone - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Dopamine (DA) and DA receptors (DR) have been extensively studied in the central nervous
system (CNS), but their role in the periphery is still poorly understood. Here we summarize …

Adenosine A1 and A2A receptors in the brain: current research and their role in neurodegeneration

J Stockwell, E Jakova, FS Cayabyab - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
The inhibitory adenosine A1 receptor (A1R) and excitatory A2A receptor (A2AR) are
predominantly expressed in the brain. Whereas the A2AR has been implicated in normal …

D1–D2 dopamine receptor heterooligomers with unique pharmacology are coupled to rapid activation of Gq/11 in the striatum

AJ Rashid, CH So, MMC Kong… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
We demonstrate a heteromeric D1–D2 dopamine receptor signaling complex in brain that is
coupled to Gq/11 and requires agonist binding to both receptors for G protein activation and …

Immunomodulatory effects of dopamine in inflammatory diseases

Y Feng, Y Lu - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Dopamine (DA) receptor, a significant G protein-coupled receptor, is classified into two
families: D1-like (D1 and D5) and D2-like (D2, D3, and D4) receptor families, with further …

Targeting adenosine A2A receptors in Parkinson's disease

MA Schwarzschild, L Agnati, K Fuxe, JF Chen… - Trends in …, 2006 - cell.com
The adenosine A 2A receptor has emerged as an attractive non-dopaminergic target in the
pursuit of improved therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD), based in part on its unique CNS …

FRET imaging in living maize cells reveals that plasma membrane aquaporins interact to regulate their subcellular localization

E Zelazny, JW Borst, M Muylaert… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Zea mays plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (ZmPIPs) fall into two groups, ZmPIP1s and
ZmPIP2s, that exhibit different water channel activities when expressed in Xenopus oocytes …

Impact of coffee and cacao purine metabolites on neuroplasticity and neurodegenerative disease

S Camandola, N Plick, MP Mattson - Neurochemical research, 2019 - Springer
Increasing evidence suggests that regular consumption of coffee, tea and dark chocolate
(cacao) can promote brain health and may reduce the risk of age-related neurodegenerative …