[HTML][HTML] New advances in general biomedical applications of PAMAM dendrimers

RV Araújo, SS Santos, E Igne Ferreira, J Giarolla - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Dendrimers are nanoscopic compounds, which are monodispersed, and they are generally
considered as homogeneous. PAMAM (polyamidoamine) was introduced in 1985, by …

Multitarget therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's disease: Review on emerging target combinations

S Maramai, M Benchekroun, MT Gabr… - BioMed Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Neurodegenerative diseases represent nowadays one of the major health problems.
Despite the efforts made to unveil the mechanism leading to neurodegeneration, it is still not …

From psychiatry to neurology: Psychedelics as prospective therapeutics for neurodegenerative disorders

U Kozlowska, C Nichols, K Wiatr… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The studies of psychedelics, especially psychedelic tryptamines like psilocybin, are rapidly
gaining interest in neuroscience research. Much of this interest stems from recent clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Protein misfolding and ER stress in Huntington's disease

T Shacham, N Sharma… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Increasing evidence in recent years indicates that protein misfolding and aggregation,
leading to ER stress, are central factors of pathogenicity in neurodegenerative diseases …

Small molecules selectively targeting sigma-1 receptor for the treatment of neurological diseases

N Ye, W Qin, S Tian, Q Xu, EA Wold… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The sigma-1 (σ1) receptor, an enigmatic protein originally classified as an opioid receptor
subtype, is now understood to possess unique structural and functional features of its own …

[HTML][HTML] Administration of N, N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in psychedelic therapeutics and research and the study of endogenous DMT

SA Barker - Psychopharmacology, 2022 - Springer
As with all drugs, the route, form, and/or dose of a substance administered or applied can
play a defining role in its overall pharmacology and use as a therapeutic. This review will …

[HTML][HTML] The sigma-1 receptor in cellular stress signaling

T Hayashi - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
After decades of research, the sigma-1 receptor (Sig-1R)'s structure, and molecular functions
are being unveiled. Sig-1R is an integral endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein …

The role of sigma 1 receptor in organization of endoplasmic reticulum signaling microdomains

V Zhemkov, JA Ditlev, WR Lee, M Wilson, J Liou… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Sigma 1 receptor (S1R) is a 223-amino-acid-long transmembrane endoplasmic reticulum
(ER) protein. S1R modulates activity of multiple effector proteins and is a well-established …

[HTML][HTML] Roles of sigma-1 receptors on mitochondrial functions relevant to neurodegenerative diseases

TY Weng, SYA Tsai, TP Su - Journal of biomedical science, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The sigma-1 receptor (Sig-1R) is a chaperone that resides mainly at the
mitochondrion-associated endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane (called the MAMs) and …

[HTML][HTML] Roles for the endoplasmic reticulum in regulation of neuronal calcium homeostasis

NE Karagas, K Venkatachalam - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
By influencing Ca2+ homeostasis in spatially and architecturally distinct neuronal
compartments, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) illustrates the notion that form and function …