[HTML][HTML] Cholinesterase inhibitor rivastigmine enhances nerve growth factor-induced neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells via sigma-1 and sigma-2 receptors

K Terada, K Migita, Y Matsushima, Y Sugimoto… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Rivastigmine (Riv) is a potent and selective cholinesterase (acetylcholinesterase, AChE and
butyrylcholinesterase, BuChE) inhibitor developed for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease …

[HTML][HTML] Chaperone Sigma1R mediates the neuroprotective action of afobazole in the 6-OHDA model of Parkinson's disease

MV Voronin, IA Kadnikov, DN Voronkov… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with limited treatment
options. Therefore, the identification of therapeutic targets is urgently needed. Previous …

[HTML][HTML] Psychiatric polygenic risk as a predictor of COVID-19 risk and severity: insight into the genetic overlap between schizophrenia and COVID-19

M Alemany-Navarro, S Diz-de Almeida, R Cruz… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the high contagion and mortality rates that have accompanied the coronavirus
disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, the clinical presentation of the syndrome varies greatly …

Sigma-1 receptor regulates mitophagy in dopaminergic neurons and contributes to dopaminergic protection

M Wang, C Wan, T He, C Han, K Zhu, JL Waddington… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are essential for neuronal survival and function, and mitochondrial dysfunction
plays a critical role in the pathological development of Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Benzimidazolone-based selective σ2 receptor ligands: Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation

S Intagliata, WF Alsharif, C Mesangeau, N Fazio… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sigma receptors (σRs) are considered to be a significant and valid target for developing new
medications to address several diseases. Their potential involvement in numerous central …

Imaging sigma receptors in the brain: New opportunities for diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and therapeutic development

H Jia, Y Zhang, Y Huang - Neuroscience letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The sigma-1 (σ 1) receptor is a chaperone protein located on the mitochondria-
associated membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum, while the sigma-2 receptor (σ 2) is an …

[HTML][HTML] Novel PET biomarkers to disentangle molecular pathways across age-related neurodegenerative diseases

H Wilson, M Politis, EA Rabiner, LT Middleton - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
There is a need to disentangle the etiological puzzle of age-related neurodegenerative
diseases, whose clinical phenotypes arise from known, and as yet unknown, pathways that …

Inhibition of sigma-1 receptors substantially modulates GABA and glutamate transport in presynaptic nerve terminals

N Pozdnyakova, N Krisanova, M Dudarenko… - Experimental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Sigma-1 receptors (Sig-1Rs) have been implicated in many neurological and
psychiatric disorders and are a novel target for the treatment of such disorders. Sig-1R …

[HTML][HTML] Neuropathic-like nociception and spinal cord neuroinflammation are dependent on the TRPA1 channel in multiple sclerosis models in mice

DP Dalenogare, D Souza Monteiro de Araújo… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) activation is implicated in
neuropathic pain-like symptoms. However, whether TRPA1 is solely implicated in pain …

In vitro and in vivo sigma 1 receptor imaging studies in different disease states

H Agha, CR McCurdy - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The sigma receptor system has been classified into two distinct subtypes, sigma 1 (σ1R) and
sigma 2 (σ2R). Sigma 1 receptors (σ1Rs) are involved in many neurodegenerative diseases …