Anti-inflammatory mechanisms of methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis

M Cutolo, A Sulli, C Pizzorni, B Seriolo… - Annals of the rheumatic …, 2001 - ard.bmj.com
Methotrexate (MTX) is a folate analogue originally synthesised in the 1940s and designed to
inhibit dihydrofolate reductase. 1 Reduced folate (tetrahydrofolate) is the proximal single …

Adenosine A2 receptor-mediated excitatory actions on the nervous system

AM Sebastiao, JA Ribeiro - Progress in neurobiology, 1996 - Elsevier
The distribution, molecular structure and role of adenosine A2 receptors in the nervous
system, is reviewed. The adenosine A2a receptor subtype, identified in the nervous system …

Mechanistic insights into allosteric regulation of the A2A adenosine G protein-coupled receptor by physiological cations

L Ye, C Neale, A Sljoka, B Lyda, D Pichugin… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Cations play key roles in regulating G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), although their
mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, 19F NMR is used to delineate the effects of …

Distribution of adenosine receptors in the postmortem human brain: an extended autoradiographic study

P Svenningsson, H Hall, G Sedvall, BB Fredholm - Synapse, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Whole‐hemisphere sections from six subjects were used in a quantitative autoradiographic
study to characterize and to investigate the distribution of adenosine receptors, using [3H] …

Ca2+ allostery in PTH-receptor signaling

AD White, F Fang, FG Jean-Alphonse… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The parathyroid hormone (PTH) and its related peptide (PTHrP) activate PTH receptor
(PTHR) signaling, but only the PTH sustains GS-mediated adenosine 3′, 5′-cyclic …

Effect of polydeoxyribonucleotides on human fibroblasts in primary culture

P Sini, A Denti, G Cattarini, M Daglio… - … biochemistry and its …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of a mixture of oligo‐and polydeoxyribonucleotides (PDRN) on the growth and
protein secretion of cultured human skin fibroblasts were investigated. Both intact and …

2'-C-Methyl Analogues of Selective Adenosine Receptor Agonists:  Synthesis and Binding Studies

P Franchetti, L Cappellacci, S Marchetti… - Journal of medicinal …, 1998 - ACS Publications
2 '-C-Methyl analogues of selective adenosine receptor agonists such as (R)-PIA, CPA,
CCPA, NECA, and IB-MECA were synthesized in order to further investigate the subdomain …

Characterization of epoxyeicosatrienoic acid binding site in U937 membranes using a novel radiolabeled agonist, 20-125i-14, 15-epoxyeicosa-8 (Z)-enoic acid

W Yang, VR Tuniki, S Anjaiah, JR Falck… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2008 - ASPET
Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) are important regulators of vascular tone and
homeostasis. Whether they initiate signaling through membrane receptors is unclear. We …

AZD8797 is an allosteric non-competitive modulator of the human CX3CR1 receptor

L Cederblad, B Rosengren, E Ryberg… - Biochemical …, 2016 - portlandpress.com
The chemokine receptor CX3CR1 has been implicated as an attractive therapeutic target in
several diseases, including atherosclerosis and diabetes. However, there has been a lack of …

Endosomal parathyroid hormone receptor signaling

KA Peña - American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
The canonical model for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) activation assumes that
stimulation of heterotrimeric G protein signaling upon ligand binding occurs solely at the cell …