β-arrestin–biased signaling through the β2-adrenergic receptor promotes cardiomyocyte contraction

R Carr III, J Schilling, J Song… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
β-adrenergic receptors (βARs) are critical regulators of acute cardiovascular physiology. In
response to elevated catecholamine stimulation during development of congestive heart …

Biased agonism at β-adrenergic receptors

M Ippolito, JL Benovic - Cellular signalling, 2021 - Elsevier
The β-adrenergic receptors (βARs) include three subtypes, β 1, β 2 and β 3. These receptors
are widely expressed and regulate numerous physiological processes including …

Development and Characterization of Pepducins as Gs-biased Allosteric Agonists*♦

R Carr, Y Du, J Quoyer, RA Panettieri, JM Janz… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
The β 2-adrenergic receptor (β 2 AR) is a prototypical G protein-coupled receptor that
mediates many hormonal responses, including cardiovascular and pulmonary function. β …

[HTML][HTML] Association of cardiotoxicity with doxorubicin and trastuzumab: A double-edged sword in chemotherapy

M Gabani, D Castañeda, QM Nguyen, SK Choi… - Cureus, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Anticancer drugs play an important role in reducing mortality rates and increasing life
expectancy in cancer patients. Treatments include monotherapy and/or a combination of …

[HTML][HTML] Detailed insight on β-adrenoceptors as therapeutic targets

BK Velmurugan, R Baskaran, CY Huang - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2019 - Elsevier
Human G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), especially adrenoceptors, play a crucial role
in maintaining important physiological activities including cardiovascular and pulmonary …

Bias translation: The final frontier?

T Kenakin - British Journal of Pharmacology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Biased signalling is a natural result of GPCR allosteric function and should be expected from
any and all synthetic and natural agonists. Therefore, it may be encountered in all agonist …

Regulation of cardiac expression of the diabetic marker microRNA miR-29

N Arnold, PR Koppula, R Gul, C Luck, L Pulakat - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an independent risk factor for heart disease and its underlying
mechanisms are unclear. Increased expression of diabetic marker miR-29 family miRNAs …

Prevention of skin carcinogenesis by the β-blocker carvedilol

A Chang, S Yeung, A Thakkar, KM Huang… - Cancer prevention …, 2015 - AACR
The stress-related catecholamine hormones and the α-and β-adrenergic receptors (α-and β-
AR) may affect carcinogenesis. The β-AR GRK/β-arrestin biased agonist carvedilol can …

Molecular docking and drug discovery in β-adrenergic receptors

S Vilar, E Sobarzo-Sanchez… - Current medicinal …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Evolution in computer engineering, availability of increasing amounts of data
and the development of new and fast docking algorithms and software have led to improved …

Members of the same pharmacological family are not alike: Different opioids, different consequences, hope for the opioid crisis?

MA Emery, S Eitan - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pain management is the specialized medical practice of modulating pain perception and
thus easing the suffering and improving the life quality of individuals suffering from painful …