Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonists as novel treatments for schizophrenia

SM Paul, SE Yohn, M Popiolek… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Schizophrenia remains a challenging disease to treat effectively with current antipsychotic
medications due to their limited efficacy across the entire spectrum of core symptoms as well …

Targeting the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor in Alzheimer's disease

L Dwomoh, GS Tejeda, AB Tobin - Neuronal Signaling, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and
despite extensive research, only a few drugs are available for management of the disease …

[HTML][HTML] Allosteric regulation of G-protein-coupled receptors: from diversity of molecular mechanisms to multiple allosteric sites and their ligands

AO Shpakov - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Allosteric regulation is critical for the functioning of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs)
and their signaling pathways. Endogenous allosteric regulators of GPCRs are simple ions …

Muscarinic M1 and M4 receptor agonists for schizophrenia: promising candidates for the therapeutic arsenal

B Dean - Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Successful phase 3 trials of KarXT in people with schizophrenia herald a new
era of treating the disorder with drugs that do not target the dopamine D2 receptor. The …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of the secondary binding pocket on the pharmacology of class A GPCRs

A Egyed, DJ Kiss, GM Keserű - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are considered important therapeutic targets due to
their pathophysiological significance and pharmacological relevance. Class A receptors …

[HTML][HTML] Allosteric modulation of muscarinic receptors by cholesterol, neurosteroids and neuroactive steroids

E Szczurowska, E Szánti-Pintér, A Randáková… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are membrane receptors involved in many physiological
processes. Malfunction of muscarinic signaling is a cause of various internal diseases, as …

[HTML][HTML] Update on PET tracer development for muscarinic acetylcholine receptors

M Ozenil, J Aronow, M Millard, T Langer, W Wadsak… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
The muscarinic cholinergic system regulates peripheral and central nervous system
functions, and, thus, their potential as a therapeutic target for several neurodegenerative …

[HTML][HTML] Aged Mice Devoid of the M3 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Develop Mild Dry Eye Disease

A Musayeva, S Jiang, Y Ruan, JK Zadeh… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The parasympathetic nervous system is critically involved in the regulation of tear secretion
by activating muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. Hence, various animal models targeting …

A novel variant in TAF1 affects gene expression and is associated with X-linked TAF1 intellectual disability syndrome

SE Hurst, E Liktor-Busa, A Moutal, S Parker… - Neuronal …, 2018 - portlandpress.com
We investigated the genome of a 5-year-old male who presented with global developmental
delay (motor, cognitive, and speech), hypotonia, possibly ataxia, and cerebellar hypoplasia …

[HTML][HTML] Acetylcholine and acetylcholine receptors: textbook knowledge and new data

VI Tsetlin - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
It was a pleasure to receive a proposal to organize and be a guest editor of a Special Issue
of Biomolecules. This is the field in which I am working and personally know some of the …