Sink or swim: Does a worm paralysis phenotype hold clues to neurodegenerative disease?

P Rodriguez, RD Blakely - Journal of Cellular Physiology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Receiving a neurodegenerative disease (NDD) diagnosis, such as Alzheimer's disease,
Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is devastating …

Direct Binding Methods to Measure Receptor–Ligand Interactions

M Ray, A Sayeed, M Ganshert… - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) contribute to numerous physiological processes via
complex network mechanisms. While indirect signaling assays (Ca2+ mobilization, cAMP …

Pain-like behavior in the collagen antibody-induced arthritis model is regulated by lysophosphatidic acid and activation of satellite glia cells

J Su, E Krock, S Barde, A Delaney, J Ribeiro… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Inflammatory and neuropathic-like components underlie rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-
associated pain, and lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is linked to both joint inflammation in RA …

[HTML][HTML] Ponesimod inhibits astrocyte‐mediated neuroinflammation and protects against cingulum demyelination via S1P1‐selective modulation

Y Kihara, D Jonnalagadda, Y Zhu, M Ray… - The FASEB …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ponesimod is a sphingosine 1‐phosphate (S1P) receptor (S1PR) modulator that was
recently approved for treating relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Three other FDA …

Novel Antagonist of the Type 2 Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptor (LPA2), UCM-14216, Ameliorates Spinal Cord Injury in Mice

N Khiar-Fernández, D Zian… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) irreversibly disrupt spinal connectivity, leading to permanent
neurological disabilities. Current medical treatments for reducing the secondary damage …

Druggable lipid GPCRs: past, present, and prospects

H Mizuno, Y Kihara - Druggable Lipid Signaling Pathways, 2020 - Springer
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have seven transmembrane spanning domains and
comprise the largest superfamily with~ 800 receptors in humans. GPCRs are attractive …

Signaling lipids as diagnostic biomarkers for ocular surface cicatrizing conjunctivitis

A Di Zazzo, W Yang, M Coassin, A Micera… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Metabolomics has been applied to diagnose diseases, predict disease progression, and
design therapeutic strategies in various areas of medicine. However, it remains to be …

Lysophosphatidic acid signalling in nervous system development and function

E Birgbauer - NeuroMolecular Medicine, 2021 - Springer
One class of molecules that are now coming to be recognized as essential for our
understanding of the nervous system are the lysophospholipids. One of the major signaling …

A Novel Agonist of the Type 1 Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptor (LPA1), UCM-05194, Shows Efficacy in Neuropathic Pain Amelioration

I González-Gil, D Zian, H Vázquez-Villa… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Neuropathic pain (NP) is a complex chronic pain state with a prevalence of almost 10% in
the general population. Pharmacological options for NP are limited and weakly effective, so …

[HTML][HTML] FTY720 requires vitamin B12-TCN2-CD320 signaling in astrocytes to reduce disease in an animal model of multiple sclerosis

D Jonnalagadda, Y Kihara, A Groves, M Ray, A Saha… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Vitamin B 12 (B 12) deficiency causes neurological manifestations resembling
multiple sclerosis (MS); however, a molecular explanation for the similarity is unknown …