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ReviewNeuropharmacology2020

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: Conventional and unconventional ligands and signaling.

Roger L Papke, Jon M Lindstrom

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Review in Neuropharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
66citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Meta-Analysis on Nicotine's Modulation of HIV-Associated Dementia.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2022
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  17. Hidden complexity of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor desensitization revealed by MD simulations and Markov state modeling.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Roger L PapkeDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, P.O. Box 100267, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0267, USA. Electronic address: rlpapke@ufl.edu.
Jon M LindstromDepartment of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
University of Florida · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Targeting of Alpha7 nAChR for therapeutic effectsR01GM057481 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI PAPKE, ROGER L · 2000 to 2023
$7.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM057481
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postsynaptic nAChRs in the peripheral nervous system are critical for neuromuscular and autonomic neurotransmission. Pre- and peri-synaptic nAChRs in the brain modulate neurotransmission and are responsible for the addictive effects of nicotine. Subtypes of nAChRs in lymphocytes and non-synaptic locations may modulate inflammation and other cellular functions. All AChRs that function as ligand-gated ion channels are formed from five homologous subunits organized to form a central cation channel whose opening is regulated by ACh bound at extracellular subunit interfaces. nAChR subtype subunit composition can range from α7 homomers to α4β2α6β2β3 heteromers. Subtypes differ in affinities for ACh and other agonists like nicotine and in efficiencies with which their channels are opened and desensitized. Subtypes also differ in affinities for antagonists and for positive and negative allosteric modulators. Some agonists are "silent" with respect to channel opening, and AChRs may be able to signal metabotropic pathways by releasing G-proteins independent of channel opening. Electrophysiological studies that can resolve single-channel openings and molecular genetic approaches have allowed characterization of the structures of ligand binding sites, the cation channel, and the linkages between them, as well as the organization of AChR subunits and their contributions to function. Crystallography and cryo-electron-microscopy are providing increasing insights into the structures and functions of AChRs. However, much remains to be learned about both AChR structure and function, the in vivo functional roles of some AChR subtypes, and the development of better pharmacological tools directed at AChRs to treat addiction, pain, inflammation, and other medically important issues. This article is part of the special issue on 'Contemporary Advances in Nicotine Neuropharmacology'.

Indexed as

AnimalsBinding SitesBrainHumansInflammationLigandsNicotinic AgonistsNicotinic AntagonistsPainProtein Structure, SecondaryReceptors, NicotinicSignal TransductionLigandsNicotinic AgonistsNicotinic AntagonistsReceptors, Nicotinic

Identifiers

PMID32146229
PMCPMC7610230
OpenAlexW3007908772

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