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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Allosterism of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors: Therapeutic Potential for Neuroinflammation Underlying Brain Trauma and Degenerative Disorders.

Swarup Mitra, Shailesh N Khatri, Malabika Maulik, Abel Bult-Ito, Marvin Schulte

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Swarup MitraDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Shailesh N KhatriDepartment of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
Malabika MaulikDepartment of Biochemistry and Neurology, Hunter James Kelly Research Institute, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Abel Bult-ItoDepartment of Biology & Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA.
Marvin SchulteDepartment of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Idaho State University College of Pharmacy, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA.
University at Buffalo, State University of New York · USIdaho State University · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · USUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation is a key physiological phenomenon that can be pervasive when dysregulated. Persistent chronic inflammation precedes several pathophysiological conditions forming one of the critical cellular homeostatic checkpoints. With a steady global surge in inflammatory diseases, it is imperative to delineate underlying mechanisms and design suitable drug molecules targeting the cellular partners that mediate and regulate inflammation. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors have a confirmed role in influencing inflammatory pathways and have been a subject of scientific scrutiny underlying drug development in recent years. Drugs designed to target allosteric sites on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors present a unique opportunity to unravel the role of the cholinergic system in regulating and restoring inflammatory homeostasis. Such a therapeutic approach holds promise in treating several inflammatory conditions and diseases with inflammation as an underlying pathology. Here, we briefly describe the potential of cholinergic allosterism and some allosteric modulators as a promising therapeutic option for the treatment of neuroinflammation.

Indexed as

Allosteric RegulationAlzheimer DiseaseBrain Injuries, TraumaticCholinergic AgentsHumansInflammationInflammation MediatorsMultiple SclerosisNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurodegenerative DiseasesParkinson DiseaseReceptors, NicotinicCholinergic AgentsInflammation MediatorsNerve Tissue ProteinsReceptors, Nicotinicallosteric modulatorsneuroinflammationnicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Identifiers

PMID32664647
PMCPMC7404387
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