Abstract：
:In this issue of the British Journal of Pharmacology, Ryberg et al. present convincing in vitro evidence that the orphan GPCR, GPR55, is a cannabinoid receptor. GPR55 was activated by a range of plant, synthetic and endogenous cannabinoids and blocked by the non-psychoactive phytocannabinoid, cannabidiol. Their experiments have revealed several differences between the pharmacology of GPR55 and the established cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors. For example, the CB1 receptor antagonist, AM251, activated GPR55 and the main psychoactive constituent of cannabis, Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol, displayed greater efficacy at GPR55 than at CB1 or CB2 receptors. They also compared the distribution of GPR55 and CB1 mRNA in mouse and report that GPR55 couples to Galpha13, that it is activated by virodhamine, palmitoylethanolamide and oleoylethanolamide, and that virodhamine displays relatively high efficacy as a GPR55 agonist. Still to be identified are the main roles played by GPR55 in health and disease and any potential therapeutic benefits of activating or blocking this receptor.
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British journal of pharmacologyauthors
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2007-12-01 00:00:00pages
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评论,杂志文章,评审abstract：:1 In unanaesthetized cats, the administration of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA), 750 mug, via the lateral cerebral ventricle produced a pronounced fall in rectal temperature but only a slight fall when repeated 7 days later. At this time hypothalamic noradrenaline concentration had diminished to 4% of control.2 In these a...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1974.tb09648.x
更新日期：1974-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb12797.x
更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. The purpose of this study was to compare the pharmacological properties (i.e. the AV nodal depressant, vasodilator, and inotropic effects) of two AV nodal blocking agents belonging to different drug classes; a novel A1 adenosine receptor (A1 receptor) agonist, N-(3(R)-tetrahydrofuranyl)-6-aminopurine riboside (CVT-...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0702287
更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. Previous work from our laboratory has shown that cannabis induces aggressive behaviour in rats that have been deprived of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. It was suggested that this effect was related to brain catecholamines, with dopamine playing an agonist role and noradrenaline an inhibitory one. The present pape...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1977.tb08429.x
更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00155.x
更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb16311.x
更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0703416
更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1970.tb09565.x
更新日期：1970-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15270.x
更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The neonate has an unusual capacity for survival and the possibility exists that mechanisms for controlling stress responses may differ in the developing animal. In adults both endogenous and exogenous opioids can modulate the corticosterone responses to stress. We have studied this effect in neonatal rats and found t...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1987.tb08990.x
更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1 The activity pattern of analogues of the enkephalins was determined in four parallel assays, the inhibition of the electrically evoked contraction of the guinea-pig ileum and mouse vas deferens at 36 degrees C and the inhibition of [(3)H]-naltrexone and [(3)H]-leucine-enkephalin binding at 0 to 4 degrees C in homoge...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1980.tb10422.x
更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1 We previously reported that four lignans isolated from the bark of Machilus thunbergii Sieb. et Zucc. (Lauraceae) protected primary cultures of rat cortical neurons from neurotoxicity induced by glutamate. 2 Among the lignans, meso-dihydroguaiarectic acid (MDGA) and licarin A significantly attenuated glutamate-induc...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1038/sj.bjp.0706380
更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00242.x
更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1988.tb11506.x
更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Chemokines and their receptors form an intricate interaction and signalling network that plays critical roles in various physiological and pathological cellular processes. The high promiscuity and apparent redundancy of this network makes probing individual chemokine/receptor interactions and fun...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/bph.14132
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1111/bph.14624
更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1969.tb09534.x
更新日期：1969-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1990.tb12092.x
更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Muscularis mucosa of the distal oesophagus of the opossum contains nerves which release acetylcholine and substance P(SP)-like material on field stimulation. The release of SP-like material appeared to be inhibited by the presence of exogenous muscarinic agonists and potentiated by muscarinic antagonists. Analysis of ...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1986.tb10254.x
更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. The effects of NS 1619, the putative BKCa channel opener, were investigated on rat intact portal veins and on single smooth muscle cells enzymatically separated from the same tissue. 2. Under whole-cell patch clamp conditions with K-rich pipettes, exposure of single cells held at -10 mV to NS 1619 (10-33 microM) in...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1994.tb17171.x
更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. The biotransformation of prostaglandin E(1) (PGE(1)) was studied in the isolated, perfused dog kidneys.2. An average 43% of PGE(1) was converted into the less polar metabolite I by a single passage through the kidney. As the re-circulation of the perfusate continued, PGE(1) was converted not only into metabolite I ...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1970.tb09924.x
更新日期：1970-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Melanocortins reverse circulatory shock and improve survival by counteracting the systemic inflammatory response, and through the activation of the vagus nerve-mediated cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. To gain insight into the potential therapeutic value of melanocortins against multiple or...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01098.x
更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Inflammation associated with the tumour microenvironment (TME) plays a critical role in the cancer development, and immunotherapeutic strategies that aim to modulate the immune response in cancer have been crucial. In this study, a Methotrexate-loaded (MTX) poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)-based (P...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/bph.15373
更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1111/bph.14952
更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb14513.x
更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:An ever-growing wealth of information on current drugs and their pharmacological effects is available from online databases. As our understanding of systems biology increases, we have the opportunity to predict, model and quantify how drug combinations can be introduced that outperform convention...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/bph.14037
更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. The mechanism of stimulation of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) accumulation by adrenaline and ouabain and the effect of Mn(++) substitution for Mg(++) as the metal ion requirement of this system was studied in cell-free preparations of adenyl cyclase from rat brain.2. In the rat cerebral cortex p...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1973.tb08358.x
更新日期：1973-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The selective monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors clorgyline, selegiline and AGN 1135 did not cause a change in responses of the cat nictitating membrane to preganglionic sympathetic nerve stimulation at 5 Hz. Both selective MAO-A and MAO-B inhibitors markedly potentiated nictitating membrane contractions in response t...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1985.tb08891.x
更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:1. In Ca-free solution, the contractile response of guinea-pig taenia caecum to 10(-4) M carbachol was mediated through muscarinic receptors and was reduced time-dependently by desensitization with 10(-4) M carbachol, but not 10(-4) M histamine. On the other hand, the response to 10(-4) M histamine was shown to be med...
journal_title：British journal of pharmacology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1111/j.1476-5381.1988.tb11600.x
更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00
