Browsing by Author "Zapata Torres, Gerald"

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    • Molecular determinants for competitive inhibition of α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors 
      Iturriaga-Vásquez, Patricio; Carbone, Annalisa; García Beltrán, Olimpo; Livingstone, Phil D.; Biggin, Philip C.; Cassels Niven, Bruce; Wonnacott, Susan; Zapata Torres, Gerald; Bermudez, Isabel (American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapy, 2010)
      The Erythrina alkaloids erysodine and dihydro-β-erythroidine (DHβE) are potent and selective competitive inhibitors of α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), but little is known about the molecular determinants ...
    • Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase interacts with the glucocorticoid receptor upon TLR2 activation 
      Arancibia, Sergio; Benítez, Dixán; Núñez, Lucia E.; Jewell, Christine M.; Langjahr, Patricia; Candia, Enzo; Zapata Torres, Gerald; Cidlowski, John A.; González Burgos, María Julieta; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela (2011)
      Airway inflammation is a common condition where glucocorticoids (GC) are a well-established therapy. It has been demonstrated that GC stimulate components of innate immunity. Specifically, GC up-regulate TLR2 expression ...
    • Racemic salsolinol and its enantiomers act as agonists of the µ-opioid receptor by activating the Gi ... 
      Berríos Cárcamo, Pablo; Quintanilla González, María Elena; Herrera-Marschitz Muller, Mario; Vasiliou, Vasilis; Zapata Torres, Gerald; Rivera Meza, Mario (Frontiers Media S.A., 2017)
      © 2017 Berríos-Cárcamo, Quintanilla, Herrera-Marschitz, Vasiliou, Zapata-Torres and Rivera-Meza. Background: Several studies have shown that the ethanol-derived metabolite salsolinol (SAL) can activate the mesolimbic system, ...