From Toxins Targeting Ligand Gated Ion Channels to Therapeutic Molecules

Ligand-gated ion channels (LGIC) play a central role in inter-cellular communication. This key function has two consequences: (i) these receptor channels are major targets for drug discovery because of their potential involvement in numerous human brain diseases; (ii) they are often found to be the...

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Autores principales: Nasiripourdori, Adak, Taly, Valérie, Grutter, Thomas, Taly, Antoine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2011
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3202823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22069709
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins3030260
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Sumario:Ligand-gated ion channels (LGIC) play a central role in inter-cellular communication. This key function has two consequences: (i) these receptor channels are major targets for drug discovery because of their potential involvement in numerous human brain diseases; (ii) they are often found to be the target of plant and animal toxins. Together this makes toxin/receptor interactions important to drug discovery projects. Therefore, toxins acting on LGIC are presented and their current/potential therapeutic uses highlighted.

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