SLC transporters as therapeutic targets: emerging opportunities

L Lin, SW Yee, RB Kim, KM Giacomini - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2015 - nature.com
Solute carrier (SLC) transporters—a family of more than 300 membrane-bound proteins that
facilitate the transport of a wide array of substrates across biological membranes—have …

Chemokines in chronic pain: cellular and molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential

BC Jiang, T Liu, YJ Gao - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Chronic pain resulting from nerve injury, tissue inflammation, and tumor invasion or
treatment, is a major health problem impacting the quality of life and producing a significant …

The in vitro mechanisms and in vivo efficacy of intravenous lidocaine on the neuroinflammatory response in acute and chronic pain

SEI Van Der Wal, SAS Van Den Heuvel… - … journal of pain, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The neuroinflammatory response plays a key role in several pain syndromes.
Intravenous (iv) lidocaine is beneficial in acute and chronic pain. This review delineates the …

Allosteric modulation of neurotransmitter transporters as a therapeutic strategy

M Niello, R Gradisch, CJ Loland, T Stockner… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
Neurotransmitter transporters (NTTs) are involved in the fine-tuning of brain neurotransmitter
homeostasis. As such, they are implicated in a plethora of complex behaviors, including …

Advances in D-amino acids in neurological research

JM Seckler, SJ Lewis - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
D-amino acids have been known to exist in the human brain for nearly 40 years, and they
continue to be a field of active study to today. This review article aims to give a concise …

Glycine receptors and glycine transporters: targets for novel analgesics?

HU Zeilhofer, MA Acuña, J Gingras… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Glycinergic neurotransmission has long been known for its role in spinal motor control.
During the last two decades, additional functions have become increasingly recognized …

Presynaptic glutamate receptors in nociception

RG ** review of current literature
C Fenech, BL Winters, Y Otsu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The neurotransmitter glycine is an agonist at the strychnine‐sensitive glycine receptors. In
addition, it has recently been discovered to act at two new receptors, the excitatory glycine …

Heteromeric solute carriers: function, structure, pathology and pharmacology

SJ Fairweather, N Shah, S Brӧer - Protein Reviews: Volume 21, 2021 - Springer
Solute carriers form one of three major superfamilies of membrane transporters in humans,
and include uniporters, exchangers and symporters. Following several decades of …

Identification of novel inhibitors of the amino acid transporter B0AT1 (SLC6A19), a potential target to induce protein restriction and to treat type 2 diabetes

Q Cheng, N Shah, A Bröer… - British journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose The neutral amino acid transporter B0AT1 (SLC6A19) has
recently been identified as a possible target to treat type 2 diabetes and related disorders …