Novel noninvasive approaches to the treatment of obesity: from pharmacotherapy to gene therapy

AM Angelidi, MJ Belanger, A Kokkinos… - Endocrine …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Recent insights into the pathophysiologic underlying mechanisms of obesity have led to the
discovery of several promising drug targets and novel therapeutic strategies to address the …

Cryo-EM structure of the human cannabinoid receptor CB2-Gi signaling complex

C **ng, Y Zhuang, TH Xu, Z Feng, XE Zhou, M Chen… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Drugs selectively targeting CB2 hold promise for treating neurodegenerative disorders,
inflammation, and pain while avoiding psychotropic side effects mediated by CB1. The …

[LIVRE][B] Endocannabinoids and their pharmacological actions

RG Pertwee - 2015 - Springer
The endocannabinoid system consists of G protein-coupled cannabinoid CB 1 and CB 2
receptors, of endogenous compounds known as endocannabinoids that can target these …

Cannabinoids and cannabinoid receptors: The story so far

F Shahbazi, V Grandi, A Banerjee, JF Trant - IScience, 2020 - cell.com
Like most modern molecular biology and natural product chemistry, understanding
cannabinoid pharmacology centers around molecular interactions, in this case, between the …

Molecular dynamics: new frontier in personalized medicine

P Sneha, CGP Doss - Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology, 2016 - Elsevier
The field of drug discovery has witnessed infinite development over the last decade with the
demand for discovery of novel efficient lead compounds. Although the development of novel …

New insights in cannabinoid receptor structure and signaling

L Ye, Z Cao, W Wang, N Zhou - Current molecular …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Cannabinoid has long been used for medicinal purposes. Cannabinoid
signaling has been considered the therapeutic target for treating pain, addiction, obesity …

Identification of the First Synthetic Allosteric Modulator of the CB2 Receptors and Evidence of Its Efficacy for Neuropathic Pain Relief

F Gado, L Di Cesare Mannelli, E Lucarini… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The direct activation of cannabinoid receptors (CBRs) results in several beneficial effects;
therefore several CBRs ligands have been synthesized and tested in vitro and in vivo …

Pepcan-12 (RVD-hemopressin) is a CB2 receptor positive allosteric modulator constitutively secreted by adrenals and in liver upon tissue damage

V Petrucci, A Chicca, S Glasmacher, J Paloczi, Z Cao… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Pepcan-12 (RVD-hemopressin; RVDPVNFKLLSH) is the major peptide of a family
of endogenous peptide endocannabinoids (pepcans) shown to act as negative allosteric …

Targeted inhibition of the type 2 cannabinoid receptor is a novel approach to reduce renal fibrosis

L Zhou, S Zhou, P Yang, Y Tian, Z Feng, XQ **e… - Kidney international, 2018 - Elsevier
The cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2) is a G protein-coupled seven transmembrane
receptor that transmits endogenous cannabinoid signaling. The role of CB2 in the …

Discovery of novel ligands for TNF-α and TNF receptor-1 through structure-based virtual screening and biological assay

S Chen, Z Feng, Y Wang, S Ma, Z Hu… - Journal of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) is overexpressed in various diseases, and it has been a
validated therapeutic target for autoimmune diseases. All therapeutics currently used to …