Dopamine, immunity, and disease

B Channer, SM Matt, EA Nickoloff-Bybel, V Pappa… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The neurotransmitter dopamine is a key factor in central nervous system (CNS) function,
regulating many processes including reward, movement, and cognition. Dopamine also …

Inflammation in Parkinson's disease: mechanisms and therapeutic implications

M Pajares, A I. Rojo, G Manda, L Boscá, A Cuadrado - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder primarily characterized
by the death of dopaminergic neurons that project from the substantia nigra pars compacta …

Inflammatory pathways in Alzheimer's disease mediated by gut microbiota

X Qian, X Song, X Liu, H Tang - Ageing research reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past decade, numerous studies have demonstrated the close relationship between gut
microbiota and the occurrence and development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the …

Roles and mechanisms of gut microbiota in patients with Alzheimer's disease

S Wu, X Liu, R Jiang, X Yan, Z Ling - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common age-related progressive neurodegenerative
disease, characterized by a decline in cognitive function and neuronal loss, and is caused …

Neuron-astrocyte interactions in Parkinson's disease

I Miyazaki, M Asanuma - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. PD
patients exhibit motor symptoms such as akinesia/bradykinesia, tremor, rigidity, and postural …

The immune system in Parkinson's disease: what we know so far

C Roodveldt, L Bernardino, O Oztop-Cakmak, M Dragic… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Parkinson's disease is characterized neuropathologically by the degeneration of
dopaminergic neurons in the ventral midbrain, the accumulation of α-synuclein (α-syn) …

Immunomodulatory effects of dopamine in inflammatory diseases

Y Feng, Y Lu - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Dopamine (DA) receptor, a significant G protein-coupled receptor, is classified into two
families: D1-like (D1 and D5) and D2-like (D2, D3, and D4) receptor families, with further …

Pramipexole inhibits astrocytic NLRP3 inflammasome activation via Drd3-dependent autophagy in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease

A Dong, Y Yang, S Jiang, X Yao, D Qi, C Mao… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2023 - nature.com
Inflammation is one of the pathogenic processes in Parkinson's disease (PD). Dopamine
receptor agonist pramipexole (PPX) is extensively used for PD treatment in clinics. A number …

DAT and TH expression marks human Parkinson's disease in peripheral immune cells

A Gopinath, P Mackie, B Hashimi, AM Buchanan… - npj Parkinson's …, 2022 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is marked by a loss of dopamine neurons, decreased dopamine
transporter (DAT) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) expression. However, this validation …

The cross-talk between the dopaminergic and the immune system involved in schizophrenia

PM Vidal, R Pacheco - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Dopamine is one of the neurotransmitters whose transmission is altered in a number of
neural pathways in the brain of schizophrenic patients. Current evidence indicates that these …