Metal Ion Signaling in Biomedicine

R Rodriguez, S Müller, L Colombeau, S Solier… - Chemical …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Complex multicellular organisms are composed of distinct tissues involving specialized cells
that can perform specific functions, making such life forms possible. Species are defined by …

Psychotropic drugs for the management of chronic pain and itch

DA Belinskaia, MA Belinskaia, OI Barygin… - Pharmaceuticals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Clinical observations have shown that patients with chronic neuropathic pain or itch exhibit
symptoms of increased anxiety, depression and cognitive impairment. Such patients need …

[HTML][HTML] Activation of endogenous TRPV1 fails to induce overstimulation-based cytotoxicity in breast and prostate cancer cells but not in pain-sensing neurons

L Pecze, K Jósvay, W Blum, G Petrovics, C Vizler… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2016 - Elsevier
Vanilloids including capsaicin and resiniferatoxin are potent transient receptor potential
vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) agonists. TRPV1 overstimulation selectively ablates capsaicin …

Targeting breast cancer cells by MRS1477, a positive allosteric modulator of TRPV1 channels

M Nazıroğlu, B Çiğ, W Blum, C Vizler, A Buhala… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
There is convincing epidemiological and experimental evidence that capsaicin, a potent
natural transient receptor potential cation channel vanilloid member 1 (TRPV1) agonist, has …

Amitriptyline effectiveness in burning mouth syndrome: An in‐depth case series analysis

DR Gonçalves, LM Botelho, VC Carrard… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To assess the effectiveness of amitriptyline (AMT), and to identify the
determinants of the treatment's effectiveness in patients diagnosed with burning mouth …

Analgesia induced by the epigenetic drug, L-acetylcarnitine, outlasts the end of treatment in mouse models of chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain

S Notartomaso, G Mascio, M Bernabucci… - Molecular …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background L-acetylcarnitine, a drug marketed for the treatment of chronic pain, causes
analgesia by epigenetically up-regulating type-2 metabotropic glutamate (mGlu2) receptors …

Human keratinocytes are vanilloid resistant

L Pecze, K Szabo, M Széll, K Jósvay, K Kaszas… - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Use of capsaicin or resiniferatoxin (RTX) as analgesics is an attractive
therapeutic option. RTX opens the cation channel inflammatory pain/vanilloid receptor type …

Analgesic effects of topical amitriptyline in patients with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: mechanistic insights from studies in mice

AL Genevois, J Ruel, V Penalba, S Hatton, C Petitfils… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Oral amitriptyline hydrochloride (amitriptyline) is ineffective against some forms of chronic
pain and is often associated with dose-limiting adverse events. We evaluated the potential …

Resiniferatoxin mediated ablation of TRPV1+ neurons removes TRPA1 as well

L Pecze, P Pelsőczi, M Kecskés, Z Winter… - Canadian journal of …, 2009 - cambridge.org
Objectives: Resiniferatoxin, the most potent agonist of inflammatory pain/vanilloid
receptor/cation channel (TRPV1) can be used for neuron subtype specific ablation of pain …

[HTML][HTML] Endogenous TRPV1 stimulation leads to the activation of the inositol phospholipid pathway necessary for sustained Ca2+ oscillations

L Pecze, W Blum, T Henzi, B Schwaller - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2016 - Elsevier
Sensory neuron subpopulations as well as breast and prostate cancer cells express
functional transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) ion channels; however little is …