TY  - JOUR
A1  - Federico, Stephanie
A1  - Redenti, Sara
A1  - Sturlese, Mattia
A1  - Ciancetta, Antonella
A1  - Kachler, Sonja
A1  - Klotz, Karl-Norbert
A1  - Cacciari, Barbara
A1  - Moro, Stefano
A1  - Spalluto, Giampiero
T1  - The Influence of the 1-(3-Trifluoromethyl-Benzyl)-1H-Pyrazole-4-yl Moiety on the Adenosine Receptors Affinity Profile of Pyrazolo[4,3-e][1,2,4]Triazolo[1,5-c]Pyrimidine Derivatives
JF  - PLoS One
N2  - A new series of pyrazolo[4,3-e][1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine (PTP) derivatives has been developed in order to explore their affinity and selectivity profile at the four adenosine receptor subtypes. In particular, the PTP scaffold was conjugated at the C2 position with the 1-(3-trifluoromethyl-benzyl)-1H-pyrazole, a group believed to confer potency and selectivity toward the human (h) A\(_{2B}\) adenosine receptor (AR) to the xanthine ligand 8-(1-(3-(trifluoromethyl) benzyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1,3-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6(3H, 7H)-dione (CVT 6975). Interestingly, the synthesized compounds turned out to be inactive at the hA\(_{2B}\) AR but they displayed affinity at the hA\(_3\) AR in the nanomolar range. The best compound of the series (6) shows both high affinity (hA\(_3\) AR K\(_i\) = 11 nM) and selectivity (A\(_1\)/A\(_3\) and A\(_{2A}\)/A\(_3\) > 9090; A\(_{2B}\)/A\(_3\) > 909) at the hA\(_3\) AR. To better rationalize these results, a molecular docking study on the four AR subtypes was performed for all the synthesized compounds. In addition, CTV 6975 and two close analogues have been subjected to the same molecular docking protocol to investigate the role of the 1-(3-trifluoromethyl-benzyl)-1H-pyrazole on the binding at the four ARs.
KW  - drug
KW  - human A(3)
KW  - protein-coupled receptors
KW  - classification
KW  - subtypes
KW  - potent
KW  - antagonists
KW  - mast cells
KW  - targets
KW  - A(2B) receptors
KW  - international union
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-137133
VL  - 10
IS  - 12
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schroeder, Philipp A.
A1  - Pfister, Roland
T1  - Arbitrary numbers counter fair decisions: trails of markedness in card distribution
JF  - Frontiers in Psychology
N2  - Converging evidence from controlled experiments suggests that the mere processing of a number and its attributes such as value or parity might affect free choice decisions between different actions. For example the spatial numerical associations of response codes (SNARC) effect indicates the magnitude of a digit to be associated with a spatial representation and might therefore affect spatial response choices (i.e., decisions between a "left" and a "right" option). At the same time, other (linguistic) features of a number such as parity are embedded into space and might likewise prime left or right responses through feature words [odd or even, respectively; markedness association of response codes (MARC) effect]. In this experiment we aimed at documenting such influences in a natural setting. We therefore assessed number space and parity space association effects by exposing participants to a fair distribution task in a card playing scenario. Participants drew cards, read out loud their number values, and announced their response choice, i.e., dealing it to a left vs. right player, indicated by Playmobil characters. Not only did participants prefer to deal more cards to the right player, the card's digits also affected response choices and led to a slightly but systematically unfair distribution, supported by a regular SNARC effect and counteracted by a reversed MARC effect. The experiment demonstrates the impact of SNARC- and MARC-like biases in free choice behavior through verbal and visual numerical information processing even in a setting with high external validity.
KW  - SNARC
KW  - right-oriented bias
KW  - space
KW  - habits
KW  - and justice for all
KW  - magnitude
KW  - line
KW  - SNARC effect
KW  - MARC effect
KW  - spatial numerical associations
KW  - mental representation
KW  - classification
KW  - asymmetry
KW  - embodied cognition
KW  - numerical cognition
KW  - linguistic markedness
KW  - free choice
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-143481
VL  - 6
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Benoit, Sandrine
A1  - Goebeler, Matthias
T1  - Mepacrine in recalcitrant cutaneous lupus erythematosus: old-fashioned or still useful?
JF  - Acta Dermato-Venereologica
N2  - Treatment of recalcitrant cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is challenging. In situations where conventional treatment approaches fail mepacrine - an antimalarial/antiinfiammatory drug that has fallen into oblivion in the last decades might still be a promising option. We retrospectively analysed medical records of 10 patients with refractory CLE that were treated with mepacrine (100-200 mg/day) as mono- or combination therapy for various time intervals between 2001 and 2013 at the University Hospital Wurzburg. Mepacrine was generally well tolerated. Side effects were mild and usually resolved after reduction or cessation. Over 50% of the patients experienced amelioration of their symptoms despite a previously recalcitrant clinical course. Altogether, our data demonstrate that mepacrine still remains a useful and effective therapeutic option for otherwise treatment-resistant CLE.
KW  - classification
KW  - therapy
KW  - cutaneous lupus erythematosus
KW  - quinacrine
KW  - mepacrine
KW  - smoking
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-149181
VL  - 95
ER  -