Monoamine transporters: vulnerable and vital doorkeepers.
Monoamine transporters: vulnerable and vital doorkeepers.
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DOI:
10.1016/b978-0-12-385506-0.00001-6
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发表时间:
2011
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Caine, S. Barak
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作者:
Lin, Zhicheng;Canales, Juan J.;Bjoergvinsson, Throestur;Thomsen, Morgane;Qu, Hong;Liu, Qing-Rong;Torres, Gonzalo E.;Caine, S. Barak
Transporters of dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine have been empirically used as medication targets for several mental illnesses for the last decades. These protein-targeted medications are effective only for subpopulations of patients with transporter-related brain disorders. Since the cDNA clonings in early 1990’s, molecular studies of these transporters have revealed a wealth of information about the transporters’ structure activity relationship (SAR), neuropharmacology, cell biology, biochemistry, pharmacogenetics and the diseases related to the human genes encoding these transporters among related regulators. Such new information creates a unique opportunity to develop transporter-specific medications based on SAR, mRNA, DNA and perhaps transporter trafficking regulation, for a list of highly relevant diseases including substance abuse, depression, schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease.