This IP-10-antagonism strategy may provide an alternative therapeutic approach in the future treatment of viral myocarditis and possible other Th1-mediated inflammatory heart diseases.
Such compounds have allowed investigation into the efficacy of glycine receptor antagonism as a strategy for protection against cerebral ischemic insults.
Implications and future directions This study investigates the role of P2X7 in ALS pathogenesis and provides a 'proof of concept' for the use of P2X7 antagonism as a strategy to ameliorate the neuroinflammatory component of ALS disease.
Activation of TRP channels can elicit CGRP release, and blocking the effects of CGRP through receptor antagonism or antibody strategies has been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of migraine.
Thus, the anti-nociceptive effects of BKB1 antagonism make this treatment strategy attractive.
We did not include agonism or antagonism in our screening strategy, and thus lack of agonist and antagonistic effect is not unexpected.
The study designs of these trials ('RENNAISSANCE' (Randomized Etanercept North American Strategy To Study Antagonism Of Cytokines) and 'RECOVER' (Research Into Etanercept: Cytokine Antagonism In Ventricular Dysfunction Trial) [ 123] for etanercept, and 'ATTACH' (Anti-TNF-α Therapy Against Chronic Heart Failure) [ 122] for infliximab) have been recently reviewed in detail [ 124].
Therefore, they represent a novel therapeutic strategy: specific receptor antagonism may prove beneficial in disease management.
Therefore, the results from preclinical studies suggest that 5-HT7 receptor antagonism might be a novel strategy for treating depression., Additionally, memory-enhancing effects of 5-HT7 antagonists have been shown in preclinical models – and have been reviewed elsewhere.
Although the effects of BBG have not been accompanied by an extended survival so far, P2X7 pharmacological antagonism might represent a reasonable strategy to be further exploited to understand ALS etiopathology and to ameliorate the disease progression.
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