List of works - Steve Alexander

2012 cannabinoid themed section

scientific article published on December 2012

A critical role for cystathionine-β-synthase in hydrogen sulfide-mediated hypoxic relaxation of the coronary artery.

scientific article published on 25 May 2017

A novel mechanism of vasoregulation: ADP-induced relaxation of the porcine isolated coronary artery is mediated via adenosine release

scientific article published on 13 December 2006

A potential role for cannabinoid receptors in the therapeutic action of fenofibrate

scientific article published on 30 December 2014

A practical guide for transparent reporting of research on natural products in the British Journal of Pharmacology: Reproducibility of natural product research

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

A rational roadmap for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pharmacotherapeutic research and development. IUPHAR Review 29

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

A role for the sodium pump in H2O2-induced vasorelaxation in porcine isolated coronary arteries.

scientific article published on 26 September 2014

A spectrophotometric assay for fatty acid amide hydrolase suitable for high-throughput screening

scientific article published in April 2005

A1 adenosine receptor modulation of electrically-evoked contractions in the bisected vas deferens and cauda epididymis of the guinea-pig

scientific article published in July 1998

A1 and A2 adenosine receptor modulation of contractility in the cauda epididymis of the guinea-pig

scientific article published in October 1998

Activation of a metabotropic excitatory amino acid receptor potentiates A2b adenosine receptor-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation

scientific article published in November 1992

Agonist-occupied A3 adenosine receptors exist within heterogeneous complexes in membrane microdomains of individual living cells.

scientific article

An endogenous A2B adenosine receptor coupled to cyclic AMP generation in human embryonic kidney (HEK 293) cells

scientific article published in October 1997

An endogenous cannabinoid as an endothelium-derived vasorelaxant

scientific article published on 01 December 1996

Antagonism of P2Y1-induced vasorelaxation by acyl CoA: a critical role for palmitate and 3'-phosphate.

scientific article

BJP is linking its articles to the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. ⬇️

scientific article published on 12 May 2015

BJP recommendations for publishing research on tobacco smoke and environmental tobacco smoke exposure

scientific article published on 24 April 2023

Barriers to the wider adoption of medicinal Cannabis

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Cannabidiol enhances microglial phagocytosis via transient receptor potential (TRP) channel activation.

scientific article published on May 2014

Cannabinoid activation of PPAR alpha; a novel neuroprotective mechanism

scientific article

Cannabinoid ligands, receptors and enzymes: Pharmacological tools and therapeutic potential

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Cannabinoid receptors (version 2019.4) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database

Cannabinoids and PPARalpha signalling.

scientific article published on December 2006

Cannabinoids and their actions: An update

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Class A Orphans (version 2019.5) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database

Class A Orphans (version 2020.5) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database

Class A Orphans in GtoPdb v.2021.3

Considering and reporting sex as an experimental variable II: An update on progress in the British Journal of Pharmacology

scientific article published on 6 March 2023

Coronary artery hypoxic vasorelaxation is augmented by perivascular adipose tissue through a mechanism involving hydrogen sulphide and cystathionine-β-synthase

scientific article published on 11 July 2018

Coronavirus (CoV) proteins (version 2020.4) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database

Coronavirus (CoV) proteins in GtoPdb v.2021.3

Coronavirus (CoV) proteins in GtoPdb v.2022.2

scientific article published in 2022

Depolarizing and calcium-mobilizing stimuli fail to enhance synthesis and release of endocannabinoids from rat brain cerebral cortex slices

scientific article published on 06 April 2011

Differential effects of elevated calcium ion concentrations on inositol phospholipid responses in mouse and rat cerebral cortical slices

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Distinct mechanisms of relaxation to bioactive components from chamomile species in porcine isolated blood vessels

scientific article published on 08 July 2013

Distribution and function of monoacylglycerol lipase in the gastrointestinal tract

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Do polyamines regulate the NMDA inhibition of muscarinic receptor-induced phosphoinositide turnover in guinea pig brain?

scientific article published in October 1991

Down-Regulation of Hippocampal Genes Regulating Dopaminergic, GABAergic, and Glutamatergic Function Following Combined Neonatal Phencyclidine and Post-Weaning Social Isolation of Rats as a Neurodevelopmental Model for Schizophrenia.

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Effect of inhibition of extracellular signal-regulated kinase on relaxations to beta-adrenoceptor agonists in porcine isolated blood vessels.

scientific article published on December 2009

Effects of NAD at purine receptors in isolated blood vessels.

scientific article published on 15 October 2014

Effects of hydrogen sulphide in smooth muscle

scientific article published on 16 December 2015

Effects of pro-inflammatory cytokines on cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors in immune cells

scientific article

Effects of the A 2A adenosine receptor antagonist KW6002 in the nucleus accumbens in vitro and in vivo

scientific article published on 31 January 2006

Effects of the cannabinoid CB1 agonist ACEA on salicylate ototoxicity, hyperacusis and tinnitus in guinea pigs

scientific article published on 31 October 2017

Endocannabinoid system imbalance in the postmortem prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia

scientific article published on 25 June 2019

Endocannabinoid turnover (version 2019.4) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database

Endocannabinoid turnover in GtoPdb v.2021.3

Endogenous adenosine regulates the apparent efficacy of 1-aminocyclopentyl-1S,3R-dicarboxylate inhibition of forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation in rat cerebral cortical slices

scientific article published in February 1993

Evidence for the expression of multiple uracil nucleotide-stimulated P2 receptors coupled to smooth muscle contraction in porcine isolated arteries.

scientific article published on 29 January 2007

Excitatory amino acid-induced phosphoinositide turnover in guinea pig cerebral cortical slices: selective enhancement by spermine of the response to DL-1-aminocyclopentane-trans-1,3-dicarboxylate

scientific article published in August 1992

Experimental design and analysis and their reporting II: updated and simplified guidance for authors and peer reviewers.

scientific article published in April 2018

Experimental design and analysis and their reporting: new guidance for publication in BJP.

scientific article published on July 2015

Flavonoids as antagonists at A1 adenosine receptors

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Functional expression of adenosine A2A and A3 receptors in the mouse dendritic cell line XS-106.

scientific article published in August 2003

GPR18, GPR55 and GPR119 (version 2019.4) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database

Goals and practicalities of immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry: A guide for submission to the British Journal of Pharmacology

scientific article published in February 2018

Guidance for the use and reporting of anaesthetic agents in BJP manuscripts involving work with animals

scientific article published on 18 December 2022

Guide to Receptors and Channels (GRAC), 3rd edition

scientific article published in March 2008

Guide to receptors and channels, 1st edition (2005 revision).

scientific article published in March 2005

Guide to receptors and channels, 2nd edition

scientific article published in March 2006

GuideToPharmacology.org--an update

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Hydrogen peroxide as a mediator of vasorelaxation evoked by N-oleoylethanolamine and anandamide in rat small mesenteric arteries

scientific article published on 29 November 2011

Hydrogen sulphide-induced relaxation of porcine peripheral bronchioles.

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Hydrolases (version 2019.4) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database

Hydrolases (version 2019.5) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database

Inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase and cyclooxygenase-2 increases levels of endocannabinoid related molecules and produces analgesia via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha in a model of inflammatory pain

scientific article published on 29 April 2008

Inhibition of forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP formation by 1-aminocyclopentane-trans-1,3-dicarboxylate in guinea-pig cerebral cortical slices

scientific article published in May 1992

International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. Guidelines for GPCR ligand bias

Minocycline treatment inhibits microglial activation and alters spinal levels of endocannabinoids in a rat model of neuropathic pain.

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Neonatal phencyclidine administration and post-weaning social isolation as a dual-hit model of 'schizophrenia-like' behaviour in the rat.

scientific article published on 9 January 2014

New updated GRAC Fifth Edition with searchable online version Launch of new portal Guide to Pharmacology in association with NC-IUPHAR Transporter-Themed Issue

scientific article published in December 2011

Novel phomactin analogues as PAF receptor ligands

scientific article published in July 2005

Oleamide activates peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) in vitro.

scientific article published on 14 May 2012

Perivascular adipose tissue derived hydrogen sulphide contributes to hypoxic relaxation of the porcine coronary artery

Purines '96

scientific article published on 01 November 1996

S33: Prolyl aminopeptidase (version 2019.4) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database

SARS-CoV-2 proteins (version 2020.2) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

Simvastatin evokes an unpredicted inhibition of β-adrenoceptor-mediated vasodilatation in porcine coronary artery

scientific article published on 11 July 2012

Subtypes of metabotropic excitatory amino acid receptor distinguished by stereoisomers of the rigid glutamate analogue, 1-aminocyclopentane-1,3-dicarboxylate

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THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Catalytic receptors

scientific article published on December 2017

THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Enzymes

scientific article published on December 2017

THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: G protein-coupled receptors

scientific article published on December 2017

THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Ligand-gated ion channels.

scientific article published on December 2017

THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Nuclear hormone receptors.

scientific article published on December 2017

THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Overview

scientific article published on December 2017