posted on 2024-11-01, 13:22authored byLeanne Stokes, L-H Jiang, L Alcaraz, J Bent, K Bowers, M Fagura, M Furber, M Mortimore, M Lawson, J Theaker, C Laurent, M Braddock, A Surprenant
Background and purpose: The ATP-gated P2X(7) receptor has been shown to play a role in several inflammatory processes, making it an attractive target for anti-inflammatory drug discovery. We have recently identified a novel set of cyclic imide compounds that inhibited P2X(7) receptor-mediated dye uptake in human macrophage THP-1 cells. In this study the actions and selectivity of one of these compounds, AZ11645373, were characterized.