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Overview

Anthony J. Harmar is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The scientist's work extends into subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Physiology, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The topics central to their research include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism, Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling, Nuclear Receptors and Signaling, Apelin-related biomedical research, Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism, and Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects.

Key recent publications include:

  • Class A Orphans (version 2020.5) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database, 2020, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Class A Orphans in GtoPdb v.2023.1, 2023, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • VIP and PACAP receptors in GtoPdb v.2023.1, 2023, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Class A Orphans in GtoPdb v.2021.3, 2021, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Class A Orphans in GtoPdb v.2022.3, 2022, IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Anthony J. Harmar include:

  • S P H Alexander
  • Jim Battey
  • Helen E. Benson
  • Richard V. Benya
  • Tom I. Bonner

Their publications predominantly appear in the venue IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, with at least ten contributions in this source.

Best Publications

  • International Union of Pharmacology: Approaches to the Nomenclature of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels

    W. A. Catterall;K. G. Chandy;D. E. Clapham;G. A. Gutman

  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2013/14: G Protein‐Coupled Receptors

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Helen E. Benson;Elena Faccenda;Adam J. Pawson

  • Nerve growth factor regulates expression of neuropeptide genes in adult sensory neurons

    Ronald M. Lindsay;Anthony J. Harmar

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XVIII. Nomenclature of Receptors for Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide and Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide

    Anthony J. Harmar;Akira Arimura;Illana Gozes;Laurent Journot

  • Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide mediates circadian rhythmicity and synchrony in mammalian clock neurons

    Sara J Aton;Christopher S Colwell;Anthony J Harmar;James Waschek

  • The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY: an expert-driven knowledgebase of drug targets and their ligands

    Adam J. Pawson;Joanna L. Sharman;Helen E. Benson;Elena Faccenda

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XLVI. G Protein-Coupled Receptor List

    Steven M. Foord;Tom I. Bonner;Richard R. Neubig;Edward M. Rosser

  • Polymorphism in serotonin transporter gene associated with susceptibility to major depression

    A.D Ogilvie;S Battersby;G Fink;A.J Harmar

  • The VPAC2 Receptor Is Essential for Circadian Function in the Mouse Suprachiasmatic Nuclei

    Anthony J. Harmar;Hugh M. Marston;Sanbing Shen;Christopher Spratt

  • The VIP2 receptor: Molecular characterisation of a cDNA encoding a novel receptor for vasoactive intestinal peptide

    E M Lutz;E M Lutz;W. J. Sheward;W. J. Sheward;K M West;K M West;J A Morrow;J A Morrow

  • Pharmacology and functions of receptors for vasoactive intestinal peptide and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide: IUPHAR review 1.

    Anthony J Harmar;Jan Fahrenkrug;Illana Gozes;Marc Laburthe

  • Synchronization and Maintenance of Timekeeping in Suprachiasmatic Circadian Clock Cells by Neuropeptidergic Signaling

    Elizabeth S. Maywood;Akhilesh B. Reddy;Gabriel K.Y. Wong;John S. O'Neill

  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2013/14: Enzymes

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Helen E. Benson;Elena Faccenda;Adam J. Pawson

  • Family-B G-protein-coupled receptors.

    Anthony J Harmar

  • International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXXVIII. G Protein-Coupled Receptor List: Recommendations for New Pairings with Cognate Ligands

    Anthony P. Davenport;Stephen P. H. Alexander;Joanna L. Sharman;Adam J. Pawson

  • The concise guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2013/14: Ion channels

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Helen E. Benson;Elena Faccenda;Adam J. Pawson

  • Novel cell lines display properties of nociceptive sensory neurons.

    John Nicholas Wood;S. J. Bevan;P. R. Coote;P. M. Dunn

  • International Union of Pharmacology. LVI. Ghrelin Receptor Nomenclature, Distribution, and Function

    Anthony P. Davenport;Tom I. Bonner;Steven M. Foord;Anthony J. Harmar

  • IUPHAR-DB: the IUPHAR database of G protein-coupled receptors and ion channels

    Anthony J. Harmar;Rebecca A. Hills;Edward M. Rosser;Martin Jones

  • Increased expression of preprotachykinin; calcitonin gene-related peptide, but not vasoactive intestinal peptide messenger RNA in dorsal root ganglia during the development of adjuvant monoarthritis in the rat

    Lucy F. Donaldson;Anthony J. Harmar;Daniel S. McQueen;Jonathan R. Seckl

  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2013/14: Catalytic Receptors

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Helen E. Benson;Elena Faccenda;Adam J. Pawson

  • Overexpression of the 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter gene: effect on pulmonary hemodynamics and hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension.

    Margaret R. MacLean;Graeme A. Deuchar;Martin N. Hicks;Ian Morecroft

  • The mouse VPAC2 receptor confers suprachiasmatic nuclei cellular rhythmicity and responsiveness to vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in vitro.

    David J. Cutler;Mai Haraura;Helen E. Reed;Sanbing Shen

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom I. Bonner
Tom I. Bonner National Institutes of Health
Hugh D. Piggins
Hugh D. Piggins University of Bristol
Clive W. Coen
Clive W. Coen King's College London
Guy M. Goodwin
Guy M. Goodwin University of Oxford
James A. Waschek
James A. Waschek University of California, Los Angeles
Gordon W. Arbuthnott
Gordon W. Arbuthnott Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Walter J. Muir
Walter J. Muir University of Edinburgh
Fred W. Turek
Fred W. Turek Northwestern University
Vincent Laudet
Vincent Laudet Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Nicholas D. Hastie
Nicholas D. Hastie University of Edinburgh

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