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  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Debra A. Kendall is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these broad areas, Kendall has contributed notably to subfields such as Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Kendall's work frequently addresses topics related to Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias, Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments, Cell Death Mechanisms and Regulation, and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior.

Among recent publications are the following papers:

  • Structure-Activity Relationship in the Leucettine Family of Kinase Inhibitors, 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • The Cannabinoid Receptor Type 1 Positive Allosteric Modulator ZCZ011 Attenuates Naloxone-Precipitated Diarrhea and Weight Loss in Oxycodone-Dependent Mice, 2021, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • Anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects of the selective cannabinoid CB2 receptor agonist ABK5, 2020, Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
  • Characterization of Subtype Selective Cannabinoid CB2 Receptor Agonists as Potential Anti-Inflammatory Agents, 2021, Pharmaceuticals
  • Effects of a CB2 Subtype Selective Agonist ABK5-1 on Cytokine Production in Microglia, 2021, Journal of Cellular Signaling

Kendall collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Yaliang Tang
  • Barbara Wolk
  • Leepakshi Khurana
  • Tania Tahtouh
  • Émilie Durieu

The frequent venues for Kendall's research outputs include:

  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Journal of Cellular Signaling

Kendall was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Cannabinoid Receptors in the Central Nervous System: Their Signaling and Roles in Disease

    Debra A. Kendall;Guillermo A. Yudowski

  • Early events in preprotein recognition in E. coli: interaction of SRP and trigger factor with nascent polypeptides.

    Q. A. Valent;D. A. Kendall;S. High;R. Kusters

  • Signal peptides: exquisitely designed transport promoters

    Jennifer W. Izard;Debra A. Kendall

  • A simple procedure for the determination of the trapped volume of liposomes

    Naoto Oku;Debra A. Kendall;Robert C. MacDonald

  • Nascent membrane and presecretory proteins synthesized in Escherichia coli associate with signal recognition particle and trigger factor.

    Quido A. Valent;Jan‐Willem L. De Gier;Gunnar von Heijne;Debra A. Kendall

  • Signal peptidase I: cleaving the way to mature proteins.

    Sarah M Auclair;Meera K Bhanu;Debra A Kendall

  • Detergent effects on enzyme activity and solubilization of lipid bilayer membranes.

    Mary D. Womack;Debra A. Kendall;Robert C. MacDonald

  • Allosteric Modulator ORG27569 Induces CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor High Affinity Agonist Binding State, Receptor Internalization, and Gi Protein-independent ERK1/2 Kinase Activation

    Kwang H. Ahn;Mariam M. Mahmoud;Debra A. Kendall

  • Distinct Roles of β-Arrestin 1 and β-Arrestin 2 in ORG27569-induced Biased Signaling and Internalization of the Cannabinoid Receptor 1 (CB1)

    Kwang H. Ahn;Mariam M. Mahmoud;Joong-Youn Shim;Debra A. Kendall

  • Membrane assembly of the cannabinoid receptor 1: impact of a long N-terminal tail.

    Helena Andersson;Aaron M. D'Antona;Debra A. Kendall;Gunnar Von Heijne

  • A fluorescence assay to monitor vesicle fusion and lysis.

    D A Kendall;R C MacDonald

  • Involvement of the carboxyl terminus of the third intracellular loop of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor in constitutive activation of Gs.

    Vasiliki Abadji;Jean M. Lucas‐Lenard;Chen‐ni Chin;Debra A. Kendall

  • Polymeric sequences reveal a functional interrelationship between hydrophobicity and length of signal peptides.

    M M Chou;D A Kendall

  • Idealization of the hydrophobic segment of the alkaline phosphatase signal peptide

    Debra A. Kendall;Susan Clark Bock;Emil Thomas Kaiser

  • Ligand-specific endocytic dwell times control functional selectivity of the cannabinoid receptor 1

    Jacqueline Flores-Otero;Kwang H. Ahn;Francheska Delgado-Peraza;Ken Mackie

  • Ligand Binding and Modulation of Cyclic AMP Levels Depend on the Chemical Nature of Residue 192 of the Human Cannabinoid Receptor 1

    Chen‐ni Chin;Jean Lucas‐Lenard;Vasiliki Abadji;Debra A. Kendall

  • Interactions that drive Sec-dependent bacterial protein transport.

    Sharyn L. Rusch;Debra A. Kendall

  • Artificial transmembrane segments. Requirements for stop transfer and polypeptide orientation.

    Huanfeng Chen;Debra A. Kendall

  • The Third Transmembrane Helix of the Cannabinoid Receptor Plays a Role in the Selectivity of Aminoalkylindoles for CB2, Peripheral Cannabinoid Receptor

    Chen-ni Chin;James W. Murphy;John W. Huffman;Debra A. Kendall

  • Mapping of nucleoside phosphorylase (Np-1) and esterase 10 (Es-10) on mouse chromosome 14.

    James E. Womack;Muriel T. Davisson;Eva M. Eicher;Debra A. Kendall

Frequent Co-Authors

Dale F. Mierke
Dale F. Mierke Dartmouth College
Joen Luirink
Joen Luirink Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
William A. Goddard
William A. Goddard California Institute of Technology
Aron H. Lichtman
Aron H. Lichtman Virginia Commonwealth University
Donald Oliver
Donald Oliver Wesleyan University
Bauke Oudega
Bauke Oudega Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gunnar von Heijne
Gunnar von Heijne Stockholm University
Philip L. Yeagle
Philip L. Yeagle University of Connecticut
Ken Mackie
Ken Mackie Indiana University
Michael L. Gross
Michael L. Gross Washington University in St. Louis

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