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Overview

Kenneth A. Jacobson is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with an emphasis on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Within these fields, their work notably focuses on physiology, molecular biology, organic chemistry, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and epidemiology.

The primary topics covered in their research include:

  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

Jacobson has published extensively with frequent contributions in various scientific journals. The most common venues for their publications are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Purinergic Signalling
  • ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science
  • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Recent notable papers include:

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors, 2021, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: G protein-coupled receptors, 2023, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Update of P2X receptor properties and their pharmacology: IUPHAR Review 30, 2020, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Update of P2Y receptor pharmacology: IUPHAR Review 27, 2020, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. CXII: Adenosine Receptors: A Further Update, 2022, Pharmacological Reviews

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kenneth A. Jacobson include:

  • Zhan-Guo Gao
  • T. Kendall Harden
  • Dilip K. Tosh
  • Veronica Salmaso
  • Daniela Salvemini

Best Publications

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XXV. Nomenclature and Classification of Adenosine Receptors

    Bertil B. Fredholm;Adriaan P. IJzerman;Kenneth A. Jacobson;Karl-Norbert Klotz

  • Hematoxylin and Eosin Staining of Tissue and Cell Sections

    Andrew H. Fischer;Kenneth A. Jacobson;Jack Rose;Rolf Zeller

  • NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF PURINOCEPTORS

    B B Fredholm;M P Abbracchio;G Burnstock;J W Daly

  • Adenosine receptors as therapeutic targets

    Kenneth A. Jacobson;Zhan-Guo Gao

  • A role for lipid shells in targeting proteins to caveolae, rafts, and other lipid domains.

    Richard G. W. Anderson;Ken Jacobson

  • Lipid rafts: at a crossroad between cell biology and physics.

    Kenneth A Jacobson;Ole G. Mouritsen;Richard G.W. Anderson

  • International Union of Pharmacology LVIII: Update on the P2Y G Protein-Coupled Nucleotide Receptors: From Molecular Mechanisms and Pathophysiology to Therapy

    Maria Pia Abbracchio;Geoffrey Burnstock;Jean-Marie Boeynaems;Eric A Barnard

  • International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXXI. Nomenclature and Classification of Adenosine Receptors—An Update

    Bertil B. Fredholm;Adriaan P. IJzerman;Kenneth A. Jacobson;Joel Linden

  • Phase transitions and phase separations in phospholipid membranes induced by changes in temperature, pH, and concentration of bivalent cations.

    Kenneth Jacobson;Demetrios Papahadjopoulos

  • Structure of an Agonist-Bound Human A2A Adenosine Receptor

    Fei Xu;Huixian Wu;Vsevolod Katritch;Gye Won Han

  • UDP acting at P2Y6 receptors is a mediator of microglial phagocytosis

    Schuichi Koizumi;Yukari Shigemoto-Mogami;Kaoru Nasu-Tada;Yoichi Shinozaki

  • Cochleate lipid cylinders: formation by fusion of unilamellar lipid vesicles.

    D. Papahadjopoulos;W.J. Vail;K. Jacobson;G. Poste

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2019/20: G protein-coupled receptors

    Stephen P H Alexander;Arthur Christopoulos;Anthony P Davenport;Eamonn Kelly

  • Adenosine Receptors: Pharmacology, Structure–Activity Relationships, and Therapeutic Potential

    Kenneth A. Jacobson;Philip J. M. Van Galen;Michael Williams

  • Coordinated Adenine Nucleotide Phosphohydrolysis and Nucleoside Signaling in Posthypoxic Endothelium Role of Ectonucleotidases and Adenosine A2B Receptors

    Holger K. Eltzschig;Juan C. Ibla;Glenn T. Furuta;Martin O. Leonard

  • Characterization of the UDP-glucose receptor (re-named here the P2Y14 receptor) adds diversity to the P2Y receptor family.

    Maria Pia Abbracchio;Jean-Marie Boeynaems;Eric A Barnard;José L Boyer

  • Dimensional and mechanical dynamics of active and stable edges in motile fibroblasts investigated by using atomic force microscopy

    Christian Rotsch;Ken Jacobson;Manfred Radmacher

  • Recent developments in adenosine receptor ligands and their potential as novel drugs

    Christa E. Müller;Kenneth A. Jacobson

  • Studies on membrane fusion. III. The role of calcium-induced phase changes

    D. Papahadjopoulos;W. J. Vail;C. Newton;S. Nir

  • Effects of local anesthetics on membrane properties. I. Changes in the fluidity of phospholipid bilayers.

    D. Papahadjopoulos;Kenneth A Jacobson;G. Poste;G. Shepherd

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhan-Guo Gao
Zhan-Guo Gao National Institutes of Health
T. Kendall Harden
T. Kendall Harden University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John W. Daly
John W. Daly National Institutes of Health
Gary L. Stiles
Gary L. Stiles Duke University
Yong Chul Kim
Yong Chul Kim Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Daniela Salvemini
Daniela Salvemini Saint Louis University
Lak Shin Jeong
Lak Shin Jeong Seoul National University
Stefano Costanzi
Stefano Costanzi American University
Kenneth L. Kirk
Kenneth L. Kirk National Institutes of Health
Stefano Moro
Stefano Moro University of Padua

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