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Michael Spedding is affiliated with DuPont in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research encompasses a variety of subfields including molecular biology, pharmacology, neurology, infectious diseases, and computational theory and mathematics.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a focus on pharmacology, drug discovery, and receptor mechanisms. Notable papers include:

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: Introduction and Other Protein Targets (2021), British Journal of Pharmacology
  • The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2024 (2023), Nucleic Acids Research
  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: Introduction and Other Protein Targets (2023), British Journal of Pharmacology
  • The IUPHAR/BPS guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2022: curating pharmacology for COVID-19, malaria and antibacterials (2021), Nucleic Acids Research
  • Future directions for the discovery of natural product-derived immunomodulating drugs: an IUPHAR positional review (2022), Pharmacological Research

Michael Spedding frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • S P H Alexander
  • Anthony P. Davenport
  • Adam J Pawson
  • Jamie A. Davies
  • Elena Faccenda

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Pharmacological Research
  • Immunology

Main topics of research include computational drug discovery methods, receptor mechanisms and signaling, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research, mechanisms and treatments for Parkinson's disease, pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

This body of work spans 31 publications in medicine and 21 in biochemical and molecular biology disciplines, with subfield emphases such as molecular biology (15 publications), pharmacology (9 publications), neurology (8 publications), infectious diseases (7 publications), and computational theory and mathematics (6 publications).

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 IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2018: updates and expansion to encompass the new guide to IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY

    Simon D. Harding;Joanna L. Sharman;Elena Faccenda;Christopher Southan

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

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

  • Cognitive dysfunction in psychiatric disorders: characteristics, causes and the quest for improved therapy

    Mark J. Millan;Yves Agid;Martin Brüne;Edward T. Bullmore

  • Functional Selectivity and Classical Concepts of Quantitative Pharmacology

    Jonathan D. Urban;William P. Clarke;Mark Von Zastrow;David E. Nichols

  • A unified nomenclature system for the nuclear receptor superfamily

    J. Auwerx;E. Baulieu;M. Beato;M. Becker-Andre

  • The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2016: towards curated quantitative interactions between 1300 protein targets and 6000 ligands

    Christopher Southan;Joanna L. Sharman;Helen E. Benson;Elena Faccenda

  • Anti-inflammatory actions of steroids: molecular mechanisms

    Peter J. Barnes;Ian Adcock

  • 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

  • Overview of Nomenclature of Nuclear Receptors

    Pierre Germain;Bart Staels;Catherine Dacquet;Michael Spedding

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

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

  • International Union of Pharmacology Committee on Receptor Nomenclature and Drug Classification. XXXVIII. Update on Terms and Symbols in Quantitative Pharmacology

    Richard R. Neubig;Michael Spedding;Terry Kenakin;Arthur Christopoulos

  • A nomenclature for ligand-gated ion channels

    Graham L. Collingridge;Richard W. Olsen;John Peters;Michael Spedding

  • Altering the course of schizophrenia: progress and perspectives

    Mark J. Millan;Annie Andrieux;George Bartzokis;Kristin Cadenhead

  • The hippocampal-prefrontal pathway: The weak link in psychiatric disorders?

    Bill P. Godsil;Janos P. Kiss;Michael Spedding;Thérèse M. Jay;Thérèse M. Jay

  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Overview

    Stephen P. H. Alexander;Eamonn Kelly;Neil V. Marrion;John A. Peters

  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2013/14: Enzymes

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

  • Promoting the clearance of neurotoxic proteins in neurodegenerative disorders of ageing

    Barry Boland;Wai Haung Yu;Olga Corti;Bertrand Mollereau

  • Acute Stress-induced Changes in Hippocampal/Prefrontal Circuits in Rats: Effects of Antidepressants

    Cyril Rocher;Michael Spedding;Carmen Munoz;Thérèse M. Jay

  • Classification of calcium channels and the sites of action of drugs modifying channel function.

    M Spedding;R Paoletti

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P.H. Alexander
Stephen P.H. Alexander University of Nottingham
Anthony P. Davenport
Anthony P. Davenport University of Cambridge
Anthony J. Harmar
Anthony J. Harmar University of Edinburgh
Thérèse M. Jay
Thérèse M. Jay Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Roméo Cecchelli
Roméo Cecchelli Artois University
Pierre Gressens
Pierre Gressens Université Paris Cité
Jamie A. Davies
Jamie A. Davies University of Edinburgh
Richard R. Neubig
Richard R. Neubig Michigan State University
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg Heidelberg University

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