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DihexA

Angiotensin IV analogue, studied in hepatocyte growth factor signalling research.

8 papers · 2005–2024 · 7 journals

What the research explores

DihexA appears in a narrow preclinical literature centred on hepatocyte growth factor and its receptor.

Areas of study:

  • Interaction with hepatocyte growth factor and c-Met receptor signalling
  • Dendritic spine formation and synaptogenesis in cultured hippocampal neurons
  • Rodent cognition models, including water-maze paradigms following experimental cholinergic lesion
  • Blood–brain-barrier permeability, a pharmacokinetic property that was a stated design goal

The c-Met pathway is also implicated in tumour biology, and that overlap remains an open question in the literature rather than a resolved one. DihexA is an investigational compound with no approved use in any species and is supplied for laboratory research only.

References

A reference list, not evidence. Inclusion means a paper discusses the compound — not that it supports any use, and not that it describes this product.

  1. 2024

    1. Effects of an Angiotensin IV Analog on 3-Nitropropionic Acid-Induced Huntington's Disease-Like Symptoms in Rats

      Wells RG, Azzam AF, Hiller AL, et al.

      Journal of Huntington's disease

      PMID 38489193doi 10.3233/JHD-231507

  2. 2022

    1. Efficiently generate functional hepatic cells from human pluripotent stem cells by complete small-molecule strategy

      Pan T, Wang N, Zhang J, et al.

      Stem cell research & therapy

      PMID 35410439doi 10.1186/s13287-022-02831-1

  3. 2018

    1. Cognitive benefits of angiotensin IV and angiotensin-(1-7): A systematic review of experimental studies

      Ho JK, Nation DA

      Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews

      PMID 29733881doi 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.05.005

  4. 2016

    1. Small-Molecule-Directed Hepatocyte-Like Cell Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

      Mathapati S, Siller R, Impellizzeri AA, et al.

      Current protocols in stem cell biology

      PMID 27532814doi 10.1002/cpsc.13

  5. 2015

    1. Hepatocyte growth factor mimetic protects lateral line hair cells from aminoglycoside exposure

      Uribe PM, Kawas LH, Harding JW, et al.

      Frontiers in cellular neuroscience

      PMID 25674052doi 10.3389/fncel.2015.00003

  6. 2014

    1. The procognitive and synaptogenic effects of angiotensin IV-derived peptides are dependent on activation of the hepatocyte growth factor/c-met system

      Benoist CC, Kawas LH, Zhu M, et al.

      The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics

      PMID 25187433doi 10.1124/jpet.114.218735

  7. 2013

    1. Evaluation of metabolically stabilized angiotensin IV analogs as procognitive/antidementia agents

      McCoy AT, Benoist CC, Wright JW, et al.

      The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics

      PMID 23055539doi 10.1124/jpet.112.199497

  8. 2005

    1. Studies on the subcellular localization of the porphycene CPO

      Kessel D, Conley M, Vicente MG, et al.

      Photochemistry and photobiology

      PMID 15745423doi 10.1562/2004-12-16-RA-403

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