35 - Pharmacodynamics I Flashcards
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What are drug receptors (broadly)?
How do drugs interact with their receptors?
What are the basics of receptor agonist and antagonist interaction?
Describe the concept of signal transduction generally
Describe the basics of signal transduction pathways and how pharmacodynamics plays a role in the interaction of multiple pathways.
What is biased agonism?
What is the concept of signal amplification generally? Why is that important in pharmacodynamics?
best to implement drugs upstream before signal amplification
What are common sites of cellular drug receptors? How does this affect drug design?
What cellular molecules or features are usually major cellular drug targets?
What are some extracellular drug targets?
What are therapeutic monoclonal antibodies?
What is the concept of “spare” receptors in agonist antagonist interaction?
essentially like competitive inhibition
How do cellular receptors respond to drugs over time? Do they stay constant?
downregulation and upregulation of receptors can occur in the short or long term
describe the process of receptor down-regulation