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ReviewLife sciences2010

Increasingly accurate dynamic molecular models of G-protein coupled receptor oligomers: Panacea or Pandora's box for novel drug discovery?

Marta Filizola

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Review in Life sciences, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The World of GPCR dimers - Mapping dopamine receptor DComputational and structural biotechnology journal · 2023
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  3. Current Concepts and Treatments of Schizophrenia.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
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  19. Oligomeric forms of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).Trends in biochemical sciences · 2010
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Marta FilizolaDepartment of Structural and Chemical Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Icahn Medical Institute Building, 1425 Madison Avenue, Box 1677, New York, NY 10029-6574, United States. marta.filizola@mssm.edu.

Funding

OPIOID RECEPTOR OLIGOMERIZATION: PREDICTION & VALIDATIONR01DA020032 · NIDA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI FILIZOLA, MARTA · 2006 to 2010
$1.5M
INFORMATICS OF GPCR DIMERS IN DRUG ABUSE MECHANISMSR21DA017976 · NIDA · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI FILIZOLA, MARTA · 2005 to 2009
$1.3M
Structural Aspects of Oligomerization in the Function of GPCRsK02DA026434 · NIDA · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI FILIZOLA, MARTA · 2009 to 2018
$1.2M
NIDA NIH HHS DA017976NIDA NIH HHS DA020032NIDA NIH HHS DA026434NIDA NIH HHS K02 DA026434NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA020032NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA017976
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For years, conventional drug design at G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) has mainly focused on the inhibition of a single receptor at a usually well-defined ligand-binding site. The recent discovery of more and more physiologically relevant GPCR dimers/oligomers suggests that selectively targeting these complexes or designing small molecules that inhibit receptor-receptor interactions might provide new opportunities for novel drug discovery. To uncover the fundamental mechanisms and dynamics governing GPCR dimerization/oligomerization, it is crucial to understand the dynamic process of receptor-receptor association, and to identify regions that are suitable for selective drug binding. This minireview highlights current progress in the development of increasingly accurate dynamic molecular models of GPCR oligomers based on structural, biochemical, and biophysical information that has recently appeared in the literature. In view of this new information, there has never been a more exciting time for computational research into GPCRs than at present. Information-driven modern molecular models of GPCR complexes are expected to efficiently guide the rational design of GPCR oligomer-specific drugs, possibly allowing researchers to reach for the high-hanging fruits in GPCR drug discovery, i.e. more potent and selective drugs for efficient therapeutic interventions.

Indexed as

Drug DesignModels, MolecularBinding SitesDimerizationHumansLigandsProtein BindingReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledLigandsReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

Identifiers

PMID19465029
PMCPMC2848910

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