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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2012

Receptor and channel heteromers as pain targets.

Kelly A Berg, Amol M Patwardhan, Armen N Akopian

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kelly A BergDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. akopian@uthscsa.edu.
Amol M Patwardhan
Armen N Akopian
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · USArizona Science Center · US

Funding

Prolactin Regulation of Trigeminal NociceptorsR01DE017696 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI AKOPIAN, ARMEN N · 2007 to 2011
$1.8M
Regulation of opioid receptor function in trigeminal ganglionR01DA024865 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI CLARKE, WILLIAM P · 2009 to 2012
$1.3M
INTERACTIONS OF TRPV1 AND TRPA1 AND INFLAMMATORY PAINR01DE019311 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI AKOPIAN, ARMEN N · 2009 to 2010
$594k
Delta-kappa opioid receptor interactions: Ligand-dependent effectsR21DA026619 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI BERG, KELLY ANN · 2009 to 2010
$396k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA024865NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA026619NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE017696NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE019311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent discoveries indicate that many G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and channels involved in pain modulation are able to form receptor heteromers. Receptor and channel heteromers often display distinct signaling characteristics, pharmacological properties and physiological function in comparison to monomer/homomer receptor or ion channel counterparts. It may be possible to capitalize on such unique properties to augment therapeutic efficacy while minimizing side effects. For example, drugs specifically targeting heteromers may have greater tissue specificity and analgesic efficacy. This review will focus on current progress in our understanding of roles of heteromeric GPCRs and channels in pain pathways as well as strategies for controlling pain pathways via targeting heteromeric receptors and channels. This approach may be instrumental in the discovery of novel classes of drugs and expand our repertoire of targets for pain pharmacotherapy.

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PMID24281378
PMCPMC3763638
OpenAlexW2010592910

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