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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2014

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors: novel opportunities for drug development.

Andrew C Kruse, Brian K Kobilka, Dinesh Gautam, Patrick M Sexton, Arthur Christopoulos, Jürgen Wess

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 213 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
213citing papers in PubMed
16.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

213 citing papers in PubMed, 431 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Therapeutic Effects of a Long-Acting Cholinergic Receptor Blocker, Tiotropium Bromide, on Asthma.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2018
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  3. An Improved Cysteine-Based Labeling Strategy for GPCR Structural Dynamics Studies.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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  5. A Revised Model for Muscarine Biosynthesis Involving Lysine Trimethylation.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  7. Molecular and therapeutic frontiers in anemia therapy.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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  9. Structural Mechanism of an Efficacy Photoswitch Targeting the βAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  13. Targeting muscarinic receptors for treating schizophrenia.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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153 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrew C Kruse1] Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA. [2] Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Brian K KobilkaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Dinesh GautamMolecular Signaling Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0810, USA.
Patrick M SextonMonash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
Arthur ChristopoulosMonash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
Jürgen WessMolecular Signaling Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0810, USA.
Monash University · AUStanford University · US

Funding

Molecular basis of G protein-coupled receptor functionZIADK031129 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI WESS, JURGEN · 2009 to 2025
$6.7M
Structure-based discovery of allosteric ligands for G Protein Coupled ReceptorsU19GM106990 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI KOBILKA, BRIAN K · 2013 to 2017
$6.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS U19 GM106990NIGMS NIH HHS U19GM106990
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are a subfamily of G protein-coupled receptors that regulate numerous fundamental functions of the central and peripheral nervous system. The past few years have witnessed unprecedented new insights into muscarinic receptor physiology, pharmacology and structure. These advances include the first structural views of muscarinic receptors in both inactive and active conformations, as well as a better understanding of the molecular underpinnings of muscarinic receptor regulation by allosteric modulators. These recent findings should facilitate the development of new muscarinic receptor subtype-selective ligands that could prove to be useful for the treatment of many severe pathophysiological conditions.

Indexed as

Allosteric RegulationAnimalsCentral Nervous System DiseasesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansMuscarinic AgonistsMuscarinic AntagonistsNeoplasmsReceptors, MuscarinicMuscarinic AgonistsMuscarinic AntagonistsReceptors, Muscarinic

Identifiers

PMID24903776
PMCPMC5818261
OpenAlexW2083180327

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