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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017

Allosteric "beta-blocker" isolated from a DNA-encoded small molecule library.

Seungkirl Ahn, Alem W Kahsai, Biswaranjan Pani, Qin-Ting Wang, Shuai Zhao, Alissa L Wall, Ryan T Strachan, Dean P Staus, Laura M Wingler, Lillian D Sun and 15 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
74citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

74 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 158 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Biased Allosteric Modulation in GPCR Drug Discovery.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2026
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  10. Extracellular nanobody screening using conformationally stable GPCR variants.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  12. MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitors from cofactor-directed DNA-encoded library screens.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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14 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

25 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Seungkirl AhnDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Alem W KahsaiDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Biswaranjan PaniDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Qin-Ting WangDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Life Science, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, Jiangsu, China.
Shuai ZhaoDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Life Science, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, Jiangsu, China.
Alissa L WallDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Ryan T StrachanDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.
Dean P StausDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Laura M WinglerDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Lillian D SunDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Justine SinnaeveDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Minjung ChoiDepartment of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Ted ChoDepartment of Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Thomas T XuDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Gwenn M HansenLexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, TX 77381.
Michael B BurnettLexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Woodlands, TX 77381.
Jane E LamerdinDiscoverX Co., Fremont, CA 94538.
Daniel L BassoniDiscoverX Co., Fremont, CA 94538.
Bryant J GavinoDiscoverX Co., Fremont, CA 94538.
Gitte HusemoenNuevolution A/S, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Eva K OlsenNuevolution A/S, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Thomas FranchNuevolution A/S, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Stefano CostanziDepartment of Chemistry, American University, Washington, DC 20016.
Xin ChenDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Life Science, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, Jiangsu, China; lefko001@receptor-biol.duke.edu xinchen@cczu.edu.cn.
Robert J LefkowitzDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710; lefko001@receptor-biol.duke.edu xinchen@cczu.edu.cn.
Duke University Hospital · USDuke Medical Center · USChangzhou University · CNDiscoveRx (United States) · USLexicon Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USAmerican University · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Molecular Regulation of Cardiovascular 7 TM ReceptorsR01HL016037 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ROBERT J LEFKOWITZ · 1985 to 2026
$14.5M
MULTIDISCIPLINARY HEART &VASCULAR DISEASEST32HL007101 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI FREEDMAN, NEIL J. · 1985 to 2020
$9.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL016037NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The β

Indexed as

Adrenergic beta-AntagonistsAnimalsBinding, CompetitiveBinding SitesDNAHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansLigandsMolecular StructureMutationReceptors, Adrenergic, beta-2Sf9 CellsSmall Molecule LibrariesSpodopteraAdrenergic beta-AntagonistsDNALigandsReceptors, Adrenergic, beta-2Small Molecule Librariesallosteric modulatorDNA-encoded small-molecule librarydrug discoveryG-protein–coupled receptorβ2-adrenergic receptor

Identifiers

PMID28130548
PMCPMC5321036
OpenAlexW2580819390

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