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ReviewCell2017

How Ligands Illuminate GPCR Molecular Pharmacology.

Daniel Wacker, Raymond C Stevens, Bryan L Roth

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Review in Cell, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 297 papers.

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297citing papers in PubMed
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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

297 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. KCTD Family: Emerging Regulators of GPCR Biased Signaling.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2026
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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

3 authors.

Daniel WackerDepartment of Pharmacology and Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.
Raymond C StevensDepartments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, Bridge Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Bryan L RothDepartment of Pharmacology and Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA. Electronic address: bryan_roth@med.unc.edu.

Funding

Screening CoreU19MH082441 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI CARON, MARC G., WETSEL, WILLIAM C · 2007 to 2016
$15.2M
Illuminating the Druggable GPCR-omeU24DK116195 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ROTH, BRYAN L., SHOICHET, BRIAN K · 2017 to 2022
$14.3M
Structure-Function of Opioid ReceptorsP01DA035764 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CHEREZOV, VADIM, ROTH, BRYAN L. · 2014 to 2018
$7.1M
Molecular Details of Psychoactive Drug ActionsR01MH112205 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Bryan L. Roth, Brian K Shoichet · 2017 to 2026
$6.1M
Scalable technologies for illuminating the druggable GPCR-omeU01MH104974 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ROTH, BRYAN L., SHOICHET, BRIAN K · 2014 to 2016
$1.4M
NIDA NIH HHS P01 DA035764NIDDK NIH HHS U24 DK116195NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH112205NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH104974NIMH NIH HHS U19 MH082441
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which are modulated by a variety of endogenous and synthetic ligands, represent the largest family of druggable targets in the human genome. Recent structural and molecular studies have both transformed and expanded classical concepts of receptor pharmacology and have begun to illuminate the distinct mechanisms by which structurally, chemically, and functionally diverse ligands modulate GPCR function. These molecular insights into ligand engagement and action have enabled new computational methods and accelerated the discovery of novel ligands and tool compounds, especially for understudied and orphan GPCRs. These advances promise to streamline the development of GPCR-targeted medications.

Indexed as

Molecular Targeted TherapyAnimalsDrug DiscoveryHumansLigandsModels, MolecularReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSignal TransductionLigandsReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

Identifiers

PMID28753422
PMCPMC5560499

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