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ReviewAnnual review of pharmacology and toxicology2018

Adhesion G Protein-Coupled Receptors as Drug Targets.

Ryan H Purcell, Randy A Hall

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Review in Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ryan H PurcellDepartment of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, USA; email: rhall3@emory.edu.
Randy A HallDepartment of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, USA; email: rhall3@emory.edu.

Funding

Activation and regulation of the neural stem cell-expressed receptor GPR56R01NS072394 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI HALL, RANDY A. · 2011 to 2015
$1.7M
BAI2 mutation associated with a novel neurological disorderR21NS094136 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI HALL, RANDY A. · 2015 to 2016
$429k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS072394NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS094136
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (aGPCRs) are an evolutionarily ancient family of receptors that play key roles in many different physiological processes. These receptors are notable for their exceptionally long ectodomains, which span several hundred to several thousand amino acids and contain various adhesion-related domains, as well as a GPCR autoproteolysis-inducing (GAIN) domain. The GAIN domain is conserved throughout almost the entire family and undergoes autoproteolysis to cleave the receptors into two noncovalently-associated protomers. Recent studies have revealed that the signaling activity of aGPCRs is largely determined by changes in the interactions among these protomers. We review recent advances in understanding aGPCR activation mechanisms and discuss the physiological roles and pharmacological properties of aGPCRs, with an eye toward the potential utility of these receptors as drug targets.

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AnimalsDrug Delivery SystemsHumansProtein BindingReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSignal TransductionReceptors, G-Protein-Coupledagonistantagonistantibodyligandpharmaceuticaltherapeutic

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PMID28968187
PMCPMC7167285

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