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ReviewCurrent opinion in cell biology2019

GPCR homo-oligomerization.

Graeme Milligan, Richard J Ward, Sara Marsango

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Review in Current opinion in cell biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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71citing papers in PubMed
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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

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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

71 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Disruption of constitutive CXCR4 oligomers impairs oncogenic properties in lymphoid neoplasms.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  15. Structural insights into CXCR4 modulation and oligomerization.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2025
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  17. Higher-order transient membrane protein structures.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  19. Early Events in βThe Journal of membrane biology · 2024
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11 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

3 authors.

Graeme MilliganCentre for Translational Pharmacology, Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Graeme.Milligan@glasgow.ac.uk.
Richard J WardCentre for Translational Pharmacology, Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Sara MarsangoCentre for Translational Pharmacology, Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/L023806/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are an extensive class of trans-plasma membrane proteins that function to regulate a wide range of physiological functions. Despite a general perception that GPCRs exist as monomers an extensive literature has examined whether GPCRs can also form dimers and even higher-order oligomers, and if such organization influences various aspects of GPCR function, including cellular trafficking, ligand binding, G protein coupling and signalling. Here we focus on recent studies that employ approaches ranging from computational methods to single molecule tracking and both quantal brightness and fluorescence fluctuation measurements to assess the organization, stability and potential functional significance of dimers and oligomers within the class A, rhodopsin-like GPCR family.

Indexed as

AnimalsDimerizationGTP-Binding ProteinsHumansProtein TransportReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSignal TransductionGTP-Binding ProteinsReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

Identifiers

PMID30453145
PMCPMC7083226

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