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ArticleNature chemical biology2020

Activation of the α

Daopeng Yuan, Zhongmin Liu, Jonas Kaindl, Shoji Maeda, Jiawei Zhao, Xiaoou Sun, Jun Xu, Peter Gmeiner, Hong-Wei Wang, Brian K Kobilka

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Daopeng Yuan *Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Zhongmin Liu *Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Jonas Kaindl *Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Shoji MaedaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7762-9793
Jiawei ZhaoBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Xiaoou SunBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Jun XuBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Peter GmeinerDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany. peter.gmeiner@fau.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4127-197X
Hong-Wei WangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. hongweiwang@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9494-8780
Brian K KobilkaBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. kobilka@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-3990
Center for Life Sciences · CNFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEConfometRx (United States) · USMinistry of Education of the People's Republic of China · CNStanford University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The α

Indexed as

Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor AgonistsAnimalsBinding SitesCryoelectron MicroscopyDexmedetomidineGTP-Binding ProteinsInsectaMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationMultiprotein ComplexesReceptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2SympatholyticsADRA2B protein, humanAdrenergic alpha-2 Receptor AgonistsDexmedetomidineGTP-Binding ProteinsMultiprotein ComplexesReceptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2Sympatholytics

Identifiers

PMID32152538
OpenAlexW3010356478

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.