Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34204637›Full record

ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Determinants for α4β2 vs. α3β4 Subtype Selectivity of Pyrrolidine-Based nAChRs Ligands: A Computational Perspective with Focus on Recent cryo-EM Receptor Structures.

Francesco Bavo, Marco Pallavicini, Rebecca Appiani, Cristiano Bolchi

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Chemosensory tobacco product toxicology part 2: toxicological testing, assays, and state of the science.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2025
    Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
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

4 authors.

Francesco BavoDipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Universita'degli Studi di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3797-0900
Marco PallaviciniDipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Universita'degli Studi di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
Rebecca AppianiDipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Universita'degli Studi di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
Cristiano BolchiDipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Universita'degli Studi di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The selectivity of α4β2 nAChR agonists over the α3β4 nicotinic receptor subtype, predominant in ganglia, primarily conditions their therapeutic range and it is still a complex and challenging issue for medicinal chemists and pharmacologists. Here, we investigate the determinants for such subtype selectivity in a series of more than forty α4β2 ligands we have previously reported, docking them into the structures of the two human subtypes, recently determined by cryo-electron microscopy. They are all pyrrolidine based analogues of the well-known α4β2 agonist

Indexed as

AnimalsBinding SitesCryoelectron MicroscopyDatabases, GeneticHumansLigandsMolecular Docking SimulationNicotinic AgonistsPyridinesPyrrolidinesRatsReceptors, NicotinicStructure-Activity RelationshipSynaptic Transmission3-(2-(pyrrolidinyl)methoxy)pyridineLigandsNicotinic Agonistsnicotinic receptor alpha3beta4nicotinic receptor alpha4beta2PyridinespyrrolidinePyrrolidinesReceptors, Nicotinicalpha3beta4alpha4beta2benzodioxanecryo-EMdockingnAChRN-methyl-pyrrolidinylselectivity(S)-nicotine

Identifiers

PMID34204637
PMCPMC8231201

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.