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ReviewACS chemical neuroscience2023

Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptor GPR37 as an Emerging Therapeutic Target.

Andrew A Bolinger, Andrew Frazier, Jun-Ho La, John A Allen, Jia Zhou

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Review in ACS chemical neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. The Role and Mechanisms of G protein-coupled receptors in Parkinson's disease.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  13. Osteocalcin and GPR158: linking bone and brain function.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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  15. Omega-3 and Sports: Focus on Inflammation.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  16. Gz Enhanced Signal Transduction assaY (GbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew A Bolinger
Andrew Frazier
Jun-Ho La
John A Allen
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Translational Explorations in Substance Use DisordersT32DA007287 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI Kathryn A. Cunningham, Jonathan Dean Hommel · 1994 to 2026
$4.7M
Developing GPR37 activators as non-opioid pain therapeuticsR61NS127286 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI ALLEN, JOHN A, LA, JUN-HO · 2022 to 2022
$1.6M
NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA007287NINDS NIH HHS R61 NS127286
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are successful druggable targets, making up around 35% of all FDA-approved medications. However, a large number of receptors remain orphaned, with no known endogenous ligand, representing a challenging but untapped area to discover new therapeutic targets. Among orphan GPCRs (oGPCRs) of interest, G protein-coupled receptor 37 (GPR37) is highly expressed in the central nervous system (CNS), particularly in the spinal cord and oligodendrocytes. While its cellular signaling mechanisms and endogenous receptor ligands remain elusive, GPR37 has been implicated in several important neurological conditions, including Parkinson's disease (PD), inflammation, pain, autism, and brain tumors. GPR37 structure, signaling, emerging physiology, and pharmacology are reviewed while integrating a discussion on potential therapeutic indications and opportunities.

Indexed as

Autistic DisorderBrain NeoplasmsCentral Nervous SystemHumansReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSignal TransductionReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledCNS disordersdrug discoverydrug targetsGPR37neurotherapeuticsOrphan G protein-coupled receptors (oGPCRs)

Identifiers

PMID37676000
PMCPMC11144446
OpenAlexW4386496978

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