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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2025

GPCR drug discovery: new agents, targets and indications.

Javier Sánchez Lorente, Aleksandr V Sokolov, Gavin Ferguson, Helgi B Schiöth, Alexander S Hauser, David E Gloriam

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 128 papers.

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128citing papers in PubMed
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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

128 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

6 authors.

Javier Sánchez LorenteDepartment of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Aleksandr V SokolovDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Functional Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0008-8549-1350
Gavin FergusonDepartment of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-2551-5994
Helgi B SchiöthDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Functional Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden.
Alexander S HauserDepartment of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-1098-6419
David E GloriamDepartment of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. david.gloriam@sund.ku.dk.ORCID 0000-0002-4299-7561

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) form one of the largest drug target families, reflecting their involvement in numerous pathophysiological processes. In this Review, we analyse drug discovery trends for the GPCR superfamily, covering compounds, targets and indications that have reached regulatory approval or that are being investigated in clinical trials. We find that there are 516 approved drugs targeting GPCRs, making up 36% of all approved drugs. These drugs act on 121 GPCR targets, one-third of all non-sensory GPCRs. Furthermore, 337 agents targeting 133 GPCRs, including 30 novel targets, are being investigated in clinical trials. Notably, 165 of these agents are approved drugs being tested for additional indications and novel agents are increasingly allosteric modulators and biologics. Remarkably, diabetes and obesity drugs targeting GPCRs had sales of nearly US $30 billion in 2023 and the numbers of clinical trials for GPCR modulators in the metabolic diseases, oncology and immunology areas are increasing strongly. Finally, we highlight the potential of untapped target-disease associations and pathway-biased signalling. Overall, this Review provides an up-to-date reference for the drugged and potentially druggable GPCRome to inform future GPCR drug discovery and development.

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Drug DiscoveryReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledAnimalsClinical Trials as TopicHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

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PMID40033110

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