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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2025

Progress in structure-based drug development targeting chemokine receptors.

Jin Wang, Chen Qu, Peng Xiao, Sijin Liu, Jin-Peng Sun, Yu-Qi Ping

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jin Wang *Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China.
Chen Qu *School of Clinical and Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China.
Peng XiaoAdvanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Sijin LiuMedical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China.
Jin-Peng SunAdvanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Yu-Qi PingMedical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a critical subfamily of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), chemokine receptors (CCRs) play pivotal regulatory roles in immune cell migration, inflammatory modulation, tissue regeneration, and tumor microenvironment (TME) remodeling. By specifically recognizing chemokine ligands, CCRs orchestrate immune cell trafficking and tissue positioning, with functional dysregulation implicated in infectious diseases, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative pathologies, and cancer. These receptors thus represent promising therapeutic targets. Recent breakthroughs in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and computational chemistry have enabled high-resolution structural analysis and dynamic conformational modeling of CCRs, establishing a robust foundation for structure-based drug design (SBDD). This review synthesizes current advances in CCR biology, structural mechanisms, disease involvement, and targeted drug development, providing theoretical insights and technical frameworks for future research.

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CCRscryo-EMdrug discoveryGPCRstructure-based drug design (SBDD)

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PMID40552145
PMCPMC12183272

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