Functional Selectivity of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Ligands : New Opportunities for Drug Discovery / edited by Kim A. Neve

Functional selectivity refers to the ability of different ligands acting at one receptor subtype to activate multiple signaling pathways in unique combinations, that is, one drug can be an agonist at pathway A and an antagonist or partial agonist at pathway B, and another drug can have the reverse profile. Functional selectivity has profound implications for drug development, for chemical biology, and for the design of experiments to characterize receptor function. In Functional Selectivity of G Protein-Coupled Receptors expert neuroscientists and pharmacologists review the work that demonstrated the existence of functional selectivity, placed it within a theoretical framework, and provided a mechanistic basis for the phenomenon. This exciting, comprehensive, and future-oriented volume includes chapters that focus on theoretical and mechanistic aspects of functional selectivity and that cut across subfamilies of GPCRs. Additional chapters focus on subfamilies of therapeutically relevant receptors where there is considerable evidence of ligand functional selectivity. Accessible and authoritative, Functional Selectivity of G Protein-Coupled Receptors is a valuable educational tool and reference source for students and scientists interested in drug development, chemical biology, and GPCR function..

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

Erschienen:

Totowa, NJ: Humana Press ; 2009

Weitere Ausgaben:

Buchausg. u.d.T.: Functional selectivity of G protein-coupled receptor ligands

Reihe:

The Receptors

SpringerLink, Bücher

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Neve, Kim A. [VerfasserIn]

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

978-1-60327-335-0

Nlm:

2009 F-401

QU 55.7

Themen:

Biomedicine
Drug Discovery
Drug receptors
G proteins
Human physiology
Ligands
Ligands (Biochemistry)
Medicine
Neurobiology
Neurology
Neurosciences
Receptors, Drug
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
Signal Transduction
Toxicology

RVK:

RVK Klassifikation

Anmerkungen:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Umfang:

Online-Ressource (digital)

doi:

10.1007/978-1-60327-335-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

164772743X