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- Biased Agonism at the GLP-1 Receptor: A Pathway to Improved Therapeutic Outcomes
Moreover, exendin-P5 has been observed to reduce adipose tissue size more effectively than exendin, suggesting Zhang, H., et al., Autocrine selection of a GLP-1R G-protein biased agonist with potent antidiabetic
- How to Avoid the Most Common Gaps in Your Biotech Pitch
For biotech founders, this is more than a presentation problem. It’s a strategic vulnerability. academic interest to practical significance. 3️⃣ Why it’s different ✅ Differentiation must be more than who you’re building for, why now is the right time, and how your solution fits into something bigger than
- Structural landscape of the Chemokine Receptor system
The chemokine system exhibits great versatility, with more than 50 chemokines interacting with over 20 Currently, there are more than 40 available structures of chemokines and their receptors in the Protein and the intracellular helix 8 move outward from the receptor core to make room for the G-protein (Lu, Zhao et al. 2017, Isaikina, Tsai et al. 2021, Zhang, Chen et al. 2021). its constitutive activity (Yen, Schafer et al. 2022) which is also supported by mutagenesis studies (Han
- Feeder or trigger – CCR2 as a scavenger and regulator of cell migration
Zhao et al. 2019). Zhao et al. 2019) together with confocal fluorescence microscopy. with CCR2, indicating that β-arrestin regulates scavenging and signaling of CCR1 to a greater extent than
- Gαs and Gαq/11 protein coupling bias of two AVPR2 mutants (R68W and V162A) that cause nephrogenic di
Recent studies showed that some AVPR2 mutations could cause biased Gαq/11 protein coupling rather than R68W showed bias to coupling with Gαq/11 protein rather than V162A and wild-type receptor.
- How System-Level GPCR Thinking Prevents Discovery Failures
Most GPCR programs don’t fail because of weak molecules—they fail because biology behaves differently than Translate potency and efficacy realistically → Recognize when deviations reflect biology rather than
- Enzyme Inhibition Pharmacology: The Hidden Gatekeepers of GPCR Drug Discovery
By visualizing enzymes as dynamic molecular partners rather than static filters, drug discovery scientists Cytochrome P450: Friend, Foe, and FDA Focus No enzyme class is more important—or more unpredictable—than Yet many discovery teams still relegate them to the “ADME” checklist, rather than the strategic design
- Learn about Dr. GPCR Ecosystem!
GPCR is much more than a podcast? Come check out the brand new Dr.
- Roles of Focal Adhesion Kinase PTK2 and Integrin αIIbβ3 Signaling in Collagen- and GPVI-Dependent...
The suppressive rather than activating effects of pGRP were confined to blood flow at a high shear rate Blockage of PTK2 or interference of CIB1 no more than slightly affected thrombus formation at a low shear
- Using Live-cell High-Content Screening to Characterize CB2 Ligands: Insights From 16 Synthetic Cannabinoids
reporting the % of displacement measured at 1 µ M and the corresponding Ki for those showing a % higher than across all concentrations, indicating that reduced tracer signal was due to receptor occupancy rather than validation in intact cells, the approach provides a richer picture of ligand–receptor interactions than
- Carola Weiss joins InterAx Biotech AG as VP Business Development
Carola Weiss is a Senior Executive with more than 20 years of international experience in the biopharmaceutical
- Illuminating the draggable GPCR-ome
This time with none other than Dr. Bryan Roth There are 10 open tickets available. Get yours now!
- How a Failed Med School Dream Sparked a GPCR Biotech Revolution
More than a technical overview, this is a story of curiosity, persistence, and using science to meet Rather than being discouraged by challenges, he views them as forcing functions for creativity and growth
- X4 slashes pipeline, lays off staff just three weeks after netting a $55M PIPE
The move comes less than three weeks after X4 pulled together a $55 million PIPE and amended a loan facility
- Dr. Marta Filizola - Dr. GPCR Podcast
GPCR Podcast, we have none other than Dr. Marta Filizola!
- Dr. Juan José Fung - Dr. GPCR Podcast
Our guest is none other than Dr. Juan Jose Fung, Principal Scientist, at GPCR Therapeutics.
- Unconventional GPCR-PKA Communication in the Hedgehog Pathway
Our first guest speaker is none other than Dr. Ben Myers!
- Decoding Schild Analysis: The Pharmacologist’s Lens on Competitive Antagonism
Here, the Schild plot becomes a diagnostic tool rather than a checkbox test: Slopes >1 often mean incomplete to Partial Agonists Partial agonists complicate things—they activate receptors but less effectively than
- Structural basis of GPCR coupling to distinct signal transducers: implications for biased signaling
determine partner preference; or (iii) the dynamics of GPCR binding to different types of partners rather than
- Septerna emerges with $100M to spark 'second golden age' of prolific drug target GPCR with ...
Better known as GPCR, the fruitful research space has led to more than 700 approved drugs over previous
- Odorant receptors – a bit of smell for drug discovery
is quite stable, the number of ORs expressed in different human tissues is highly variable from more than For example, OR4M1 was proposed to interfere with aberrant tau hyperphosphorylation (Zhao W. et. al 2013
- GPCR Collaboration: From Models to Medicine
in academia or biotech, the future belongs to research groups that can orchestrate ecosystems rather than He treats modeling as part of a continuum rather than a separate discipline.
- Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Expands Executive Team With Appointment Of James Hassard As Chief ...
Hassard is a commercial leader with more than three decades of experience leading sales and marketing
- Exploring pharmacological inhibition of G q/11 as an analgesic strategy
One potential solution is to develop analgesics that act at targets other than opioid receptors.
- Activation of the human chemokine receptor CX3CR1 regulated by cholesterol
A much smaller conformational change of helix VI upon activation than previously solved class A GPCR-Gi
- Understanding Orthosteric Binding: The Key to Drug Action
Unlocking the Secrets of Orthosteric Binding Understanding why some drugs bind better than others is
- Nanobodies as Probes and Modulators of Cardiovascular G Protein-Coupled Receptors
In less than a decade, nanobodies, or recombinant single-domain antibody fragments from camelids, have
- Terry’s Corner, Celtarys' Leap, and the $7B GPCR Horizon
This is more than review, it’s readiness.
- Dr. GPCR Spotlights Revvity’s pHSense™ Internalization Tools
A GPCR Internalization Tool Designed for Real Research Needs Built on more than two decade A GPCR Internalization
- Propranolol: A “Pick and Roll” Team Player in Benign Tumors and Cancer Therapies
and anxiety, has shown, in the last decade, increasing evidence of its antitumoral properties in more than















