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  • Sweet taste receptor agonists attenuate macrophage IL‐1β expression and eosinophilic inflammation...

    macrophage IL‐1β overproduction, thereby suggesting autophagy regulation as a potential therapeutic modality therapeutic effects of trehalose and saccharin on macrophage IL‐1β production and eosinophilia in the mouse model

  • Precise druggability of the PTH type 1 receptor

    prototypic class B GPCR target, and a combination of molecular dynamics simulations and elastic network model-based Here we found a key mechanical site that modulates the collective dynamics of the receptor and used this This study provides a computational pipeline to detect precise druggable sites and identify allosteric modulators

  • Irreversible Drugs, Real Control: Design for Durable Target Engagement

    Get Yearly Access On-Demand Now — Free 7 Day Trial ➤ DrGPCR Podcast: Jens Carlsson on Predictive Modeling Jens Carlsson shares how structure-based design, molecular dynamics, and smart collaboration turn models Ideal for scientists who want modeling to guide experiments, not just narrate them. Bridge the aisle —modelers × experimentalists for faster iteration. Listen to the episode ➤ Why Dr.

  • 📰 GPCR Weekly News, July 1 to 7, 2024

    for their investigation on Modulation of contextual fear acquisition and extinction by acute and chronic of cognate GPCRs and disrupt downstream intracellular signaling Therapeutic potential of allosteric modulators Neuroscience Neuron specific quantitation of GÎąolf expression and signaling in murine brain tissue Modulation cortex Unveiling the therapeutic prospects of EGFR inhibition in rotenone-mediated parkinsonism in rats: Modulation immune balance and ameliorates type 2 diabetes mellitus Methods & Updates in GPCR Research Computational modelling

  • Conservation of Allosteric Ligand Binding Sites in G-Protein Coupled Receptors

    Mapping of Alphafold2 generated models of these proteins confirms that the same sites can be identified Results confirm the possibility of specifically targeting these sites across GPCRs for allosteric modulation

  • 📰 GPCR Weekly News, May 22 to 28, 2023

    Modulating GPCR and 14-3-3 protein interactions: prospects for CNS drug discovery. Therapeutic antagonism of the neurokinin 1 receptor in endosomes provides sustained pain relief.

  • From Technician to Trailblazer: How Sokhom Pin Designed His Own PhD Program While Working in Industry

    That’s exactly what Sokhom Pin did. A Model for Future Scientists? His hybrid path is a model of possibility for professionals in the biotech industry who still dream of Takeaway If you’re navigating work, life, and scientific ambition, Sokhom Pin proves it’s possible to

  • Curve Shifts Don’t Lie, But Your Eyes Might

    In This Session, You’ll Gain: ✅ The ability to calculate how many replicates you really  need for 95% By comparing two means (paired or unpaired) you’ll learn whether the divergence is genuine or whether Sometimes you’re working with linear fits: Schild plots, dose ratios, regression models. insights  distilled from decades of pharmacology experience Whether you’re validating assays, refining models

  • CCL25/CCR9 interaction promotes the malignant behavior of salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma via...

    This study aimed to investigate the specific molecular mechanism by which CCR9/CCL25 modulates malignant The effect of CCL25 on the development of SACC in vivo was examined by a xenograft tumor model in nude

  • Your GPCR Program Decisions Depend on Good Data Interpretation

    GPCR Premium Members this week gain curated, early access to: Industry insights : GPCRs and mRNA in drug Your Access To Terry's Corner ➤ Why the Myth of Multiple Affinity Sites Slows You Down Traditional models both pharma and startup environments Read Maria Majellaro's Full Recap ➤ Lab Leadership Without Ego: A Model At Alkermes, Sokhom Pin built an in vitro pharmacology group from scratch—not just a lab, but a culture

  • Illuminating GPCR Research: FRET and BRET-Based Sensors Shed Light on Cellular Signaling

    subfamilies such as Gs, Gi/o, Gq/11, and G12/13, which orchestrate downstream signaling events, including the modulation cost of reagents, optimizing sensor expression levels and adapting these systems to disease-relevant models Addressing these hurdles is essential for translating findings from cellular models to clinically relevant development of the BERKY and the ONE-GO biosensors, designed to facilitate their application in disease models

  • Identification of A2BAR as a potential target in colorectal cancer using novel fluorescent GPCR...

    Here, using colorectal cancer (CRC) as a model, we explored the gene expression of a panel of GPCRs in fluorescent ligands were effective at monitoring real-time A2BAR receptor labeling using live-imaging modalities

  • Unlocking Cell's Secrets: Spontaneous β-Arrestin-Membrane Preassociation Drives Receptor-Activation

    Whit this scope, the authors challenged the current model, wich suggest that β-arrestin translocates Based on all the information collected, the authors proposed the following multistep model for receptor-β-arrestin Although this study has limitations, such as the absence of the flexible distal C-tail of βArr2 in the model used, its findings redefine the existing model of receptor-β-arrestin interactions. M., Medel-Lacruz, B., Baidya, M., Makarova, M., Mistry, R., Goulding, J., Drube, J., Hoffmann, C., Owen

  • Unlock the Hidden Lives of Receptors – Are You Ready?

    What if the static models we've relied on for decades have been hiding the truth?

  • Fentanyl and Xylazine: Why Breathing Fails in Overdose

    This new pairing is uniquely dangerous. Catherine’s work lays the foundation for designing better interventions, from preclinical models to clinical From Street Samples to Lab Models What makes Catherine’s research particularly powerful is how it stays collaborating with harm-reduction groups such as the Red Project in Grand Rapids , she ensures her models For Catherine, those numbers aren’t just statistics—they’re signals guiding how to build better models

  • Targeted Therapies to Reduce Side Effects in Modern Drug Development

    drawback of causing damage to healthy cells in the process, leading to side effects that can include pain

  • Transmembrane domains of GPCR dimers – a novel hot spot for drug discovery

    form biologically active homodimers or heterodimers which drive specific signaling pathways that can modulate al. recently provided key insights into GPCR oligomerization and biased signalling, using PAFR as a model Different models of dimer formation have been described for different receptors such as the ‘rolling dimer’ interface model in which multiple dimer conformations co-exist and interconvert (P.M.

  • To probe the activation mechanism of the Delta opioid receptor by an agonist ADL5859 started from...

    molecular dynamic simulations "The δ-opioid receptor (DOR) is a critical pharmaceutical target for pain

  • Beyond Clearance: The Strategic Power of Irreversible Drug Binding

    In this lesson, you'll gain: ✅ Clarity on what “irreversible” really means  in kinetic and pharmacologic Dose prediction models need kinetic nuance—not just Cmax and AUC. You can’t model irreversible binding with the usual tools.

  • 📰 GPCR Weekly News, February 5 to 11, 2024

    , 2024 GPCR Activation and Signaling Constitutive activation mechanism of a class C GPCR Allosteric modulation Research GPCR-BERT: Interpreting Sequential Design of G Protein-Coupled Receptors Using Protein Language Models Protein-Coupled Receptors: Integrating Enhanced Sampling Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Markov State Models

  • Why Dose-Response Curves Are Pharmacology’s Secret Weapon

    lecture walks you through: What dose-response curves are and why they’re indispensable How curve-fitting models

  • Therapeutic validation of an orphan G protein‐coupled receptor

    Some studies have also reported GPR84 involvement in pain, atherosclerosis, and even metabolic disorders IM (3,3′‐methylenebis‐1H‐indole) has been identified as a positive allosteric modulator of GPR84, a metabolite

  • The Five Traps of Ignoring Kinetics

    In this session, you'll gain: ✅ Tools to confirm true equilibrium and avoid potency errors from premature If you detect it, you gain texture that equilibrium constants alone can’t provide. distilled from decades of pharmacology experience Whether you’re validating assays, refining kinetic models

  • Chemokine receptor-targeted drug discovery: progress and challenges

    inappropriate target selection and insufficient dosing of chemokine receptor antagonists in vivo might be the main receptors can homo- and hetero-oligomerize, impacting receptor/ligand-binding and signaling patterns, by modulating These larger interfaces represent the typical protein-protein interactions which are difficult to modulate Overall, the future potential lies in using different therapeutic modalities to modulate the stromal

  • Isoforms of GPR35 have distinct extracellular N-termini that allosterically modify...

    To better understand the structural basis for this bias, we examined structural models of GPR35 and conducted of our study provide clues for the future design of isoform-specific GPR35 ligands that selectively modulate

  • Understanding the Journey: Catherine Demery's Path to Addiction Science

    After excelling in the PCAT and gaining admission to pharmacy school at the University of Michigan, it that environment, every project brought new challenges—deadlines, documentation, and deliverables for paying She gained exposure to in vivo models, immunology, and complex study design, while also getting closer

  • 📰 GPCR Weekly News, January 8 to 14, 2024

    GPCRs in Neuroscience The Na+ leak channel NALCN controls spontaneous activity and mediates synaptic modulation learning Industry News Exscientia Unveils MolFlux: Empowering the ML Community in Molecular Predictive Modelling Executive Officer Unraveling GPCRs Conformations: A Leap in Drug Discovery with STAGS Machine Learning Model

  • What If the Most Important Part of Your Drug Isn’t What It Binds—But What It Does?

    through real-world experiments, decades of receptor pharmacology wisdom, and the cutting-edge operational model

  • 📰 GPCR Weekly News, April 22 to 28, 2024

    Signaling at the Endosome GPCR Binders, Drugs, and more Discovery and development of macrocyclic peptide modulators RNA NEAT1 in Alzheimer's disease Parenting behaviors in mice: Olfactory mechanisms and features in models Generation of a deep mouse brain spectral library for transmembrane proteome profiling in mental disease models

  • Co-activation of GPCRs facilitate GIRK-dependent current

    The heterologous facilitation was modelled based on the known cooperative interaction between the G protein KEY POINTS: Inhibitory D2 and GABAB receptors modulate dopamine neuron activity through shared G protein-coupled

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