The 7 TM G‐protein‐coupled receptor target family

E Jacoby, R Bouhelal, M Gerspacher… - ChemMedChem …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical biology approaches have a long history in the exploration of the G‐protein‐
coupled receptor (GPCR) family, which represents the largest and most important group of …

I want a new drug: G-protein-coupled receptors in drug development

S Schlyer, R Horuk - Drug discovery today, 2006 - Elsevier
Huey Lewis and the News summed it up nicely in their 1980s hit record:'I want a new drug,
one that won't make me sick, one that won't make me crash my car, or make me feel three …

Small, nonpeptide p75NTR ligands induce survival signaling and inhibit proNGF-induced death

SM Massa, Y Xie, T Yang, AW Harrington… - Journal of …, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
Studies showing that neurotrophin binding to p75NTR can promote cell survival in the
absence of Trk (tropomyosin-related kinase) receptors, together with recent structural data …

Asthma, allergy and chemokines

JE Pease - Current drug targets, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
In the human, chemokines represent a structurally related family of more than forty cytokines
which act on distinct subsets of leukocytes via specific G protein-coupled receptors …

Chemokines and their receptors in allergic disease

JE Pease, TJ Williams - Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2006 - Elsevier
Mechanisms of chemoattraction underlie the spatial organization of the cells of the immune
system under basal conditions and the localization of these cells to sites of inflammation …

Pharmacological blockade of CCR1 ameliorates murine arthritis and alters cytokine networks in vivo

M Amat, CF Benjamim, LM Williams… - British journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose: The chemokine receptor CCR1 is a potential target for the
treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. To explore the impact of CCR1 blockade in experimental …

The attraction of chemokines as a target for specific anti‐inflammatory therapy

JE Pease, TJ Williams - British journal of pharmacology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Since the identification of the first chemotactic cytokines 20 years ago, the field has
mushroomed, with the discovery of approximately 40 ligands, which interact with 20 different …

Agents against cytokine synthesis or receptors

T Yamagata, M Ichinose - European journal of pharmacology, 2006 - Elsevier
Various cytokines play a critical role in pathophysiology of chronic inflammatory lung
diseases including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The …

GluVII: 06-a highly conserved and selective anchor point for non-peptide ligands in chemokine receptors

MM Rosenkilde, TW Schwartz - Current topics in medicinal …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
A majority of small molecule non-peptide ligands for chemokine receptors in general are
characterized by the presence of one or two centrally located, positively charged nitrogen …

A novel, selective, and orally available antagonist for CC chemokine receptor 3

T Morokata, K Suzuki, Y Masunaga, K Taguchi… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2006 - ASPET
CC chemokine ligand 11 (CCL11/eotaxin) and other CC chemokine receptor 3 (CCR3)
ligands (CCL24/eotaxin-2, CCL26/eotaxin-3, CCL13/monocyte chemotactic protein-4, etc.) …