A review of the therapeutic potential of recently developed G protein-biased kappa agonists

KL Mores, BR Cummins, RJ Cassell… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Between 2000 and 2005 several studies revealed that morphine is more potent and exhibits
fewer side effects in beta-arrestin 2 knockout mice. These findings spurred efforts to develop …

Bifunctional opioid receptor ligands as novel analgesics

CW Cunningham, WM Elballa, SU Vold - Neuropharmacology, 2019 - Elsevier
Prolonged treatment of chronic severe pain with opioid analgesics is frought with
problematic adverse effects including tolerance, dependence, and life-threatening …

Progress in the development of more effective and safer analgesics for pain management

R Turnaturi, S Chiechio, L Salerno, A Rescifina… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Opioid analgesics have been used for thousands of years in the treatment of pain and
related disorders, and have become among the most widely prescribed medications. Among …

Designing Functionally Selective Noncatechol Dopamine D1 Receptor Agonists with Potent In Vivo Antiparkinsonian Activity

ML Martini, C Ray, X Yu, J Liu… - ACS chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Dopamine receptors are important G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) with therapeutic
opportunities for treating Parkinson's Disease (PD) motor and cognitive deficits. Biased D1 …

Development of Biased Non-catechol Ligands of the Dopamine D1 Receptor: New Tools for Probing Therapeutic Mechanisms in Neurological Diseases

ML Martini - 2019 - search.proquest.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are capable of downstream signaling through distinct
non-canonical pathways such as β-arrestins in addition to the canonical G protein …