Conserved class B GPCR activation by a biased intracellular agonist

LH Zhao, Q He, Q Yuan, Y Gu, X He, H Shan, J Li… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Class B G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), including glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor
(GLP1R) and parathyroid hormone 1 receptor (PTH1R), are important drug targets …

Small molecule allosteric modulation of the adenosine A1 receptor

ATN Nguyen, QL Tran, JA Baltos, SM McNeill… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent the target for approximately a third of FDA-
approved small molecule drugs. The adenosine A1 receptor (A1R), one of four adenosine …

Non‐peptide agonists and positive allosteric modulators of glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptors: Alternative approaches for treatment of type 2 diabetes

F Malik, Z Li - British Journal of Pharmacology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 (GLP‐1) receptors belong to the pharmaceutically important Class
B family of GPCRs and are involved in many biologically significant signalling pathways. Its …

Bayesian metamodeling of complex biological systems across varying representations

B Raveh, L Sun, KL White, T Sanyal… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Comprehensive modeling of a whole cell requires an integration of vast amounts of
information on various aspects of the cell and its parts. To divide and conquer this task, we …

Novel and emerging therapeutic drug targets for management of type 2 diabetes mellitus

P Sharma, S Singh, V Thakur, N Sharma, AS Grewal - Obesity Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
DM (Diabetes Mellitus) can be divided to type 1 and type 2, but out of both, type 2 is more
predominant form of diabetes. At present approximate more than 451 million people (1 in 11 …

Discovery of non-peptide GLP-1r natural agonists for enhancing coronary safety in type 2 diabetes patients

N Shakour, S Hoseinpoor, F Rajabian… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores the computational discovery of non-peptide agonists targeting the
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor (GLP-1R) to enhance the safety of major coronary …

Allosteric modulators enhancing GLP-1 binding to GLP-1R via a transmembrane site

J Wang, D Yang, X Cheng, L Yang, Z Wang… - ACS Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) is a well-established drug target for the
treatment of type II diabetes. The development of small-molecule positive allosteric …

Discovery of novel allosteric modulators targeting an extra-helical binding site of GLP-1R using structure-and ligand-based virtual screening

Q Zhou, W Guo, A Dai, X Cai, M Vass, C de Graaf… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Allosteric modulators have emerged with many potential pharmacological advantages as
they do not compete the binding of agonist or antagonist to the orthosteric sites but ultimately …

Drug design of GLP-1 receptor agonists: Importance of in silico methods

S Sharma, V Bhatia - Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Drug design based on degradation-resistant, long-acting Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor
(GLP-1R) agonists for treating type 2 diabetes is attracting a lot of attention. Here, the …

Discovery of a potential positive allosteric modulator of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor through virtual screening and experimental study

T Redij, J Ma, Z Li, X Hua, Z Li - Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
The Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) is a well-established target for the treatment
of type 2 diabetes and GLP-1R agonist-based therapies represent an effective approach …