G protein-coupled receptors: structure-and function-based drug discovery

D Yang, Q Zhou, V Labroska, S Qin… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
As one of the most successful therapeutic target families, G protein-coupled receptors
(GPCRs) have experienced a transformation from random ligand screening to knowledge …

Ligands of adrenergic receptors: a structural point of view

Y Wu, L Zeng, S Zhao - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Adrenergic receptors are G protein-coupled receptors for epinephrine and norepinephrine.
They are targets of many drugs for various conditions, including treatment of hypertension …

Common activation mechanism of class A GPCRs

Q Zhou, D Yang, M Wu, Y Guo, W Guo, L Zhong, X Cai… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Class A G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) influence virtually every aspect of human
physiology. Understanding receptor activation mechanism is critical for discovering novel …

Activation pathway of a G protein-coupled receptor uncovers conformational intermediates as targets for allosteric drug design

S Lu, X He, Z Yang, Z Chai, S Zhou, J Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the most common proteins targeted by approved
drugs. A complete mechanistic elucidation of large-scale conformational transitions …

Along the allostery stream: Recent advances in computational methods for allosteric drug discovery

D Ni, Z Chai, Y Wang, M Li, Z Yu, Y Liu… - Wiley …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Allostery is a universal, biological phenomenon in which orthosteric sites are fine‐tuned by
topologically distal allosteric sites triggered by perturbations, such as ligand binding, residue …

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs): advances in structures, mechanisms, and drug discovery

M Zhang, T Chen, X Lu, X Lan, Z Chen… - Signal Transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the largest family of human membrane proteins and
an important class of drug targets, play a role in maintaining numerous physiological …

AlloReverse: multiscale understanding among hierarchical allosteric regulations

J Zha, Q Li, X Liu, W Lin, T Wang, J Wei… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Increasing data in allostery are requiring analysis of coupling relationships among different
allosteric sites on a single protein. Here, based on our previous efforts on reversed allosteric …

Allosteric binding sites at the receptor–lipid bilayer interface: novel targets for GPCR drug discovery

Y Wang, Z Yu, W Xiao, S Lu, J Zhang - Drug discovery today, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Allosteric GPCR drug discovery is gaining increasing attention.•Lipid bilayer
plays a unique role in the allosteric sites of GPCRs.•The role of lipid bilayer in allosteric sites …

Structure, function and drug discovery of GPCR signaling

L Cheng, F Xia, Z Li, C Shen, Z Yang, H Hou… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are versatile and vital proteins involved in a wide
array of physiological processes and responses, such as sensory perception (eg, vision …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in small-molecule insulin secretagogues for diabetes treatment

J Su, J Xu, S Hu, H Ye, L Xie, S Ouyang - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2024 - Elsevier
Diabetes, a metabolic disease caused by abnormally high levels of blood glucose, has a
high prevalence rate worldwide and causes a series of complications, including coronary …