The pharmacology and clinical pharmacology of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA,“ecstasy”)

AR Green, AO Mechan, JM Elliott, E O'Shea… - Pharmacological …, 2003 - ASPET
The amphetamine derivative (±)-3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy) is
a popular recreational drug among young people, particularly those involved in the dance …

G protein-coupled receptor allosterism and complexing

A Christopoulos, T Kenakin - Pharmacological reviews, 2002 - ASPET
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent the largest family of cell-surface receptors.
These receptors are natural allosteric proteins because agonist-mediated signaling by …

Oligomerization of G-protein-coupled transmitter receptors

M Bouvier - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2001 - nature.com
Examples of G-protein-coupled receptors that can be biochemically detected in homo-or
heteromeric complexes are emerging at an accelerated rate. Biophysical approaches have …

Sequence analyses of G-protein-coupled receptors: similarities to rhodopsin

T Mirzadegan, G Benkö, S Filipek, K Palczewski - Biochemistry, 2003 - ACS Publications
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) 1 constitute a large superfamily of receptor proteins
responsible for signal transduction (see http://www. gpcr. org/7tm). Throughout all higher …

Molecular mechanisms and therapeutical implications of intramembrane receptor/receptor interactions among heptahelical receptors with examples from the …

LF Agnati, S Ferré, C Lluis, R Franco, K Fuxe - Pharmacological reviews, 2003 - ASPET
The molecular basis for the known intramembrane receptor/receptor interactions among G
protein-coupled receptors was postulated to be heteromerization based on receptor subtype …

Adenosine A2A and dopamine D2 heteromeric receptor complexes and their function

K Fuxe, S Ferré, M Canals, M Torvinen… - Journal of molecular …, 2005 - Springer
The existence of A 2A-D 2 heteromeric complexes is based on coimmunoprecipitation
studies and on fluorescence resonance energy transfer and bioluminescence resonance …

G-protein-coupled receptor dimerization: modulation of receptor function

CD Rios, BA Jordan, I Gomes, LA Devi - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2001 - Elsevier
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprise the largest family of transmembrane
receptors in the human genome that respond to a plethora of signals, including …

Ligand-independent dimerization of CXCR4, a principal HIV-1 coreceptor

GJ Babcock, M Farzan, J Sodroski - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2003 - ASBMB
CXCR4, a member of the G protein-coupled receptor family of proteins, is the receptor for
stromal cell-derived factor (SDF-1α) and is a principal coreceptor for human …

Functional reconstitution of β2-adrenergic receptors utilizing self-assembling Nanodisc technology

AJ Leitz, TH Bayburt, AN Barnakov, BA Springer… - …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Integral membrane G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) compose the single most prolific
class of drug targets, yet significant functional and structural questions remain unanswered …

The fourth transmembrane segment forms the interface of the dopamine D2 receptor homodimer

W Guo, L Shi, JA Javitch - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2003 - ASBMB
Considerable evidence suggests that G-protein-coupled receptors form homomeric and
heteromeric dimersin vivo. Unraveling the structural mechanism for cross-talk between …