Hunting for the function of orphan GPCRs - beyond the search for the endogenous ligand

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 172, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3212-3228

  Ahmad, Raise ^a,b,c   Wojciech, Stefanie ^a,b,c   Jockers, Ralf ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 12; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 15; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 161; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 20; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 21; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 22; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 26; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 27; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 3; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 34; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 37; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 48; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 50; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 52; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 6; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 82; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 83; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 85; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 88; LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREAST CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPLEX FORMATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ANIMAL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 84937458367     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bph.12942     Document Type: Review

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