Intercellular Lipid Mediators and GPCR Drug Discovery
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Intercellular Lipid Mediators and GPCR Drug Discovery
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) are the largest superfamily of receptors responsible for signaling between cells and tissues, and because they play important physiological roles in homeostasis, they are major drug targets. New technologies have been developed for the identification of new ligands, new GPCR functions, and for drug discovery purposes. In particular, intercellular lipid mediato...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomolecules and Therapeutics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1976-9148
DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2013.080