| Literature DB >> 16580596 |
Zhan-Guo Gao1, Kenneth A Jacobson.
Abstract
Allosteric modulation of membrane receptors has been intensively studied in the past three decades and is now considered to be an important indirect mechanism for the control of receptor function. The allosteric site on the GABA(A) receptor is the target for the most widely prescribed sleep medicines, the benzodiazepines. Cinacalcet, an allosteric enhancer of the calcium-sensing receptor, is used to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism. Allosteric ligands might be especially valuable to control receptors for which the design of selective orthosteric agonists or antagonists has been elusive, such as muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16580596 DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6446(05)03689-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Drug Discov Today ISSN: 1359-6446 Impact factor: 7.851