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Review
. 2006 Aug;11(15-16):708-16.
doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2006.06.012.

Screening the receptorome: an efficient approach for drug discovery and target validation

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Screening the receptorome: an efficient approach for drug discovery and target validation

Ryan T Strachan et al. Drug Discov Today. 2006 Aug.

Abstract

The receptorome, comprising at least 5% of the human genome, encodes receptors that mediate the physiological, pathological and therapeutic responses to a vast number of exogenous and endogenous ligands. Not surprisingly, the majority of approved medications target members of the receptorome. Several in silico and physical screening approaches have been devised to mine the receptorome efficiently for the discovery and validation of molecular targets for therapeutic drug discovery. Receptorome screening has also been used to discover, and thereby avoid, the molecular targets responsible for serious and unforeseen drug side effects.

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