Journal article
THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Overview
SPH Alexander, E Kelly, NV Marrion, JA Peters, E Faccenda, SD Harding, AJ Pawson, JL Sharman, C Southan, OP Buneman, JA Cidlowski, A Christopoulos, AP Davenport, D Fabbro, M Spedding, J Striessnig, JA Davies, MP Abbracchio, R Aldrich, K Al-Hosaini Show all
British Journal of Pharmacology | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1111/bph.13882
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Abstract
The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18 is the third in this series of biennial publications. This version provides concise overviews of the key properties of nearly 1800 human drug targets with an emphasis on selective pharmacology (where available), plus links to an open access knowledgebase of drug targets and their ligands (www.guidetopharmacology.org), which provides more detailed views of target and ligand properties. Although the Concise Guide represents approximately 400 pages, the material presented is substantially reduced compared to information and links presented on the website. It provides a permanent, citable, point-in-time record that will survive database updates. The full..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We are extremely grateful to the British Pharmacological Society and the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, for financial support of the website and for advice from the NC-IUPHAR subcommittees. We thank the University of Edinburgh, who host the www.guidetopharmacology.org website. Previously, the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and the Wellcome Trust (099156/Z/12/Z]) also supported the initiation and expansion of the database. We are also tremendously grateful to the long list of collaborators from NC-IUPHAR subcommittees and beyond, who have assisted in the construction of the Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18 and the online database www.GuideToPHARMACOLOGY.org. Further, we wish to thank Toni Wigglesworth for her assistance in the co-ordination of correspondence with these collaborators.