 Ligands
"Ligands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A molecule that binds to another molecule, used especially to refer to a small molecule that binds specifically to a larger molecule, e.g., an antigen binding to an antibody, a hormone or neurotransmitter binding to a receptor, or a substrate or allosteric effector binding to an enzyme. Ligands are also molecules that donate or accept a pair of electrons to form a coordinate covalent bond with the central metal atom of a coordination complex. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
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D008024
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D27.720.470.480
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| 1995 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 1996 | 0 | 13 | 13 | | 1997 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 1998 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 1999 | 0 | 8 | 8 | | 2000 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 2001 | 0 | 17 | 17 | | 2002 | 0 | 15 | 15 | | 2003 | 0 | 24 | 24 | | 2004 | 0 | 18 | 18 | | 2005 | 0 | 20 | 20 | | 2006 | 1 | 20 | 21 | | 2007 | 0 | 15 | 15 | | 2008 | 0 | 18 | 18 | | 2009 | 2 | 21 | 23 | | 2010 | 0 | 17 | 17 | | 2011 | 2 | 14 | 16 | | 2012 | 1 | 21 | 22 | | 2013 | 1 | 17 | 18 | | 2014 | 0 | 15 | 15 | | 2015 | 1 | 17 | 18 | | 2016 | 2 | 14 | 16 | | 2017 | 1 | 14 | 15 | | 2018 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 2019 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 2020 | 1 | 22 | 23 | | 2021 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 2022 | 0 | 32 | 32 | | 2023 | 0 | 26 | 26 | | 2024 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 2025 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ligands" by people in Profiles.
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Sardar M, Ahmad N, Mushtaq M, Heinz H, Nur-E-Alam M, Ul-Haq Z. Unveiling Ligand-Induced Conformational Changes in Mutant AR-LBD: Molecular Dynamics Insights into the Androgen Receptor-Coactivator Mechanism. J Chem Inf Model. 2025 Sep 08; 65(17):9154-9176.
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Yamada H, Yano H, Matsubara E, Zhao S, Shinchi Y, Pan C, Koga T, Fujino K, Fujiwara Y, Ikeda K, Komohara Y, Suzuki M. The expression of PD-1 ligands in the immune microenvironment was altered in TTF-1-negative lung adenocarcinoma. Hum Cell. 2025 Aug 18; 38(5):146.
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Adair L, Han R, Fulton R, Figueroa A, Patel M. A multielectrode array reveals therapeutic potential of translocator protein ligands in a zebrafish model of Dravet syndrome. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2025 Jul; 392(7):103614.
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Schlinsog M, Sattasathuchana T, Xu P, Guidez EB, Gilson MK, Potter MJ, Gordon MS, Webb SP. Computation of Protein-Ligand Binding Free Energies with a Quantum Mechanics-Based Mining Minima Algorithm. J Chem Theory Comput. 2025 Apr 22; 21(8):4236-4265.
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Patel M, Panja S, Zaman LA, Yeapuri P, Bhattarai S, Gorantla S, Chang L, Heredia A, Walczak P, Hanson B, Cohen SM, Kevadiya BD, Gendelman HE. CCR5-ligand decorated rilpivirine lipid-based nanoparticles for sustained antiretroviral responses. Nat Commun. 2025 Jan 08; 16(1):513.
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Gurrea-Rubio M, Lin F, Wicha MS, Mao-Draayer Y, Fox DA. Ligands of CD6: roles in the pathogenesis and treatment of cancer. Front Immunol. 2024; 15:1528478.
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Karolczak J, Przybylowska A, Szewczyk K, Taisner W, Heumann JM, Stowell MHB, Nowicki M, Brzezinski D. Ligand identification in CryoEM and X-ray maps using deep learning. Bioinformatics. 2024 12 26; 41(1).
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Pacheco J, Peña KA, Savransky S, Gidon A, Hammond GRV, Janetzko J, Vilardaga JP. Fast-diffusing receptor collisions with slow-diffusing peptide ligand assemble the ternary parathyroid hormone-GPCR-arrestin complex. Nat Commun. 2024 12 03; 15(1):10499.
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Leonard AC, Friedman AJ, Chayer R, Petersen BM, Woojuh J, Xing Z, Cutler SR, Kaar JL, Shirts MR, Whitehead TA. Rationalizing Diverse Binding Mechanisms to the Same Protein Fold: Insights for Ligand Recognition and Biosensor Design. ACS Chem Biol. 2024 08 16; 19(8):1757-1772.
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Daffern N, Johansson KE, Baumer ZT, Robertson NR, Woojuh J, Bedewitz MA, Davis Z, Wheeldon I, Cutler SR, Lindorff-Larsen K, Whitehead TA. GMMA Can Stabilize Proteins Across Different Functional Constraints. J Mol Biol. 2024 Jun 01; 436(11):168586.
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