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ArticleNature2025

A cryptic pocket in CB1 drives peripheral and functional selectivity.

Vipin Ashok Rangari, Evan S O'Brien, Alexander S Powers, Richard A Slivicki, Zachariah Bertels, Kevin Appourchaux, Deniz Aydin, Nokomis Ramos-Gonzalez, Juliet Mwirigi, Li Lin and 19 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

29 authors.

Vipin Ashok Rangari *Center for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9721-6195
Evan S O'Brien *Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2260-7722
Alexander S Powers *Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Richard A Slivicki *Department of Anesthesiology and Washington University Pain Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3191-7749
Zachariah Bertels *Department of Anesthesiology and Washington University Pain Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Kevin AppourchauxCenter for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9853-3347
Deniz AydinDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2758-2480
Nokomis Ramos-GonzalezCenter for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9398-8956
Juliet MwirigiDepartment of Anesthesiology and Washington University Pain Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5220-8239
Li LinDepartment of Molecular Medicine, UF Scripps Biomedical Research, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Elizaveta MangutovCenter for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Briana L SobecksDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Yaseen Awad-AgbariaCenter for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Manoj B UphadeCenter for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Jhoan AguilarCenter for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Teja Nikhil PeddadaDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Yuki ShiimuraDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Xi-Ping HuangDepartment of Pharmacology School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2585-653X
Jakayla Folarin-HinesDepartment of Anesthesiology and Washington University Pain Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Maria PayneDepartment of Anesthesiology and Washington University Pain Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Anirudh KalathilCenter for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Balazs R VargaCenter for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Brian K KobilkaDepartment of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5958-3990
Amynah A PradhanCenter for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9691-2976
Michael D CameronDepartment of Molecular Medicine, UF Scripps Biomedical Research, Jupiter, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3154-4775
Kaavya Krishna KumarDepartment of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. kaavyak@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2283-4033
Ron O DrorDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. ron.dror@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6418-2793
Robert W GereauCenter for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. gereaur@wustl.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5428-4251
Susruta MajumdarCenter for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. susrutam@email.wustl.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2931-3823

Funding

Synthesis of peripherally active CB1 agonists as analgesicsR34NS126036 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DROR, RON, GEREAU, ROBERT W · 2021 to 2021
$1.6M
Functional and molecular characterization of the central amygdala in the context of oxycodone withdrawalK99DA056691 · NIDA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SLIVICKI, RICHARD · 2024 to 2025
$332k
Evaluation of peripheral cannabinoid receptors as a target for pain managementF32DA051160 · NIDA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SLIVICKI, RICHARD · 2020 to 2022
$187k
NIDA NIH HHS F32 DA051160NIDA NIH HHS K99 DA056691NINDS NIH HHS R34 NS126036
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current opioid overdose epidemic highlights the urgent need to develop safer and more effective treatments for chronic pain

Indexed as

Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1AnalgesicsAnimalsArrestinArrestinsBinding SitesDisease Models, AnimalDrug DesignDrug ToleranceFemaleHumansLigandsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMolecular Dynamics SimulationAnalgesicsArrestinArrestinsLigandsReceptor, Cannabinoid, CB1

Identifiers

PMID40044849
PMCPMC11977287

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