Selective receptor modulator
In the field of pharmacology, a selective receptor modulator or SRM is a type of drug that has different effects in different tissues.[1] A SRM may behave as an agonist in some tissues while as an antagonist in others. Hence selective receptor modulators are sometimes referred to as tissue selective drugs or mixed agonists / antagonists. This tissue selective behavior is in contrast to many other drugs that behave either as agonists or antagonists regardless of the tissue in question.
| Selective receptor modulator | |
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| Drug class | |
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| Class identifiers | |
| Synonyms | SRM |
| Use | Various |
| Biological target | Steroid hormone receptor |
| Chemical class | Steroidal; Nonsteroidal |
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Classes
Classes of selective receptor modulators include:
- Selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM)
- Selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM)
- Selective glucocorticoid receptor modulator (SEGRM)
- Selective progesterone receptor modulator (SPRM)
- Selective PPAR modulator (SPPARM) including SPPARMγ (affecting the PPARγ) and SPPARMα (PPARα)
See also
References
- Smith CL, O'Malley BW (February 2004). "Coregulator function: a key to understanding tissue specificity of selective receptor modulators". Endocr. Rev. 25 (1): 45–71. doi:10.1210/er.2003-0023. PMID 14769827.
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