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NAR Database Issue
The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2024
Now published online!DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad944
Our latest NAR paper provides curation updates, info on site usage and connectivity, and discussion on the inclusion of antibacterial compounds through our collaboration with AntibioticDB and GARDP
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Latest News and Hot Topics in Pharmacology
The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24
Recent Publications
Advances in malaria pharmacology and the online guide to MALARIA PHARMACOLOGY: IUPHAR review 38
Armstrong JF, Campo B, Alexander SPH, Arendse LB, Cheng X, Davenport AP, Faccenda E, Fidock DA, Godinez-Macias KP, Harding SD, Kato N, Lee MCS, Luth MR, Mazitschek R, Mittal N, Niles JC, Okombo J, Ottilie S, Pasaje CFA, Probst AS, Rawat M, Rocamora F, Sakata-Kato T, Southan C, Spedding M, Tye MA, Yang T, Zhao N, Davies JA. (2023) Br J Pharmacol. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1111/bph.16144. 
Chronic liver diseases: From development to novel pharmacological therapies: IUPHAR Review 37
Borrello MT, Mann D. (2022) Br J Pharmacol. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1111/bph.15853.
IUPHAR Review CXIII: Nuclear Receptor Superfamily - Update 2023
Burris TP, de Vera IMS, Cote I, Flaveny CA, Wanninayake US, Chatterjee A, Walker JK, Steinauer N, Zhang J, Coons LA, Korach KS, Cain DW, Hollenberg AN, Webb P, Forrest D, Jetten AM, Edwards DP, Grimm SL, Hartig S, Lange CA, Richer JK, Sartorius CA, Tetel M, Billon C, Elgendy B, Hegazy L, Griffett K, Peinetti N, Burnstein KL, Hughes TS, Sitaula S, Stayrook KR, Culver A, Murray MH, Finck BN, Cidlowski J (2023) Pharmacol Rev. PHARMREV-INR-2021-000436. doi: 10.1124/pharmrev.121.000436. Online ahead of print.
International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. CXII: Adenosine Receptors: A Further Update.
IJzerman AP, Jacobson KA, Müller CE, Cronstein BN, Cunha RA (2022) Pharmacol Rev. 74: 340-372.
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