TY - JOUR T1 - The α<sub>1D</sub>-Adrenergic Receptor: Cinderella or Ugly Stepsister JF - Molecular Pharmacology JO - Mol Pharmacol SP - 1 LP - 4 DO - 10.1124/mol.105.020230 VL - 69 IS - 1 AU - Angela M. Finch AU - Robert M. Graham Y1 - 2006/01/01 UR - http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/69/1/1.abstract N2 - This Perspective focuses on the α1D-adrenergic receptor (AR), the often neglected sibling of the α1-AR family. This neglect is due in part to its poor cell-surface expression. However, it has recently been shown that dimerization of the α1D-AR with either the α1B-AR or the β2-AR increases α1D-AR cell-surface expression, and in this issue of Molecular Pharmacology, Hague et al. (p. 45) demonstrate that dimerization of the α1D-AR with the α1B-AR not only leads to increased cell-surface expression but also results in the formation of a novel functional entity. ER -