PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Finch, Angela M.
AU  - Graham, Robert M.
TI  - The α<sub>1D</sub>-Adrenergic Receptor: Cinderella or Ugly Stepsister
AID  - 10.1124/mol.105.020230
DP  - 2006 Jan 01
TA  - Molecular Pharmacology
PG  - 1--4
VI  - 69
IP  - 1
4099  - http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/69/1/1.short
4100  - http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/69/1/1.full
SO  - Mol Pharmacol2006 Jan 01; 69
AB  - 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.