Alicia Rivera

Dr. Alicia Rivera

Department of Cell Biology, University of Malaga, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica (IBIMA), 29076 Malaga, Spain
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Full Professor

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Academic Career Length

29Years (1998-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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12 December 1998 in Journal of Comparative Neurology
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ZKZafar U. Khan
Zafar U. Khan
Alicia RiveraAlicia Rivera
Alicia Rivera
ACAdelaida De La Calle
Adelaida De La Calle
AGAntonia Gutierrez
Antonia Gutierrez
RMRosa Martín
Rosa Martín
APAntonio Peñafiel
Antonio Peñafiel

1 August 2007 in Brain Research Reviews
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KFKjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe
ADAnnica Dahlström
Annica Dahlström
MHMalin Höistad
Malin Höistad
DMDaniel James Marcellino
Daniel James Marcellino
AJAnders Jansson
Anders Jansson
LALuigi F. Agnati
Luigi F. Agnati

1 October 2000 in Neuroscience
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ZKZafaruddin Khan
Zafaruddin Khan
AGAntonia Gutierrez
Antonia Gutierrez
RMR Martı́n
R Martı́n
APA Peñafiel
A Peñafiel
Alicia RiveraAlicia Rivera
Alicia Rivera
ACA de la Calle
A de la Calle

1 August 2008 in Brain Research Reviews
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KFKjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe
DMDaniel James Marcellino
Daniel James Marcellino
Alicia RiveraAlicia Rivera
Alicia Rivera
ZCZaida Diaz Cabiale
Zaida Diaz Cabiale
MFMałgorzata Filip
Małgorzata Filip
LAL.F. Agnati
L.F. Agnati

6 May 2010 in CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
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KFKjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe
DMDaniel James Marcellino
Daniel James Marcellino
Dasiel Oscar Borroto EscuelaDasiel Oscar Borroto Escuela
Dasiel Oscar Borroto Escuela
Michele GuesciniMichele Guescini
Michele Guescini
VFVíctor Fernández-Dueñas
Víctor Fernández-Dueñas
LAL. F. Agnati
L. F. Agnati

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Dasiel Oscar Borroto EscuelaDasiel Oscar Borroto Escuela
Dasiel Oscar Borroto Escuela
IBIsmel Brito
Ismel Brito
WRWilber Romero-Fernandez
Wilber Romero-Fernandez
MPMichael Di Palma
Michael Di Palma
JOJulia Oflijan
Julia Oflijan
KFKjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) oligomerization has emerged as a vital characteristic of receptor structure. Substantial experimental evidence supports the existence of GPCR-GPCR interactions in a coordinated and cooperative manner. However, despite the current development of experimental techniques for large-scale detection of GPCR heteromers, in order to understand their connectivity it is necessary to develop novel tools to study the global heteroreceptor networks. To provide insight into the overall topology of the GPCR heteromers and identify key players, a collective interaction network was constructed. Experimental interaction data for each of the individual human GPCR protomers was obtained manually from the STRING and SCOPUS databases. The interaction data were used to build and analyze the network using Cytoscape software. The network was treated as undirected throughout the study. It is comprised of 156 nodes, 260 edges and has a scale-free topology. Connectivity analysis reveals a significant dominance of intrafamily versus interfamily connections. Most of the receptors within the network are linked to each other by a small number of edges. DRD2, OPRM, ADRB2, AA2AR, AA1R, OPRK, OPRD and GHSR are identified as hubs. In a network representation 10 modules/clusters also appear as a highly interconnected group of nodes. Information on this GPCR network can improve our understanding of molecular integration. GPCR-HetNet has been implemented in Java and is freely available at http://www.iiia.csic.es/~ismel/GPCR-Nets/index.html.