[en] The Concise Guide to Pharmacology 2025/26 marks the seventh edition in this series of biennial publications in the British Journal of Pharmacology. Presented in landscape format, the guide provides a comparative overview of the pharmacology of drug target families. The concise nature of the Concise Guide refers to the style of presentation, being clear, accessible, and well-structured, rather than the scope of the content, which spans approximately 500 pages. The Concise Guide summarises the key pharmacological properties of around 1900 human drug targets, and nearly 7000 interactions, involving around 4400 ligands. While the content is a substantially condensed version of the more detailed information and links available at the www.guidetopharmacology.org website, the printed guide serves as a permanent, citable, point-in-time record, that remains stable despite ongoing updates to the online database. The full contents of this publication can be found at https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.70230. The Concise Guides provide expert-curated recommendations of 'Gold Standard' selective pharmacological tools, available either commercially or as donations, which enable the identification of individual drug targets or families of drug targets. While the Concise Guide offers a more streamlined overview, more comprehensive information, including detailed pharmacological profiles and links to multiple online databases, is available through the Guide to Pharmacology website. The 2025/26 edition of the Concise Guide is based on material current as of mid-2025, and supersedes all previous editions, including the 2023/24 Guide, and earlier Guides to Receptors and Channels. It is produced in close conjunction with the Nomenclature and Standards Committee of the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (NC-IUPHAR), and as such provides official IUPHAR classification and nomenclature for human drug targets, where applicable. G protein-coupled receptors are one of the six major pharmacological targets into which the Guide is divided, with the others being: ion channels, nuclear hormone receptors, catalytic receptors, enzymes and transporters. Each section includes nomenclature guidance, concise summaries, information of the best available pharmacological tools, key references, and suggestions for further reading.
Alexander, Stephen P H ; Division of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
Davenport, Anthony P ; Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
Kelly, Eamonn ; School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK
Gibb, Alasdair J ; Research Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Mathie, Alistair A ; School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, W1W 6UW, UK
Peach, Chloe J ; Division of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, Centre of Membrane Proteins and Receptors (COMPARE), University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
Veale, Emma L ; Medway School of Pharmacy, Universities of Kent and Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK
Armstrong, Jane F ; Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
Faccenda, Elena ; Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
Harding, Simon D ; Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
Southan, Christopher ; Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
Davies, Jamie A ; Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK
Abbracchio, Maria Pia ; University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Abraham, George R ; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Agoulnik, Alexander; Florida International University, Miami, USA
Alexander, Wayne; Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Al-Hosaini, Khaled; King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Bäck, Magnus ; Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Baker, Jillian G; University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Barnes, Nicholas M; University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Bathgate, Ross ; Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
Beaulieu, Jean-Martin ; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Beck-Sickinger, Annette G ; Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Behrens, Maik ; Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
Bennett, Kirstie A ; Nxera Pharma UK Ltd, Cambridge, UK
Bernstein, Kenneth E ; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
Bettler, Bernhard ; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Birdsall, Nigel J M ; The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
Blaho, Victoria A ; Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, USA
Bonaventure, Pascal ; Janssen Research & Development, San Diego, USA
Boulay, Francois; University of Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Bousquet, Corinne ; French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Toulouse, France
Bräuner-Osborne, Hans ; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Brown, Andrew J ; Ikherma Consulting Ltd, Hitchin, UK
Burnstock, Geoffrey ; University College London, London, UK
Busnelli, Marta ; University of Milan Bicocca, Vedano al Lambro, Italy
Caló, Girolamo; University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Caruso, Vanni ; University of Tasmania School of Medicine, Hobart, Australia
Castaño, Justo P; University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
Catt, Kevin J; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
Ceruti, Stefania ; University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Chazot, Paul ; Durham University, Durham, UK
Chiang, Nan ; Harvard University, Boston, USA
Chini, Bice ; University of Milan Bicocca, Vedano al Lambro, Italy
Christopoulos, Arthur ; Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Parkville, Australia
Chun, Jerold ; University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
Cianciulli, Antonia; University of Bari, Bari, Italy
Civelli, Olivier; University of California Irvine, Irvine, USA
Clapp, Lucie H ; University College London, London, UK
Couture, Réjean; University of Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Cox, Helen M ; King's College London, London, UK
Csaba, Zsolt; French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris, France
Dahlgren, Claes ; University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Dautzenberg, Frank M; Novaliq GmbH, Konstanz, Germany
Dent, Gordon ; Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK
Douglas, Steven D; University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA
Dournaud, Pascal; French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris, France
Dubocovich, Margarita L ; University at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA
Eguchi, Satoru; Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
Escher, Emanuel; University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
Filardo, Edward J ; Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, USA
Fong, Tung; Labcorp Drug Development, Somerset, USA
Forsman, Huamei Fu ; University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Fumagalli, Marta ; University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Gainetdinov, Raul R ; Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Garelja, Michael L ; University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
de Gasparo, Marc; MG Consulting Co, Basel, Switzerland
Gbahou, Florence ; French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris, France
Gerard, Craig; Harvard University, Boston, USA
Gershengorn, Marvin; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
Glass, Michelle ; University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Gloriam, David E ; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Gobeil, Fernand; University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
Goodfriend, Theodore L; University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Goudet, Cyril ; French National Centre for Scientific Research, Montpellier, France
Grätz, Lukas; Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Gregory, Karen J ; Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Parkville, Australia
Gruber, Christian ; Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Gundlach, Andrew L ; Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
Hamann, Jörg ; Amsterdam University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hanson, Julien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de pharmacie > Chimie pharmaceutique
Hartman, Deborah S ; Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc., Boston, USA
Hauger, Richard L ; University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
Hay, Debbie L ; University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Heinemann, Akos ; Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Heitman, Laura ; Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Herr, Deron R ; Indiana State University Foundation, Terre Haute, USA
Hollenberg, Morley D; University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Holliday, Nicholas D ; University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Holst, Birgitte ; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Horiuchi, Mastgugu; Ehime University, Ehime, Japan
Hoyer, Daniel ; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Hunyady, László; Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Husain, Ahsan; Emory University, Atlanta, USA
IJzerman, Adriaan P ; Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Inagami, Tadashi; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
Insel, Paul A ; University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
Jacobson, Kenneth A ; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
Jacobson, Laura H ; Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
Jensen, Robert T; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
Jockers, Ralf ; French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Paris, France
Jonnalagadda, Deepa ; Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, USA
Karnik, Sadashiva ; Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, USA
Kaupmann, Klemens ; Novartis, Basel, Switzerland
Kemp, Jacqueline; Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, USA
Kennedy, Charles ; Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK
Kihara, Yasuyuki ; Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, USA
Kinsolving, Julia ; Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Kitazawa, Takio; Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan
Kozielewicz, Pawel ; Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Kreienkamp, Hans-Jürgen; University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Kukkonen, Jyrki P ; University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Laishram, Luxmichan; Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, USA
