Cells have surface receptors that couple to proteins and other molecules to initiate or inhibit certain behaviors.
Cells have surface receptors that couple with proteins and other molecules to initiate or inhibit certain behaviors.
Researchers discover that the GPR3 receptor acts as an immediate-early gene to jumpstart neuron and synapse development.
Recently these monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages, or Mo-AMs, were identified as key drivers of lung fibrosis disease progression. However, the mechanisms of their pro-fibrotic behavior and ...
A research team of the University Medical Center Mainz has succeeded in observing for the first time how G protein-coupled receptors in living cells actually respond to activating substances. The ...
The benefits of dietary fiber extend beyond digestive health, as dietary fiber-derived metabolites produced by gut microbiota ...
People communicate with each other, sometimes face to face, sometimes with a text message or phone call. Cells also ...
MIT researchers have demonstrated that cell membrane composition directly influences EGFR activity, with elevated negatively ...
When many of us think about how drugs work in the body, we may first think about how a drug gets into the body, such as a ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Lung macrophages play a pivotal role in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Two types of macrophages — the white blood cells that defend the body by killing microbes, ...