Cell surface interactions and receptor dynamics underpin every stage of immune function, from antigen recognition to effector responses. At the plasma membrane, receptors such as the T cell receptor ...
Cell membrane receptors are important therapeutic targets in many diseases, including cancer. The efficacy of targeted protein degraders of intracellular proteins, such as proteolysis-targeting ...
Our body receives and processes a vast number of signals. Chemical signals serve as guidance cues and ensure, for example, ...
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 ...
G protein-coupled receptors, or GPCRs, sit in the plasma membrane, the boundary that defines the inside and outside of a living cell. They communicate with nearly every physiological process in our ...