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290 items found for "cell polarity"

  • Addex Therapeutics To Release Full-Year 2021 Financial Results And Host Conference Call On March 10

    March 2022 "Geneva, Switzerland, March 7, 2022 – Addex Therapeutics (SIX: ADXN, Nasdaq: ADXN), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company pioneering allosteric modulation-based drug discovery and development, announced today that it will issue its full-year 2021 financial results on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Tim Dyer, CEO, Roger Mills, CMO and Robert Lütjens, Head of Discovery Biology, will provide a business update and review its pipeline during a teleconference and webcast for investors, analysts and media at 16:00 CET (15:00 GMT / 10:00 EST / 07:00 PST) the same day. " Read more at the source #DrGPCR #GPCR #IndustryNews

  • Discover the Hottest GPCR News of the Week: Oct 7-13, 2024!

    therapeutically exploit GPCRs (Physiology’s ‘Swiss Army Knife’) vast repertoire of ways to control cell in Molecular Pharmacology - The Hauser Group Postdoctoral Scholar – iPSC in cardiac and endothelial cell Activation and Signaling Diverse pathways in GPCR-mediated activation of Ca2+ mobilization in HEK293 cells by sphingosine kinase-1 GPR160 regulates the self-renewal and pluripotency of mouse embryonic stem cells transcriptomic atlas of enteroendocrine cells along the murine gastrointestinal tract Intracellular

  • Embark on a GPCR Adventure: Your Weekly Research Expedition! | Oct 21-27, 2024

    of the Year at the Citeline Japan Awards 2024 GPCR therapies: Eight promising biotechs hacking the cell Europe July 12 - 17, 2026 | 20th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology GPCR Jobs Scientist I Cell in Molecular Pharmacology - The Hauser Group Postdoctoral Scholar – iPSC in cardiac and endothelial cell Approaches Altered PLCβ/IP3/Ca2+ Signaling Pathway Activated by GPRCs in Olfactory Neuronal Precursor Cells ) The pyruvate-GPR31 axis promotes transepithelial dendrite formation in human intestinal dendritic cells

  • Canonical chemokine receptors as scavenging “decoys”

    The immune system depends on chemokines to direct cell migration during immune surveillance and inflammation CCR2 is an example of a dual-function receptor that directly regulates both cell migration and scavenging Scavenging allows cells to continuously migrate by remaining responsive to chemokines, it dampens the , and CCR5 switch purely to scavenging (D'Amico G. et al. 2000), becoming incapable of promoting cell migration, a phenomenon which is likely to be mediated by changes in the cell motility machinery with

  • Phospholipid Scrambling by G Protein-Coupled Receptors

    molecular dynamics simulations of opsin in a lipid membrane reveal conformational transitions that expose a polar discuss the physiological significance of GPCR scramblase activity and the modes of its regulation in cells

  • GPCR News Flash! Top Updates You Can't-Miss! + University CheatSheet is finally available! ❄ Dec 2 - 8, 2024

    Basic and Clinical Pharmacology GPCR Jobs GPCR Molecular Pharmacologist Scientist - Biology Scientist I Cell in Molecular Pharmacology - The Hauser Group Postdoctoral Scholar – iPSC in cardiac and endothelial cell somatostatin receptor subtypes in rat pituitary Synthetic GPCRs for programmable sensing and control of cell virtual screening, molecular docking and dynamics simulation studies GPCRs in Neuroscience Neuronal cell Bispecific antibodies targeting BCMA or GPRC5D are highly effective in relapsed myeloma after CAR T-cell

  • Murine bone marrow macrophages and human monocytes do not express atypical chemokine receptor 1

    ., 1950 ), also called Duffy-antigen/receptor for chemokines, or DARC ( Novitzky-Basso and Rot, 2012 Erythrocytes are terminally differentiated anuclear cells with no transcription and limited translation Additionally, ACKR1 expression characterizes venular endothelial cells (ECs) ( Pruenster et al., 2009 This well-established, distinctive pattern of cell expression has been directly challenged by a publication and ECs, suggesting that macrophage ACKR1 engages its non-cognate ligand CD82 on hematopoietic stem cells

  • Overview of adhesion GPCRs self-activation

    Through cell-based assays and Cryo-EM of high quality, it was possible to know that ADGRL3 can activate between the last eight αH5 residues of each G protein with the receptor showed that there are more polar interactions in Gq/Gs engagements than in G1/G12 engagements; where Gi had the fewest hydrophobic and polar Araç, D., et al., A novel evolutionarily conserved domain of cell-adhesion GPCRs mediates autoproteolysis Molecular cell, 82(22), 4340–4352.e6.

  • Illuminating GPCR Research: FRET and BRET-Based Sensors Shed Light on Cellular Signaling

    Front Cell Dev Biol, 2021. 9: p. 611443. 3.      ., Revealing the Activity of Trimeric G-proteins in Live Cells with a Versatile Biosensor Design.  Cell, 2020. 182(3): p. 770-785.e16. 4.      Galés, C., et al., Real-time monitoring of receptor and G-protein interactions in living cells.  Goyet, E., et al., Fast and high resolution single-cell BRET imaging. 

  • CD28 and chemokine receptors: Signalling amplifiers at the immunological synapse

    September 2022 "T cells are master regulators of the immune response tuning, among others, B cells, macrophages and NK cells. To exert their functions requiring high sensibility and specificity, T cells need to integrate different of the cytoskeleton and lipid microdomains in controlling signalling compartmentalization during T cell Here, we discuss mechanisms responsible for signalling amplification and compartmentalization in T cell

  • 📰 GPCR Weekly News, October 23 to 29, 2023

    Congratulations to the GPCR Therapeutics team for their publication on improving hematopoietic stem cell Activation and Signaling The GPCR adaptor protein Norbin regulates S1PR1 trafficking and the morphology, cell cycle and survival of PC12 cells GLP-1 and GIP receptors signal through distinct β-arrestin 2-dependent pathways to regulate pancreatic β cell function GPCR Binders, Drugs, and more GPC-100, a novel CXCR4 antagonist, improves in vivo hematopoietic cell mobilization when combined with propranolol Discovery

  • All Aboard the GPCR Express: Your Weekly Update is here! Oct 14-20, 2024

    Monserrat Avila-Zozaya , our incredible contributor, for her fantastic article on Profiling Immune Cell the science Lundbeck signs $2.5B check for Longboard, seeing blockbuster potential in epilepsy med Call Europe July 12 - 17, 2026 | 20th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology GPCR Jobs Scientist I Cell in Molecular Pharmacology - The Hauser Group Postdoctoral Scholar – iPSC in cardiac and endothelial cell receptors GPCRs in Cardiology, Endocrinology, and Taste Latrophilin-2 Deletion in Cardiomyocyte Disrupts Cell

  • The complicated lives of GPCRs in cardiac fibroblasts

    understood in cardiomyocytes and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). In VSMCs, stimulation of GPCRs also modulates contractile and cell growth phenotypes. on key signaling events involved in the activation and differentiation of these cells. signaling events driving the fibrotic response and the communications between fibroblasts and other cells Finally, we explore what such connections between the cell surface and nuclear GPCR signaling might mean

  • Odorant receptors – a bit of smell for drug discovery

    express multiple ORs, tumor cells associated with the nervous system express a single OR gene type ( In the immune system ORs are expressed in different blood cells where aroma compounds from butter, known proliferation via activation by β-ionone which initiates prostate cancer cell cycle arrest (Jones S. In non-small-cell lung cancer OR2J3 activation induced apoptosis and inhibited cell proliferation and The chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy could also be a way to target tumor cells expressing ectopic

  • Extracellular signal-regulated kinases – a potential pathway for GPCR-targeted drug discovery

    ERK signaling, tightly regulated through feedback mechanisms and spatial localisation within the cell Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase: A Regulator of Cell Growth, Inflammation, Chondrocyte and Bone Cell Receptor-Mediated Gene Expression. Cells, 10(10), 2509. Volmat, V., & Pouysségur, J. (2001). Biology of the Cell, 93(1‐2), 71-79. Wei, H., Ahn, S., Shenoy, S. K., Karnik, S.

  • 🎄 Have Yourself a Merry Little GPCRmas! ❄ Dec 9 - 15, 2024

    Basic and Clinical Pharmacology GPCR Jobs GPCR Molecular Pharmacologist Scientist - Biology Scientist I Cell in Molecular Pharmacology - The Hauser Group Postdoctoral Scholar – iPSC in cardiac and endothelial cell Regulation of the chemokine receptors CXCR4 and ACKR3 by receptor activity-modifying proteins Single-cell biosensor Optimized vector for functional expression of the human bitter taste receptor TAS2R14 in HEK293 cells

  • Identification of A2BAR as a potential target in colorectal cancer using novel fluorescent GPCR...

    We selected the adenosine receptor 2B (A2BAR), specifically expressed in cancer cell lines compared with stromal cells, to explore the use of fluorescent ligands that can be used for target visualization. Fluorescent probes allowed semi-quantitative receptor mapping in living cells and validated the specific expression of A2BAR in CRC cell lines. a potential pharmacological tool in CRC, using selective antagonists, finding a reduction in tumor cell

  • Regulators of G-protein signaling: essential players in GPCR signaling

    RGS4 is expressed in various immune cells, including T cells and B cells, and has been shown to modulate immune cell activation and cytokine production. to T cell activation[6]. Cell, 1997. 89(2): p. 251-61. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9108480/ 2. Cell, 2021. 184(4): p. 931-942.e18. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33571431/ 6.

  • Dimerization of GPCRs: Novel insight into the role of FLNA and SSAs regulating SST2 and SST5...

    as in human melanoma cells either expressing (A7) or lacking (M2) FLNA. First, we observed the formation of endogenous SST5 homo-dimers in GH3, A7, and M2 cells. SST2 and SST5 can also form endogenous hetero-dimers in these cells. robust receptor internalization at shorter times than in A7 cells. In conclusion, we demonstrated that in GH3 cells SST2 and SST5 can form both homo- and hetero-dimers

  • C3aR plays both sides in regulating resistance to bacterial infections

    product of C3 cleavage, which interacts with membrane-bound receptor C3aR to regulate innate immune cell Specifically, previous research has identified mechanistically distinct and cell type–specific roles for C3aR in regulating innate immune cell inflammatory state, antimicrobial killing capacity, and metabolism of C3a has been relegated to the serum; however, recent studies have provided evidence that various cell Thus, this review will cover specific roles of C3aR in driving cell type–specific and tissue specific

  • A NanoBRET-Based H 3 R Conformational Biosensor to Study Real-Time H 3 Receptor Pharmacology in...

    2022 A NanoBRET-Based H 3 R Conformational Biosensor to Study Real-Time H 3 Receptor Pharmacology in Cell Membranes and Living Cells "Conformational biosensors to monitor the activation state of G protein-coupled (H3R) biosensor that allowed the detection of both (partial) agonism and inverse agonism on living cells In the current study, we have further characterized this H3R biosensor on intact cells by monitoring binding assays that in addition can also detect ligand efficacies with comparable values as the intact cell

  • G protein-coupled receptor 21 in macrophages: An in vitro study

    this study was to evaluate the role of GPR21 in human macrophages, analyzing (i) its involvement in cell THP-1 cells were activated and differentiated into either M1 or M2 macrophages. Cell migration was detected by the Boyden chamber migration assay, performed on macrophages derived from both the THP-1 cell line and human peripheral blood monocytes."

  • 📰 GPCR Weekly News, April 24 to 30, 2023

    Direct Selection of DNA-Encoded Libraries for Biased Agonists of GPCRs on Live Cells. Bioorthogonal Tethering Enhances Drug Fragment Affinity for G Protein-Coupled Receptors in Live Cells Single-cell transcriptome analysis of NEUROG3+ cells during pancreatic endocrine differentiation with Single cell G-protein coupled receptor profiling of Transcription factor 21 expressing activated kidney FREE Symposium - IPI Surfacing (June 15, 2023) Training School on “Cell-based assays to study Adhesion

  • Targeting CXCR1 and CXCR2 receptors in cardiovascular diseases

    chemokine receptors, mainly activated by interleukin 8 (IL-8 or CXCL8), are expressed in a variety of cells including, leukocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and smooth muscle cells. of the ligand, its concentration, and the binding sites with the receptor, levels of the receptor, cell

  • Targeting CXCR1 and CXCR2 receptors in cardiovascular diseases

    chemokine receptors, mainly activated by interleukin 8 (IL-8 or CXCL8), are expressed in a variety of cells including, leukocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and smooth muscle cells. of the ligand, its concentration, and the binding sites with the receptor, levels of the receptor, cell

  • Novel interaction between neurotrophic factor-α1/carboxypeptidase E and serotonin receptor, 5-HTR1E,

    CPE-binding studies demonstrated saturable, high-affinity binding to 5-HTR1E in stably transfected HEK293 cells Treatment of 5-HTR1E stable cells with NF-α1/CPE increased pERK 1/2 and pCREB levels which prevented Cell survival assay in β-arrestin Knockout HEK293 cells showed that the NF-α1/CPE-5-HTR1E-mediated protection Immunofluorescence studies showed 5-HTR1E and NF-α1/CPE are highly expressed and co-localized on cell CPE-mediated protection of these neurons against oxidative stress and glutamate neurotoxicity-induced cell

  • 📰 GPCR Weekly News, June 17 to 23, 2024

    for disease therapy GPCRs in Cardiology, Endocrinology, and Taste Transcriptomic profiling highlights cell Metallo-protease Peptidase M84 from Bacillusaltitudinis induces ROS-dependent apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells of the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys flagrans activates mitochondria and reprograms fungal cells Deuteration as a General Strategy to Enhance Azobenzene-Based Photopharmacology Optical Control of Cell-Surface Scientist Senior Research Associate/Associate Scientist, Protein Science Post-Doctoral Fellow—Pharmacology/Cell

  • 📰 GPCR Weekly News, September 18 to 24, 2023

    Cardiology, Endocrinology, and Taste Structural and functional analysis of salivary intercalated duct cells reveals a secretory phenotype Mesenchymal stromal cell secretory molecules improve the functional survival pathway by G protein-coupled receptor 37 promotes resistance to cisplatin-induced apoptosis in non-small cell Program Receives €4 Million Grant Confo Therapeutics Appoints Stephen Dowd As Chief Business Officer Call Technician Senior Research Associate, In Vitro Pharmacology - Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Postdoc In Cell

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