A tiny, four-fingered “hand” folded from a single piece of DNA can pick up the virus that causes COVID-19 for highly ...

Transmembrane signaling systems include membrane-bound cell surface receptors and molecules called ligands that bind to these receptors. In its most general use, "ligand" is a term for something ...

UCSF researchers develop customizable SNIPR sensors that activate engineered cells only near tumors, promising precise cancer ...

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have determined the full-length structure of a blood pressure-regulating hormone receptor ...

Bitter taste receptor has hidden intracellular pocket that enables activation via simultaneous extracellular/intracellular ...

Immune cells are capable of detecting infections just like a sniffer dog, using special sensors known as Toll-like receptors, or TLRs for short. But what signals activate TLRs, and what is the ...

The ER-phagy receptor FAM134B is initially distributed via the membrane surface (left). Its IDRs move back and forth ... also serves as the site for the synthesis of various hormones. Cells adjust the ...

Engineered receptors could lead to more precisely targeted, effective cancer therapies with fewer side effects than existing ...

CD14 and the Fcγ receptors CD32 and CD64 belong to a group of cell surface receptors engaged in phagocytosis by various types of phagocytes, including macrophages, dendritic cells and monocytes 14.

New discovery concerning receptors used by coronaviruses to enter human cells Oct 27, 2023 New monoclonal antibodies targeting ACE2 receptor could treat the next waves of SARS-CoV-2 ...