Mechanisms of signalling and biased agonism in G protein-coupled receptors

D Wootten, A Christopoulos, M Marti-Solano… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest group of cell surface receptors in
humans that signal in response to diverse inputs and regulate a plethora of cellular …

Targeting adenosine receptor signaling in cancer immunotherapy

K Sek, C Mølck, GD Stewart, L Kats, PK Darcy… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The immune system plays a major role in the surveillance and control of malignant cells,
with the presence of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) correlating with better patient …

An overview of the top ten detergents used for membrane protein crystallization

A Stetsenko, A Guskov - Crystals, 2017 - mdpi.com
To study integral membrane proteins, one has to extract them from the membrane—the step
that is typically achieved by the application of detergents. In this mini-review, we summarize …

Astrocytic glycogen metabolism in the healthy and diseased brain

LK Bak, AB Walls, A Schousboe… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
The brain contains a fairly low amount of glycogen, mostly located in astrocytes, a fact that
has prompted the suggestion that glycogen does not have a significant physiological role in …

Latrophilin GPCR signaling mediates synapse formation

R Sando, TC Südhof - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Neural circuit assembly in the brain requires precise establishment of synaptic connections,
but the mechanisms of synapse assembly remain incompletely understood. Latrophilins are …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR-mediated protein tagging with nanoluciferase to investigate native chemokine receptor function and conformational changes

CW White, B Caspar, HK Vanyai, KDG Pfleger… - Cell chemical …, 2020 - cell.com
G protein-coupled receptors are a major class of membrane receptors that mediate
physiological and pathophysiological cellular signaling. Many aspects of receptor activation …

Cannabinoid Receptor 2 (CB2) Signals via G-alpha-s and Induces IL-6 and IL-10 Cytokine Secretion in Human Primary Leukocytes

Y Saroz, DT Kho, M Glass, ES Graham… - ACS pharmacology & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2) is a promising therapeutic target for immunological
modulation. There is, however, a deficit of knowledge regarding CB2 signaling and function …

An examination of the putative role of melatonin in exosome biogenesis

H Amini, A Rezabakhsh, M Heidarzadeh… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
During the last two decades, melatonin has been found to have pleiotropic effects via
different mechanisms on its target cells. Data are abundant for some aspects of the signaling …

Studying GPCR pharmacology in membrane microdomains: fluorescence correlation spectroscopy comes of age

SJ Briddon, LE Kilpatrick, SJ Hill - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2018 - cell.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are organised within the cell membrane into highly
ordered macromolecular complexes along with other receptors and signalling proteins …

Barcoding of GPCR trafficking and signaling through the various trafficking roadmaps by compartmentalized signaling networks

SW Bahouth, MM Nooh - Cellular signalling, 2017 - Elsevier
Proper signaling by G protein coupled receptors (GPCR) is dependent on the specific
repertoire of transducing, enzymatic and regulatory kinases and phosphatases that shape its …