Cell membrane proteins hide secret gateways that can be used to modify cell behavior. This has been demonstrated in a study ...

Cells have proteins called receptors that bind to signaling molecules ... and tyrosine are especially common sites for phosphorylation. These phosphorylation reactions control the activity of ...

In an effort to understand how brain cells exchange chemical messages, scientists say they have successfully used a highly specialized microscope to capture more precise details of how one of the most ...

Impressive results have been achieved by adoptively transferring T-cells ... receptors requires analysis of all foreign peptide sequences that are present, including fusion sites between human ...

Ferreira pointed to a recent clinical trial conducted at 15 sites across ... chimeric antigen receptor signaling induces an inflammatory program in human regulatory T cells, Molecular Therapy ...

McGill University researchers have demonstrated that AMPA receptors (AMPARs), which mediate fast excitatory neurotransmission ...

A novel mouse model offers definitive evidence that a single inhibitory receptor family governs the critical natural killer cell functions of licensing and missing-self.

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, infects cells by binding its spike protein ... to block the spike protein from binding to ACE2 receptors. While CeSPIACE primarily targets the ...

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) is proud to announce the inaugural recipients of the new Targeted Research Program on ...

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