Overexpression of receptors for regulatory peptides in various human diseases is reportedly of clinical interest. Among these peptides, bombesin and gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) have been shown ...

Journal Reference: Désirée Maßberg, Hanns Hatt. Human Olfactory Receptors: Novel Cellular Functions Outside of the Nose. Physiological Reviews, 2018; 98 (3): 1739 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00013.2017 ...

Researchers identify long-sought activator of sigma receptors in human cells Date: January 14, 2019 Source: Temple University Health System Summary: Cells communicate through complex mechanisms ...

Bitter and Sweet Taste Receptors Regulate Human Upper Respiratory Innate Immunity. Robert J. Lee et al. in Journal of Clinical Investigation, Vol. 124, No. 3, pages 1393–1405; March 3, 2014.

SARS-CoV-2 viruses are binding to ACE-2 receptors on a human cell, the initial stage of COVID-19 infection. Conceptual 3D illustration credit: Kateryna Kon / Shutterstock ...

By some estimates, the human nose can detect up to a trillion different smells with its hundreds of scent receptors. But even just catching a quick whiff of certain chemicals known as nerve agents can ...

In this study, the Xu lab, with expertise in basic and genetic animal studies, and the human genetics lab of co-corresponding author Dr. I. Sadaf Farooqi, professor of metabolism and medicine at the ...

A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School has identified a set of cellular receptors for at least three related alphaviruses shared across mosquitoes, humans, and animals that host ...

A recent study is the first to parse the structure of a human olfactory receptor, called OR51E2 (Nature 2023, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05798-y).

The Vole's Story Some of the most compelling evidence of a role for neural receptors in personality comes not from humans but from voles. Prairie voles live in pairs with males caring for the young.