UNC researchers discovered how a key step in cell signaling works by showing exactly how G proteins detach from receptors ...

A number of membrane proteins that are present on the cell membrane control external and internal material transportation, cell protection and signal transmission. The diversity of functions of ...

RGS proteins, including RGS16, are known to negatively regulate G-protein signaling pathways, which are implicated in various cancer-related processes such as cell migration, invasion, proliferation, ...

CHAPEL HILL – New research by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows for the first time that an important family of proteins known to function at the cell surface also ...

Research into Kisspeptin-10 has expanded well beyond its initial discovery as a metastasis suppressor fragment.

For more than 70 years, hydralazine has helped doctors lower dangerously high blood pressure during medical emergencies, ...

Extended Lymph Node Dissection for Gastric Cancer: Who May Benefit? Final Results of the Randomized Dutch Gastric Cancer Group Trial Circulating cytokines, hormones, and growth factors control all ...

Isomeranzin (ISM) binds to Gnas, activating adenylyl cyclase and elevating intracellular cAMP levels. This activation ...

CHAPEL HILL -- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists have discovered a unique protein on the surface membrane of plant cells, one that apparently contains both "on" and "off" ...