A historically overlooked rod-like projection present on nearly every cell type in the human body may finally be getting its scientific due: A new study has found that these appendages, called cilia, ...

Nerve growth factor receptor TrkA (in green) and co-receptor NRP1 (in purple) are coexpressed in the same nerve cells in mice. Researchers at the NYU Pain Research Center have found a new receptor for ...

Soluble TAM receptors (sTAMs) could serve as biomarkers for RA, indicating disease activity, severity, and prognosis, though standardized detection methods are needed. TAM receptors could emerge as ...

Researchers have found that restoration of B cell function in BCR signaling deficiencies involves the interaction of CD22, normally an inhibitory factor, with binding partners on the same cell, which ...

Desensitization of neurons to dopamine is a well-known effect in addiction. However, researchers found a natural example of ...

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

Scientists at the Goethe and Leipzig Universities in Germany have developed a new method to direct the assembly of receptors on the surface of living cells, using light. The scientists showed that a ...

Whether we smell, taste or see, or when adrenaline rushes through our veins, all of these signals are received by our cells via a specific group of receptor proteins called G protein-coupled receptors ...

Image of a cortical neuron (white) expressing serotonin 2A (5-HT2A) receptors (multicolor). New work shows that engaging 5-HT2A receptors inside cells, but not on the cell surface, encourages cell ...

Chemerin is a key adipokine that regulates lipid metabolism and insulin sensitivity, and thus is involved in many metabolic ...