A multinational research team led by researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo, RIKEN, and the University of Toronto has ...

Over the last decade, antibodies that block extracellular receptors on our immune cells have redefined the treatment approach for certain cancers. Now, all eyes are on how using the opposite approach ...

1 By the late 1960s, researchers had become aware that this somewhat obscure class of lipids had the remarkable ability to act like an extracellular signaling molecule. 2 Two prominent forms typify ...

T cell activation—the process by which these key immune defenders recognize threats and mobilize against them—depends on ...

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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are expressed on the surface of cells and regulate a range of important functions. Because they are involved in so many sensory and physiological processes, ...

A synthetic tripeptide inspired by snake venom is opening new investigative routes into cellular signalling and structural ...