Cells typically contain a cytoskeleton, which helps shuttle things around and provides structural integrity, among other ...

Ten years ago, three research teams published a breakthrough — the first description of the molecular mechanism for transduction in fingertip sensory Merkel cells that can transduce gentle touch, a ...

Receptors on cell surfaces translate an outer signal into a response inside the cell. By this, they are responsible for a plethora of essential processes in living organisms. But what if we could ...

The human P2X4 receptor plays an important role in chronic pain, inflammation and some types of cancer. Researchers at the ...

Different subsets of γδ T cells display differential expression of immune checkpoint receptors (ICRs) and have distinct ...

A research team from the Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Life Sciences, Okayama University of Science, has made a discovery: bitter taste receptors are present inside cancer cells and play a ...

Cardiovascular diseases remain a leading cause of death around the world. A primary contributor to these afflictions is high blood pressure, or hypertension. While treatments exist for the condition, ...

Researchers found that fructose can prime immune cells to overreact to bacterial toxins. In healthy adults, ...

Short bursts of high fructose intake made key immune cells in healthy adults more sensitive to bacterial toxins and more ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Transduction is the changing of one form of energy into another, such as a spoken voice changed into radio waves by a cellphone. Ten years ago, three research teams published a ...