Sentences with phrase «function of the receptor»

However, our collaborators offered to modify the receptor with an antigen and to demonstrate that it will not disturb the function of the receptor.

Different drug molecules make it possible to affect the function of these receptors and, consequently, to prevent cell activation and mediator release.

This attachment permanently blocks the function of the receptors, causing the cell to target them for degradation.

Soares set out to determine the function of the receptors by recording electrical activity in the nerves of anesthetized alligators.

They found that a protein called GRK2 binds to and prevents delta opioid receptors on rat sensory neurons from responding normally to opioids, but when these peripheral neurons were exposed to a natural inflammatory molecule called bradykinin, GRK2 moved away from the delta opioid receptors, setting off a biochemical reaction that restored the functioning of these receptors.

«The function of this receptor is what mediates the toxic effects,» said Sibel Karchner, a coauthor and biologist in Hahn's lab.

They still have plenty of questions, like if rapsyn also changes the function of the receptors, as Mei suspects.

Results, which were published in the June 1 issue of PLoS Computational Biology, have implications for how evolutionary pressures can improve the function of receptor systems by selectively optimizing a few fundamental dynamical parameters.

The nutrients found most abundantly in animal fats and organ meats — including choline, cholesterol and arachidonic acid — are critical for the development of the brain and the function of receptors that modulate thinking and behavior.