The group» finding that the impaired intracellular
protein trafficking leads to neuropsychiatric disorders - related abnormal higher brain functions has high impact on the fields of psychiatry, basic medical sciences, and pharmaceutical sciences.
Not exact matches
In a paper published in the Journal of Neuroscience, the OIST Cell Signal Unit,
led by Professor Tadashi Yamamoto, reported that mice lacking an intracellular
trafficking protein called LMTK3, are hyperactive.
A research group
led by Osaka University and the University of Tokyo found that the intracellular
protein trafficking is important for higher brain functions such as learning and memory.
A group of researchers
led by Professor KIKUCHI Kazuya at the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, clarified the role of a N - glycan chain on glucose transporter type 4 (GLUT4) by developing a method for visualizing intracellular
trafficking of
proteins.
The symposium features presentations by Philippa Marrack and John Kappler talking on the T cell repertoire; William Paul on interleukin 4 as a prototypic immunoregulatory cytokine; Timothy Springer on lymphocyte
trafficking; Pamela Bjorkman on structural studies of MHC and MHC - related
proteins, and Jack Strominger on peptide presentation by class I and II MHC
proteins; Thierry Boon on genes coding for tumor rejection antigens, including the first tumor antigen, MAGE - 1; and Philip Greenberg on the modification of T cells for adoptive therapy by retroviral - mediated gene insertion Since then, the symposia series has attracted
leading immunologists in the cancer vaccine and antibody fields, providing them with a comprehensive view of the promises and challenges in the development of cancer immunotherapies.
Others including Randy Schekman had discovered NSF to be important for vesicle
trafficking and secretion in yeast,
leading Rothman to argue that these
proteins are involved in vesicle fusion in every cell of the animal kingdom — a universal mechanism for secretion.