We discovered several Eph receptors and ephrins, and research in our laboratory is dedicated to the characterization of Eph receptor
signal transduction mechanisms and biological functions using biochemical, mass spectrometry, molecular biology and cell biology approaches in conjunction with animal models.
We have identified three classes of
signal transduction mechanisms that may be mediated or modulated by NG2.
The signal transduction mechanisms of Eph receptors are intriguing, and complex, because these receptors engage in multiple modes of signaling.
Klemke, Wang, and their colleagues are involved in research on aspects of the basic biology behind metastasis — trying to identify
the signal transduction mechanisms that lead to the spread of breast cancer cells.
Intra - and intermolecular
signal transduction mechanisms in membrane - embedded (photo --RRB- receptor / transducer complexes are studied using the photoreceptor / transducer complex NpSRII / NpHtrII, which is responsible for the photoactive behavior of the halophilic archaeon Natronomonas pharaonis.
Furthermore, the hedgehog pathway, a reactivated embryonic pathway in cancer cells, was reported as pyrvinium - sensitive
signal transduction mechanism [65].
Not exact matches
It is expected that the molecular
mechanisms underlying the inhibition of interferon
signal transduction by C proteins would then be fully identified.
They regulate
signal transduction and indirectly control plant defense
mechanisms.
The actin cytoskeleton mediates these responses, but the
signal transduction pathway leading to chloroplast movement and the
mechanism of chloroplast motility is not entirely understood.
Given the predominant role for DAG on regulating Ras / Erk and PKC - θ
signaling and Cbl - b for regulating PI (3) K
signaling, we hypothesized that T cells deficient in DGKζ or Cbl - b would alter TCR
signal transduction through distinct
mechanisms, such that DGKζ - deficient T cells would demonstrate strongly enhanced Ras / ERK activation, but only modestly enhanced NF - κB activation, and Cbl - b — deficient T cells would demonstrate modestly enhanced Ras / ERK activation and strongly enhanced NF - κB activation.
Molecular
mechanisms of heart failure and arrhythmogenesis with focus on
signal transduction
Understanding the underlying
mechanisms allows identifying putative sites for pharmacological intervention and opens the prospect of engineering artificial molecular switches derived from the highly efficient systems that have evolved for cellular
signal transduction.
Helicobacter pylori effector protein CagA activates the
signal transduction and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3)
signaling pathway: a potential
mechanism for gastric cancer development.
Symposia III:
Mechanisms of Baro and Chemoreceptor Sensory
Transduction: A Link to Sympatho - excitation in Disease Researchers will discuss how sensory neuronal
signals are powerful regulators of the hypertensive state and the role of gaseous messengers in oxygen Sensing by the carotid body.
The Neurophysics Group has the objective to study physical
mechanisms underlying
signal perception and
transduction in the nervous system and to apply experimental physics methods to problems in neuroscience.
One
mechanism could be to differentially regulate the molecular components involved in cue detection, such as ORs or VRs [20] or in known elements of their
signal transduction pathways, under the control of sex - specific hormones.