Cell Surface Receptors: are receptors that are embedded in the plasma membrane of cells. They act in cell signaling by receiving extracellular molecules. They're specialized integral membrane proteins that allow communication between the cell and the extracellular space.
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Macrophages can mediate phagocytosis of cancer cells and cytotoxic tumor killing, and engage in effective bidirectional interactions with components of the innate and adaptive immune system....
Calcium signaling is essential for cellular communication, orchestrating a myriad of physiological processes. As the quest for a more profound understanding of cellular dynamics intensifies,...
SPRm (Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy) is a novel technology that enables label-free and real-time measurements of the binding affinity and kinetics of small molecules to G protein-coup...
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Cell-based immunotherapy has become the new-generation cancer medicine, and “off-the-shelf” cell products that can be manufactured at large scale and distributed readily to treat...
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Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-reprogrammed immune cells offer exciting therapeutic potential for addressing oncology, autoimmune diseases, transplant medicine, and infections. However, cur...
The therapeutic use of chimeric antigen receptor T cells has achieved significant success in the treatment of B cells malignancies. Despite promising results in mouse tumor models, a similar...
Date: April 26, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) C-C motif chemokine receptor-like 2 (CCRL2), is a non-signaling 7TM receptor, referred to as an atypical chemokine recep...
The misfolding of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) such as tau and α-synuclein (αSyn) has been associated with the on-set and progression of Alzheimer’s (AD) and Pa...
Date: June 15, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) SPRm (Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy) is a novel technology that enables label-free and real-time binding affinity and kinetics of...
Date: June 10, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT) Microglia, the primary brain macrophages, regulate a plethora of processes that impact the organization of neural circuits, including sy...
Extracellular ligands bind to receptors on the cell surface leading to receptor internalization. Once internalized into small vesicles, the vesicles fuse with an organelle known as the sorti...
DATE: August 26, 2020 TIME: 8:00 am PDT The host immune "recognition" of cancer forms the basis of modern tumor immmunotherapy, a highly targeted treatment option with the demonstr...
B7-H3 is actively being explored as an immunotherapy target for pediatric patients with solid tumors using monoclonal antibodies or T cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors (CARs). B7-H...