In this valuable study, Li and others identified cell membrane receptors for juvenile hormone (JH), a terpenoid hormone in insects that regulates their development and reproduction. While ...

While such canonical functions of JH are known to be mediated by its intracellular receptor complex composed of Met and Tai, there have been multiple reports suggesting the presence of cell membrane ...

These membranes, composed of flexible lipid bilayers, can reshape and remodel themselves during processes like cell movement, division, and molecular trafficking. Until now, it was commonly assumed ...

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A group of proteins in our body, known as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), can detect ... dendrite formation in human intestinal dendritic cells." When they tested how different metabolites ...

This is the true powerhouse of any cell. The mitochondria produce energy for the cells! Both animal and plant cells have endoplasmic reticulum. This membrane helps form networks, and synthesize ...

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They also proposed a new immunotherapy strategy based on receptor antagonism. Their study was published in Nature Immunology on October 2. Intriguingly, type 1 innate lymphoid cells (ILC1s), which ...

Epidural glucocorticoid injection is an intervention commonly used for managing lumbosacral radicular pain. The goal of the injection is to administer glucocorticoids to the epidural space to ...

Osteoporosis associated with chronic glucocorticoid therapy appears to ... interact indirectly and directly with important groups of bone cells involved in the bone turnover process (including ...