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| ROJO,DANIEL; SUETOMI,KATSUTOSHI; NAVARRO,JAVIER. |
| Chemokine receptors are G protein-coupled receptors that mediate migration and activation of leukocytes as an important part of a protective immune response to injury and infection. In addition, chemokine receptors are used by HIV-1 to infect CD4 positive cells. The structural bases of chemokine receptor recognition and signal transduction are currently being investigated. High-resolution X-ray diffraction and NMR spectroscopy of chemokines indicate that all these peptides exhibit a common folding pattern, in spite of its low degree of primary-sequence homology. Chemokines' functional motifs have been identified by mutagenesis studies, and a possible mechanism for receptor recognition and activation is proposed, but high-resolution structure data of... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Chemokines; G-protein coupled receptors; Inflammation; HIV-1. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97601999000400006 |
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| Leonelli,M.; Graciano,M.F.R.; Britto,L.R.G.. |
| The transient receptor potential channels family (TRP channels) is a relatively new group of cation channels that modulate a large range of physiological mechanisms. In the nervous system, the functions of TRP channels have been associated with thermosensation, pain transduction, neurotransmitter release, and redox signaling, among others. However, they have also been extensively correlated with the pathogenesis of several innate and acquired diseases. On the other hand, the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 fatty acids) have also been associated with several processes that seem to counterbalance or to contribute to the function of several TRPs. In this short review, we discuss some of the remarkable new findings in this field. We also review the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: TRP channels; Calcium; Omega-3 fatty acids; Reactive oxygen species; G-protein coupled receptors; Neurodegeneration. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2011001100003 |
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