Fc receptor-like molecules (FCRLs) are a class of proteins that resemble Fc receptors. They have been characterized in a number of species, including...
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In immunology, an Fc receptor is a protein found on the surface of certain cells – including, among others, B lymphocytes, follicular dendritic cells...
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Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, also known as GLP-1 analogs, GLP-1RAs, or incretin mimetics, are a class of anorectic drugs that reduce...
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nuclear receptors. A molecule that binds to a receptor is called a ligand and can be a protein, peptide (short protein), or another small molecule, such...
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is an IgG Fc receptor which is similar in structure to the MHC class I molecule and also associates with beta-2-microglobulin. In rodents, FcRn was originally...
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receptors in the immune system are pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), Toll-like receptors (TLRs), killer activated and killer inhibitor receptors (KARs...
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part of the receptor molecule (they are called ITAMs and ITIMs). At first, it was thought that there was only one KAR and one KIR receptor present on the...
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Outline of immunology (section Fc receptors)
Fc receptors Polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (poly-Ig) Fc receptor-like molecules FCRL1 FCRL2 FCRL3 FCRL4 FCRL5 FCRL6 FCRLA FCRLB Cytokine receptor...
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CD16 (category Fc receptors)
differentiation molecule found on the surface of natural killer cells, neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, and certain T cells. CD16 has been identified as Fc receptors...
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chain molecules. T cells expressing this receptor are referred to as α:β (or αβ) T cells, though a minority of T cells express an alternate receptor, formed...
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inhibitors are a class of small molecules that inhibit the enzymatic activity of the c-Met tyrosine kinase, the receptor of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter...
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visualized as tyrosine phosphorylation of the receptor molecules, which occurs between the dimerized receptor molecules (transphosphorylation). In conjunction...
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insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system. This system consists of three ligands (insulin, IGF-1 and IGF-2), two tyrosine kinase receptors (insulin receptor and...
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Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are the high-affinity cell surface receptors for many polypeptide growth factors, cytokines, and hormones. Of the 90...
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Phagocytosis (section Initiating receptors)
is the Fc fragment. The molecule of the receptor contain an intracellular ITAM domain or associates with an ITAM-containing adaptor molecule. ITAM domains...
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Bispecific monoclonal antibody (section Interfering with receptor signaling and inactivating signaling ligands)
The Fc region additionally binds to a cell that expresses Fc receptors, like a macrophage, natural killer cell or dendritic cell. Since the Fc region...
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5-HT receptors, 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors, or serotonin receptors, are a group of G protein-coupled receptor and ligand-gated ion channels found in...
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Natural killer cell (redirect from Natural killer cell receptors)
cell types, express the Fc receptor (FcR) molecule (FC-gamma-RIII = CD16), an activating biochemical receptor that binds the Fc portion of IgG class antibodies...
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Junctional Adhesion Molecule-Like, or AMICA1 is a JAM transmembrane protein family member. It is composed of two extracellular immunoglobulin-like domains, a membrane-spanning...
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(2000). "Mutations of PVRL1, encoding a cell–cell adhesion molecule/herpesvirus receptor, in cleft lip/palate-ectodermal dysplasia". Nat. Genet. 25 (4):...
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Immunoglobulin superfamily (redirect from Ig-like fold)
IgSF include cell surface antigen receptors, co-receptors and co-stimulatory molecules of the immune system, molecules involved in antigen presentation...
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Medicine in 2018. Four stimulatory checkpoint molecules are members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor superfamily—CD27, CD40, OX40, GITR and CD137...
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is a cell surface receptor that activates multiple intracellular signalling cascades. Like all 5-HT2 receptors, the 5-HT2A receptor is coupled to the...
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cells, ligands for inhibitory receptors are often MHC class I (MHC-I) molecules, while those for activating receptors may include signals of abnormality...
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FCRL3 (category Fc receptors)
Fc receptor-like protein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FCRL3 gene. This gene encodes a member of the immunoglobulin receptor superfamily...
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FCRL4 (category Fc receptors)
Fc receptor-like protein 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FCRL4 gene. FCRL4 is an inhibitory receptor expressed on human memory B cells...
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a receptor tyrosine kinase—meaning the receptor signals by causing the addition of a phosphate molecule on particular tyrosines. The IGF-2 receptor only...
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Experiments in immunology Fas ligand Fas receptor Fc receptor Fc receptor-like molecule FcεRI Fibroblast-like synoviocyte FITkit FluoroSpot Forssman antigen...
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IRAK4 (redirect from Interleukin-1 receptor–associated kinase 4 deficiency)
(interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4), in the IRAK family, is a protein kinase involved in signaling innate immune responses from Toll-like receptors. It...
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Synaptogenesis (section Signaling molecules)
RJ (February 2006). "A novel family of adhesion-like molecules that interacts with the NMDA receptor". The Journal of Neuroscience. 26 (8): 2174–2183...
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