The calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) is a Class C G-protein coupled receptor which senses extracellular levels of calcium ions. It is primarily expressed...
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extracellular calcium levels are maintained within a tight range through the actions of parathyroid hormone, vitamin D and the calcium sensing receptor. Disorders...
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Ryanodine receptors (RyR) make up a class of high-conductance, intracellular calcium channels present in various forms, such as animal muscles and neurons...
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cells become active in response to low calcium in the blood. The low level is sensed by the calcium- sensing receptor. These active cells have a greater electron...
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Calcimimetic (category Receptor agonists)
pharmaceutical drug that mimics the action of calcium on tissues, by allosteric activation of the calcium-sensing receptor that is expressed in various human organ...
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calcimimetic (i.e., it mimics the action of calcium on tissues) by allosteric activation of the calcium-sensing receptor that is expressed in various human organ...
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Calcilytics are pharmaceutical drugs that act as antagonists at the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR). This increases the secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH)...
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Class C GPCR (category Transmembrane receptor stubs)
receptors. extracellular calcium-sensing receptor-related InterPro: IPR000068 Calcium-sensing receptor (CASR) GPRC6A (GPRC6A) GABAB receptor (gamma-aminobutyric...
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a drug for the treatment of hyperparathyroidism. It acts as a calcium-sensing receptor agonist. In 2018, it was approved in Japan for treatment of secondary...
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Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (category Cell surface receptor deficiencies)
the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) gene, expressed in parathyroid and kidney tissue. These mutations decrease the receptor's sensitivity to calcium, resulting...
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ions across the apical membrane of the tubule. The basolateral calcium-sensing receptor has the ability to downregulate the activity of this transporter...
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Taste (redirect from Sense of taste)
used to help define the characteristic kokumi flavors. Calcium-sensing receptors (CaSR) are receptors for kokumi substances which, applied around taste pores...
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specific functions. Calcium binding proteins also serve an important physiological role for cells. The most ubiquitous Ca2+-sensing protein, found in all...
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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) are acetylcholine receptors that form G protein-coupled receptor complexes in the cell membranes of certain...
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protein-coupled receptors. Following interaction with their specific chemokine ligands, chemokine receptors trigger a flux in intracellular calcium (Ca2+) ions...
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nucleotide-gated ion channels which allow calcium and sodium ions to enter into the cell, depolarizing the olfactory receptor neuron and beginning an action potential...
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Cell surface receptors (membrane receptors, transmembrane receptors) are receptors that are embedded in the plasma membrane of cells. They act in cell...
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extracellular calcium-sensing receptors. Rodents appear to have around 100 functional V2 receptors and many pseudogenes. These receptors are expressed...
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Opioid receptors are a group of inhibitory G protein-coupled receptors with opioids as ligands. The endogenous opioids are dynorphins, enkephalins, endorphins...
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The adrenergic receptors or adrenoceptors are a class of G protein-coupled receptors that are targets of many catecholamines like norepinephrine (noradrenaline)...
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Protease-activated receptors (PAR) are a subfamily of related G protein-coupled receptors that are activated by cleavage of part of their extracellular...
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Nn receptor types are non-selective cation channels, permeable to sodium and potassium ions, in addition to that, Nn type receptors allow for calcium ion...
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P2Y receptors are a family of purinergic G protein-coupled receptors, stimulated by nucleotides such as adenosine triphosphate, adenosine diphosphate,...
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change in the ligand binding site of the umami receptor between the sweet taste sensing and non-sensing songbirds. It is assumed that a mutation in the...
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cytoplasmic calcium concentration is the phospholipase C (PLC) pathway. Many cell surface receptors, including G protein-coupled receptors and receptor tyrosine...
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) called vasopressin receptors that are classified into the V1 (V1A), V2, and V3 (V1B) receptor subtypes. These three...
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Purinergic receptors, also known as purinoceptors, are a family of plasma membrane molecules that are found in almost all mammalian tissues. Within the...
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MSG. They work by interacting with specific receptors on our taste buds, known as calcium-sensing receptors (CaSR). This helps to make flavors taste stronger...
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2010). "Heteromerization of dopamine D2 receptors with dopamine D1 or D5 receptors generates intracellular calcium signaling by different mechanisms". Current...
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Cell adhesion molecule (redirect from Adhesion receptor)
PMID 26391523. Tharmalingam, Sujeenthar; Hampson, David R. (2016). "The Calcium-Sensing Receptor and Integrins in Cellular Differentiation and Migration". Frontiers...
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