In a surprising discovery, scientists have found that the heart possesses 'sweet taste' receptors, similar to those on our tongues, and that stimulating these receptors with sweet substances can ...

Scientists at Loyola University Chicago discovered that the heart possesses "sweet taste" receptors similar to those found on the tongue. The research reveals that these receptors are functional ...

Summary: New research sheds light on how ketamine affects the brain by targeting a specific NMDA receptor subtype, GluN1-2B-2D. Scientists used electron cryo-microscopy to capture how ketamine binds ...

Mounting evidence indicates that nuclear receptors play a critical regulatory role in platelet pathophysiology and thrombotic disorders. Although NR4A (the nuclear receptor subfamily 4 group A) plays ...

Department of Cardiology, State Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong ...

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toll-like receptor 4. Within the liver, two different macrophage subsets of different origin can be distinguished. First, Kupffer cells are tissue resident macrophages with self-renewing capacity, ...

Sepsis is a life-threatening clinical syndrome characterized by multiorgan dysfunction caused by a dysregulated or over-reactive host response to infection. During sepsis, the coagulation cascade is ...

The interferon (IFN) family of proteins plays key roles in the immune response against viruses and other pathogens. In the context of COVID-19, IFNs have been shown to be key for restraining ...

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