Receptors

Functions and mechanisms of the GPCR adaptor protein Norbin
Norbin (Neurochondrin, NCDN) is a highly conserved 79 kDa adaptor protein that was first identified more than a quarter of a century …
Stephen A. Chetwynd, Simon Andrews, Sarah Inglesfield, Christine Delon, Nicholas T. Ktistakis, Heidi C. E. Welch
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The GPCR adaptor protein norbin suppresses the neutrophil-mediated immunity of mice to pneumococcal infection
Streptococcal pneumonia is a worldwide health problem that kills ∼2 million people each year, particularly young children, the elderly, …
Chiara Pantarelli, Dingxin Pan, Stephen Chetwynd, Anne-Katrien Stark, Kirsti Hornigold, Polly Machin, Laraine Crossland, Simon J. Cleary, Martin J. Baker, Elizabeth Hampson, Anna Mandel, Anne Segonds-Pichon, Rachael Walker, Cornelis Van 'T Veer, Yanira Riffo-Vasquez, Klaus Okkenhaug, Simon Pitchford, Heidi C. E. Welch
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P-Rex1 directly activates RhoG to regulate GPCR-driven Rac signalling and actin polarity in neutrophils
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) regulate the organisation of the actin cytoskeleton by activating the Rac subfamily of small …
George Damoulakis, Laure Gambardella, Kent L. Rossman, Campbell D. Lawson, Karen E. Anderson, Yoshinori Fukui, Heidi C. Welch, Channing J. Der, Len R. Stephens, Phillip T. Hawkins
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P-Rex1 and Vav1 cooperate in the regulation of formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine-dependent neutrophil responses
G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) activation elicits neutrophil responses such as chemotaxis and reactive oxygen species (ROS) …
Campbell D. Lawson, Sarah Donald, Karen E. Anderson, Daniel T. Patton, Heidi C. E. Welch
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Control of cerebellar long-term potentiation by P-Rex-family guanine-nucleotide exchange factors and phosphoinositide 3-kinase
Long-term potentiation (LTP) at the parallel fibre-Purkinje cell synapse in the cerebellum is a recently described and poorly …
Claire Jackson, Heidi C. Welch, Tomas C. Bellamy
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