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Higher-Order Receptor Clustering Acts as Hidden Lymphangiogenic Signal Amplifier

Lymphatic vessels act as the body's "drainage system," collecting excess fluid from tissues. When lymphatic drainage is impaired because lymphatic vessels are underdeveloped, damaged, or dysfunctional, lymphedema can develop, causing swelling, particularly in the arms and legs.

6 Oct 2026

Targeting Host Cellular Repair Mechanisms Enhances Tissue Resistance to Infection

Epithelial cells form the body's frontline barriers, helping keep microbes, toxins, and other harmful substances out. Yet these protective cells are constantly exposed to threats, including microbial infections.

6 Oct 2026

Knocking Out Specific Receptor Genes Prevents Dopaminergic Neuronal Cell Death

The protein alpha-synuclein is abundant in healthy brains and plays an important role in enabling communication between nerve cells.

6 Oct 2026

Novel Two-Dimensional Mapping Combines Generation Probability with Somatic Hypermutation

A research team led by Associate Professor Yohei Funakoshi, Associate Professor Kimikazu Yakushijin, and Professor Hironobu Minami of the Division of Medical Oncology/Hematology at Kobe University Hospital, together with Associate Professor Goh Ohji of the Division of Infectious Disease Therapeutics and Takaji Matsutani of Anymics Inc., has developed the pGen-SHM plot.

5 Oct 2026

Spatial Single-Cell Transcriptomics Maps Cellular Niches in Fatal COVID-19 Lungs

Researchers at the University of Liège have used imaging-based spatial single-cell transcriptomics to map the cellular organization of lungs from people who died with severe COVID-19.

5 Oct 2026

Dr. GPCR and Eurofins Discovery Join Forces to Advance GPCR Drug Discovery

Dr. GPCR, the global knowledge hub for G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) research and education, today announced a strategic partnership with Eurofins Discovery, the drug discovery services side of the same group behind the Eurofins DiscoverX products many in the community already know.

From Dr. GPCR 5 Oct 2026

Gut Bacterial Gene tnaA Converts Dietary Tryptophan Into Toxic Indole

Researchers at LMU have discovered how a metabolite produced by gut bacteria can influence brain damage after stroke.

5 Oct 2026

Gut-Derived Neutral Ceramidase Regulates MASH Through Microbial and Epithelial Signaling

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is often viewed through the lens of hepatic lipid accumulation, inflammation and fibrosis.

30 Sep 2026

Study Establishes Immune Cell Trafficking as Viable Alzheimer's Target

There is no treatment available today to stop the death of brain cells in neurodegenerative diseases known as tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease, in which twisted clumps of a protein called tau accumulate in the brain.

29 Sep 2026

New Insights Into How Toxoplasma Parasites Trigger Host Cell Invasion

Before the parasite Toxoplasma gondii can invade a cell, it has to know it has reached the right place. New research from the Whitehead Institute reveals that the parasite doesn't simply recognize a ready-made doorway into the cell. Instead, it helps create the conditions for its own entry.

28 Sep 2026

Genomic Datasets Provide Molecular Foundations for Bat Disease Tolerance

Laurel Yohe, Ph.D., assistant professor of bioinformatics at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, is among the co-authors of a landmark study of bat genomes published this week in Nature.

28 Sep 2026

Researchers Engineer Synthetic Plant Receptors to Supercharge Crop Immunity

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have developed a way to "supercharge" a plant's natural immune response.

26 Sep 2026

Chronic Inflammation Linked to Heart Changes and Risks

Chronic inflammation, indicated by GlycA levels, has been linked to heart changes and increased cardiovascular risk, highlighting genetic and environmental interactions.

25 Sep 2026

Multi-Receptor Blocking Achieves Superior Antifibrotic Response Over Single-Receptor Inhibition

Three adenosine receptor subtypes that normally send different signals were found to converge on a common pathway that activates cardiac fibroblasts, the scar-forming cells in the heart. Blocking the receptors together produced a much stronger antifibrotic effect than blocking them one at a time.

25 Sep 2026

Receptor News and Research

Higher-Order Receptor Clustering Acts as Hidden Lymphangiogenic Signal Amplifier

Targeting Host Cellular Repair Mechanisms Enhances Tissue Resistance to Infection

Knocking Out Specific Receptor Genes Prevents Dopaminergic Neuronal Cell Death

Novel Two-Dimensional Mapping Combines Generation Probability with Somatic Hypermutation

Spatial Single-Cell Transcriptomics Maps Cellular Niches in Fatal COVID-19 Lungs

Dr. GPCR and Eurofins Discovery Join Forces to Advance GPCR Drug Discovery

Gut Bacterial Gene tnaA Converts Dietary Tryptophan Into Toxic Indole

Gut-Derived Neutral Ceramidase Regulates MASH Through Microbial and Epithelial Signaling

Study Establishes Immune Cell Trafficking as Viable Alzheimer's Target

New Insights Into How Toxoplasma Parasites Trigger Host Cell Invasion

Genomic Datasets Provide Molecular Foundations for Bat Disease Tolerance

Researchers Engineer Synthetic Plant Receptors to Supercharge Crop Immunity

Chronic Inflammation Linked to Heart Changes and Risks

Multi-Receptor Blocking Achieves Superior Antifibrotic Response Over Single-Receptor Inhibition

Scientists Discover Why High Levels of the Amino Acid Cysteine Are Toxic to Cells

UCLA Team Develops Advanced Immunotherapy to Fight Dangerous Arterial Plaques

Blocking Mitochondrial Iron Transport Protects Cells Against Elevated Cysteine Toxicity

Infected Macrophages Release Inflammatory Signals That Accelerate Surrounding Lung Infection

Researchers Reveal How p53 Tumor-Suppressor Protein Hide From T Cells

New Mathematical Models Track Surface Protein Interactions to Map Evolutionary Terrains

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