... inactivated for different PDGF receptor genes and systematically measured their chemotactic responses within a gradient of different chemoattractants. Results: We found that PDGFRαβ and PDGFRββ dimers were strong inducers of random and directionally-persistent migration, respectively, that was sustained...

...Andreas V. Thuy; Christina-Maria Reimann; Nasr Y. A. Hemdan; Markus H. Gräler Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is a lipid metabolite and a ligand of five G protein-coupled cell surface receptors S1PR1 to S1PR5. These receptors are expressed on various cells and cell types of the immune, cardiovascular...

... macrophages. SP-A and SP-D, also known as pulmonary collectins, mediate microbial phagocytosis via SP-A and SP-D receptors and the coordinated induction of other innate receptors. Several receptors (SP-R210, CD91/calreticulin, SIRPα, and toll-like receptors) mediate the immunological functions of SP-A and SP...

...Wenjun Sun; Yaping Gan; Yiti Fu; Deqiang Lu; Huai Chiang Previously, we found that exposure to a 50-Hz magnetic field (MF) at 0.4 mT could induce epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor clustering in Chinese hamster lung (CHL) fibroblast cells and superposition of an incoherent MF with the same...