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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150457103321

Titolo

Adhesion G Protein-coupled Receptors : Molecular, Physiological and Pharmacological Principles in Health and Disease / / edited by Tobias Langenhan, Torsten Schöneberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-41523-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 403 p. 68 illus., 67 illus. in color.)

Collana

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, , 0171-2004 ; ; 234

Disciplina

613

Soggetti

Pharmacology

Human physiology

Human genetics

Cytology

Clinical biochemistry

Pharmacology/Toxicology

Human Physiology

Human Genetics

Cell Biology

Medical Biochemistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

PART I. Molecular and Pharmacological Properties of Adhesion GPCRs:-Classification, Nomenclature and Structural Aspects of Adhesion GPCRs -- 7TM Domain Structure of Adhesion GPCRs -- Understanding the Structural Basis of Adhesion GPCR Functions.-Control of Adhesion GPCR Function Through Proteolytic Processing.-Tethered Agonism: A Common Activation Mechanism of Adhesion GPCRs -- Versatile Signaling Activity of Adhesion GPCRs -- Adhesion GPCR-Related Protein Networks.-The Relevance of Genomic Signatures at Adhesion GPCR Loci in Humans -- PART II: Adhesion GPCRs as Pharmakotargets in Organ Function and Development -- Adhesion GPCRs as a Putative Class of Metabotropic Mechanosensors -- Adhesion GPCRs Govern



Polarity of Epithelia and Cell Migration -- Adhesion GPCRs as Novel Actors in Neural and Glial Cell Functions: From Synaptogenesis to Myelination.-Control of Skeletal Muscle Cell Growth and Size Through Adhesion GPCRs -- Adhesion GPCR Function in Pulmonary Development and Disease.-Adhesion GPCRs as Modulators of Immune Cell Function.-Heart Development, Angiogenesis, and Blood-Brain Barrier Function is Modulated by Adhesion GPCRs.-Adhesion GPCRs in Tumorigenesis.

Sommario/riassunto

Latest research on Adhesion GPCRs has unearthed surprising revelations about the events that govern the signal transduction of these receptor molecules and the cellular and organ requirements for these signals. Unexpected and unprecedented findings suggest that Adhesion GPCRs constitute a group of receptors that sense mechanical stimuli and transcode them into metabotropic signals through the action of a novel activation paradigm. Interdisciplinary efforts transcending many areas of biomedical research including pharmacology, physiology, genetics, cell biology, structural biology, biochemistry and bioinformatics were necessary to unveil these fundamental properties. The scientific leaders in the field that carried this research effort have teamed up here to provide a comprehensive overview of our current understanding, how Adhesion GPCRs signal and how these receptors shape organ structure and function.