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Discovery of the calcium-sensing receptor The significance of the parathyroid in calcium homeostasis has been recognised for more than 100 years. Early investigations demonstrated that removal of the parathyroid glands induces acute
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-coupled receptor (GPCR), calcium-sensing receptor, and its role in calcium homeostasis. Caroline moved to the IMSR in 2018 to establish her research group investigating metabolic GPCRs. Her current research focusses on how metabolic GPCRs cross-talk and interact to
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Introduction The calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) is a class C homo-dimeric G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that plays a fundamental role in extracellular calcium (Ca 2+ e ) homeostasis by regulating parathyroid hormone (PTH) release and
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Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling, University of Houston, 3605 Cullen Blvd, Science and Engineering Research Center Bldg 545, Houston, Texas 77204-5056, USA
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. 2012 ), and brain ( Boon et al . 2010 ). The classical actions of estrogen are mainly mediated via the two nuclear estrogen receptors (ERs), ERα and ERβ, both of which bind to E 2 with high affinity in the low nM range. Two metabolites of E 2
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its cognate type I GnRH receptor (GnRH-R) on the pituitary gonadotrophs and controlling the release of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH; Conn & Crowley 1994 , Millar 2003 ). The second form, designated GnRH II is
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Introduction The prolactin receptor (PRLR), and its ligand, the hormone prolactin (PRL) are reported to have diverse roles that include induction and maintenance of lactation in the peripartum and postpartum periods ( Ben-Jonathan et al
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Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research and Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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was the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) (Supplementary Table 1, see section on supplementary materials given at the end of this article). The CaSR is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that is widely expressed and has calcitropic roles, that is
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Introduction The G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are one of the largest known groups of proteins, comprising up to 80% of the total number of receptors identified in cells ( Bockaert 1991 , Bockaert et al. 2002 ). There are
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Introduction The nuclear receptor (NR) superfamily forms the largest family of transcription factors in metazoan organisms, in which they regulate reproduction, development, metabolism and the immune response ( Bookout et al . 2006 , Evans
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Introduction The human mannose 6-phosphate/IGF2 receptor (IGF2R) is a large (270 kDa) multi-functional type I membrane protein and P -type lectin. The 15 extra-cellular domains of IGF2R bind ligands that are shuttled from the Golgi to the pre