Article
Constitutive activity in the angiotensin II type 1 receptor: discovery and applications.
Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) - 1 Jan 2014
Unal Hamiyet, Karnik Sadashiva S
Abstract excerpt
The pathophysiological actions of the renin-angiotensin system hormone, angiotensin II (AngII), are mainly mediated by the AngII type 1 (AT1) receptor, a GPCR. The intrinsic spontaneous activity of the AT1 receptor in native tissues is difficult to detect due to its low expression levels. However, factors such as the membrane environment, interaction with autoantibodies, and mechanical stretch are known to...
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- Animals
- Biomedical Research
- Drug Discovery
- Drug Inverse Agonism
- Humans
- Mutation
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1
