As the basic unit of life, cells utilize signaling pathways to receive inputs from the environment and translate such information into appropriate cellular behaviors and responses. Cell signaling ...
Most cell signals are chemical in nature. For example, prokaryotic organisms have sensors that detect nutrients and help them navigate toward food sources. In multicellular organisms, growth ...
Researchers discovered that cordycepin, derived from the caterpillar fungus Cordyceps militaris, disrupts cancer cell growth by interfering with signaling pathways. The compound converts to cordycepin ...
The signaling pathway, which is mediated by the protein GP130, plays a central role in cell communication and influences the activity of the transcription factor STAT3, which in turn is associated ...
Both Inceptor and the insulin receptor are located on the surface of beta cells, where Inceptor can block the insulin receptor, thus reducing the cells' insulin sensitivity and weakening the signaling ...