Sentence examples for receptor though from inspiring English sources

When the scientists blocked the β3 receptor, though, stressed mice not only had fewer of these dangerous plaques, but also had reduced levels of the active immune cells in their plaques, pinpointing β3 as a key link between stress and atheroscelerosis.

This is usually dependent on a functioning oestrogen receptor, though there are exceptions.

The SEA web-site similarly suggests the D4 dopamine receptor, though not D2, as a potential target of cloperastine.

It is theoretically possible that the related NTSR2 could serve as an NMU receptor, though this has not been demonstrated experimentally.

But PA-III rat prostate adenocarcinoma cells have no insulin receptor, though they do have specific binding sites for IGF-I and II (Polychronakos et al, 1991).

In addition, RANK-b was found to be able to activate NF-kB in contrast to RANK-a, which seems to act as an inactive receptor, though incapable of inhibiting RANK signaling.

Many cells have receptors for estrogen, and BPA can bind to those receptors, though far less strongly than the body's own estrogen can.

This response is receptor specific, though, because ELL has no effect on androgen receptor or progesterone receptor activity and decreased the level of GR transactivation while binding to GR.

Neurotrophins and basic fibroblast growth factor are ligands of tyrosine kinase receptors, though they bind to different tyrosine kinase receptor classes.

Oestrogens may act on β3-adrenergic receptors [ 50] and on muscarinic receptors though this remains unproven [ 47, 51, 52].

Class F/S receptors consist of frizzled/smoothened receptors, though there is debate about their ability to couple to G proteins [ 2].