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51 examples of Receptor in a sentence

In fact, caffeine works by blocking adenosine's receptor pathways.
However, about a year or so later, a report emerged of an olfactory receptor expressed in a tissue other than the nose.
Rather, after you drink your morning coffee, your liver might use an olfactory receptor to chemically detect the change in concentration of a chemical floating through your bloodstream.
I like this example because it clearly demonstrates that an olfactory receptor's primary job is to be a chemical sensor, but depending on the context, it can influence how you perceive a smell, or in which direction sperm will swim, and as it turns out, a huge variety of other processes.
We've identified a number of different olfactory and taste receptors in the kidney, one of which, olfactory receptor 78, is known to be expressed in cells and tissues that are important in the regulation of blood pressure.
When this receptor is deleted in mice, their blood pressure is low.
After being produced by your gut microbiota, these chemicals are absorbed into your bloodstream where they can then interact with receptors like olfactory receptor 78, meaning that the changes in metabolism of your gut microbiota may influence your blood pressure.
One little software program, called the fat insulin receptor gene, basically says, "Hold onto every calorie, because the next hunting season may not work out so well."
So nicotine, which is in e-cigarettes, for example, binds to a receptor called the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, which plays a key role in the functioning of almost all organ systems in the human body.
They have discovered pathways that create flavors, although it's very important to understand that those compounds that it's cranking out have to match a receptor in our genome, in our tongue, for us to understand and interpret those flavors.
And the bacteria also have a receptor on their cell surface that fits like a lock and key with that molecule.
So when the molecule increases to a certain amount, which says something about the number of cells, it locks down into that receptor and information comes into the cells that tells the cells to turn on this collective behavior of making light.
So each molecule fits into its partner receptor and no other.
So they have a second enzyme that makes a second signal, and it has its own receptor, and this molecule is the trade language of bacteria.
And when they were subject to the plague, most people didn't survive, but those who survived had a mutation on the CCR5 receptor.
Don't have an HER-2 receptor?
By blocking glutamate from binding to the NMDA receptor, ketamine leads to an augmented glutamate release, which activates other types of glutamate receptors and enhances the function and density of synapses (the junctions between neurons) in areas of the brain where stress or depression has caused cells to atrophy.
In recent years, “biomarkers,” such as certain DNA sequences or the presence of a particular drug receptor, have become increasingly important indicators for determining eligibility for clinical trials.
The daf-2 gene, which controls FoxO, encodes a hormone receptor similar to the human receptors for insulin and IGF-1.
Inhibiting the mouse’s insulin or IGF-1 receptor (daf-2) genes, or other genes needed for insulin or IGF-1 action, can extend mouse lifespan, sometimes dramatically.
Most relevant to us is one study’s finding that humans who carry less active forms of the IGF-1 receptor gene were more likely to live to 100.
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