The identification of a receptor that is recognized by a subset of alphacoronaviruses provides insights into ‘spillover’ risk ...

Scientists have discovered a bat coronavirus capable of entering human cells – and it could lead to another global pandemic.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Lung macrophages play a pivotal role in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Two types of macrophages — the white blood cells that defend the body by killing microbes, ...

An international team of researchers has identified an East African bat coronavirus capable of entering human cells. While ...

New research combines two powerful imaging techniques to study the complete structure of a common aGPCR, including how its long and complex extracellular region interacts with the transmembrane region ...

A study published in Nature looks at whether a bat alphacoronavirus can bind to human receptors and enter cells. Prof Jonathan Ball, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Molecular Virology, ...

Triggering receptors expressed on myeloid cells (TREMs) are a cell surface receptor family found on granulocytes, monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells—as well as other myeloid cells in general.

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. One in five individuals who receive a kidney transplant experience a rejection episode within a year.

Adhesion G protein-coupled receptors have a large extracellular region (shown in green and orange) that extends into space outside the cell. Almost 35% of drugs approved by the Food and Drug ...