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IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY AND IMMUNOTOXICOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 103-127Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/08923970600625975
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cell membrane receptors; seven-transmembrane receptors; chemokine receptors; viruses; conserved sequences; evolution; formyl peptide receptors; 18S rRNA
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Ligation of N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) to its specific cell surface receptors triggers different cascades of biochemical events, eventually leading to cellular activation. The formyl peptide receptors (FPRs) are members of the seven-transmembrane, G-protein coupled receptors superfamily, expressed at high levels on polymorphonuclear and mononuclear phagocytes. The main responses elicited upon ligation of formylated peptides, referred to as cellular activation, are those of morphological polarization, locomotion, production of reactive-oxygen species and release of proteolytic enzymes. FPRs have in recent years been shown to be expressed also in several non myelocytic populations, suggesting other unidentified functions for this receptor family, independent of the inflammatory response. Finally, a number of ligands acting as exogenous or host-derived agonists for FPRs, as well as ligands acting as FPRs antagonists, have been described, indicating that these receptors may be differentially modulated by distinct molecules.
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