Agonist-directed desensitization of the β2-adrenergic receptor.

The β(2)-adrenergic receptor (β(2)AR) agonists with reduced tachyphylaxis may offer new therapeutic agents with improved tolerance profile. However, receptor desensitization assays are often inferred at the single signaling molecule level, thus ligand-directed desensitization is poorly understood. H...

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Main Authors: Vasiliy Goral, Yan Jin, Haiyan Sun, Ann M Ferrie, Qi Wu, Ye Fang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3082563?pdf=render