Life implies organization and thus regulation. This requires intraand intercellular
communication and communication with the environment. The exchange of information is to …

The evolution of the receptor concept over the years, culminating in the materialization
thereof is outlined step by step. Attention is paid to molecular pharmacology, affinity and …

Studies of receptor classification, operation and organization will be instrumental in our
future understanding of cellular communication. Improved accuracy in categorizing ligands …

Receptors determine cellular responsiveness and have traditionally been investigated by
pharmacological studies of functional responses or by direct binding studies with …

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Cell receptors: morphological characterization and pathological aspects Page 1 Current Topics
in Pathology G. Seifert (Ed.) Cell Receptors Morphological Characterization and Pathological …

The Receptors, Volume II deals with receptors for somatostatin, vitamin D, insulin, and
animal viruses, as well as for the? 2-adrenergic and Ah systems. The significance of …

It is less than 80 years since John Newport Langley first proposed the role of" receptive
substances" as the site of drug action from his obser vations on the effects of nicotine and …

Key to the coordination of the functions of individ-ual cells within the intact organism is
intercellular communication, a means by which the individual cell is regulated in its …

At the beginning of this century, Ehrlich and Langley put forward the idea that intercellular
chemical signaling was mediated by receptive sites on cell surfaces (1). It was not until …