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    Protein Associated with Disease: what is next in research? @mansoor_steven @OHSUNews #P2X7receptor
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    Protein Associated with Disease: what is next in research? @mansoor_steven @OHSUNews #P2X7receptor

    Steven Mansoor, MD @mansoor_steven of @OHSUSOM describes what is next and how this protein associated with many disease is visualized for the first time will affect clinicians today.

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    New drugs can be motivated by understanding how receptors of P2X7 proteins function. 

    Scientists first noticed how a protein associated with various health issues functions at the molecular level.

    The breakthrough, that one day could inspire new drugs to treat inflammation, coronary artery disease, leukemia, multiple sclerosis, and more, has been published today in the Cell journal.

    Research assistant at Oregon Health & Science University Alanna McCarthy, B.S., and scientist at OHSU Steven Mansoor, M.D., Ph.D., used cryoelectron microscopy to obtain a protein receptor's 3D structure and observe its inner working. The protein receptor they studied is a protein of the cell membrane that enables electrically charged particles of sodium and calcium to enter and cause changes in a cell.

    They specifically studied the P2X7 receptor, a subtype associated with inflammation of the ligand-gated ion channel P2X family, plaque buildup in arteries, metastasis of cancer, neurological conditions, and more.

    P2X7 is unique because its channel remains open indefinitely once it is activated, allowing continuously charged particles to enter a cell and initiate the inflammation signaling pathways, ultimately resulting in cell death. These signaling activity may contribute to the receptor-related long list of ailments.

    Unlike previous efforts to image the P2X7 receptor, they were able to capture the protein receptor in its entirety through the cryo-EM imaging approach of the team.

    This helped them to imagine the receptor sections inside the cell that were sitting. As a result, they can specifically analyze how fatty acid molecules called palmitoyl groups change these parts. When these groups were eliminated by Mansoor and his colleagues, they found that the receptor was no longer open indefinitely, shutting down their ability to trigger signaling. He also found suddenly that a guanosine nucleotide inside the cell was bound to P2X7.

    Read here: https://www.oncologytube.com/video/first-fully-visualized-protein-associated-with-many-diseases

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    What Functions Do These Features Confer To The Receptor? @mansoor_steven @OHSUNews #P2X7receptor What Functions Do These Features Confer To The Receptor? @mansoor_steven @OHSUNews #P2X7receptor
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    What Functions Do These Features Confer To The Receptor? @mansoor_steven @OHSUNews #P2X7receptor

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    Protein Associated with Many Diseases @mansoor_steven @OHSUNews #P2X7receptor Protein Associated with Many Diseases @mansoor_steven @OHSUNews #P2X7receptor
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    First Fully Visualized Protein Associated with Many Diseases

    First Fully Visualized Protein Associated with Many Diseases

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