Impaired desensitization of a human polymorphic α<sub>2B</sub>-adrenergic receptor variant enhances its sympatho-inhibitory activity in chromaffin cells

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>α<sub>2</sub>-adrenergic receptors (ARs) mediate many cellular actions of epinephrine and norepinephrine and inhibit their secretion from adrenal chromaffin cells. Like many other G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), they...

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Main Authors: Lymperopoulos Anastasios, Kassimatis Theodoros, Nguyen Kristy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-02-01
Series:Cell Communication and Signaling
Online Access:http://www.biosignaling.com/content/9/1/5