The Two Formyl Peptide Receptors Differently Regulate GPR84-Mediated Neutrophil NADPH Oxidase Activity [PDF]
Journal of Innate Immunity, 2021 Neutrophils express the two formyl peptide receptors (FPR1 and FPR2) and the medium-chain fatty acid receptor GPR84. The FPRs are known to define a hierarchy among neutrophil G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), that is, the activated FPRs can either ...
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The N-Formyl Peptide Receptors and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Dangerous Liaison or Confusing Relationship? [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by a progressive symmetric inflammation of the joints resulting in bone erosion and cartilage destruction with a progressive loss of function and joint deformity. An increased number
Ilaria Mormile +8 more
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The N-formyl peptide receptors: contemporary roles in neuronal function and dysfunction [PDF]
Neural Regeneration Research, 2020 N-formyl peptide receptors (FPRs) were first identified upon phagocytic leukocytes, but more than four decades of research has unearthed a plethora of non-myeloid roles for this receptor family.
Peter J.G. Cussell +3 more
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Fragments of viral surface proteins modulate innate immune responses via formyl peptide receptors [PDF]
iScienceSummary: Formyl peptide receptors (FPRs) are pattern recognition receptors well-known for bacterial pathogen sensing. We here identified activator and inhibitor motifs for FPRs that are present on surface proteins of various viral pathogens.
Heiko Heilmann +7 more
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Inhibition of formyl peptide receptors improves the outcome in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease [PDF]
Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2020 Background An important hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the increase of Aβ1-42 burden and its accumulation to senile plaques, leading the reactive gliosis and neurodegeneration.
Nicole Schröder +15 more
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Biological Role of the N-Formyl Peptide Receptors
Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology, 2006 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
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Walker 256 Tumor Growth Suppression by Crotoxin Involves Formyl Peptide Receptors and Lipoxin A4 [PDF]
Mediators of Inflammation, 2016 We investigated the effects of Crotoxin (CTX), the main toxin of South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus terrificus) venom, on Walker 256 tumor growth, the pain symptoms associated (hyperalgesia and allodynia), and participation of endogenous ...
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Bioactive Compounds as Modulators of N-Formyl Peptide Signaling in Chronic Diseases [PDF]
MoleculesIn physiological situations involving cell damage, molecules derived from mitochondria or bacteria are produced. These molecules are known as N-formyl peptides and are detected by formyl peptide receptors (FPRs), which stimulate immune cells to migrate ...
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The N-formyl peptide receptors and the anaphylatoxin C5a receptors: An overview
Biochimie, 2007 Leukocyte recruitment to sites of inflammation and infection is dependent on the presence of a gradient of locally produced chemotactic factors. This review is focused on current knowledge about the activation and regulation of chemoattractant receptors.
François Boulay, F Boulay
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NEW FORMYL PEPTIDE HAS THE STIMULATING PROPERTIES IN POINT OF IMMUNE SYSTEM CELLS [PDF]
Annals of Mechnikov's Institute, 2017 Introduction Tuberculosis infection (TBI) is still one of the major health problems, despite of global intensive medical and pharmaceutical efforts as it is known, in the majority of immunocompetent individuals TBI is repressed by immune system, and as a
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