Receptor Also Active Inside The Cell
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 11:35
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have demonstrated that hormones can also activate their receptors inside the cell. Until now, cell surface expression of hormone receptors was considered a necessity for their ability to transduce hormonal signals from the outside of the cell to the inside. This discovery may allow a significant improvement for the treatment of patients suffering from one of the many disorders that are caused by failure of a particular hormone receptor to reach the cell surface.