Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Receptor Physiology
Receptor Physiology
Cell signaling
A. Steps
1. Reception
a) Ligand
(1) Agonist
(2) Antagonist
2. Transduction
3. Response
II. Types of Cell Communication
A. Fdfsd
1. Direct Intercellular
a) Gap Junctions
2. Signaling by Plasma Membrane Bound Molecules
3. Receptor-mediated Intercellular Communication
a) Cell Surface Receptors
b) Nuclear Receptors of Intracellular receptors
B. Types by distance
1. Local
a) Juxtacrine
b) Paracrine
c) Synaptic
d) Autocrine
e) Endocrine
III. Types of Cellular Signals
A. Chemical
B. Physical
IV. Responses to Cell Signaling