[HTML][HTML] Structural insights into multiplexed pharmacological actions of tirzepatide and peptide 20 at the GIP, GLP-1 or glucagon receptors

F Zhao, Q Zhou, Z Cong, K Hang, X Zou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Glucose homeostasis, regulated by glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP),
glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucagon (GCG) is critical to human health. Several multi-…

Structural basis for the tethered peptide activation of adhesion GPCRs

YQ Ping, P Xiao, F Yang, RJ Zhao, SC Guo, X Yan… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Adhesion G-protein-coupled receptors (aGPCRs) are important for organogenesis,
neurodevelopment, reproduction and other processes 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 – 6 . Many aGPCRs are …

GPCR activation and GRK2 assembly by a biased intracellular agonist

J Duan, H Liu, F Zhao, Q Yuan, Y Ji, X Cai, X He, X Li… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Phosphorylation of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) by GPCR kinases (GRKs)
desensitizes G-protein signalling and promotes arrestin signalling, which is also modulated by …

[HTML][HTML] Structural perspective of class B1 GPCR signaling

…, Q Zhou, S Darbalaei, F Zhao, W Feng, L Zhao… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Class B1 G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play important roles in human physiology
and disease pathology. Using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and X-ray crystallography, …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis for activation of the growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor

…, Y Wang, A Dai, Y Zhou, W Sun, F Zhao, S Zhao… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) regulates the secretion of growth hormone that
virtually controls metabolism and growth of every tissue through its binding to the cognate …

Effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles exposure on parkinsonism in zebrafish larvae and PC12

Q Hu, F Guo, F Zhao, Z Fu - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstracts Nanomaterials hold significant potential for industrial and biomedical application
these years. Therefore, the relationship between nanoparticles and neurodegenerative …

[HTML][HTML] A unique hormonal recognition feature of the human glucagon-like peptide-2 receptor

…, LH Zhao, D Yang, H Zhang, Z Cong, DD Shen, F Zhao… - Cell Research, 2020 - nature.com
Glucagon-like peptides (GLP-1 and GLP-2) are two proglucagon-derived intestinal hormones
that mediate distinct physiological functions through two related receptors (GLP-1R and …

Structural insights into hormone recognition by the human glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor

F Zhao, C Zhang, Q Zhou, K Hang, X Zou, Y Chen… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) is a peptide hormone that exerts crucial
metabolic functions by binding and activating its cognate receptor, GIPR. As an important …

Developmental neurotoxicity and immunotoxicity induced by graphene oxide in zebrafish embryos

X Yang, Q Yang, G Zheng, S Han, F Zhao… - Environmental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene oxide (GO) has emerged as the worldwide promising candidate for biomedical
application, such as for drug delivery, bio‐sensing and anti‐cancer therapy. This study was …

[HTML][HTML] Structural insights into ligand recognition and subtype selectivity of the human melanocortin-3 and melanocortin-5 receptors

W Feng, Q Zhou, X Chen, A Dai, X Cai, X Liu, F Zhao… - Cell Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Members of the melanocortin receptor (MCR) family that recognize different melanocortin
peptides mediate a broad spectrum of cellular processes including energy homeostasis, …