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Peiyu Xu (徐沛雨)

MIT / Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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Structural insights into the lipid and ligand regulation of serotonin receptors

P Xu, S Huang, H Zhang, C Mao, XE Zhou, X Cheng… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Serotonin, or 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), is an important neurotransmitter 1 , 2 that activates
the largest subtype family of G-protein-coupled receptors 3 . Drugs that target 5-HT 1A , 5-…

[PDF][PDF] Structural insights into the human D1 and D2 dopamine receptor signaling complexes

Y Zhuang, P Xu, C Mao, L Wang, B Krumm, XE Zhou… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The D1- and D2-dopamine receptors (D1R and D2R), which signal through G s and G i ,
respectively, represent the principal stimulatory and inhibitory dopamine receptors in the central …

Structures of the Omicron spike trimer with ACE2 and an anti-Omicron antibody

W Yin, Y Xu, P Xu, X Cao, C Wu, C Gu, X He, X Wang… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant has
become the dominant infective strain. We report the structures of the Omicron spike trimer on …

[PDF][PDF] GPCRs steer Gi and Gs selectivity via TM5-TM6 switches as revealed by structures of serotonin receptors

S Huang, P Xu, DD Shen, IA Simon, C Mao, Y Tan… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Serotonin (or 5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) is an important neurotransmitter that activates 12
different G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) through selective coupling of G s , G i, or G q …

Structures of full-length glycoprotein hormone receptor signalling complexes

J Duan, P Xu, X Cheng, C Mao, T Croll, X He, J Shi… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Luteinizing hormone and chorionic gonadotropin are glycoprotein hormones that are related
to follicle-stimulating hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone 1 , 2 . Luteinizing hormone …

[HTML][HTML] Fanzor is a eukaryotic programmable RNA-guided endonuclease

M Saito, P Xu, G Faure, S Maguire, S Kannan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
RNA-guided systems, which use complementarity between a guide RNA and target nucleic
acid sequences for recognition of genetic elements, have a central role in biological …

Hormone-and antibody-mediated activation of the thyrotropin receptor

J Duan, P Xu, X Luan, Y Ji, X He, N Song, Q Yuan… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), through activation of its G-protein-coupled thyrotropin
receptor (TSHR), controls the synthesis of thyroid hormone—an essential metabolic hormone …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular recognition of an acyl-peptide hormone and activation of ghrelin receptor

…, Y Yun, P Xu, X He, J Guo, W Yin, HE Xu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Ghrelin, also called “the hunger hormone”, is a gastric peptide hormone that regulates food
intake, body weight, as well as taste sensation, reward, cognition, learning and memory. One …

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

…, A Liang, Q Ming, M Wang, LN Chen, P Xu… - 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-…

[HTML][HTML] Molecular insights into ligand recognition and activation of chemokine receptors CCR2 and CCR3

Z Shao, Y Tan, Q Shen, L Hou, B Yao, J Qin, P Xu… - Cell Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Chemokine receptors are a family of G-protein-coupled receptors with key roles in leukocyte
migration and inflammatory responses. Here, we present cryo-electron microscopy …