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Zara Weinberg

University of California, San Francisco
Verified email at ucsf.edu
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Regulation of G protein‐coupled receptor signaling by plasma membrane organization and endocytosis

ZY Weinberg, MA Puthenveedu - Traffic, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The trafficking of G protein coupled‐receptors (GPCRs) is one of the most exciting areas in
cell biology because of recent advances demonstrating that GPCR signaling is spatially …

Vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 is a cargo-selective v-SNARE for a subset of GPCRs

H Chen, ZY Weinberg, GA Kumar… - Journal of Cell …, 2023 - rupress.org
Vesicle fusion at the plasma membrane is critical for releasing hormones and neurotransmitters
and for delivering the cognate G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) to the cell surface. …

[HTML][HTML] Recommendations for accelerating open preprint peer review to improve the culture of science

…, CG Vasquez, L Waltman, FM Watt, ZY Weinberg… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Peer review is an important part of the scientific process, but traditional peer review at
journals is coming under increased scrutiny for its inefficiency and lack of transparency. As …

Spatial encoding of GPCR signaling in the nervous system

ZY Weinberg, SE Crilly, MA Puthenveedu - Current opinion in cell biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Several GPCRs, including receptors previously thought to signal primarily from the cell
surface, have been recently shown to signal from many intracellular compartments. This raises …

Conformational specificity of opioid receptors is determined by subcellular location irrespective of agonist

SE Crilly, W Ko, ZY Weinberg, MA Puthenveedu - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The prevailing model for the variety in drug responses is that different drugs stabilize distinct
active states of their G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) targets, allowing coupling to …

The δ‐opioid receptor positive allosteric modulator BMS 986187 is a G‐protein‐biased allosteric agonist

…, KE Livingston, L Chang, ZY Weinberg… - British Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose The δ‐opioid receptor is an emerging target for the management
of chronic pain and depression. Biased signalling, the preferential activation of one …

Sequence-specific regulation of endocytic lifetimes modulates arrestin-mediated signaling at the µ opioid receptor

ZY Weinberg, AS Zajac, T Phan, DJ Shiwarski… - Molecular …, 2017 - ASPET
Functional selectivity at the µ opioid receptor (µR), a prototypical G-protein–coupled receptor
that is a physiologically relevant target for endogenous opioid neurotransmitters and …

A new paroxetine-based GRK2 inhibitor reduces internalization of the μ-opioid receptor

RA Bouley, ZY Weinberg, HV Waldschmidt… - Molecular …, 2020 - ASPET
G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) kinases (GRKs) play a key role in terminating signals
initiated by agonist-bound GPCRs. However, chronic stimulation of GPCRs, such as that which …

Advancing the culture of peer review with preprints

…, R Vale, C Vasquez, L Waltman, F Watt, ZY Weinberg… - 2023 - osf.io
Preprints enable new forms of peer review that have the potential to be more thorough,
inclusive, and collegial. In December 2022, 80 researchers and representatives of funders, …

Homologous regulation of mu opioid receptor recycling by Gβγ, protein kinase C, and receptor phosphorylation

JM Kunselman, AS Zajac, ZY Weinberg… - Molecular …, 2019 - ASPET
Membrane trafficking and receptor signaling are two fundamental cellular processes that
interact constantly. Although how trafficking regulates signaling is well studied, how signaling …