Receptor and Cell Signaling
Course Objectives:
Provision of essential information to allow the student to be knowledgeable in the biochemistry and pharmacology of receptors and signal transduction
Topics Covered:
- Radioligand binding analysis
- Receptor theory
- Receptor Autoradiography
- G protein-coupled receptor structure and function
- Calcium signaling
- Nuclear receptors
- Receptor cloning and expression
- Cytokines/cytokine receptors
- Signaling resulting in apoptosis
- Electrophysiological approaches
- Nicotinic receptor family
- Glutamate receptor family
- Non-receptor kinases
- Receptor tyrosine kinases
- Signaling to the nucleus
- Signal transduction and translational control
- Proteomics
- Genomics
For more information contact:
Dr. Huangui Xiong
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
985880 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5800
E-Mail: hxiong@unmc.edu
