ICAM proteins are ligands for the leukocyte adhesion protein LFA-1 (integrin alpha-L/beta-2). During leukocyte trans-endothelial migration, ICAM1 engagement …
Motor protein that converts auditory stimuli to length changes in outer hair cells and mediates sound amplification in the mammalian hearing organ. Prestin i…
Receptor for glucocorticoids (GC). Has a dual mode of action: as a transcription factor that binds to glucocorticoid response elements (GRE), both for nuclea…
Growth factor active in angiogenesis and endothelial cell growth, stimulating their proliferation and migration. It binds to the receptor FLT1/VEGFR-1. Also …
Could inhibit both insulin-receptor tyrosine kinase activity and insulin-stimulated receptor autophosphorylation and, concomitantly, antagonize the mitogenic…
Forms a water-specific Channel (PubMed: 7528931, PubMed: 7509789, PubMed: 19800950). Plays an important role in brain water homeostasis and in glymphatic sol…
Forms a water-specific Channel that provides the plasma membranes of renal collecting duct with high permeability to water, thereby permitting water to move …