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"Hovanessian says that CD4 receptor is like an anchor on the cell, to which HIV attaches, while CD26 is the door through which it enters. CD26 reacts with a part of the virus's protein coat called the V3 loop. Hovanessian says that this sequence is like the key which opens the CD26 door."

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Date: May 21 2015 11:01 AM

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"HIV attaches to a site on our T-cells called the CD4 receptor. T-cells are the soldiers of the immune system that enable us to fight infections. The CD4 receptor is like a window through which HIV enters into body cells. But for efficient entry, HIV attaches to another spot on our T-cells called the CCR5 co-receptor. The CCR5 molecule acts as the most efficient door through which HIV enters into our T-cells. "

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Date: May 21 2015 11:03 AM

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The HIV virus sticks to it and goes inside.

Writer: Lucrezia

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Date: May 21 2015 11:07 AM

What: "Each cellular receptor is like a kind of switch connected to a lock-and-key mechanism, similar to the ignition system for a car. Only the binding of a specific chemical to the receptor will trigger the molecular switch, just as a car will start only if the correct key is inserted into its ignition."

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Date: May 14 2013 1:43 PM

What: "To imagine how glucose, insulin, and cell receptors work, think of your car. To park in your garage, you need a garage door and a garage door opener. Glucose is like your car, the cell receptor is like the garage door, and the insulin is like the opener"

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Date: May 14 2013 1:46 PM

What: "A receptor is like a tube that protrudes outside and inside the cell membrane or membrane of the nucleus. A cell may have around 500 receptors or thousands" A trans-membrane protein it is.

Writer: conradofontanilla

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Date: May 14 2013 1:50 PM

What: "The androgen receptor is important for our body's response to male hormones, such as testosterone and dihyodrotesteoserone. The receptor is like a baseball glove, and normally catches (I believe it is called "binds") androgens and then moves them to the nucleus, which is the main control center for the cell." ....

Writer: Bruce

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Date: May 14 2013 2:06 PM

What: "Each receptor is like a button that starts a different process in the machinery within the cell. HIV infects CD4 cells by attaching to a number of receptors on the surface of the cell, including a critical receptor called CCR5."

Writer: Bruce L. Levine

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Date: May 14 2013 1:59 PM

What: "To study optic neuritis in a model, Smith is studying a chemical messenger (IL-23) which binds to a receptor or receiver on a cell. In simpler terms, the chemical messenger's relationship to a receptor is like a remote control for a television set. The receptor signals the cell to tell it what to do and then Smith tests the outcome."

Writer: Alan Smith

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Date: May 14 2013 2:01 PM

What: "To most of the modern pharmacologists the receptor is like a beautiful but remote lady. He has written her many a letter and quite often she has answered the letters. From these answers the pharmacologist has built himself an image of this fair lady. He cannot, however, truly claim ever to have seen her, although one day he may do so" Written in 1964.

Writer: D. K. deJongh

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Date: May 14 2013 2:13 PM