GPR17 Receptor Antibodies

GPR17 is an orphan GPCR. The endogenous ligand for GPR17 remains to be discovered. GPR17 has previously been reported to be a dual specificity receptor for uracil nucleotides and cysteinyl leukotrienes (CysLTs). GPR17 may mediate brain damage by nucleotides and CysLTs following ischemia. In the central nervous system, GPR17 is expressed in a subset of (pre)-oligodendrocytes and in neurogenic areas. After spinal cord injury, or focal cerebral ischaemia, GPR17 expression is induced in a population of proliferating microglial cells in the lesioned area. GPR17 is regulated by phosphorylation of carboxyl-terminal serine351/threonine356 (pS351/pT356-GPR17). This nomenclature refers to the human GPR17 receptor and is identical in mice and rats in which it corresponds to pS323/pT328-GPR17. For more information on GPR17 pharmacology please refer to the IUPHAR database. For further reading refer to:

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