Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Constitutively Active Receptors

Dr. Ya-Xiong Tao is currently Professor of Physiology at Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine in Auburn, Alabama, USA. He has been working on several G protein-coupled receptors, including gonadotropin receptors regulating reproduction, and melanocortin receptors regulating energy and glucose homeostasis. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed biomedical journals and obtained funding for his research from National Institutes of Health, American Diabetes Association and American Heart Association, among others. He has delivered numerous lectures at universities and research institutes in USA, Canada, China, India, and Mexico. He has edited ten volumes, including seven volumes in Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science. He teaches several courses, including Physiology, Receptorology, Genomics and Personalized Medicine, and Molecular Endocrinology, for veterinarian, graduate, and undergraduate Honors students.

• 1. Constitutively Active Rhodopsin and Retinal Disease2. Constitutive Activity in Gonadotropin Receptors3. Constitutive Activities in the Thyrotropin Receptor: Regulation and Significance4. Constitutive Activity in Cannabinoid Receptors5. Constitutive Activity in Melanocortin-4 Receptor: Biased Signaling of Inverse Agonists6. Constitutive Activity in the Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor: Discovery and Applications7. Constitutive Activities and Inverse Agonism in Dopamine Receptors8. Receptor Conformation and Constitutive Activity in CCR5 Chemokine Receptor Function and HIV Infection9. Constitutively Active Chemokine CXC Receptors10. Constitutive Activity of Bitter Taste Receptors (T2Rs)11. Constitutive Activity of the Androgen Receptor12. Sodium Channels, Cardiac Arrhythmia, and Therapeutic Strategy13. Constitutive Activity of the Acetylcholine-Activated Potassium Current IK,ACh in Cardiomyocytes