UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF CELL SIGNALING
- 17 March 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Physiology
- Vol. 67 (1) , 1-21
- https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.physiol.67.040103.152647
Abstract
My scientific life has been spent trying to understand how cells communicate with each other. This interest in cell signaling began with studies on the control of fluid secretion by an insect salivary gland, and the subsequent quest led to the discovery of inositol trisphosphate (IP3) and its role in calcium signaling, which effectively divided my scientific career into two distinct parts. The first part was primarily experimental and culminated in the discovery of IP3, which set the agenda for the second half during which I have enjoyed exploring the many functions of this remarkably versatile signaling system. It has been particularly exciting to find out how this IP3/Ca2+ signaling pathway has been adapted to control processes as diverse as fertilization, proliferation, cell contraction, secretion, and information processing in neuronal cells.Keywords
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