{"id":8488,"date":"2019-01-17T12:39:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T17:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/?post_type=directory&p=8488"},"modified":"2024-10-15T11:52:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T15:52:36","slug":"t-kendall-harden-phd","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/directory\/t-kendall-harden-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"T. Kendall Harden, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"
The physiological responses of many hormones, neurotransmitters, growth factors, and other extracellular stimuli are mediated through phospholipase C (PLC)-catalyzed hydrolysis of membrane phosphoinositides.\u00a0 \u00a0A long-term goal of our research is to delineate the molecular mechanisms whereby PLC activity is modulated by receptor-activated heterotrimeric and Ras superfamily G proteins, as well as by tyrosine phosphorylation.\u00a0 This work focuses on three PLC isozymes:\u00a0(1) PLC-\u03b2 isozymes, which are the prototypical heterotrimeric G protein-regulated PLCs, (2) PLC-\u03b5, which is uniquely directly activated by both Rho and Ras GTPases acting through independent domains, and (3) PLC-\u03b3 isozymes, which are activated by phosphorylation by receptor and non-receptor tyrosine kinases.<\/p>\n
Our research also focuses on mechanistic and pharmacological aspects of a class of G protein-coupled receptors (the eight member P2Y receptor family) that are activated by extracellular nucleotides.<\/p>\n
Click here for a complete list of his publications (PubMed)<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Research Interests Phospholipase C and inositol lipid signaling P2Y receptors for extracellular nucleotides G proteins Research Synopsis The physiological responses of many hormones, neurotransmitters, growth factors, and other extracellular stimuli are mediated through phospholipase C (PLC)-catalyzed hydrolysis of membrane phosphoinositides.\u00a0 \u00a0A long-term goal of our research is to delineate the molecular mechanisms whereby PLC activity … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3478,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8488","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n