How to Use receptor in a Sentence

receptor

noun
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  • The part attached to the receptor falls off, leaving the rest of the spike protein – S2 – in a new shape.
    — USA Today, 5 Mar. 2021
  • This is where the receptor agonist part of the name comes from.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • These sensors serve the same purpose as the receptors in your nose.
    — Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
  • This structure is the part of the spike protein that attaches to the ACE2 receptor of the human cell.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Opioids bind to certain parts of the brain, called mu receptors.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But the binding also had to be reversible so the drug could find its way to GLP-1 receptors in the pancreas.
    — Megan Molteni and Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The medicine makes the brain receptor more sensitive to GABA.
    — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2023
  • The receptors are on the inside of your GI tract, so putting something on the outside is unlikely to help in the long run.
    — Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Dogs have receptors for sweet, sour, spicy, and bitter tastes.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In their lab studies, the team found that THC also binds to that receptor in blood vessels.
    — NBC News, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Rather, all of the key receptor types were sprinkled throughout New York and China alike.
    — Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The placenta, the new organ that forms to nourish the fetus, presents new receptors for the disease to bind to.
    — Zoya Teirstein, Vox, 30 May 2024
  • Psilocybin is a tryptamine that binds to serotonin receptor 5-HT2A in the brain.
    — Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • Once on the surface, they can be recognized by a receptor on the surface of T-cells.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Some research teams are focusing on the ACE2 receptor, a protein found on the surface of the cells of many species.
    — New York Times, 22 Feb. 2022
  • An example is the gene that codes for the ACE2 receptor, a protein on the surface of cells that the virus uses to slip inside.
    — Grace Browne, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Because the simplest versions of this just put in one new receptor.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The team needed to make sure the ABA receptor could sense the pesticide but still be able to perform its usual job.
    — WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
  • This region codes for a part of the viruses receptor binding domain -- the part of the virus that docks onto a door on the outside of our cells.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 3 May 2022
  • Delta 8 like Delta 9 binds to the CB1 receptor in the brain, which is what gives cannabis its psychoactive properties.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The receptor is found throughout our body, including the inside of our mouth.
    — Ken Kawada, Popular Mechanics, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The medicine binds to the same receptors in the brain as opioids such as fentanyl, which allows the medicine to displace the opioids and reverse their effects.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
  • According to a study, the seeds of wild chili peppers are often spread by birds, which do not have heat receptors in their mouths.
    — Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 16 June 2023
  • Both are naturally produced in the body and the drug targets receptors in the brain for these hormones.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
  • This means that if one human-smell receptor isn’t working for some reason, the bugs have a backup.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Blocking this receptor hinders the production of T cells that can help heal wounds on the barrier of the skin, lungs and gut.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 10 July 2024
  • Lehner says ticks have a strong sense of smell in order to find food sources, which is why blocking their scent receptors is a sure way to keep them away.
    — Steven Rowe, Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Generic valsartan, which is part of a class of drugs known as angiotensin II receptor blockers, has been sold in the U.S. for a decade.
    — Anna Edney, Fortune, 7 May 2022
  • Opioids are designed to land on receptors, float back out and then dip in again, a process that only takes around a thousandth of a second.
    — Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Most of these medications, with the exception of Botox, are glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and work by reducing your appetite.
    — Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024

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