Platelet-activating factor receptor

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An Error has occurred retrieving Wikidata item for infobox The platelet-activating factor receptor (PAF-R) is a G-protein coupled receptor which binds platelet-activating factor.[1][2] It is encoded in the human by the PTAFR gene. The PAF receptor shows structural characteristics of the rhodopsin (MIM 180380) gene family and binds platelet-activating factor (PAF). PAF is a phospholipid (1-0-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine) that has been implicated as a mediator in diverse pathologic processes, such as allergy, asthma, septic shock, arterial thrombosis, and inflammatory processes.[supplied by OMIM][3] Its pathogenetic role in chronic kidney failure has also been reported recently.[4]

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  1. Seyfried CE, Schweickart VL, Godiska R, Gray PW (1992). "The human platelet-activating factor receptor gene (PTAFR) contains no introns and maps to chromosome 1". Genomics. 13 (3): 832–4. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(92)90162-L. PMID 1322356.
  2. Ishii S, Nagase T, Shimizu T (2002). "Platelet-activating factor receptor". Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat. 68–69: 599–609. doi:10.1016/S0090-6980(02)00058-8. PMID 12432946.
  3. "Entrez Gene: PTAFR platelet-activating factor receptor".
  4. Correa-Costa M (Apr 2014). "Activation of platelet-activating factor receptor exacerbates renal inflammation and promotes fibrosis". Lab. Invest. 94 (4): 455–466. doi:10.1038/labinvest.2013.155. PMID 24492283.

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