Preface Arun K. Shukla 1. Computational and experimental approaches to probe GPCR activation and signaling Paulina Dragan, Alessandro Atzei, Swapnil Ganesh Sanmukh and Dorota Latek 2. Adrenergic receptors in breast cancer Cecilia Pérez Piñero, Ezequiel Mariano Rivero, Lucía Gargiulo, María Sol Rodríguez, Carlos David Bruque, Ariana Bruzzone and Isabel Alicia Lüthy 3. Tools for adapting to a complex habitat: G-protein coupled receptors in Trichoderma Monika Schmoll and Wolfgang Hinterdobler 4. Targeting G protein-coupled receptors for alleviating neuropathic pain Poonam Kumari, Anubhav Yadav, Monika Patel and Prem N. Yadav 5. Crosstalk between neurons and glia through G-protein coupled receptors: Insights from Caenorhabditis elegans Pratima Pandey, Gazaldeep Kaur and Kavita Babu 6. Cardiovascular GPCR regulation by regulator of G protein signaling proteins Anastasios Lymperopoulos, Malka S. Suster and Jordana I. Borges 7. The interaction, mechanism and function of GPR158-RGS7 cross-talk Shradha Darira and Laurie P. Sutton 8. Taste GPCRs and their ligands Nitzan Dubovski, Fabrizio Fierro, Eitan Margulis, Yaron Ben Shoshan-Galeczki, Lior Peri and Masha Y. Niv 9. Palmitoylation and G-protein coupled receptors Georges Chaloub and Peter J. McCormick
Dr. Arun K. Shukla is a world leader in the field of GPCR biology and he is currently a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering at the Institute of Technology, Kanpur in India. Dr. Shukla's research program is focused on understanding the structure, function and regulation of G protein-coupled receptors with a long-term of designing novel therapeutics with minimized side-effects.