Receptor Regulation
Cells can increase (upregulate) or decrease (downregulate) the number of receptors to a given hormone or neurotransmitter to alter its sensitivity to this molecule. This is a locally acting feedback mechanism.
- Receptor desensitization
- Uncoupling of receptor effector molecules.
- Receptor sequestration (internalization).
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