Taber's Medical Dictionary
coreceptor
(kō″rē-sep′tŏr)
[com- + receptor]
A structure on a cell membrane that enhances the action of the cell receptor.
CCR5 coreceptor
A cell surface receptor found on macrophages that facilitates entry of HIV-1 into these cells. Chemokines released by T cells attempt to compete with HIV by blocking the receptor to prevent infection.
CXCR4 coreceptor
A cell surface receptor found on T cells that facilitates entry of HIV-1 into these cells.
SYN: SEE: fusin
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Coreceptor." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729206/all/coreceptor.
Coreceptor. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729206/all/coreceptor. Accessed January 5, 2025.
Coreceptor. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729206/all/coreceptor
Coreceptor [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 January 05]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729206/all/coreceptor.
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