RobertLefkowitzMD

General Obstetrics

Director Emeritus Ob/Gyn Ventura County Medical Center

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City ofHopeMD, Oncology, 1976 - 1977
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1973 - 1977
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1973

PubMed

9 citations
The GPCR-β-arrestin complex allosterically activates C-Raf by binding its amino terminus.
Yunxiang Zang, Alem W. Kahsai, Natalia Pakharukova, Li-Yin Huang, Robert J. Lefkowitz
The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2021-10-29
21 citations
β-Arrestin-Biased Allosteric Modulator Potentiates Carvedilol-Stimulated β Adrenergic Receptor Cardioprotection.
Jialu Wang, Biswaranjan Pani, Ilhan Gokhan, Xinyu Xiong, Alem W. Kahsai
Molecular Pharmacology. 2021-09-24
15 citations
Unique Positive Cooperativity Between the β-Arrestin-Biased β-Blocker Carvedilol and a Small Molecule Positive Allosteric Modulator of the β2-Adrenergic Receptor.
Biswaranjan Pani, Seungkirl Ahn, Paula K. Rambarat, Shashank Vege, Alem W. Kahsai
Molecular Pharmacology. 2021-01-01

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