The κ-opioid receptor also mediates the action of the hallucinogenic side effects of opioids such as pentazocine.

These receptors mediate gastrointestinal smooth muscle contraction and angiogenesis.

This receptor mediates neutrophil migration to sites of inflammation.

These receptors also mediate severe illness, including shock and systemic inflammation as it occurs in the course of an infection.

Muscarinic receptors mediate many effects of acetylcholine in the central and peripheral nervous system.

This receptor mediates programmed cell death (apoptosis).

The AT receptor mediates the major cardiovascular effects of angiotensin II.

This receptor mediates most, if not all, of the biological effects of this cytokine.

The attached virus enters the cell by one of two ways, receptor mediated endocytosis or viral envelope-cell membrane fusion.

These receptors mediate excitatory neurotransmission and are critical for normal synaptic function.