P2 Receptors as Therapeutic Targets in the Salivary Gland: From Physiology to Dysfunction [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020 Although often overlooked in our daily lives, saliva performs a host of necessary physiological functions, including lubricating and protecting the oral cavity, facilitating taste sensation and digestion and maintaining tooth enamel.
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P2 Receptors: Novel Disease Markers and Metabolic Checkpoints in Immune Cells [PDF]
Biomolecules, 2022 Extracellular ATP (eATP) and P2 receptors are novel emerging regulators of T-lymphocyte responses. Cellular ATP is released via multiple pathways and accumulates at sites of tissue damage and inflammation. P2 receptor expression and function are affected
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Role of Nucleotide P2 Receptors in the Immune System: Focus on Effector T Cells [PDF]
CellsThe emergence of purinergic signaling has given ATP and other extracellular nucleotides a whole new perspective. This concept refers to the fact that extracellular nucleotides released by most cells act as signaling molecules via specific membrane ...
Romuald Brice Babou Kammoe +2 more
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Activation of basal forebrain purinergic P2 receptors promotes wakefulness in mice [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2018 The functions of purinergic P2 receptors (P2Rs) for extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) are poorly understood. Here, for the first time, we show that activation of P2Rs in an important arousal region, the basal forebrain (BF), promotes wakefulness,
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Purinergic P2 Receptors: Novel Mediators of Mechanotransduction [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Mechanosensing and mechanotransduction are vital processes in mechanobiology and play critical roles in regulating cellular behavior and fate. There is increasing evidence that purinergic P2 receptors, members of the purinergic family, play a crucial ...
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Degranulation of human mast cells: modulation by P2 receptors’ agonists [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 Since the late 1970s, there has been an alarming increase in the incidence of asthma and its morbidity and mortality. Acute obstruction and inflammation of allergic asthmatic airways are frequently caused by inhalation of exogenous substances such as ...
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Altered Purinergic Signaling in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Focus on P2 Receptors [PDF]
Biomolecules, 2023 With the umbrella term ‘neurodevelopmental disorders’ (NDDs) we refer to a plethora of congenital pathological conditions generally connected with cognitive, social behavior, and sensory/motor alterations.
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Brain Research Bulletin, 2023 Past studies have suggested that Chinese herbal may alleviate neuropathic pain, and the mechanism might target the inhibition of purinergic receptor P2.
Bo Yang, Nengwei Yu
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Targeting Neuroinflammation via Purinergic P2 Receptors for Disease Modification in Drug-Refractory Epilepsy [PDF]
Journal of Inflammation Research, 2021 Tobias Engel,1,2,* Jonathon Smith,1,2,* Mariana Alves1 1Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, D02 YN77, Ireland; 2FutureNeuro, Science Foundation ...
Engel T, Smith J, Alves M
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Hemolysis in human erythrocytes by Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin requires activation of P2 receptors [PDF]
Virulence, 2018 Epsilon-toxin (ETX) is produced by types B and D strains of Clostridium perfringens, which cause fatal enterotoxaemia in sheep, goats and cattle. Previous studies showed that only a restricted number of cell lines are sensitive to ETX and ETX-induced ...
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