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ATP acts in the extracellular environment as an important signal, activating a family of receptors called purinergic receptors. In recent years, interest in the potential therapeutics of purinergic components, including agonists and antagonists of ...
Paulo Anastácio Furtado Pacheco +7 more
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Purinergic Receptors in Neurological Diseases With Motor Symptoms: Targets for Therapy
Since proving adenosine triphosphate (ATP) functions as a neurotransmitter in neuron/glia interactions, the purinergic system has been more intensely studied within the scope of the central nervous system.
Ágatha Oliveira-Giacomelli +7 more
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Purinergic Receptors in Ocular Inflammation [PDF]
Inflammation is a complex process that implies the interaction between cells and molecular mediators, which, when not properly “tuned,” can lead to disease. When inflammation affects the eye, it can produce severe disorders affecting the superficial and internal parts of the visual organ.
Ana Guzman-Aranguez +3 more
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Purinergic signalling is involved in the control of several processes related to brain development, such as neurogenesis and gliogenesis, migration and differentiation of neuronal precursors, synaptogenesis and synaptic elimination to achieve a fully ...
Lidia Babiec +2 more
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Purine and purinergic receptors in health and disease
Purines and purinergic receptors are widely distributed throughout the human body. Purine molecules within cells play crucial roles in regulating energy metabolism and other cellular processes, while extracellular purines transmit signals through ...
Yanling Ai +6 more
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Expression of P2 nucleotide receptors varies with age and sex in murine brain microglia
Microglia are implicated in multiple neurodegenerative disorders, many of which display sexual dimorphisms and have symptom onsets at different ages. P2 purinergic receptors are critical for regulating various microglial functions, but little is known ...
Nikodemova Maria +2 more
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Purinergic receptors in cognitive disturbances
Purinergic receptors (Rs) of the ATP/ADP, UTP/UDP (P2X, P2Y) and adenosine (A1, A2A)-sensitive classes broadly interfere with cognitive processes both under quasi normal and disease conditions. During neurodegenerative illnesses, high concentrations of ATP are released from the damaged neuronal and non-neuronal cells of the brain; then, this ATP is ...
Peter Illes +3 more
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The Potential of Purinergic Signaling to Thwart Viruses Including SARS-CoV-2
A long-shared evolutionary history is congruent with the multiple roles played by purinergic signaling in viral infection, replication and host responses that can assist or hinder viral functions.
Davide Ferrari +4 more
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Purinergic signaling in schistosomal infection
Human schistosomiasis is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by blood fluke worms belonging to the genus Schistosoma. Health metrics indicate that the disease is related to an elevated number of years lost-to-disability and years lost-to-life ...
Claudia Lucia Martins Silva
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Purinergic receptors in airway epithelia [PDF]
Nucleotides and nucleosides within the airway surface liquid regulate mucociliary clearance (MCC) activities, the primary innate defense mechanism that removes foreign particles and pathogens from airway surfaces. Nucleotide and nucleoside actions in the airways are mediated mainly by two purinergic receptor subtypes, the Gq-coupled ATP/UTP-sensing ...
Eduardo R, Lazarowski +1 more
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