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Purine and purinergic receptors [PDF]

Brain and Neuroscience Advances, 2018
Adenosine 5′-triphosphate acts as an extracellular signalling molecule (purinergic signalling), as well as an intracellular energy source. Adenosine 5′-triphosphate receptors have been cloned and characterised. P1 receptors are selective for adenosine, a breakdown product of adenosine 5′-triphosphate after degradation by ectonucleotidases.
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A 3D Astrocyte Microenvironment Model Enables Rapid Ca2+‐Resolved Analysis and Therapeutic Modulation of Oxidative Neuroinflammation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This work presents ARC‐3D, a soft 3D model that recreates how brain support cells, called astrocytes, react to oxidative stress. The system visualizes rapid calcium changes and inflammatory signals, and shows how the drug KDS12025 can protect cells from damage. ARC‐3D offers a simple, reliable way to study early drivers of brain inflammation.
Ju‐Kang Kim, Ye‐Ji Kim, Seyoung Ryu, Daeui Park, Kyoung‐Sik Moon, Yu Bin Lee, Dong Ho Woo   +6 more
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Changes in P2Y Purinergic Receptor Expression in the Ciliary Body in a Murine Model of Glaucoma

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2017
Glaucoma is a neuropathology, often accompanied by an elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), which can lead to blindness. Since DBA/2J mice develop glaucoma, several studies of the physiopathology of glaucoma have been reported in this animal model.
Begoña Fonseca, Alejandro Martínez-Águila, María J. Pérez de Lara, Maria Teresa Miras-Portugal, Rosa Gómez-Villafuertes, Jesús Pintor   +5 more
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Disengaging the Engine: Histone Deacetylases 1 and 2‐Mediated Acetylation of Hexokinase‐2 Regulates Energy Metabolism in Microglia Following Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates that HDAC1/2 knockout in microglia alleviates neurological deficits, preserves white matter, and accelerates hematoma clearance after ICH. HDAC1/2 inhibition reduces HK2 acetylation, shifts metabolism from glycolysis to fatty acid oxidation, reduces inflammation, and enhances phagocytosis.
Zhiwen Jiang, Heng Yang, Xinjie Gao, Zengyu Zhang, Ruiyuan Weng, Yuchao Fei, Jiabin Su, Hanqiang Jiang, Wei Ni, Yuxiang Gu   +9 more
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Purinergic Signalling: Therapeutic Developments

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2017
Purinergic signalling, i.e., the role of nucleotides as extracellular signalling molecules, was proposed in 1972. However, this concept was not well accepted until the early 1990’s when receptor subtypes for purines and pyrimidines were cloned and ...
Geoffrey Burnstock, Geoffrey Burnstock
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Purinergic Signaling During Hyperglycemia in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020
The activation of purinergic receptors by nucleotides and/or nucleosides plays an important role in the control of vascular function, including modulation of vascular smooth muscle excitability, and vascular reactivity.
Miguel Martin-Aragon Baudel, Ricardo Espinosa-Tanguma, Madeline Nieves-Cintron, Manuel F. Navedo   +3 more
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Purinergic signaling via P2X receptors and mechanisms of unregulated ATP release in the outer retina and age-related macular degeneration

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a chronic and progressive inflammatory disease of the retina characterized by photoceptor loss and significant central visual impairment due to either choroidal neovascularization or geographic atrophy.
Haydn Molcak, Kailun Jiang, Christopher J. Campbell, Joanne A. Matsubara   +3 more
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Purines, Purinergic Receptors, and Cancer [PDF]

Cancer Research, 2012
AbstractPurines were long thought to be restricted to the intracellular compartment, where they are used for energy transactions, nucleic acid synthesis, and a multiplicity of biochemical reactions. However, it is now clear that both adenosine and adenosine triphosphate are (i) abundant biochemical components of the tumor microenvironment, (ii) potent ...
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Midbrain PAG Astrocytes Modulate Mouse Defensive and Panic‐Like Behaviors

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Astrocytes in the midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG) dynamically encode threat intensity and shape defensive action selection in mice. Real‐time Ca2+ imaging reveals robust astrocytic activation during predator odor and CO2 exposure. Aberrant astrocytic Ca2+ overactivation disrupts goal‐directed escape, biases behavior toward freezing, and induces ...
Ellane Barcelon, Kyungchul Noh, Minkyu Hwang, Yoon‐Jung Kim, Unjin Lee, Yeon Joo Ryu, Je‐Kyung Ryu, Sang Beom Jun, Se‐Young Choi, Woo‐Hyun Cho, Sung Joong Lee   +10 more
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OTUD6A in Airway Epithelial Cells Exacerbates Allergic Asthma by Promoting Airway Inflammation and Airway Remodeling Through Deubiquitination of hResistin/mRELMα

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study elucidates a novel mechanistic role of the deubiquitinase OTUD6A in asthma pathogenesis, uncovering its regulatory function in airway inflammation and airway remodeling through the stabilization of hResistin/mRELMα. This study offers a novel regulatory axis (OTUD6A‐hResistin/mRELMα) in asthma pathogenesis and OTUD6A inhibition as a potential
Weiting Pan, Xinru Xi, Wei Dai, Tingfang Xiao, Yeqing Chen, Xuanyu Chen, Xiangting Ge, Chengguang Zhao, Hui Zhang, Yali Zhang, Weixi Zhang   +10 more
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