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Purinergic Signalling: Pathophysiological Roles

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology, 1998
In this review, after a summary of the history and current status of the receptors involved in purinergic signalling, we focus on the distribution and physiological roles of purines and pyrimidines in both short-term events such as neurotransmission, exocrine and endocrine secretion and regulation of immune cell function, and long-term events such as ...
M. Abbracchio, G. Burnstock
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Nimodipine reduces microglial activation in vitro as evidenced by morphological phenotype, phagocytic activity and high‐throughput RNA sequencing

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background and Purpose Nimodipine, an L‐type voltage‐gated calcium channel blocker, is an approved cerebral vasorelaxant. We hypothesized that nimodipine attenuates the pro‐inflammatory shift in microglial phenotypes. Here, we analysed the effects of nimodipine on morphological and functional microglial phenotypes as well as their transcriptomic ...
István Pesti, Valentin Varga, Erda Qorri, Rita Frank, Diana Kata, Krisztián Vinga, Péter Archibald Szarvas, Ákos Menyhárt, Károly Gulya, Ferenc Bari, Eszter Farkas   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

P2X7 receptor involvement in COVID-19 disease

Exploration of Neuroprotective Therapy, 2021
Peter Illes
doaj   +1 more source

Bradykinin increases resensitization of purinergic receptor signaling in glioma cells

Cancer Cell International, 2010
Background Purinergic receptor-mediated signaling plays an important role in the function of glial cells, including glial tumor cells. Bradykinin is also an important paracrine mediator which is highly expressed in brain tumors and may correlate with ...
Brennan Kevin C, Beltran-Parrazal Luis, López-Valdés Héctor E, Charles Andrew C   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Editorial: “Purinergic Signaling 2020: The State-of-The-Art Commented by the Members of the Italian Purine Club”

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
Francisco Ciruela, Francisco Ciruela, Kjell Fuxe, Peter Illes, Peter Illes, Henning Ulrich, Henning Ulrich, Francesco Caciagli   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Secretory Functions of Macrophages in the Human Pancreatic Islet Are Regulated by Endogenous Purinergic Signaling

Diabetes, 2020
Endocrine cells of the pancreatic islet interact with their microenvironment to maintain tissue homeostasis. Communication with local macrophages is particularly important in this context, but the homeostatic functions of human islet macrophages are not ...
J. Weitz, Carol Jacques-Silva, Fahd Qadir, O. Umland, E. Pereira, Farhan Qureshi, Alejandro Tamayo, J. Domínguez-Bendala, R. Rodriguez-Diaz, Joana Almaça, A. Caicedo   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Emerging key roles for P2X receptors in the kidney [PDF]

, 2013
P2X ionotropic non-selective cation channels are expressed throughout the kidney and are activated in a paracrine or autocrine manner following the binding of extracellular ATP and related extracellular nucleotides. Whilst there is a wealth of literature
Birch, R. E., Peppiatt-Wildman, Claire M., Schwiebert, E. M., Wildman, Scott S.P.   +3 more
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Lipid regulation of adenylyl cyclase Rv1625c from Mycobacterium tuberculosis by its membrane‐domain receptor

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
The adenylyl cyclase (AC) Rv1625c from M. tuberculosis is a monomeric progenitor of the nine pseudoheterodimeric mammalian AC isoforms. The hexahelical membrane anchor of Rv1625c serves as an inhibitory receptor for fatty acids, particularly oleic acid. One ligand binds into each monomer of the active Rv1625c dimer.
Anita Charlotte Friderun Schultz, Marius Landau, Andrei N. Lupas, Joachim Erdmann Schultz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cell membrane disruption stimulates cAMP and Ca2+ signaling to potentiate cell membrane resealing in neighboring cells

Biology Open, 2017
Disruption of cellular plasma membranes is a common event in many animal tissues, and the membranes are usually rapidly resealed. Moreover, repeated membrane disruptions within a single cell reseal faster than the initial wound in a protein kinase A (PKA)
Tatsuru Togo
doaj   +1 more source

P2 purinoceptors signaling in fibroblasts of rat subcutaneous tissue [PDF]

, 2011
Mestrado em Biologia Molecular e CelularO tecido conjuntivo parece estar envolvido na génese de diversas condições patológicas. O aumento da rigidez do tecido conjuntivo, resultante da fibrose, pode constituir um factor importante no mecanismo patogénico
Reis, Carla Patrícia da Silva e Sousa
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