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Purinergic Signaling in Spermatogenesis
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) serves as the essential source of cellular energy. Over the last two decades, however, ATP has also attracted increasing interest as an extracellular signal that activates purinergic plasma membrane receptors of the P2 family.
Nadine Mundt +5 more
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Purinergic Signaling During Hyperglycemia in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
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 +3 more
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The relationship between P2X4 and P2X7: a physiologically important interaction? [PDF]
Purinergic signaling within the kidney is becoming an important focus in the study of renal health and disease. The effectors of ATP signaling, the P2Y and P2X receptors, are expressed to varying extents in and along the nephron.
Birch, Rebecca E +3 more
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Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a major cause of paralysis with no current therapies. Following SCI, large amounts of ATP and other nucleotides are released by the traumatized tissue leading to the activation of purinergic receptors that, in coordination ...
Rosa Gómez-Villafuertes Ph.D. +5 more
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Ontogeny of purinergic receptor-regulated Ca2+ signaling in mouse cortical collecting duct epithelium [PDF]
Changes in ATP-induced increase in {[}Ca2+], during collecting duct ontogeny were studied in primary monolayer cultures of mouse ureteric bud (UB) and cortical collecting duct (CCD) cells by Fura-PE3 fluorescence ratio imaging.
Borscheid, R. +4 more
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Molecular modeling has contributed to drug discovery for purinergic GPCRs, including adenosine receptors (ARs) and P2Y receptors (P2YRs). Experimental structures and homology modeling have proven to be useful in understanding and predicting structure ...
Veronica Salmaso, Kenneth A. Jacobson
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Purinergic receptor mediated calcium signalling in urothelial cells [PDF]
Non-neuronal ATP released from the urothelium in response to bladder stretch is a key modulator of bladder mechanosensation. Whilst non-neuronal ATP acts on the underlying bladder afferent nerves to facilitate sensation, there is also the potential for ...
Brierley, Stuart M +4 more
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Purinergic Receptors of the Central Nervous System: Biology, PET Ligands, and Their Applications
Purinergic receptors play important roles in central nervous system (CNS). These receptors are involved in cellular neuroinflammatory responses that regulate functions of neurons, microglial and astrocytes.
Hamideh Zarrinmayeh PhD +1 more
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Purinergic Signaling in Mast Cell Degranulation and Asthma
Mast cells are responsible for the majority of allergic conditions. It was originally thought that almost all allergic events were mediated directly only via the high-affinity immunoglobulin E receptors.
Zhan-Guo Gao, Kenneth A. Jacobson
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Purinergic signaling: Diverse effects and therapeutic potential in cancer
Regardless of improved biological insights and therapeutic advances, cancer is consuming multiple lives worldwide. Cancer is a complex disease with diverse cellular, metabolic, and physiological parameters as its hallmarks.
Jasmeet Kaur, Sanchit Dora
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