Adenosinergic pathway in Parkinson's disease: Recent advances and therapeutic perspective

Y Zhao, X Liu, G Yang - Molecular Neurobiology, 2023 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized pathologically by α-
synuclein (α-syn) aggregation. In PD, the current mainstay of symptomatic treatment is …

Targeting adenosine signaling in Parkinson's disease: from pharmacological to non-pharmacological approaches

LR Nazario, RS Da Silva, CD Bonan - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease
displaying negative impacts on both the health and social ability of patients and …

On the role of adenosine A2A receptor gene transcriptional regulation in Parkinson's disease

A Falconi, A Bonito-Oliva, M Di Bartolomeo… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Adenosine A2A receptors (A2ARs) have attracted considerable attention as an important
molecular target for the design of Parkinson's disease (PD) therapeutic compounds. Here …

An update on adenosine A2A receptors as drug target in parkinson's disease

A Vallano, V Fernandez-Duenas… - CNS & Neurological …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Adenosine receptors are G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that mediate the
physiological functions of adenosine. In the central nervous system adenosine A2A …

Emerging roles of dysregulated adenosine homeostasis in brain disorders with a specific focus on neurodegenerative diseases

CP Chang, KC Wu, CY Lin, Y Chern - Journal of Biomedical Science, 2021 - Springer
In modern societies, with an increase in the older population, age-related
neurodegenerative diseases have progressively become greater socioeconomic burdens …

Development of Adenosine A2A Receptor Antagonists for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease: A Recent Update and Challenge

J Zheng, X Zhang, X Zhen - ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2018 - ACS Publications
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease with significant unmet medical
needs. The current dopamine-centered treatments aim to restore motor functions of patients …

Adenosine A2A antagonists and Parkinson's disease

M Offit, B Nagle, G Ozay, I Zhang, A Kerasidis… - International Review of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although there is no cure for Parkinson's disease (PD), there are several classes of
medications with various mechanisms of action that can help improve the functionality of …

[HTML][HTML] Why target brain adenosine receptors? A historical perspective

BB Fredholm, P Svenningsson - Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 2020 - Elsevier
The quest for a non-dopaminergic approach to treating Parkinson's disease (PD) has been
quietly progressing over the past several decades, and is now finding its momentum. Here …

Metabolomics‐driven identification of adenosine deaminase as therapeutic target in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease

W Huang, Y Xu, Y Zhang, P Zhang… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Neuroinflammation is one of the driving forces of progressive neurodegeneration in
Parkinson's disease (PD). The metabolomics approach has been proved highly useful in …

Pathophysiological roles for purines: adenosine, caffeine and urate

M Morelli, AR Carta, A Kachroo… - Progress in brain …, 2010 - Elsevier
The motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) are primarily due to the degeneration of
the dopaminergic neurons in the nigrostriatal pathway. However, several other brain areas …