Adenosine receptors as drug targets—what are the challenges?

JF Chen, HK Eltzschig, BB Fredholm - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2013 - nature.com
Adenosine signalling has long been a target for drug development, with adenosine itself or
its derivatives being used clinically since the 1940s. In addition, methylxanthines such as …

Adenosine A2A Receptor as a Drug Discovery Target

M de Lera Ruiz, YH Lim, J Zheng - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
The adenosine A2A receptor is a G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that has been
extensively studied during the past few decades because it offers numerous possibilities for …

Historical and current adenosine receptor agonists in preclinical and clinical development

KA Jacobson, DK Tosh, S Jain, ZG Gao - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Adenosine receptors (ARs) function in the body's response to conditions of pathology and
stress associated with a functional imbalance, such as in the supply and demand of …

Pharmacology of adenosine receptors: Recent advancements

F Vincenzi, S Pasquini, C Contri, M Cappello, M Nigro… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Adenosine receptors (ARs) are widely acknowledged pharmacological targets yet are still
underutilized in clinical practice. Their ubiquitous distribution in almost all cells and tissues …

International union of basic and clinical pharmacology. CXII: adenosine receptors: a further update

AP IJzerman, KA Jacobson, CE Müller… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - ASPET
Our previous International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology report on the
nomenclature and classification of adenosine receptors (2011) contained a number of …

Adenosine receptors as therapeutic targets

KA Jacobson, ZG Gao - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2006 - nature.com
Adenosine receptors are major targets of caffeine, the most commonly consumed drug in the
world. There is growing evidence that they could also be promising therapeutic targets in a …

Pharmacological targeting of adenosine receptor signaling

M Peleli, BB Fredholm, L Sobrevia… - Molecular aspects of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Adenosine receptor signaling plays important roles in normal physiology, but is also known
to modulate the development or progression of several different diseases. The design of …

Pharmacology of adenosine receptors: the state of the art

PA Borea, S Gessi, S Merighi… - Physiological …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Adenosine is a ubiquitous endogenous autacoid whose effects are triggered through the
enrollment of four G protein-coupled receptors: A1, A2A, A2B, and A3. Due to the rapid …

Adenosine receptor antagonists: translating medicinal chemistry and pharmacology into clinical utility

PG Baraldi, MA Tabrizi, S Gessi, PA Borea - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
The purine nucleoside adenosine is consensually identified as a major local regulator of
tissue function especially when energy supply fails to meet cellular energy demand. Due to …

Focusing on adenosine receptors as a potential targeted therapy in human diseases

WI Effendi, T Nagano, K Kobayashi, Y Nishimura - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Adenosine is involved in a range of physiological and pathological effects through
membrane-bound receptors linked to G proteins. There are four subtypes of adenosine …