Purine and purinergic receptors

G Burnstock - Brain and neuroscience advances, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Adenosine 5′-triphosphate acts as an extracellular signalling molecule (purinergic
signalling), as well as an intracellular energy source. Adenosine 5′-triphosphate receptors …

Purinergic signalling: from discovery to current developments

G Burnstock - Experimental physiology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
New Findings• What is the topic of this review? This is a personal historical review about the
discovery and the main conceptual advances leading to our current understanding of …

Introduction to purinergic signaling

G Burnstock - Purinergic Signaling: Methods and Protocols, 2020 - Springer
Purinergic signaling was proposed in 1972, after it was demonstrated that adenosine 5′-
triphosphate (ATP) was a transmitter in nonadrenergic, noncholinergic inhibitory nerves …

An introduction to the roles of purinergic signalling in neurodegeneration, neuroprotection and neuroregeneration

G Burnstock - Neuropharmacology, 2016 - Elsevier
Purinergic signalling appears to play important roles in neurodegeneration, neuroprotection
and neuroregeneration. Initially there is a brief summary of the background of purinergic …

Purinergic signalling: Its unpopular beginning, its acceptance and its exciting future

G Burnstock - Bioessays, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Adenosine 5′‐triphosphate (ATP) was identified in 1970 as the transmitter
responsible for non‐adrenergic, non‐cholinergic neurotransmission in the gut and bladder …

Purinergic system in psychiatric diseases

A Cheffer, ARG Castillo, J Corrêa-Velloso… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
Psychiatric disorders are debilitating diseases, affecting> 80 million people worldwide.
There are no causal cures for psychiatric disorders and available therapies only treat the …

Chemical activation of the Piezo1 channel drives mesenchymal stem cell migration via inducing ATP release and activation of P2 receptor purinergic signaling

F Mousawi, H Peng, J Li, S Ponnambalam, S Roger… - Stem Cells, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In this study, we examined the Ca2+-permeable Piezo1 channel, a newly identified
mechanosensing ion channel, in human dental pulp-derived mesenchymal stem cells …

Dual role of the P2X7 receptor in dendritic outgrowth during physiological and pathological brain development

P Mut-Arbona, L Huang, M Baranyi, P Tod… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
At high levels, extracellular ATP operates as a “danger” molecule under pathologic
conditions through purinergic receptors, including the ionotropic P2X7 receptor (P2X7R). Its …

S-nitrosylation inhibits pannexin 1 channel function

AW Lohman, JL Weaver, M Billaud, JK Sandilos… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
S-Nitrosylation is a post-translational modification on cysteine (s) that can regulate protein
function, and pannexin 1 (Panx1) channels are present in the vasculature, a tissue rich in …

Bone marrow adipose tissue and skeletal health

S Muruganandan, R Govindarajan, CJ Sinal - Current osteoporosis reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To summarize and discuss recent progress and novel signaling
mechanisms relevant to bone marrow adipocyte formation and its physiological …