Hypoxia signaling in human diseases and therapeutic targets

JW Lee, J Ko, C Ju, HK Eltzschig - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Since the discovery of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), numerous studies on the hypoxia
signaling pathway have been performed. The role of HIF stabilization during hypoxia has …

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 as a multi-signalling guardian angel in human diseases: when, where and how does it exert its protective effects?

PA Borea, S Gessi, S Merighi, K Varani - Trends in pharmacological …, 2016 - cell.com
The importance of adenosine for human health cannot be overstated. Indeed, this ubiquitous
nucleoside is an integral component of ATP, and regulates the function of every tissue and …

Purinergic regulation of neutrophil function

X Wang, D Chen - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Purinergic signaling, which utilizes nucleotides (particularly ATP) and adenosine as
transmitter molecules, plays an essential role in immune system. In the extracellular …

The hypoxia-adenosine link during myocardial ischemia—reperfusion injury

W Ruan, X Ma, IH Bang, Y Liang, JD Muehlschlegel… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite increasing availability and more successful interventional approaches to restore
coronary reperfusion, myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury is a substantial cause of …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting myocardial equilibrative nucleoside transporter ENT1 provides cardioprotection by enhancing myeloid Adora2b signaling

W Ruan, J Li, S Choi, X Ma, Y Liang, R Nair, X Yuan… - JCI insight, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Previous studies implicate extracellular adenosine signaling in attenuating myocardial
ischemia and reperfusion injury (IRI). This extracellular adenosine signaling is terminated by …

Enteric glial adenosine 2B receptor signaling mediates persistent epithelial barrier dysfunction following acute DSS colitis

V Grubišić, V Bali, DE Fried, HK Eltzschig… - Mucosal …, 2022 - nature.com
Intestinal epithelial barrier function is compromised in inflammatory bowel disease and
barrier dysfunction contributes to disease progression. Extracellular nucleotides/nucleosides …

Adenosine signalling to astrocytes coordinates brain metabolism and function

SM Theparambil, O Kopach, A Braga, S Nizari… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Brain computation performed by billions of nerve cells relies on a sufficient and
uninterrupted nutrient and oxygen supply,. Astrocytes, the ubiquitous glial neighbours of …

Acute enhancement of cardiac function by phosphodiesterase type 1 inhibition: translational study in the dog and rabbit

T Hashimoto, GE Kim, RS Tunin, T Adesiyun, S Hsu… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Phosphodiesterase type-1 (PDE1) hydrolyzes cAMP and cGMP and is
constitutively expressed in the heart, although cardiac effects from its acute inhibition in vivo …

The adenosine A2B G protein-coupled receptor: Recent advances and therapeutic implications

EA Vecchio, PJ White, LT May - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
The adenosine A 2B receptor (A 2B AR) is one of four adenosine receptor subtypes
belonging to the Class A family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Until recently, the A …