Purinergic signalling in the gastrointestinal tract and related organs in health and disease

G Burnstock - Purinergic signalling, 2014 - Springer
Purinergic signalling plays major roles in the physiology and pathophysiology of digestive
organs. Adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP), together with nitric oxide and vasoactive …

[PDF][PDF] The role of P2X7 receptor in infectious inflammatory diseases and the influence of ectonucleotidases

A Morandini, L Savio, R Coutinho-Silva - Biomedical journal, 2014 - 163.25.114.16
When the body is challenged by pathogens during infections, the first‑line defense for the
host is provided by the innate immune system which encom‑passes various cell types such …

Molecular Evidence of Adenosine Deaminase Linking Adenosine A2A Receptor and CD26 Proteins

E Moreno, J Canet, E Gracia, C Lluís, J Mallol… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Adenosine is an endogenous purine nucleoside that acts in all living systems as a
homeostatic network regulator through many pathways, which are adenosine receptor (AR) …

Moonlighting adenosine deaminase: a target protein for drug development

A Cortés, E Gracia, E Moreno, J Mallol… - Medicinal research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Interest in adenosine deaminase (ADA) in the context of medicine has mainly focused on its
enzymatic activity. This is justified by the importance of the reaction catalyzed by ADA not …

Therapeutic perspectives of adenosine deaminase inhibition in cardiovascular diseases

B Kutryb-Zajac, P Mierzejewska, EM Slominska… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Adenosine deaminase (ADA) is an enzyme of purine metabolism that irreversibly converts
adenosine to inosine or 2′ deoxyadenosine to 2′ deoxyinosine. ADA is active both inside …

[HTML][HTML] ATP and adenosine: Role in the immunopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis

JLG da Silva, DF Passos, VM Bernardes, DBR Leal - Immunology Letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a classic inflammatory autoimmune disease. Local joint
destruction and extra-articular manifestations of RA deeply compromise the life quality of the …

Cross-species gene expression patterns of purinergic signaling in the human and mouse trigeminal ganglion

S Jia, L Mai, H Yang, F Huang, H He, W Fan - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Purinergic signaling system plays a pivotal role in the trigeminal ganglion (TG) which is a
primary sensory tissue in vertebrate nervous systems involving orofacial nociception and …

Effect of quercetin on E‐NTPDase/E‐ADA activities and cytokine secretion of complete Freund adjuvant–induced arthritic rats

RSP Saccol, KL da Silveira… - Cell Biochemistry …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of quercetin was assessed in rats induced with complete Freund adjuvant (CFA).
Arthritis scores, paw oedema, latency, activities of myeloperoxidase (MPO), ectonucleoside …

Targeting purinergic receptors to suppress the cytokine storm induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection in pulmonary tissue

JLB Simões, HF Basso, GC Kosvoski, J Gavioli… - International …, 2021 - Elsevier
The etiological agent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is the new member of the
Coronaviridae family, a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus (SARS-CoV …

CR1-mediated ATP release by human red blood cells promotes CR1 clustering and modulates the immune transfer process

MI Melhorn, AS Brodsky, J Estanislau, JA Khoory… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Humans and other higher primates are unique among mammals in using complement
receptor 1 (CR1, CD35) on red blood cells (RBC) to ligate complement-tagged inflammatory …