Pharmacology of Purine and Pyrimidine Receptors

This is an overview of the fast-moving field of purinergic signalling through adenosine and ATP receptors.

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Pharmacologists, immunologists, and biochemists.

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Advances in Pharmacology

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Hardbound, 558 Pages

Published: June 2011

Imprint: Academic Press

ISBN: 978-0-12-385526-8

1. The structure of the adenosine receptors: implications for drug discovery
  J. Robert Lane, Veli-Pekka Jaakola, Adriaan P. IJzerman
2. Adenosine Receptors in Health and Disease
  Stefania Gessi, Stefania Merighi, Katia Varani, and Pier Andrea Borea
3. Adenosine and the Regulation of Metabolism and Body Temperature
  Bertil Fredholm, Stina M. Johansson and Ying-Qing Wang
4. Regulation of Leukocyte Function by Adenosine Receptors
  Joel Linden
5. Role of Adenosine A2B Receptors in Inflammation
  Igor Feoktistov and Italo Biaggioni
6. Interplay of Hypoxia and A2B Adenosine Receptors in Tissue Protection
  Michael Koeppen, Tobias Eckle, and Holger Eltzschig
7. Allosteric Modulation of Purine and Pyrimidine Receptors
  Kenneth Jacobson, Zhan-Guo Gao, Aniko Göblyös, and Adriaan IJzerman
8. Molecular Mechanisms of Purine and Pyrimidine Nucleotide Release
  Eduardo R. Lazarowski, Juliana I. Sesma, Lucia Seminario-Vidal, and Silvia M. Kreda
9. Impact of Ectoenzymes on Purinergic Signalling
  Filip Kukulski, Sébastien A. Lévesque, and Jean Sévigny
10. Ectonucleotidases as Regulators of Purinergic Signaling in Inflammation and Thrombosis
  Simon C. Robson and Silvia Deaglio
11. P2X Receptors in Health and Disease
  Geoffrey Burnstock and Charles Kennedy
12. Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Structure of the P2Y Receptors
  Ivar von Kügelgen and T. Kendall Harden
13. P2Y Receptors in Health and Disease
  David Erlinge
14. P2 Receptor Signaling in Neurons and Glia of the Central Nervous System
  Laszlo Köles Anna Leichsenring, Patrizia Rubini and Peter Illes
15. Role of Purinergic Receptors in Neuroprotection
  Tozaki-Saitoh Hidetoshi, Makoto Tsuda, and Kazuhide Inoue

Pharmacology of Purine and Pyrimidine Receptors

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