Adenosine receptors in wound healing, fibrosis and angiogenesis

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 193, Issue , 2009, Pages 383-397

  Feoktistov, Igor ^a   Biaggioni, Italo ^a   Cronstein, Bruce N ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine receptors; Angiogenesis; Fibrosis; Neovascularization; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

2 [4 (2 CARBOXYETHYL)PHENETHYLAMINO]ADENOSINE 5' (N ETHYLCARBOXAMIDE); 6 N CYCLOPENTYLADENOSINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR AGONIST; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ADENOSINE A2B RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; BECAPLERMIN; SONEDENOSON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COLLAGEN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROSIS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; TISSUE REPAIR; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 70349303795     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89615-9_13     Document Type: Review

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