Adenosine receptors: Expression, function and regulation

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 2024-2052

  Sheth, Sandeep ^a   Brito, Rafael ^a,b   Mukherjea, Debashree ^a   Rybak, Leonard P ^a   Ramkumar, Vickram ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Adenosine receptors; Cancer; Desensitization; Hearing loss; Nuclear factor b; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE A2B RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE A3 RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BETA ARRESTIN 1; CONCENTRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER 1; CONCENTRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER 2; CONCENTRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER 3; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; EQUILIBRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER 1; EQUILIBRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OLIGOMER; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERNALIZATION; NEOPLASM; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEARING LOSS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SLEEP;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NF-KAPPA B; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PURINERGIC P1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP;

EID: 84893192313     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15022024     Document Type: Review

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