Extracellular nucleotides and nucleosides : release, receptors, and physiological and pathophysiological effects /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Schwiebert, Erik M.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, ©2003.
• Σειρά: Current topics in membranes ; v. 54.
• Θέματα: Nucleosides.; Nucleotides.; Cell receptors.; Nucleotides > physiology.; Nucleosides > physiology.; Receptors, Cell Surface > physiology.; Nucléosides > Effets physiologiques.; Nucléotides > Effets physiologiques.; Purines > Récepteurs.; Transduction du signal cellulaire.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Molecular Biology.; Nucleotiden.; Nucleosiden.; Extracellulaire matrix.; Electronic books.

Presents a comprehensive treatment of extracellular nucleotides and nucleosides.

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: ATP and its Metabolites as Potent Extracellular Agents
• Cellular Mechanisms and Physiology of Nucleotide and Nucleoside Release from Cells: Current Knowledge, Novel Assays to Detect Purinergic Agonists, and Future Directions
• Molecular and Biological Properties of P2Y Receptors
• Extracellular ATP-Gated P2X Purinergic Receptor Channels
• Molecular and Cell Biology of Adenosine Receptors
• Relating the Structure of ATP-Gated Ion Channel Receptors to Their Function
• Epithelial Purinergic Receptors and Signaling in Health and Disease
• Nucleotide Release and Purinergic Signaling in the Vasculature Driven by the Red Blood Cell
• A Purine Signal for Functional Hyperemia in Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle
• Purinergic Receptors in the Nervous System
• Purinergic (P2) Receptors in the Kidney
• Purinergic Receptors and Hepatobiliary Function
• ATP in the Treatment of Advanced Cancer
• Purinergic Receptors in the Glomerulus and Vasculature of the Kidney.