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dc.contributor.authorHeadrick, J.
dc.contributor.authorPeart, J.
dc.contributor.authorReichelt, M.
dc.contributor.authorHaseler, Luke
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-06T06:17:44Z
dc.date.available2018-02-06T06:17:44Z
dc.date.created2018-02-06T05:49:57Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationHeadrick, J. and Peart, J. and Reichelt, M. and Haseler, L. 2011. Adenosine and its receptors in the heart: Regulation, retaliation and adaptation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Biomembranes. 1808 (5): pp. 1413-1428.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/63543
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.11.016
dc.description.abstract

The purine nucleoside adenosine is an important regulator within the cardiovascular system, and throughout the body. Released in response to perturbations in energy state, among other stimuli, local adenosine interacts with 4 adenosine receptor sub-types on constituent cardiac and vascular cells: A 1 , A 2A , A 2B , and A 3 ARs. These G-protein coupled receptors mediate varied responses, from modulation of coronary flow, heart rate and contraction, to cardioprotection, inflammatory regulation, and control of cell growth and tissue remodeling. Research also unveils an increasingly complex interplay between members of the adenosine receptor family, and with other receptor groups. Given generally favorable effects of adenosine receptor activity (e.g. improving the balance between myocardial energy utilization and supply, limiting injury and adverse remodeling, suppressing inflammation), the adenosine receptor system is an attractive target for therapeutic manipulation. Cardiovascular adenosine receptor-based therapies are already in place, and trials of new treatments underway. Although the complex interplay between adenosine receptors and other receptors, and their wide distribution and functions, pose challenges to implementation of site/target specific cardiovascular therapy, the potential of adenosinergic pharmacotherapy can be more fully realized with greater understanding of the roles of adenosine receptors under physiological and pathological conditions. This review addresses some of the major known and proposed actions of adenosine and adenosine receptors in the heart and vessels, focusing on the ability of the adenosine receptor system to regulate cell function, retaliate against injurious stressors, and mediate longer-term adaptive responses. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.

dc.publisherElsevier
dc.titleAdenosine and its receptors in the heart: Regulation, retaliation and adaptation
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume1808
dcterms.source.number5
dcterms.source.startPage1413
dcterms.source.endPage1428
dcterms.source.issn0005-2736
dcterms.source.titleBiochimica et Biophysica Acta. Biomembranes
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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