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ReviewCell death & disease2010

Long-term (trophic) purinergic signalling: purinoceptors control cell proliferation, differentiation and death.

G Burnstock, A Verkhratsky

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Review in Cell death & disease, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers.

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96citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

96 citing papers in PubMed, 193 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

G BurnstockAutonomic Neuroscience Centre, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK. g.burnstock@ucl.ac.uk
A Verkhratsky
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Medicine · CZUniversity College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purinergic signalling system, which uses purines and pyrimidines as chemical transmitters, and purinoceptors as effectors, is deeply rooted in evolution and development and is a pivotal factor in cell communication. The ATP and its derivatives function as a 'danger signal' in the most primitive forms of life. Purinoceptors are extraordinarily widely distributed in all cell types and tissues and they are involved in the regulation of an even more extraordinary number of biological processes. In addition to fast purinergic signalling in neurotransmission, neuromodulation and secretion, there is long-term (trophic) purinergic signalling involving cell proliferation, differentiation, motility and death in the development and regeneration of most systems of the body. In this article, we focus on the latter in the immune/defence system, in stratified epithelia in visceral organs and skin, embryological development, bone formation and resorption, as well as in cancer.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionApoptosisCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationEpithelial CellsHumansNeoplasmsReceptors, PurinergicSkinReceptors, Purinergic

Identifiers

PMID21364628
PMCPMC3032501
OpenAlexW1983009411

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