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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2014

Purinergic and calcium signaling in macrophage function and plasticity.

Bimal N Desai, Norbert Leitinger

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 90 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Bimal N DesaiDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA , USA.
Norbert LeitingerDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA , USA.
University of Virginia · US

Funding

Role of Pannexins in Vascular Smooth Muscle CellsP01HL120840 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI BAYLISS, DOUGLAS A., RAVICHANDRAN, KODI S · 2014 to 2023
$24.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL120840
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In addition to a fundamental role in cellular bioenergetics, the purine nucleotide adenosine triphosphate (ATP) plays a crucial role in the extracellular space as a signaling molecule. ATP and its metabolites serve as ligands for a family of receptors that are collectively referred to as purinergic receptors. These receptors were first described and characterized in the nervous system but it soon became evident that they are expressed ubiquitously. In the immune system, purinergic signals regulate the migration and activation of immune cells and they may also orchestrate the resolution of inflammation (1, 2). The intracellular signal transduction initiated by purinergic receptors is strongly coupled to Ca(2+)-signaling, and co-ordination of these pathways plays a critical role in innate immunity. In this review, we provide an overview of purinergic and Ca(2+)-signaling in the context of macrophage phenotypic polarization and discuss the implications on macrophage function in physiological and pathological conditions.

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calciuminflammasome activationinflammationmacrophagespurinergic receptors

Identifiers

PMID25505897
PMCPMC4245916
OpenAlexW2106005827

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