Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26739702›Full record

ReviewPurinergic signalling2016

P2X ion channel receptors and inflammation.

Geoffrey Burnstock

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Review in Purinergic signalling, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 129 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
129citing papers in PubMed
20.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

129 citing papers in PubMed, 205 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Possible Roles for Purinergic Receptor P2RX4 in Breast and Prostate Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  18. Species Differences of P2X4 Receptor Modulators.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2025
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  19. Cardio-Rheumatic Diseases: Inflammasomes Behaving Badly.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  20. P2XEJNMMI research · 2024
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69 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Geoffrey BurnstockAutonomic Neuroscience Centre, University College Medical School, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK. g.burnstock@ucl.ac.uk.
Roland Hill (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroinflammation limits tissue damage in response to pathogens or injury and promotes repair. There are two stages of inflammation, initiation and resolution. P2X receptors are gaining attention in relation to immunology and inflammation. The P2X7 receptor in particular appears to be an essential immunomodulatory receptor, although P2X1 and P2X4 receptors also appear to be involved. ATP released from damaged or infected cells causes inflammation by release of inflammatory cytokines via P2X7 receptors and acts as a danger signal by occupying upregulated P2X receptors on immune cells to increase immune responses. The purinergic involvement in inflammation is being explored for the development of novel therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

InflammasomesAnimalsCytokinesHumansInflammationNeuritisReceptors, Purinergic P2XCytokinesInflammasomesReceptors, Purinergic P2XATPCytokinesInflammasomeP2X4 receptorsP2X7 receptors

Identifiers

PMID26739702
PMCPMC4749528
OpenAlexW2225272104

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