Regulation of inflammation by adenosine

Adenosine, a purine nucleoside generated by the dephorphorylation of adenine nucleotides, is a potent endogenous physiologic and pharmacologic regulator of many functions. Adenosine was first reported to inhibit the inflammatory actions of neutrophils nearly 30 years ago and since then the role of...

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Main Authors: Bruce Neil Cronstein, György eHaskó
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00085/full