Purinergic Signalling and Inflammation-Related Diseases
Tobias Engel,
Eva María Jiménez-Mateos,
Miguel Diaz-Hernandez
Affiliations
Tobias Engel
Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, D02 YN77 Dublin, Ireland
Eva María Jiménez-Mateos
Discipline of Physiology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, D02 R590 Dublin, Ireland
Miguel Diaz-Hernandez
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Veterinary School, Complutense University of Madrid, Avda. Puerta de Hierro S/N, 28040 Madrid, Spain
While acute inflammation is widely accepted as an important response mechanism of cells against tissue injury, sustained inflammatory processes are increasingly recognized as one of the main contributors to numerous diseases, including central-nervous system (CNS)-related and non-CNS-related diseases such as depression, neurodegenerative diseases, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease, osteoporosis, and cancer [...]
