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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2017

Purinergic Signaling in Mast Cell Degranulation and Asthma.

Zhan-Guo Gao, Kenneth A Jacobson

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Neuroplasticity and neuroimmune interactions with type 2 inflammation in asthma.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  5. APurinergic signalling · 2025
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  9. Species dependence of APurinergic signalling · 2023
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  12. Adenosine AInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  13. Adenosine ABritish journal of pharmacology · 2022
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  20. Adenosine and Inflammation: Here, There and Everywhere.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhan-Guo GaoMolecular Recognition Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Kenneth A JacobsonMolecular Recognition Section, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Development Of Drugs Acting At Adenosine ReceptorsZIADK031117 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI JACOBSON, KENNETH ALAN · 2009 to 2025
$10.4M
Development Of P2Y Receptor LigandsZIADK031116 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI JACOBSON, KENNETH ALAN · 2009 to 2025
$8.9M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DK031117
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mast cells are responsible for the majority of allergic conditions. It was originally thought that almost all allergic events were mediated directly only via the high-affinity immunoglobulin E receptors. However, recent evidence showed that many other receptors, such as G protein-coupled receptors and ligand-gated ion channels, are also directly involved in mast cell degranulation, the release of inflammatory mediators such as histamine, serine proteases, leukotrienes, heparin, and serotonin. These mediators are responsible for the symptoms in allergic conditions such as allergic asthma. In recent years, it has been realized that purinergic signaling, induced via the activation of G protein-coupled adenosine receptors and P2Y nucleotide receptors, as well as by ATP-gated P2X receptors, plays a significant role in mast cell degranulation. Both adenosine and ATP can induce degranulation and bronchoconstriction on their own and synergistically with allergens. All three classes of receptors, adenosine, P2X and P2Y are involved in tracheal mucus secretion. This review will summarize the currently available knowledge on the role of purinergic signaling in mast cell degranulation and its most relevant disease, asthma.

Indexed as

adenosine receptorsallergyasthmabronchoconstrictionmast cell degranulationP2X receptorsP2Y receptorspurinergic signaling

Identifiers

PMID29311944
PMCPMC5744008
OpenAlexW2776201877

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