Targeting adenosine in cancer immunotherapy to enhance T-cell function

S Vigano, D Alatzoglou, M Irving… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
T cells play a critical role in cancer control, but a range of potent immunosuppressive
mechanisms can be upregulated in the tumor microenvironment (TME) to abrogate their …

Extracellular nucleotides and nucleosides as signalling molecules

AL Giuliani, AC Sarti, F Di Virgilio - Immunology letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Extracellular nucleotides, mainly ATP, but also ADP, UTP, UDP and UDP-sugars,
adenosine, and adenine base participate in the “purinergic signalling” pathway, an …

[HTML][HTML] Nucleotide-and nucleoside-converting ectoenzymes: important modulators of purinergic signalling cascade

GG Yegutkin - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2008 - Elsevier
The involvement of extracellular nucleotides and adenosine in an array of cell-specific
responses has long been known and appreciated, but the integrative view of purinergic …

Purinergic signalling and immune cells

G Burnstock, JM Boeynaems - Purinergic signalling, 2014 - Springer
This review article provides a historical perspective on the role of purinergic signalling in the
regulation of various subsets of immune cells from early discoveries to current …

Alum interaction with dendritic cell membrane lipids is essential for its adjuvanticity

TL Flach, G Ng, A Hari, MD Desrosiers, P Zhang… - Nature medicine, 2011 - nature.com
As an approved vaccine adjuvant for use in humans, alum has vast health implications, but,
as it is a crystal, questions remain regarding its mechanism. Furthermore, little is known …

Adenosine signalling in diabetes mellitus—pathophysiology and therapeutic considerations

L Antonioli, C Blandizzi, B Csóka, P Pacher… - Nature reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Adenosine is a key extracellular signalling molecule that regulates several aspects of tissue
function by activating four G-protein-coupled receptors, A1, A2A, A2B and A1 adenosine …

[HTML][HTML] ATP and its metabolite adenosine as regulators of dendritic cell activity

C Silva-Vilches, S Ring, K Mahnke - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Adenosine (Ado) is a well-studied neurotransmitter, but it also exerts profound immune
regulatory functions. Ado can (i) actively be released by various cells into the tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Receptor-independent, direct membrane binding leads to cell-surface lipid sorting and Syk kinase activation in dendritic cells

G Ng, K Sharma, SM Ward, MD Desrosiers… - Immunity, 2008 - cell.com
Binding of particulate antigens by antigen-presenting cells is a critical step in immune
activation. Previously, we demonstrated that uric acid crystals are potent adjuvants, initiating …

Regulation of lymphocyte function by adenosine

J Linden, C Cekic - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular …, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Adenosine regulates the interaction between lymphocytes and the vasculature, and is
important for controlling lymphocyte trafficking in response to tissue injury or infection …

Adenosine deaminase in the modulation of immune system and its potential as a novel target for treatment of inflammatory disorders

L Antonioli, R Colucci, C La Motta, M Tuccori… - Current drug …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
The adenosine pathway is a powerful evolutionarily selected mechanism aimed at a fine
modulation of inflammatory responses and protection of tissues from injuries. Adenosine …