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 …

Who is who in adenosine transport

M Pastor-Anglada, S Pérez-Torras - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular adenosine concentrations are regulated by a panel of membrane transporters
which, in most cases, mediate its uptake into cells. Adenosine transporters belong to two …

Gestational diabesity and foetoplacental vascular dysfunction

M Cornejo, G Fuentes, P Valero, S Vega… - Acta …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) shows a deficiency in the metabolism of D‐glucose and
other nutrients, thereby negatively affecting the foetoplacental vascular endothelium …

Transporter regulation in critical protective barriers: focus on brain and placenta

V Taggi, M Riera Romo, M Piquette-Miller… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drug transporters play an important role in the maintenance of chemical balance and
homeostasis in different tissues. In addition to their physiological functions, they are crucial …

Differential placental macrovascular and microvascular endothelial dysfunction in gestational diabetes

L Sobrevia, F Abarzúa, JK Nien, C Salomón… - Placenta, 2011 - Elsevier
Human endothelial dysfunction is a common feature in many diseases of pregnancy, such
as gestational diabetes (GD). Metabolic changes include abnormal synthesis of nitric oxide …

Insulin restores gestational diabetes mellitus–reduced adenosine transport involving differential expression of insulin receptor isoforms in human umbilical vein …

F Westermeier, C Salomón, M González, C Puebla… - Diabetes, 2011 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE To determine whether insulin reverses gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)–
reduced expression and activity of human equilibrative nucleoside transporters 1 (hENT1) in …

Fetoplacental vascular endothelial dysfunction as an early phenomenon in the programming of human adult diseases in subjects born from gestational diabetes …

A Leiva, F Pardo, MA Ramírez, M Farías… - Journal of Diabetes …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and obesity in pregnancy (OP) are pathological
conditions associated with placenta vascular dysfunction coursing with metabolic changes …

Insulin/adenosine axis linked signalling

L Silva, M Subiabre, J Araos, T Sáez, R Salsoso… - Molecular Aspects of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Regulation of blood flow depends on systemic and local release of vasoactive molecules
such as insulin and adenosine. These molecules cause vasodilation by activation of plasma …

Adenosine contribution to normal renal physiology and chronic kidney disease

C Oyarzún, W Garrido, S Alarcón, A Yáñez… - Molecular aspects of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Adenosine is a nucleoside that is particularly interesting to many scientific and clinical
communities as it has important physiological and pathophysiological roles in the kidney …

Gestational diabetes reduces adenosine transport in human placental microvascular endothelium, an effect reversed by insulin

C Salomon, F Westermeier, C Puebla, P Arroyo… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) courses with increased fetal plasma adenosine
concentration and reduced adenosine transport in placental macrovascular endothelium …