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Purines and Carotid Body: New Roles in Pathological Conditions
It is known that adenosine and adenosine-5′-triphosphate (ATP) are excitatory mediators involved in carotid body (CB) hypoxic signaling. The CBs are peripheral chemoreceptors classically defined by O(2), CO(2), and pH sensors. When hypoxia activates the CB, it induces the release of neurotransmitter...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5733106/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29311923 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2017.00913 |