Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 22, Issue 15, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22158343
Keywords
P2Y receptor; adenosine receptor; CD39; CD73; ATP
Funding
- Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarships
- Motor Neurone Disease Research Australia Marisa Aguis Post-Doctoral Fellowship
- Nepean Medical Research Foundation Project Grant
- Cancer Council NSW
- Molecular Horizons (University of Wollongong)
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Allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is an effective therapy for blood cancers and other haematological disorders, but may lead to graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Current treatments for GVHD are limited, highlighting the need for exploring inflammatory factors to identify new treatment targets. Purinergic signalling, including purinergic receptors and ectoenzymes, has been implicated in influencing GVHD development.
Allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is a curative therapy for blood cancers and other haematological disorders. However, allo-HSCT leads to graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), a severe and often lethal immunological response, in the majority of transplant recipients. Current therapies for GVHD are limited and often reduce the effectiveness of allo-HSCT. Therefore, pro- and anti-inflammatory factors contributing to disease need to be explored in order to identify new treatment targets. Purinergic signalling plays important roles in haematopoiesis, inflammation and immunity, and recent evidence suggests that it can also affect haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and GVHD development. This review provides a detailed assessment of the emerging roles of purinergic receptors, most notably P2X7, P2Y(2) and A(2A) receptors, and ectoenzymes, CD39 and CD73, in GVHD.
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