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BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
卷 187, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114358
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Geoffrey Burnstock was a legendary figure in the field of purinergic signalling, with extraordinary contributions to the discovery of ATP as a neurotransmitter and classification of purine receptors, leading the field for over 50 years.
Geoffrey Burnstock is a purinergic signalling legend who?s discoveries and conceptualisation created and shaped the field. His scientific achievements were extraordinary and sustained. They included his demonstration that ATP can act as a neurotransmitter and hence extracellular signalling molecule, which he championed despite considerable initial opposition to his proposal that ATP acts outside of its role as an energy source inside cells. He led on purine receptor classification: initially of the P1 and P2 receptor families, then the P2X and P2Y receptor families, and then subtypes of P2X and P2Y receptors. This was achieved across several decades as he conceptualised and made sense of the emerging and growing evidence that there were multiple receptor subtypes for ATP and other nucleotides. He made discoveries about short term and long term/trophic purinergic signalling. He was a leader in the field for over 50 years. He inspired many and was a great colleague and mentor. I had the privilege of spending over 10 years (from 1985) with Geoff at the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London. This review is a personal perspective of some of Geoff?s research on P2 receptors carried out during that time. It is a tribute to Geoff who I regarded with enormous respect and admiration.
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