Endocrine Abstracts

The purinergic signaling complex comprising extracellular nucleotides and nucleosides, and their receptors, the P2 and P1 purinergic receptors, respectively, as well as catabolic enzymes and nucleoside transporters is a major regulatory system in the body. Macrophages are cells of the innate immune system that play myriad roles in the body. Macrophages are subject to regulation by the purinergic signaling complex. Macrophages are known to reside in endocrine glands and a body ...