Adenosine and cardioprotection: what can we learn from nature's genetic polymorphism?
Adenosine is an endogenous nucleoside that has been shown to be beneficial for the myocardium in different settings by a large number of experimental studies. In this article, we 1) outline adenosine's metabolic pathways, 2) address cardioprotective properties of adenosine, and 3) discuss possible implications of the two recently published clinical studies disclosing a positive effect of adenosine monophosphate deaminase 1 (AMPD1) gene mutation on cardiovascular survival in heart failure and ischemic heart disease. (Fig. 2, Ref. 84.)
Skalova
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Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. bll@fmed.uniba.sk
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Turcani
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Hulin
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D000659:AMP Deaminase / Q000235:genetics*; D000241:Adenosine / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D015996:Survival Rate
D007527:Isoenzymes; D000659:AMP Deaminase; D000241:Adenosine