Di Virgilio F

ORCID: 0000-0003-3566-1362 · 2 papers in corpus
2021
Biochemical pharmacology ·doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114300

Geoffrey Burnstock, the founder of the field of purinergic signaling research passed away in Melbourne, Australia on June 3rd, 2020, at the age of 91. With his death, the world of biomedical research lost one of its most passionate, creativ…

2020
Frontiers in pharmacology ·doi:10.3389/fphar.2020.00096

The P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) is an ATP-gated ion channel known for its proinflammatory activity. Despite its participation in host defense against pathogens, the role played in viral infections, notably those caused by herpes viruses, has been…