María Teresa Miras Portugal: a pioneer in the study of purinoceptors in chromaffin cells

• Published in: Purinergic signalling Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 109 - 113
• Main Authors: Artalejo, Antonio R., Arribas-Blázquez, Marina, Barahona, María Victoria, Llorente-Sáez, Celia, Olivos-Oré, Luis Alcides
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adrenal medulla; Adrenal Medulla - metabolism; Autocrine signalling; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Cancer Research; Chromaffin Cells; Chromaffin granules; Exocytosis; Human Physiology; Neurosciences; Nucleotides; Nucleotides - metabolism; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Polyphosphates; Portugal; Receptors, Purinergic - metabolism; Review; Review Article; Portugal; Chromaffin cells; Diadenosine polyphosphates; Purinoceptors; Adrenal medulla; Purinergic signalling

María Teresa Miras Portugal devoted most of her scientific life to the study of purinergic signalling. In an important part of her work, she used a model system: the chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. It was in these cells that she identified diadenosine polyphosphates, from which she proceede...