Back مستقبلات الأدينوزين Arabic Adenosinový receptor Czech Adenosinrezeptoren German گیرنده آدنوزین FA Récepteur de l'adénosine French Recettori per l'adenosina Italian アデノシン受容体 Japanese Receptor de adenosina Portuguese Adenozinski receptor SH Adenozinski receptor Serbian
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The adenosine receptors (or P1 receptors[1]) are a class of purinergic G protein-coupled receptors with adenosine as the endogenous ligand.[2] There are four known types of adenosine receptors in humans: A1, A2A, A2B and A3; each is encoded by a different gene.
The adenosine receptors are commonly known for their antagonists caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine, whose action on the receptors produces the stimulating effects of coffee, tea and chocolate.
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