Back مستقبلات الأدينوزين Arabic Adenosinový receptor Czech Adenosinrezeptoren German گیرنده آدنوزین Persian 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 Serbo-Croatian 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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