使人惊讶的是腺苷能调节一系列生理过程,包括血管弹性、激素作用、神经功能、血小板聚集和淋巴细胞的分化。为了解释这种多样性,曾经认为腺苷是一种激素或是激素的第二信使。然而,它的独特生成方式却提示腺苷是一种新型的细胞调节物质,并为此提出了“报复性代谢物”(re-taliatory metabolites)这个名词。 Surprisingly, adenosine can regulate a series of physiological processes, including vascular elasticity, hormonal effects, neurological function, platelet aggregation and lymphocyte differentiation. To explain this diversity, adenosine was once considered a second messenger of hormones or hormones. However, its unique formation suggests that adenosine is a novel cellular regulator, and has proposed the term “re-taliatory metabolites.”