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. 2012 Sep;167(2):238–255. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.02008.x

Table 6.

Principal P1 and P2 receptors expressed by non-neuronal cells

Smooth muscle P2X1, P2X2, P2X4, P2X7, P2Y1, P2Y2
Cardiac muscle P2X1-6, P2Y2 (plus P2X7 and P2Y1 in isolated ventricle myocytes)
Skeletal muscle P2X1-6, P2Y1, P2Y2, P2Y4, P2Y6 (transiently expressed during development)
Osteoblasts P2X7, P2Y1, P2Y2
Cartilage P2X2, P2Y1, P2Y2, A2A, A2B
Keratinocytes P2X2, P2X3, P2X5, P2X7, P2Y1, P2Y2, P2Y4, A2B
Fibroblasts P2X7, P2Y1, P2Y2, A2A
Adipocytes P2X1, P2Y1, P2Y2, P2Y4, A1
Epithelial cells P2X4, P2X5, P2X6, P2X7, P2Y1, P2Y2, P2Y6, P2Y11, A1, A2A, A3
Hepatocytes P2Y1, P2Y2, P2Y4, P2Y6, P2Y13, A2A, A3
Glial cells P2X1-7, P2Y1, P2Y2, P2Y4, P2Y6, P2Y11, P2Y12, P2Y13, A1, A2
Sperm P2X2, P2X7, P2Y2, A1
Endothelial cells P2X1, P2X4, P2Y1, P2Y2, P2Y4, P2Y6, A1, A2A
Erythrocytes P2X2, P2X4, P2X7, P2Y1
Platelets P2X1, P2Y1, P2Y12, A2A
Immune cells (lymphocytes, neutrophils, macrophages, basophils, mast cells, eosinophils, osteoclasts, microglia, dendritic cells) P2X1, P2X4, P2X7, P2Y1, P2Y2, A2A, A3
Exocrine cells P2X1, P2X4, P2X7, P2Y1, P2Y2, P2Y4, A1, A2A
Endocrine cells P2X1-7, P2Y2, P2Y4, A1, A2A, A2B, A3
Special senses
 Inner ear P2X1, P2X2, P2X3, P2X7, P2Y2, P2Y4, A1
 Eye P2X2, P2X7, P2Y2, A1, A2, A3
 Tongue P2X2, P2X3, P2Y1, A1
 Olfactory organ P2X2, P2X4, P2Y1, P2Y2, A2A, A3

Reproduced from Burnstock (2012c), with permission from Wiley.