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Ion Channel Dysfunction and Therapeutic Targeting in Salivary Gland Disorders

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia represent major clinical complications of radiation therapy, autoimmune disorders such as Sjögren's disease, and inherited epithelial ion transport defects. This review integrates current knowledge on ion channel dysfunction as a central mechanistic driver of salivary gland pathology and ...
Tarek Mohamed Abd El‐Aziz, Shankara N. Varadarajan, Viktor Drel, Prakash Arullampalam, Mahmoud I. Shoulkamy, Ahmed Al‐Sabi, Brij B. Singh   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

TMEM16A channel signalling microdomains in the regulation of vascular function

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Schematic representation of TMEM16A channel signalling microdomains. Calcium influx or calcium release from the endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum (ER/SR) activates TMEM16A channels through interactions with regulatory proteins in vascular smooth muscle cells or endothelial cells. TMEM16A channel activation drives chloride efflux,
Fênix Araujo, Swapnil K. Sonkusare
wiley   +1 more source

TMEM16A(a)/anoctamin-1 Shares a Homodimeric Architecture with CLC Chloride Channels

Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 2011
TMEM16A/anoctamin-1 has been identified as a protein with the classic properties of a Ca(2+)-activated chloride channel. Here, we used blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (BN-PAGE) and chemical cross-linking to assess the quaternary structure of the mouse TMEM16A(a) and TMEM16A(ac) splice variants as well as a genetically concatenated ...
Fallah, Ghada, Römer, Thomas, Detro-Dassen, Silvia, Braam, Ursula, Markwardt, Fritz, Schmalzing, Günther   +5 more
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Calcium‐activated chloride channels in pericytes and their role in regulating organ blood flow

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Pericytes are microvascular mural cells with diverse roles. Contractile pericytes directly regulate local perfusion, while non‐contractile pericytes coordinate upstream vascular contractility via propagating electrical signals.
Paolo Tammaro, Hikaru Hashitani
wiley   +1 more source

Anoctamin 1 and c-Kit immunohistochemical study of interstitial cells of Cajal in the muscularis externa of human gastrointestinal tract

Folia Morphologica, 2023
BACKGROUND: Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) are widely distributed in human gastrointestinal (GI) tract, especially in the layer of muscularis externa between neurons and smooth muscles.
A. Al-Ahmadi, R. A. Mohammed, M. Atteya, T. A. Al-Matrafi, M. A. Alfayez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

TMEM16A chloride channels in the female reproductive tract and their role in normal and dysfunctional pregnancy and labour

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend TMEM16A plays a pivotal role in setting the duration of the action potential plateau in human uterine smooth muscle. An increase in TMEM16A expression in labour underpins a lengthening of the plateau and this provides time for the contraction to become larger and longer, important for timely successful labour.
Helena C. Parkington, Harold A. Coleman, Penelope M. Sheehan, Shaun P. Brennecke, Marianne Tare   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anoctamin-1 is induced by TGF-beta and contributes to lung myofibroblast differentiation

, 2023
ABSTRACT Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating disease characterized by progressive scarring of the lungs and resulting in deterioration in lung function. Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) is one of the most established drivers of fibrotic processes.
Eleanor B. Reed, Shaina Orbeta, Bernadette A. Miao, Albert Sitikov, Bohao Chen, Irena Levitan, Julian Solway, Gökhan M. Mutlu, Yun Fang, Alexander A. Mongin, Nickolai O. Dulin   +10 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Histological and histochemical study of effect of dietary fibre in motility of stomach in male mice

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Objective: To investigate the relationship between dietary fibres and muscularis externa layer. Method: The experimental study was conducted at the Anatomy Department of the College of Medicine, Al- Nahrain University, Iraq, from November 2020 to April ...
Khulood Ayad Majeed, Haider Abdal-Rasool Jaafar, Hussein Abbas Jarullah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Novel volume‐electron microscopic ultrastructural analysis of gastrointestinal excitability associated with calcium–activated chloride channels

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Immunohistochemistry, electrophysiology and pharmacology are useful tools for understanding protein and channel expression and physiological reactions of calcium‐activated chloride channels (CaCCs). Conventional transmission electron microscopy has provided useful 2‐D information on organelle arrangement, localization and ...
Hiromi Tamada
wiley   +1 more source

Calcium- and Voltage-Dependent Dual Gating ANO1 is an Intrinsic Determinant of Repolarization in Rod Bipolar Cells of the Mouse Retina

Cells, 2020
TMEM16A/anoctamin1 (ANO1), a calcium (Ca2+)-activated chloride (Cl−) channel, has many functions in various excitable cells and modulates excitability in both Ca2+- and voltage-gating modes.
Sun-Sook Paik, Yong Soo Park, In-Beom Kim   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source