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The Low-Threshold Calcium Channel Cav3.2 Determines Low-Threshold Mechanoreceptor Function

Cell Reports, 2015
The T-type calcium channel Cav3.2 emerges as a key regulator of sensory functions, but its expression pattern within primary afferent neurons and its contribution to modality-specific signaling remain obscure. Here, we elucidate this issue using a unique
Amaury François, Niklas Schüetter, Sophie Laffray, Juan Sanguesa, Anne Pizzoccaro, Stefan Dubel, Annabelle Mantilleri, Joel Nargeot, Jacques Noël, John N. Wood, Aziz Moqrich, Olaf Pongs, Emmanuel Bourinet   +12 more
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Voltage-Gated K+/Na+ Channels and Scorpion Venom Toxins in Cancer

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020
Ion channels have recently been recognized as novel therapeutic targets in cancer research since they are overexpressed in different histological tissues, and their activity is linked to proliferation, tumor progression, angiogenesis, metastasis, and ...
Alexis Díaz-García, Alexis Díaz-García, Diego Varela, Diego Varela   +3 more
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A new flow chip in combination with multiphoton microscopy as a protocol for longitudinal 3D imaging of tissue calcification under shear stress

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Miniaturized flow chip platform enabling continuous perfusion and longitudinal multiphoton 3D imaging of vascular smooth muscle cell constructs under physiological flow. Brightfield imaging guides region selection, while CellTracker Green and mRuby‐labeled fetuin‐A visualize cells and mineral deposition, respectively. Magnesium supplementation markedly
Vytautas Kučikas, Aaron D. Morgan, Ignas Čiurlionis, Christian Böhm, Stefan Jockenhövel, Willi Jahnen‐Dechent, Marc A. M. J. van Zandvoort   +6 more
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A duo of redox-sensitive pore-loop cysteines controls the activity of the neural ion channel TRPM3

Communications Chemistry
Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3 (TRPM3) is a non-selective, Ca2+-permeable ion channel that plays a pivotal role in peripheral thermosensation and nociception.
Katharina Held, Evelien Van Hoeymissen, Ilhem Dallali, Eleonora Persoons, Bahar Bazeli, Robbe Roelens, Stijn Robben, Caroline Wuyts, Marie Mulier, Silvia Pinto, Annelies Janssens, Thomas Voets, Joris Vriens   +12 more
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Gating modulation and potentiation of amiodarone blockage of the Kv10.1 potassium channel bu KB130015, an amiodarone derived molecule

Channels
Kv10.1 is a voltage-gated K+ channel whose structure–function relationships remain incompletely understood, and whose ectopic expression is linked to tumorigenesis.
Froylán Gómez-Lagunas, Carolina Barriga-Montoya   +1 more
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Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) in a Patient With Compound Heterozygous OPA1 Variants: Case Report and Literature Review

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) is a rare, life‐threatening neurological emergency with unclear etiology in many cases. Mitochondrial dysfunction, often due to disease‐causing genetic variants, is increasingly recognized as a cause, with each gene producing distinct pathophysiological mechanisms.
Pouria Mohammadi, Lara Basovic, Christopher Michael McGraw   +2 more
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Membrane-Mediated Action of Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors

Pharmaceutics
Background/Objectives: Phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitors, sildenafil, vardenafil, and tadalafil, activate the cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway resulting in vascular smooth muscle relaxation.
Anna I. Malykhina, Svetlana S. Efimova, Olga S. Ostroumova   +2 more
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Mouse TRPA1 function and membrane localization are modulated by direct interactions with cholesterol

eLife, 2019
The cation channel TRPA1 transduces a myriad of noxious chemical stimuli into nociceptor electrical excitation and neuropeptide release, leading to pain and neurogenic inflammation.
Justyna B Startek, Brett Boonen, Alejandro López-Requena, Ariel Talavera, Yeranddy A Alpizar, Debapriya Ghosh, Nele Van Ranst, Bernd Nilius, Thomas Voets, Karel Talavera   +9 more
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Epilepsy‐Associated Variants of a Single SCN1A Codon Exhibit Divergent Functional Properties

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Pathogenic variants in SCN1A, which encodes the voltage‐gated sodium channel NaV1.1, are associated with multiple epilepsy syndromes exhibiting a range of clinical severity. SCN1A variants are reported in different syndromes, including Dravet syndrome, which is associated with loss‐of‐function, whereas neonatal/infantile‐onset ...
Lanie N. Liebovitz, Christopher H. Thompson, Linda C. Laux, Alfred L. George Jr.   +3 more
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A Depolarizing Leak in Sodium Bicarbonate Cotransporter NBCe1 Causes Brain Edema

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives SLC4A4 encodes electrogenic sodium bicarbonate cotransporter NBCe1, prominently expressed in kidney and brain. Recessive loss‐of‐function variants in SLC4A4 cause proximal renal tubular acidosis, no brain edema. In the brain, NBCe1 is expressed by astrocytes, where it regulates pH and mediates astrocyte volume changes.
Quinty Bisseling, Mark D. Parker, Sven Kerst, Richard A. Pasternack, Jacob Tondreau, Marjolein Breur, Gemma M. van Rooijen‐van Leeuwen, Davide Tonduti, Ettore Salsano, Alejandra Darling, Joanna A. E. van Wijk, Susanna Törnroth‐Horsefield, Marianna Bugiani, Petra J. W. Pouwels, Quinten Waisfisz, Marjo S. van der Knaap, Rogier Min   +16 more
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