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When Is a Potassium Channel Not a Potassium Channel?
Function, 2022 Ever since they were first observed in Purkinje fibers of the heart, funny channels have had close connections to potassium channels. Indeed, funny channels were initially thought to produce a potassium current in the heart called IK2.
Eric Accili
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Mitochondrial Potassium Channels as Druggable Targets
Biomolecules, 2020 Mitochondrial potassium channels have been described as important factors in cell pro-life and death phenomena. The activation of mitochondrial potassium channels, such as ATP-regulated or calcium-activated large conductance potassium channels, may have ...
Antoni Wrzosek +3 more
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Pharmacological Actions of Potassium Channel Openers on Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels [PDF]
PharmaceuticalsBackground/Objectives: Potassium (K+) channels are essential transmembrane proteins that regulate ion flow, playing a critical role in regulating action potentials and neuronal transmission.
Michael T. McCoy +3 more
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Membranes, 2023 In the inner mitochondrial membrane, several potassium channels that play a role in cell life and death have been identified. One of these channels is the ATP-regulated potassium channel (mitoKATP).
Milena Krajewska +3 more
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Science Progress, 2021 Numerous studies have demonstrated that anesthetics’ exposure to neonates imposes toxicity on the developing brain but the underlying mechanisms need to be further elucidated.
Wentao Ke, Xiangdi Yu, Yutong Gao
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Unique features of two potassium channels, OsKAT2 and OsKAT3, expressed in rice guard cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Potassium is the most abundant cation and a myriad of transporters regulate K(+) homeostasis in plant. Potassium plays a role as a major osmolyte to regulate stomatal movements that control water utility of land plants.
Hyunsik Hwang +10 more
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Current Challenges of Mitochondrial Potassium Channel Research
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 In this paper, the current challenges of mitochondrial potassium channels research were critically reviewed. Even though recent progress in understanding K+ traffic in mitochondria has been substantial, some basic issues of this process remain unresolved.
Bogusz Kulawiak, Adam Szewczyk
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 One of the most prevalent types of epilepsy is temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), which has unknown etiological factors and drug resistance. The detailed mechanisms underlying potassium channels in human TLE have not yet been elucidated.
Lin-ming Zhang +10 more
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Effect of an autism-associated KCNMB2 variant, G124R, on BK channel properties
Current Research in Physiology, 2022 BK K+ channels are critical regulators of neuron and muscle excitability, comprised of a tetramer of pore-forming αsubunits from the KCNMA1 gene and cell- and tissue-selective β subunits (KCNMB1-4).
Hans J. Moldenhauer +4 more
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Molecules, 2022 Scorpion venom is a rich source of promising therapeutic compounds, such as highly selective ion channel ligands with potent pharmacological effects. Bot33 is a new short polypeptide of 38 amino acid residues with six cysteines purified from the venom of
Rym ElFessi +6 more
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