VKCDB: Voltage-gated potassium channel database [PDF]
BMC Bioinformatics, 2004 Background The family of voltage-gated potassium channels comprises a functionally diverse group of membrane proteins. They help maintain and regulate the potassium ion-based component of the membrane potential and are thus central to many critical ...
Gallin Warren J, Li Bin
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Mechanism of electromechanical coupling in voltage-gated potassium channels [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2012 Voltage-gated ion channels play a central role in the generation of action potentials in the nervous system. They are selective for one type of ion – sodium, calcium or potassium. Voltage-gated ion channels are composed of a central pore that allows ions
Rikard eBlunck +3 more
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Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels Beyond the Action Potential. [PDF]
Bioelectricity, 2022 Bioelectricity goes far beyond electrical signaling in the nervous system, but this was initially not obvious for me. This article describes the journey from studying the biophysics of ion channels in classical electrically excitable tissues to focusing on the pathogenic roles of the Kv10.1 potassium channel in cancers.
Pardo LA.
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Modeling the kinetics of heteromeric potassium channels
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2022 Mechanistic mathematical modeling has long been used as a tool for answering questions in cellular physiology. To mathematically describe cellular processes such as cell excitability, volume regulation, neurotransmitter release, and hormone secretion ...
Kees McGahan, James Keener
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Functional reconstitution of a voltage-gated potassium channel in giant unilamellar vesicles. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Voltage-gated ion channels are key players in cellular excitability. Recent studies suggest that their behavior can depend strongly on the membrane lipid composition and physical state. In vivo studies of membrane/channel and channel/channel interactions
Sophie Aimon +5 more
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Role of Kv1 potassium channels in regulating dopamine release and presynaptic D2 receptor function. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Dopamine (DA) release in the CNS is critical for motor control and motivated behaviors. Dysfunction of its regulation is thought to be implicated in drug abuse and in diseases such as schizophrenia and Parkinson's.
Philippe Martel +4 more
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Heliyon, 2023 Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the leading causes of chronic pain and dysfunction. It is essential to comprehend the nature of pain and cartilage degeneration and its influencing factors on OA treatment. Voltage-gated ion channels (VGICs) are essential in
Xinwei Wang, Xueping Li
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The role of Eag and HERG channels in cell proliferation and apoptotic cell death in SK-OV-3 ovarian cancer cell line. [PDF]
, 2011 The voltage gated potassium (K+) channels Eag and HERG have been implicated in the pathogenesis of various cancers, through association with cell cycle changes and programmed cell death.
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Lack of direct evidence for a functional role of voltage-operated calcium channels in juxtaglomerular cells [PDF]
, 1990 In this study we have examined the role of voltage-gated calcium channels in the regulation of calcium in juxtaglomerular cells. Using a combination of patch-clamp and single-cell calcium measurement we obtained evidence neither for voltage-operated ...
Chegini, S. +3 more
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Photocontrol of Voltage-Gated Ion Channel Activity by Azobenzene Trimethylammonium Bromide in Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The ability of azobenzene trimethylammonium bromide (azoTAB) to sensitize cardiac tissue excitability to light was recently reported. The dark, thermally relaxed trans- isomer of azoTAB suppressed spontaneous activity and excitation propagation speed ...
Sheyda R Frolova +4 more
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