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Structure and function of voltage‐gated sodium channels

The Journal of Physiology, 1998
Sodium channels mediate fast depolarization and conduct electrical impulses throughout nerve, muscle and heart. This paper reviews the links between sodium channel structure and function. Sodium channels have a modular architecture, with distinct regions for the pore and the gates.
E, Marban, T, Yamagishi, G F, Tomaselli
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Boolean Logic‐Based Control Over Recombinant Protein Biomaterial Degradability and Therapeutic Delivery

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Fully recombinant protein‐based biomaterials execute complex Boolean logic for user‐programmable material degradation and concomitant therapeutic cargo release. Biologics, such as growth factors, can be incorporated within the crosslinkers as “drugamers”, while encapsulated cells can be released according to nested YES/OR/AND‐type logical operations ...
Murial L. Ross, Ryan Gharios, Shivani Kottantharayil, Cole A. DeForest   +3 more
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Biointegrated Battery‐Based Electroceuticals

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Biointegrated batteries go beyond passive power to serve as active therapeutic platforms for delivering programmable electrical cues and bioactive agents. This review examines their mechanisms and applications and provides a framework to guide battery‐based therapeutic design and clinical translation.
Yan Zhou, Zhilian Yue, Zhiqi Chen, Danming Chao, Xiaoteng Jia, Gordon Wallace, Caiyun Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sodium channels and mammalian sensory mechanotransduction

Molecular Pain, 2012
Background Members of the degenerin/epithelial (DEG/ENaC) sodium channel family are mechanosensors in C elegans, and Nav1.7 and Nav1.8 voltage-gated sodium channel knockout mice have major deficits in mechanosensation. β and γENaC sodium channel subunits
Raouf Ramin, Rugiero Francois, Kiesewetter Hannes, Hatch Rachel, Hummler Edith, Nassar Mohammed A, Wang Fan, Wood John N   +7 more
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Programmable Functional Silicification of DNA Origami Nanostructures

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces additional functionality into silica‐coated DNA origami nanostructures using non‐standard silica precursors. A fluorescent precursor enables enhanced intracellular tracking, while a disulfide‐containing reagent yields redox‐responsive, degradable silica coatings.
Anna V. Baptist, Lasse Guericke, Philipp Mauker, Oliver Thorn‐Seshold, Amelie Heuer‐Jungemann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable and Multifunctional Natural Macromolecular Polymers for Aqueous Zn Metal Batteries

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We comprehensively review the structure‐function relationships and regulatory mechanism of natural macromolecular polymers in stabilizing zinc anodes at the microscopic and mesoscopic scales. The interactions among polymer structures, optimization strategies, and regulatory mechanisms are discussed systematically summarizing recent related research ...
Yunuo Shi, Bo Jiang, Jingcheng Zhang, Xiaodong Shao, Peixun Xiong, Lutong Shan, Shengyang Huang, Mengfang Liang, Mengyao Chang, Fangyan Liu, Wenwu Li, Baoyu Xia, Wei Ji, Ho Seok Park   +13 more
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Ionic selectivity and thermal adaptations within the voltage-gated sodium channel family of alkaliphilic Bacillus

eLife, 2014
Entry and extrusion of cations are essential processes in living cells. In alkaliphilic prokaryotes, high external pH activates voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav), which allows Na+ to enter and be used as substrate for cation/proton antiporters ...
Paul G DeCaen, Yuka Takahashi, Terry A Krulwich, Masahiro Ito, David E Clapham   +4 more
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Engineering Pluripotent Stem Cells‐Derived Inner Ear Organoids With Enhanced Maturation and Reproducibility by Micro‐Topographical Cues

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Micro‐topographical cues applied through temporally controlled microscale confinement improve the reproducibility, spatial organization, and neurosensory‐associated features of pluripotent stem cell‐derived inner ear organoids. Integration with a vascularized organoid platform further enables controlled investigation of vascular‐epithelial interactions
Harshita Sharma, Jungeun Lim, Woochan Kim, Yeon Ju Kim, Dream Kim, Shinyull Lee, Chaeyeon Park, Stephen Rhee, Shruthy Kuttapan, Jungho Ha, Sang Wook Park, Kyunghoon Kim, Noo Li Jeon, Sunho Park, Yun‐Hoon Choung, Jangho Kim   +15 more
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Potential roles of voltage-gated ion channel disruption in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a lynchpin disorder, as it results in overactive mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling, which has been implicated in a multitude of disease states.
Hailey X. Egido-Betancourt, Roy E. Strowd III, Kimberly F. Raab-Graham   +2 more
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Voltage-gated sodium channels dysfunction in depression: the hypothesis

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2016
Voltage-gated sodium (Na+) channels (VGSCs) are responsible for action potential initiation and propagation in most electrically excitable cells which are implicated in a wide range physiological functions including neuronal signalling, muscle ...
Osman Ozdemir
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