Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
"Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A major class of calcium-activated potassium channels that were originally discovered in ERYTHROCYTES. They are found primarily in non-excitable CELLS and set up electrical gradients for PASSIVE ION TRANSPORT.
| Descriptor ID |
D051660
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.530.400.600.150.249 D12.776.543.550.450.750.150.249 D12.776.543.585.400.750.150.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels- Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
- Intermediate Conductance Calcium Activated Potassium Channels
- Potassium Channels, Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated
- Potassium Channels, Intermediate Conductance Calcium Activated
- IK Potassium Channels
- Potassium Channels, IK
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels" by people in Profiles.
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Increased constitutive aSMA and Smad2/3 expression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis myofibroblasts is KCa3.1-dependent. Respir Res. 2014 Dec 05; 15:155.
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The K+ channel KCa3.1 as a novel target for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. PLoS One. 2013; 8(12):e85244.
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SK but not IK channels regulate human detrusor smooth muscle spontaneous and nerve-evoked contractions. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2012 Aug 15; 303(4):F559-68.
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Identification and functional characterization of the intermediate-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel (IK-1) in biliary epithelium. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2009 Nov; 297(5):G1009-18.