Silent inward rectifier K+ channels in hypercholesterolemia

Circulation Research

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 982-984

  Jackson, William F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterioles; Cholesterol; Hypercholesterolemia; Inward rectifier potassium channels; Lipid rafts; Potassium channels; Resistance arteries

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR6.2; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; METHYL BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTERIOLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CHO CELL; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID RAFT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

AORTA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; VASODILATION;

EID: 33646769997     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000222140.93190.7f     Document Type: Editorial

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