Crucial importance of the endothelial K+ channel SK3 and connexin40 in arteriolar dilations during skeletal muscle contraction

FASEB Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3572-3579

  Milkau, Malte ^a   Köhler, Ralf ^b   De Wit, Cor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ca2+ activated K+ channels; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor; Exercise hyperemia; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; ENDOTHELIAL POTASSIUM CHANNEL SK3; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL IK1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREMASTER MUSCLE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HYPEREMIA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; VASODILATION;

MUS;

EID: 77956638418     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-158956     Document Type: Article

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