TASK-2: A K2P K+ channel with complex regulation and diverse physiological functions

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 JUL, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cid, L Pablo ^a   Roa Rojas, Hugo A ^a,b   Niemeyer, María I ^a   González, Wendy ^c   Araki, Masatake ^d   Araki, Kimi ^d   Sepúlveda, Francisco V ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate reabsorption; Cell volume regulation; Central chemoception; Chondrocytes; K2P channels; TASK 2 channel

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BICARBONATE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HYALIN; LYSINE; TANDEM PORE DOMAIN POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TWIK RELATED ACID SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINIZATION; APOPTOSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL PH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VOLUME; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMORECEPTOR; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HYALINE CARTILAGE; INTESTINE MUSCLE; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPINAL GANGLION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 84884544392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00198     Document Type: Review

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