Critical roles of a small conductance Ca2+-activated K + channel (SK3) in the repolarization process of atrial myocytes

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 317-325

  Zhang, Xiao Dong ^a   Timofeyev, Valeriy ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Myers, Richard E ^a   Zhang, Dai Min ^a,b   Singapuri, Anil ^a   Lau, Victor C ^a   Bond, Chris T ^c   Adelman, John ^c   Lieu, Deborah K ^a,d   Chiamvimonvat, Nipavan ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Atrial arrhythmia; Atrial myocyte; Repolarization; Small conductance calcium activated potassium channel

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; DOXYCYCLINE; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRACYCLINE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL GENE; SURVIVAL; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; WILD TYPE;

ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION; ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIAL MYOCYTE; REPOLARIZATION; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART ATRIA; HOMOZYGOTE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893145398     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvt262     Document Type: Article

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