A molecular signature of tissues with pacemaker activity in the heart and upper urinary tract involves coexpressed hyperpolarization-activated cation and T-type Ca2+ channels

FASEB Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 730-739

  Hurtado, Romulo ^a   Bub, Gil ^b   Herzlinger, Doris ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ion channels; Kidney; Optical mapping; Peristalsis; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; EFONIDIPINE; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ION CHANNEL; NITROPHENOL; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENZYME MECHANISM; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PELVIS; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOUSE; MURINAE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PELVIS KIDNEY JUNCTION; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UPPER URINARY TRACT PACEMAKER; URINARY TRACT; VIDEO MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OPTICAL MAPPING;

ION CHANNELS; KIDNEY; OPTICAL MAPPING; PERISTALSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; DIHYDROPYRIDINES; HYPERPOLARIZATION-ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CHANNELS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITROPHENOLS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PERISTALSIS; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 84897073867     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-237289     Document Type: Article

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