Two-pore domain potassium channels in the adrenal cortex

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 467, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1027-1042

  Bandulik, Sascha ^a   Tauber, Philipp ^a   Lalli, Enzo ^b   Barhanin, Jacques ^c,d   Warth, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c Nice Sophia Antipolis University   (France)

^d Laboratory of Excellence in Ion Channel Science and Therapeutics   (France)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; KCNK2; KCNK3; KCNK9; TASK; TREK

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; CORTICOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TWIK RELATED ACID SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL 1; TWIK RELATED ACID SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANGIOTENSIN II; NERVE PROTEIN;

ACIDOSIS; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL GLAND; AGE; ALDOSTERONE RELEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITABILITY; GENE MUTATION; GLOMERULOSA CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ZONA FASCICULATA; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; METABOLISM;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84939418151     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1628-6     Document Type: Review

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