Myocardial telocytes: A new player in electric circuitry of the heart

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 913, Issue , 2016, Pages 241-251

  Shim, Winston ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bioelectric coupling; Cardiac telocytes; Interstitial cells; Ion channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CD34 ANTIGEN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.1; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; KCNMA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TELOCYTE; TIGHT JUNCTION; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOCARDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIGENS, CD34; BIOMARKERS; ENDOCARDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; MYOCARDIUM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERICARDIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOCYTES;

EID: 84994344823     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-1061-3_16     Document Type: Chapter

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