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Patients with malignant hyperthermia demonstrate an altered calcium control mechanism in B lymphocytes.
Anesthesiology - 1 Nov 2002
Sei Yoshitatsu, Brandom Barbara W, Bina Saiid, Hosoi Eiji, Gallagher Kathleen L, Wyre Hadley W, Pudimat Paul A, Holman Steve J, Venzon David J, Daly John W, Muldoon Sheila
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BACKGROUND: Altered Ca2+ homeostasis in skeletal muscle is a key molecular event triggering malignant hyperthermia (MH) in malignant hyperthermia-susceptible (MHS) individuals. Genetic studies have shown that mutations in the type 1 ryanodine receptor (RYR1) are associated with MH susceptibility. Because human B lymphocytes express the RYR1, it is hypothesized that Ca2+ homeostasis in B lymphocytes is altered in...
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