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Ryanodine receptor-mediated arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.
Pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Aug 2009
Blayney Lynda M, Lai F Anthony
Abstract excerpt
The cardiac ryanodine receptor-Ca2+ release channel (RyR2) is an essential sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) transmembrane protein that plays a central role in excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) in cardiomyocytes. Aberrant spontaneous, diastolic Ca2+ leak from the SR due to dysfunctional RyR2 contributes to the formation of delayed after-depolarisations, which are thought to underlie the fatal arrhythmia that occurs...
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