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Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate alters pharmacological selectivity for epilepsy-causing KCNQ potassium channels.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 May 2013
Zhou Pingzheng, Yu Haibo, Gu Min, Nan Fa-jun, Gao Zhaobing, Li Min
Abstract excerpt
Pharmacological augmentation of neuronal KCNQ muscarinic (M) currents by drugs such as retigabine (RTG) represents a first-in-class therapeutic to treat certain hyperexcitatory diseases by dampening neuronal firing. Whereas all five potassium channel subtypes (KCNQ1-KCNQ5) are found in the nervous system, KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 are the primary players that mediate M currents. We investigated the plasticity of subtype...
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