Article
Hypoxia and ischemia-reperfusion: a BiK contribution?
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 15 Sept 2014
Tano Jean-Yves, Gollasch Maik
Abstract excerpt
Over the last decades, cardiovascular disease has become the primary cause of death in the Western world, and this trend is expanding throughout the world. In particular, atherosclerosis and the subsequent vessel obliterations are the primary cause of ischemic disease (stroke and coronary heart disease). Excess calcium influx into the cells is one of the major pathophysiological mechanisms important for ischemic...
Topics
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Animals
- Calcium
- Calcium Signaling
- Conserved Sequence
- Genotype
- Humans
- Ischemia
- Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
