Large-conductance, calcium-activated potassium channels: structural and functional implications

S Ghatta, D Nimmagadda, X Xu, ST O'Rourke - Pharmacology & …, 2006‏ - Elsevier
The large-conductance, calcium-activated potassium channels (BK, also termed BKCa, Slo,
or MaxiK) distributed in both excitable and non-excitable cells are involved in many cellular …

Regulation of BK channels by beta and gamma subunits

V Gonzalez-Perez, CJ Lingle - Annual review of physiology, 2019‏ - annualreviews.org
Ca2+-and voltage-gated K+ channels of large conductance (BK channels) are expressed in
a diverse variety of both excitable and inexcitable cells, with functional properties …

Functional significance of channels and transporters expressed in the inner ear and kidney

F Lang, V Vallon, M Knipper… - American Journal of …, 2007‏ - journals.physiology.org
A number of ion channels and transporters are expressed in both the inner ear and kidney.
In the inner ear, K+ cycling and endolymphatic K+, Na+, Ca2+, and pH homeostasis are …

The distal convoluted tubule

JA McCormick, DH Ellison - Comprehensive Physiology, 2015‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The distal tubule of the mammalian kidney can be defined as the nephron segment between
the macula densa region and the cortical collecting tubule. It comprises several …

A comprehensive guide to the ROMK potassium channel: form and function in health and disease

PA Welling, K Ho - American Journal of Physiology-Renal …, 2009‏ - journals.physiology.org
The discovery of the renal outer medullary K+ channel (ROMK, Kir1. 1), the founding
member of the inward-rectifying K+ channel (Kir) family, by Ho and Hebert in 1993 …

Large conductance voltage-and calcium-activated K+ (BK) channel in health and disease

F Echeverría, N Gonzalez-Sanabria… - Frontiers in …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
Large Conductance Voltage-and Calcium-activated K+ (BK) channels are transmembrane
pore-forming proteins that regulate cell excitability and are also expressed in non-excitable …

Sensing of tubular flow and renal electrolyte transport

EHJ Verschuren, C Castenmiller, DJM Peters… - Nature Reviews …, 2020‏ - nature.com
The kidney is a remarkable organ that accomplishes the challenge of removing waste from
the body and simultaneously regulating electrolyte and water balance. Pro-urine flows …

Dual role of the TRPV4 channel as a sensor of flow and osmolality in renal epithelial cells

L Wu, X Gao, RC Brown, S Heller… - American Journal of …, 2007‏ - journals.physiology.org
Gain/loss of function studies were utilized to assess the potential role of the endogenous
vanilloid receptor TRPV4 as a sensor of flow and osmolality in M-1 collecting duct cells …

Aldosterone, SGK1, and ion channels in the kidney

WC Valinsky, RM Touyz, A Shrier - Clinical science, 2018‏ - portlandpress.com
Hyperaldosteronism, a common cause of hypertension, is strongly connected to Na+, K+,
and Mg2+ dysregulation. Owing to its steroidal structure, aldosterone is an active …

Antagonistic regulation of ROMK by long and kidney-specific WNK1 isoforms

A Lazrak, Z Liu, CL Huang - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2006‏ - pnas.org
WNK kinases are serine-threonine kinases with an atypical placement of the catalytic lysine.
Intronic deletions with increased expression of a ubiquitous long WNK1 transcript cause …