The calcium-sensing receptor in health and disease

G Díaz-Soto, A Rocher, C García-Rodríguez… - International review of …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The extracellular calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) is a unique G protein–coupled receptor
(GPCR) activated by extracellular Ca 2+ and by other physiological cations including Mg 2+ …

Calcium nutrition and extracellular calcium sensing: relevance for the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, cancer and cardiovascular diseases

M Peterlik, E Kállay, HS Cross - Nutrients, 2013‏ - mdpi.com
Through a systematic search in Pubmed for literature, on links between calcium malnutrition
and risk of chronic diseases, we found the highest degree of evidence for osteoporosis …

Enhanced Ca2+-Sensing Receptor Function in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

A Yamamura, Q Guo, H Yamamura… - Circulation …, 2012‏ - ahajournals.org
Rationale: A rise in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+] cyt) in pulmonary arterial smooth
muscle cells (PASMC) is an important stimulus for pulmonary vasoconstriction and vascular …

Cinacalcet-mediated activation of the CaMKKβ-LKB1-AMPK pathway attenuates diabetic nephropathy in db/db mice by modulation of apoptosis and autophagy

JH Lim, HW Kim, MY Kim, TW Kim, EN Kim, Y Kim… - Cell Death & …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Apoptosis and autophagy are harmoniously regulated biological processes for maintaining
tissue homeostasis. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) functions as a metabolic sensor …

The vascular Ca2+-sensing receptor regulates blood vessel tone and blood pressure

M Schepelmann, PL Yarova… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2016‏ - journals.physiology.org
The extracellular calcium-sensing receptor CaSR is expressed in blood vessels where its
role is not completely understood. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the CaSR …

Biased allosteric modulation at the CaS receptor engendered by structurally diverse calcimimetics

AE Cook, SN Mistry, KJ Gregory… - British journal of …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Clinical use of cinacalcet in hyperparathyroidism is complicated
by its tendency to induce hypocalcaemia, arising partly from activation of calcium‐sensing …

[HTML][HTML] The different facets of extracellular calcium sensors: old and new concepts in calcium-sensing receptor signalling and pharmacology

A Gerbino, M Colella - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
The current interest of the scientific community for research in the field of calcium sensing in
general and on the calcium-sensing Receptor (CaR) in particular is demonstrated by the still …

Important roles of the Ca2+-sensing receptor in vascular health and disease

Y Guo, X Yang, J He, J Liu, S Yang, H Dong - Life sciences, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Ca 2+-sensing receptor (CaSR), a member of G protein-coupled receptor family, is
widely expressed in the vascular system, including perivascular neurons, vascular …

[HTML][HTML] Heteromeric TRPV4/TRPC1 channels mediate calcium-sensing receptor-induced nitric oxide production and vasorelaxation in rabbit mesenteric arteries

HZE Greenberg, SRE Carlton-Carew, DM Khan… - Vascular …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Stimulation of calcium-sensing receptors (CaSR) by increasing the external calcium
concentration (Ca 2+] o) induces endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation through nitric …

Coronary artery calcification in chronic kidney disease: An update

T Stompór - World Journal of Cardiology, 2014‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Arterial calcification is a well-recognized complication of advanced atherosclerosis. Chronic
kidney disease (CKD) is characterized by significantly more pronounced, disseminated and …