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| Type: | Thesis |
| Title: | The expression and function of stretch-activated 2P-4TMD K⁺ channels in the heart. |
| Author: | Zhu, Haipeng |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| School/Discipline: | School of Molecular and Biomedical Science : Physiology |
| Abstract: | The results presented in this thesis show the existence of TREK-1(Twik-RElated K+ channel; KCNK2), variant A and C of TREK-2 (KCNK10) and TRAAK (Twik-Related Arachidonic Acid-stimulated K+ channel; KCNK4) in human heart; the localization of TREK-1 and variants of TREK-2 on the membrane and in cytoplasmic areas of human cardiomyocyte; the notably high-level expression of TREK-1 in diseased human heart; the reverse expression of variant A and C of TREK-2 in normal and diseased human heart. These observations strongly indicate TREK channels play important roles in arrhythmia genesis and TREK-sensitive cardiac remodelling within the development of cardiac hypertrophy, ischemia cardiomyopathy and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. |
| Dissertation Note: | Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, 2006 |
| Keywords: | potassium channels; heart cells; Myocardium diseases; heart hypertrophy |
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