An essential step in renal function entails the formation of an ultrafiltrate that is delivered to
the renal tubules for subsequent processing. This process, known as glomerular filtration, is …

Calcium regulates a wide spectrum of physiological processes such as heartbeat, muscle
contraction, neuronal communication, hormone release, cell division, and gene …

Large conductance Ca 2+-and voltage-activated K+(BK) channels are widely distributed in
the postnatal central nervous system (CNS). BK channels play a pleiotropic role in …

The voltage-gated Ca2+ channel β subunit (Cavβ) is a cytosolic auxiliary subunit that plays
an essential role in regulating the surface expression and gating properties of high-voltage …

Loss or dysfunction of podocytes is a major cause of glomerular kidney disease. Several
genetic forms of glomerular disease are caused by mutations in genes that encode structural …

Voltage‐gated calcium (CaV) channels and their regulation by proteins at the synaptic cleft
play a critical role in neurotransmission. These interactions fine‐tune the synaptic response …

Abstract The large-conductance Ca 2+-and voltage-activated K+(MaxiK, BK, BK Ca, Slo1, K
Ca 1.1) channel role in cell signalling is becoming apparent as we learn how the channel …

We investigated the expression of splice variants and β-subunits of the BK channel (big
conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel, Slo1, MaxiK, KCa1. 1) in rat cerebral blood …

Voltage‐gated Ca2+ (CaV) channels mediate Ca2+ ions influx into cells in response to
depolarization of the plasma membrane. They are responsible for initiation of excitation …

Mechanosensitive large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels encoded by the Slo1
gene (BKCa channels) are expressed in podocytes. Here we show that BKCa channels …