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Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels (Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel)

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Potassium channels whose activation is dependent on intracellular calcium concentrations.

Also Known As:

Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel; Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated; Ca2+-Activated K+ Channels; Calcium-Dependent Potassium Channels; K+ Channels, Ca2+-Activated; K+ Channels, Calcium-Activated; Potassium Channel, Calcium-Activated; Potassium Channels, Calcium-Dependent; Ca2+ Activated K+ Channels; Calcium Activated Potassium Channel; Calcium Activated Potassium Channels; Calcium Dependent Potassium Channels; Calcium-Activated K+ Channels; Channels, Calcium-Dependent Potassium; K+ Channels, Ca2+ Activated; K+ Channels, Calcium Activated; Potassium Channel, Calcium Activated; Potassium Channels, Calcium Activated; Potassium Channels, Calcium Dependent

Networked: 183 relevant articles (3 outcomes, 16 trials/studies)

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Bio-Agent Context: Research Results

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
- Proteins: 90489
  - Carrier Proteins: 11456
    - Membrane Transport Proteins: 165
      - Ion Channels: 3653
        Potassium Channels: 2108
        Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: 183
        Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: 162
        Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: 8
        Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: 3
  - Membrane Proteins: 5300
    - Membrane Glycoproteins: 1848
      - Ion Channels: 3653
        Potassium Channels: 2108
        Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: 183
        Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: 162
        Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: 8
        Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: 3
    - Membrane Transport Proteins: 165
      - Ion Channels: 3653
        Potassium Channels: 2108
        Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: 183
        Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: 162
        Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: 8
        Intermediate-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: 3

Experts

1.	Wu, Sheng-Nan: 5 articles (01/2015 - 08/2002)
2.	Grunnet, Morten: 3 articles (11/2015 - 08/2010)
3.	Sørensen, Ulrik S: 3 articles (11/2015 - 12/2008)
4.	Wulff, Heike: 3 articles (05/2013 - 09/2003)
5.	Morris, Margaret J: 3 articles (02/2013 - 11/2010)
6.	Sandow, Shaun L: 3 articles (02/2013 - 11/2010)
7.	Chadha, Preet S: 3 articles (02/2013 - 11/2010)
8.	Grayson, T Hilton: 3 articles (02/2013 - 11/2010)
9.	Ruth, Peter: 3 articles (01/2013 - 08/2009)
10.	Christophersen, Palle: 3 articles (10/2012 - 04/2005)

Related Diseases

1.	Anoxia (Hypoxia) 10/01/2015 - "Decreased calcium-activated potassium channels by hypoxia causes abnormal firing in the spontaneous firing medial vestibular nuclei neurons." 03/01/2006 - "Ca2+-activated K+ channels in human melanoma cells are up-regulated by hypoxia involving hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha and the von Hippel-Lindau protein." 01/01/2014 - "The present study tested the hypothesis that gestational hypoxia up-regulates protein kinase C (PKC) and inhibits calcium-activated potassium channels (KCa)-mediated relaxations of uterine arteries in pregnancy. " 01/01/2014 - "Gestational hypoxia up-regulates protein kinase C and inhibits calcium-activated potassium channels in ovine uterine arteries." 08/15/2009 - "Heme oxygenase-2 and large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels: lung vascular effects of hypoxia."
2.	Channelopathies 01/01/2006 - "Carbonic-anhydrase inhibitors are effective in channelopathies possibly by opening the Ca2+-activated-K+ channels. "
3.	Polyuria 10/01/2013 - "It also normalized protein levels of the large conductance calcium-activated potassium channel and the water channel aquaporin 2, and improved polyuria and hypokalemia in mutant mice. "
4.	Hypokalemia 10/01/2013 - "It also normalized protein levels of the large conductance calcium-activated potassium channel and the water channel aquaporin 2, and improved polyuria and hypokalemia in mutant mice. "
5.	Glioma (Gliomas) 12/05/1988 - "A study was made of the 86Rb+ influx and efflux through Ca2+-activated K+ channels of intact rat glioma C6 cells after addition of a Ca2+ ionophore to the incubation medium. " 01/01/2010 - "Calcium-activated potassium channels BK and IK1 are functionally expressed in human gliomas but do not regulate cell proliferation." 10/26/2007 - "Glioma cells prominently express a unique splice variant of a large conductance, calcium-activated potassium channel (BK channel). " 08/15/2006 - "Expression and function of calcium-activated potassium channels in human glioma cells." 10/15/2004 - "Role for calcium-activated potassium channels (BK) in growth control of human malignant glioma cells."

Related Drugs and Biologics

1.	Nitric Oxide (Nitrogen Monoxide)
2.	Aquaporin 2
3.	Melatonin
4.	Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors
5.	Dexamethasone (Maxidex)
6.	Potassium Channels (Potassium Channel)
7.	Protein Kinase C
8.	puerarin
9.	Tyrosine (L-Tyrosine)
10.	Immunoglobulin E (IgE)

Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Therapeutics
2.	Catheters
3.	Ischemic Postconditioning