Greenwood, IA; Tribe, RM
(2014)
Kv7 and Kv11 channels in myometrial regulation.
Experimental Physiology, 99 (3).
pp. 503-509.
ISSN 1469-445X
https://doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.2013.075754
SGUL Authors: Greenwood, Iain Andrew
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Abstract
Ion channels play a key role in defining myometrial contractility. Modulation of ion channel populations is proposed to underpin gestational changes in uterine contractility associated with the transition from uterine quiescence to active labour. Of the myriad ion channels present in the uterus, this article will focus upon potassium channels encoded by the KCNQ genes and ether-à-go-go-related (ERG) genes. Voltage-gated potassium channels encoded by KCNQ and ERG (termed Kv7 and Kv11, respectively) are accepted as major determinants of neuronal excitability and the duration of the cardiac action potential. However, there is now growing appreciation that these ion channels have a major functional impact in vascular and non-vascular smooth muscle. Moreover, Kv7 channels may be potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of preterm labour.
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©2013 The Authors. Experimental Physiology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Physiological Society.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License,
which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
Keywords: |
Adult, Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels, Female, Humans, KCNQ Potassium Channels, Muscle, Smooth, Myometrium, Neural Pathways, Potassium Channels, Pregnancy, Uterus, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Physiology, PORTAL-VEIN MYOCYTES, ACTIVATED CHLORIDE CHANNEL, SMOOTH-MUSCLE-CELLS, K+-CHANNELS, CONTRACTILE ACTIVITY, INTERSTITIAL-CELLS, POTASSIUM CHANNELS, RAT UTERUS, FUNCTIONAL-CHARACTERIZATION, MOLECULAR-IDENTIFICATION, 1116 Medical Physiology, 0606 Physiology, 1106 Human Movement And Sports Science |
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: |
Academic Structure > Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute (MCS) > Vascular (INCCVA) |
Journal or Publication Title: |
Experimental Physiology |
ISSN: |
1469-445X |
Language: |
eng |
Dates: |
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1 March 2014 | Published |
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PubMed ID: |
24121285 |
Web of Science ID: |
WOS:000332139900007 |
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https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/107256 |
Publisher's version: |
https://doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.2013.075754 |
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