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Phylogenetic and developmental analyses indicate complex functions of calcium‐activated potassium channels in zebrafish embryonic development

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Calcium‐activated potassium channels (KCa) are a specific type of potassium channel activated by intracellular calcium concentration changes. This group of potassium channels plays fundamental roles ranging from regulating neuronal excitability… Click to show full abstract

Calcium‐activated potassium channels (KCa) are a specific type of potassium channel activated by intracellular calcium concentration changes. This group of potassium channels plays fundamental roles ranging from regulating neuronal excitability to immune cell activation. Many human diseases such as schizophrenia, hypertension, epilepsy, and cancers have been linked to mutations in this group of potassium channels. Although the KCa channels have been extensively studied electrophysiologically and pharmacologically, their spatiotemporal gene expression during embryogenesis remains mostly unknown.

Keywords: potassium channels; activated potassium; potassium; calcium activated; phylogenetic developmental

Journal Title: Developmental Dynamics
Year Published: 2021

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