Myocardial calcium signalling and arrhythmia pathogenesis

Myocardial calcium signalling and arrhythmia pathogenesis

Mark Scoote*, Alan J. Williams* Department of Cardiac Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK Received 11 August 2004 Available online 21 August 2004 Abstract Myocardial calcium signalling is a vital component of the normal physiological function of the heart. Key amongst the many […]

Effect of Temperature on the Ca2+ Transport ATPase of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum*

Effect of Temperature on the Ca2+ Transport ATPase of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum*

THE JOURNAL 01 Bmw~nxr. CHEM,LWF.Y Vol. 252, No 23, Issue of December 10, pp. 8567-8571, 1977 HATISABURO MASUDA AND LEOPOLDO DE MEIS From the Instituto de Biofkica, Centro de Cibncias da Saride, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitciria, Zlha do Fundkio, Rio de Janeiro, 20.000, Brasil   The effect of temperature on sarcoplasmic […]

Endoplasmic-Reticulum Calcium Depletion and Disease

Endoplasmic-Reticulum Calcium Depletion and Disease

Djalila Mekahli, Geert Bultynck, Jan B. Parys, Humbert De Smedt, and Ludwig Missiaen Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, K.U.Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg O&N I, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium Correspondence: Ludwig.Missiaen@med.kuleuven.be The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as an intracellular Ca²+ store not only sets up cytosolic Ca²+ signals but, among other functions, […]