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TRPM4
Introduction
Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 4 (hTRPM4), also known as melastatin-4, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TRPM4 gene.[1][2]
References
References
- ↑ Xu XZ, Moebius F, Gill DL, Montell C (September 2001). “Regulation of melastatin, a TRP-related protein, through interaction with a cytoplasmic isoform”. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98 (19): 10692–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.191360198. PMC 58528. PMID 11535825.
- ↑ Clapham DE, Julius D, Montell C, Schultz G (December 2005). “International Union of Pharmacology. XLIX. Nomenclature and structure-function relationships of transient receptor potential channels”. Pharmacol. Rev. 57 (4): 427–50. doi:10.1124/pr.57.4.6. PMID 16382100.
Further reading
Further reading
- Islam, Md. Shahidul (January 2011). Transient Receptor Potential Channels. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 704. Berlin: Springer. p. 700. ISBN 978-94-007-0264-6.
- Launay P, Fleig A, Perraud AL, Scharenberg AM, Penner R, Kinet JP (2002). “TRPM4 is a Ca2+-activated nonselective cation channel mediating cell membrane depolarization”. Cell. 109 (3): 397–407. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00719-5. PMID 12015988.
- Launay P, Cheng H, Srivatsan S, Penner R, Fleig A, Kinet JP (2004). “TRPM4 regulates calcium oscillations after T cell activation”. Science. 306 (5700): 1374–1377. doi:10.1126/science.1098845. PMID 15550671.
- Vennekens R, Nilius B (2007). “Insights into TRPM4 function, regulation and physiological role”. Handb Exp Pharmacol. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology. 179 (179): 269–85. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34891-7_16. ISBN 978-3-540-34889-4. PMID 17217063.
- Vennekens R, Olausson J, Meissner M, Bloch W, Mathar I, Philipp SE, Schmitz F, Weissgerber P, Nilius B, Flockerzi V, Freichel M (2007). “Increased IgE-dependent mast cell activation and anaphylactic responses in mice lacking the calcium-activated nonselective cation channel TRPM4”. Nat Immunol. 8 (3): 312–320. doi:10.1038/ni1441. PMID 17293867.
- Barbet G, Demion M, Moura IC, Serafini N, Léger T, Vrtovsnik F, Monteiro RC, Guinamard R, Kinet JP, Launay P (2008). “The calcium-activated nonselective cation channel TRPM4 is essential for the migration but not the maturation of dendritic cells”. Nat Immunol. 9 (10): 1148–56. doi:10.1038/ni.1648. PMC 2956271. PMID 18758465.
External links
External links
- TRPM4+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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