SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, ISSN 2045-2322, 04/2019, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 6446 - 9
Recent parallel studies clearly indicated that Merkel cells and the mechanosensitive piezo2 ion channel play critical roles in the light-touch somatosensation....
MERKEL CELLS | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
MERKEL CELLS | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
Journal Article
Biophysical Journal, ISSN 0006-3495, 08/2019, Volume 117, Issue 4, p. 767
Pacemaker depolarization in interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) is believed to be induced by Ca.sup.2+ transients and activation of anoctamin-1 (Ano1) channels...
Medical colleges | Analysis | Cells
Medical colleges | Analysis | Cells
Journal Article
The Journal of Physiology, ISSN 0022-3751, 03/2019, Volume 597, Issue 6, pp. 1467 - 1485
Key points Studies of urothelial cells, bladder sheets or lumens of filled bladders have suggested that mediators released from urothelium into suburothelium...
purines | bladder model | urothelium | lamina propria | transurothelial | CELLS | PHYSIOLOGY | PRIMATE | NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE | RECEPTOR EXPRESSION | ADENOSINE | RAT URINARY-BLADDER | NEUROSCIENCES | EVOKED CA2+ INFLUX | CHANNELS | ATP RELEASE | Smooth muscle | Analysis | Permeability | Adenosine | Animal models | AMP | Mucosa | Cytology | Bladder | Lamina propria | Fluorescent indicators | Biological activity | Protamine sulfate | Lipopolysaccharides | Purines | Protamine | Urothelium
purines | bladder model | urothelium | lamina propria | transurothelial | CELLS | PHYSIOLOGY | PRIMATE | NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE | RECEPTOR EXPRESSION | ADENOSINE | RAT URINARY-BLADDER | NEUROSCIENCES | EVOKED CA2+ INFLUX | CHANNELS | ATP RELEASE | Smooth muscle | Analysis | Permeability | Adenosine | Animal models | AMP | Mucosa | Cytology | Bladder | Lamina propria | Fluorescent indicators | Biological activity | Protamine sulfate | Lipopolysaccharides | Purines | Protamine | Urothelium
Journal Article
Physiological Reviews, ISSN 0031-9333, 2015, Volume 95, Issue 2, pp. 693 - 694
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Physiological Reviews, ISSN 0031-9333, 07/2014, Volume 94, Issue 3, p. 859
Smooth muscles are complex tissues containing a variety of cells in addition to muscle cells. Interstitial cells of mesenchymal origin interact with and form...
Genotype & phenotype | Molecules | Propagation | Physiology | Muscular system | Cells
Genotype & phenotype | Molecules | Propagation | Physiology | Muscular system | Cells
Journal Article
American Journal of Physiology, ISSN 0363-6143, 09/2016, Volume 311, Issue 3, p. C437
Anoctamin-1 (ANO1) is a Ca^sup 2+^-activated Cl^sup -^ channel expressed in many types of cells. Splice variants of ANO1 have been shown to influence the...
Physiology | Pharmacology | Biophysics | Experiments | Cells
Physiology | Pharmacology | Biophysics | Experiments | Cells
Journal Article
Journal of Physiology, ISSN 0022-3751, 03/2014, Volume 592, Issue 6, p. 1283
Purines induce transient contraction and prolonged relaxation of detrusor muscles. Transient contraction could be due to activation of inward currents in...
Platelet-derived growth factor | Smooth muscle | Rodents | Muscular system
Platelet-derived growth factor | Smooth muscle | Rodents | Muscular system
Journal Article
American Journal of Physiology, ISSN 0363-6143, 04/2015, Volume 308, Issue 8, p. C608
Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) provide pacemaker activity in gastrointestinal muscles that underlies segmental and peristaltic contractions. ICC generate...
Shock waves | Medical equipment | Rodents | Protein expression | Physiology | Endoplasmic reticulum | Cytoplasm
Shock waves | Medical equipment | Rodents | Protein expression | Physiology | Endoplasmic reticulum | Cytoplasm
Journal Article
The Journal of physiology, ISSN 0022-3751, 01/2013, Volume 591, Issue 2, p. 503
We sought to characterize molecular expression and ionic conductances in a novel population of interstitial cells (PDGFRα(+) cells) in murine bladder to...
Potassium - metabolism | Gene Expression | Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha - metabolism | Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels - agonists | Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels - genetics | Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels - physiology | Benzothiazoles - pharmacology | Calcium - metabolism | Mice, Inbred C57BL | Pyrimidines - pharmacology | Apamin - pharmacology | Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels - metabolism | Action Potentials | Interstitial Cells of Cajal - metabolism | Animals | Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha - genetics | Urinary Bladder - cytology | Mice | Myocytes, Smooth Muscle - metabolism | Potassium Channel Blockers - pharmacology | Pyrazoles - pharmacology | Smooth muscle | Physiology | Potassium | Rodents
Potassium - metabolism | Gene Expression | Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha - metabolism | Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels - agonists | Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels - genetics | Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels - physiology | Benzothiazoles - pharmacology | Calcium - metabolism | Mice, Inbred C57BL | Pyrimidines - pharmacology | Apamin - pharmacology | Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels - metabolism | Action Potentials | Interstitial Cells of Cajal - metabolism | Animals | Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha - genetics | Urinary Bladder - cytology | Mice | Myocytes, Smooth Muscle - metabolism | Potassium Channel Blockers - pharmacology | Pyrazoles - pharmacology | Smooth muscle | Physiology | Potassium | Rodents
Journal Article
Physiological Reviews, ISSN 0031-9333, 07/2014, Volume 94, Issue 3, pp. 859 - 907
Smooth muscles are complex tissues containing a variety of cells in addition to muscle cells. Interstitial cells of mesenchymal origin interact with and form...
PHYSIOLOGY | KIT-POSITIVE CELLS | NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE | CAJAL-LIKE CELLS | ELECTRICAL SLOW WAVES | DEEP MUSCULAR PLEXUS | GUINEA-PIG BLADDER | CA2+-ACTIVATED K+ CHANNEL | GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS | FIBROBLAST-LIKE CELLS | CANINE PROXIMAL COLON | Animals | Interstitial Cells of Cajal - physiology | Gastrointestinal Tract - physiology | Urinary Tract Physiological Phenomena | Humans | Urinary Tract - cytology | Genitalia - physiology | Muscle, Smooth - physiology | Gastrointestinal Tract - cytology | Muscle, Smooth - cytology | Genitalia - cytology | Physiological aspects | Luteinizing hormone | Smooth muscle | Research | Reviews
PHYSIOLOGY | KIT-POSITIVE CELLS | NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE | CAJAL-LIKE CELLS | ELECTRICAL SLOW WAVES | DEEP MUSCULAR PLEXUS | GUINEA-PIG BLADDER | CA2+-ACTIVATED K+ CHANNEL | GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS | FIBROBLAST-LIKE CELLS | CANINE PROXIMAL COLON | Animals | Interstitial Cells of Cajal - physiology | Gastrointestinal Tract - physiology | Urinary Tract Physiological Phenomena | Humans | Urinary Tract - cytology | Genitalia - physiology | Muscle, Smooth - physiology | Gastrointestinal Tract - cytology | Muscle, Smooth - cytology | Genitalia - cytology | Physiological aspects | Luteinizing hormone | Smooth muscle | Research | Reviews
Journal Article
American Journal of Physiology, ISSN 0363-6143, 09/2014, Volume 206, Issue 6, p. C561
Enteric inhibitory neurotransmission is an important feature of the neural regulation of gastrointestinal motility. Purinergic neurotransmission, via ......
Cell growth | Neurotransmitters | Rodents | Cells | Adenosine triphosphatase
Cell growth | Neurotransmitters | Rodents | Cells | Adenosine triphosphatase
Journal Article
American Journal of Physiology, ISSN 0363-6143, 04/2014, Volume 306, Issue 7, p. C705
Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) generate slow waves in gastrointestinal (GI) muscles. Previous studies have suggested that slow wave generation and...
Electrical currents | Temperature | Calcium | Rodents | Gene expression | Small intestine
Electrical currents | Temperature | Calcium | Rodents | Gene expression | Small intestine
Journal Article
Biophysical journal, 08/2019, Volume 117, Issue 4, p. 767
Pacemaker depolarization in interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) is believed to be induced by Ca transients and activation of anoctamin-1 (Ano1) channels in the...
Journal Article
American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, ISSN 0363-6143, 2015, Volume 308, Issue 8, pp. C608 - C620
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Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, ISSN 1759-5045, 11/2012, Volume 9, Issue 11, pp. 633 - 645
Gastrointestinal motility results from coordinated contractions of the tunica muscularis, the muscular layers of the alimentary canal. Throughout most of the...
GUINEA-PIG ILEUM | CA2+-ACTIVATED CL-CONDUCTANCE | INTRAMURAL INHIBITORY NERVES | INTERACTING PROTEIN-KINASE | INTERNAL ANAL-SPHINCTER | CA2+-DEPENDENT K+ CHANNELS | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | NONSELECTIVE CATION CURRENTS | FIBROBLAST-LIKE CELLS | LIGHT-CHAIN PHOSPHORYLATION | MYENTERIC INTERSTITIAL-CELLS | Calcium - physiology | Interstitial Cells of Cajal - physiology | Humans | Muscle Contraction - physiology | Gastrointestinal Motility - physiology | Muscle, Smooth - physiology | Myosins - physiology | Physiological aspects | Smooth muscle | Motility | Gastrointestinal system
GUINEA-PIG ILEUM | CA2+-ACTIVATED CL-CONDUCTANCE | INTRAMURAL INHIBITORY NERVES | INTERACTING PROTEIN-KINASE | INTERNAL ANAL-SPHINCTER | CA2+-DEPENDENT K+ CHANNELS | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | NONSELECTIVE CATION CURRENTS | FIBROBLAST-LIKE CELLS | LIGHT-CHAIN PHOSPHORYLATION | MYENTERIC INTERSTITIAL-CELLS | Calcium - physiology | Interstitial Cells of Cajal - physiology | Humans | Muscle Contraction - physiology | Gastrointestinal Motility - physiology | Muscle, Smooth - physiology | Myosins - physiology | Physiological aspects | Smooth muscle | Motility | Gastrointestinal system
Journal Article
The Journal of Physiology, ISSN 0022-3751, 02/2011, Volume 589, Issue 3, pp. 697 - 710
Non‐technical summary Smooth muscles, as in the gastrointestinal tract, are composed of several types of cells. Gastrointestinal muscles contain smooth muscle...
PHYSIOLOGY | INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM | NITRIC-OXIDE | MURINE COLONIC MYOCYTES | MOUSE SMALL-INTESTINE | CAJAL | CA2+-ACTIVATED K+ CHANNEL | GUINEA-PIG | NEUROSCIENCES | SMALL-CONDUCTANCE | FORMING GAP-JUNCTIONS | INTERSTITIAL-CELLS | Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels - genetics | Synaptic Transmission - physiology | Fibroblasts - physiology | Gene Expression - genetics | Green Fluorescent Proteins - genetics | Apamin - pharmacology | Cell Membrane - physiology | Adenosine Triphosphate - pharmacology | Receptors, Purinergic P2Y1 - genetics | Vesicular Acetylcholine Transport Proteins - metabolism | Charybdotoxin - pharmacology | Gastrointestinal Tract - physiology | Motor Neurons - cytology | Muscle, Smooth - physiology | Myocytes, Smooth Muscle - drug effects | Cell Membrane - drug effects | Purinergic P2Y Receptor Antagonists - pharmacology | Green Fluorescent Proteins - metabolism | Deoxyadenine Nucleotides - pharmacology | Calcium - pharmacology | Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha - metabolism | Mice, Inbred C57BL | Electrophysiological Phenomena - physiology | Myocytes, Smooth Muscle - physiology | NAD - pharmacology | Mice, Transgenic | Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels - metabolism | Adenosine Diphosphate - pharmacology | Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels - antagonists & inhibitors | Motor Neurons - metabolism | Patch-Clamp Techniques | Animals | Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha - genetics | Fibroblasts - drug effects | Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I - metabolism | Fibroblasts - cytology | Gastrointestinal Tract - cytology | Mice | Muscle, Smooth - cytology | Electrophysiological Phenomena - drug effects | Purines | Enzymes | Niacinamide | Neurons | Physiological aspects | Fluorescence | Muscle proteins | Adenosine triphosphate | Alimentary
PHYSIOLOGY | INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM | NITRIC-OXIDE | MURINE COLONIC MYOCYTES | MOUSE SMALL-INTESTINE | CAJAL | CA2+-ACTIVATED K+ CHANNEL | GUINEA-PIG | NEUROSCIENCES | SMALL-CONDUCTANCE | FORMING GAP-JUNCTIONS | INTERSTITIAL-CELLS | Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels - genetics | Synaptic Transmission - physiology | Fibroblasts - physiology | Gene Expression - genetics | Green Fluorescent Proteins - genetics | Apamin - pharmacology | Cell Membrane - physiology | Adenosine Triphosphate - pharmacology | Receptors, Purinergic P2Y1 - genetics | Vesicular Acetylcholine Transport Proteins - metabolism | Charybdotoxin - pharmacology | Gastrointestinal Tract - physiology | Motor Neurons - cytology | Muscle, Smooth - physiology | Myocytes, Smooth Muscle - drug effects | Cell Membrane - drug effects | Purinergic P2Y Receptor Antagonists - pharmacology | Green Fluorescent Proteins - metabolism | Deoxyadenine Nucleotides - pharmacology | Calcium - pharmacology | Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha - metabolism | Mice, Inbred C57BL | Electrophysiological Phenomena - physiology | Myocytes, Smooth Muscle - physiology | NAD - pharmacology | Mice, Transgenic | Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels - metabolism | Adenosine Diphosphate - pharmacology | Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels - antagonists & inhibitors | Motor Neurons - metabolism | Patch-Clamp Techniques | Animals | Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha - genetics | Fibroblasts - drug effects | Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I - metabolism | Fibroblasts - cytology | Gastrointestinal Tract - cytology | Mice | Muscle, Smooth - cytology | Electrophysiological Phenomena - drug effects | Purines | Enzymes | Niacinamide | Neurons | Physiological aspects | Fluorescence | Muscle proteins | Adenosine triphosphate | Alimentary
Journal Article
American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, ISSN 0193-1857, 2017, Volume 312, Issue 1, pp. G1 - G14
We discuss the role of multiple cell types involved in rhythmic motor patterns in the large intestine that include tonic inhibition of the muscle layers...
ICC | Colon | 5-HT | Mucosa | Enteric | PHYSIOLOGY | GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT | MOUSE COLON | PERISTALTIC REFLEX | PIG DISTAL COLON | MURINE LARGE-INTESTINE | GUINEA-PIG | enteric | SLOW-TRANSIT CONSTIPATION | CIRCULAR MUSCLE LAYER | colon | MYENTERIC NEURONS | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | mucosa | CANINE PROXIMAL COLON | Action Potentials - physiology | Animals | Interstitial Cells of Cajal - physiology | Serotonergic Neurons - physiology | Colon - physiology | Enteric Nervous System - metabolism | Serotonin - metabolism | Nerve Net - metabolism | Models, Neurological | Enteric Nervous System - physiology | Nerve Net - physiology | Colon - metabolism | Physiological aspects | Colon (Anatomy) | Neural circuitry | Serotonin | Review
ICC | Colon | 5-HT | Mucosa | Enteric | PHYSIOLOGY | GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT | MOUSE COLON | PERISTALTIC REFLEX | PIG DISTAL COLON | MURINE LARGE-INTESTINE | GUINEA-PIG | enteric | SLOW-TRANSIT CONSTIPATION | CIRCULAR MUSCLE LAYER | colon | MYENTERIC NEURONS | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | mucosa | CANINE PROXIMAL COLON | Action Potentials - physiology | Animals | Interstitial Cells of Cajal - physiology | Serotonergic Neurons - physiology | Colon - physiology | Enteric Nervous System - metabolism | Serotonin - metabolism | Nerve Net - metabolism | Models, Neurological | Enteric Nervous System - physiology | Nerve Net - physiology | Colon - metabolism | Physiological aspects | Colon (Anatomy) | Neural circuitry | Serotonin | Review
Journal Article
Annual Review of Physiology, ISSN 0066-4278, 2006, Volume 68, Issue 1, pp. 307 - 343
In the gastrointestinal tract, phasic contractions are caused by electrical activity termed slow waves. Slow waves are generated and actively propagated by...
Slow wave | Electrical rhythmicity | Smooth muscle | electrical rhythmicity | PHYSIOLOGY | slow wave | smooth muscle | MURINE SMALL-INTESTINE | ENTERIC MOTOR-NEURONS | C-KIT | STROMAL TUMORS | GUINEA-PIG STOMACH | INHIBITORY NEUROTRANSMISSION | CIRCULAR SMOOTH-MUSCLE | ELECTRICAL SLOW WAVES | GASTRIC ANTRUM | CANINE PROXIMAL COLON | Animals | Muscle, Smooth - innervation | Biological Clocks - physiology | Humans | Electrophysiology | Muscle, Smooth - physiology | Digestive System Physiological Phenomena | Digestive System - cytology
Slow wave | Electrical rhythmicity | Smooth muscle | electrical rhythmicity | PHYSIOLOGY | slow wave | smooth muscle | MURINE SMALL-INTESTINE | ENTERIC MOTOR-NEURONS | C-KIT | STROMAL TUMORS | GUINEA-PIG STOMACH | INHIBITORY NEUROTRANSMISSION | CIRCULAR SMOOTH-MUSCLE | ELECTRICAL SLOW WAVES | GASTRIC ANTRUM | CANINE PROXIMAL COLON | Animals | Muscle, Smooth - innervation | Biological Clocks - physiology | Humans | Electrophysiology | Muscle, Smooth - physiology | Digestive System Physiological Phenomena | Digestive System - cytology
Journal Article
American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, ISSN 0193-1857, 12/2018, Volume 315, Issue 6, pp. G921 - G931
It has been known that activation of protease-activated receptors (PARs) affects gastrointestinal motility. In this study, we tested the effects of PAR...
Protein kinase C | CPI-17 | Protease-activated receptor | Rho kinase | SK channels | MYPT1
Protein kinase C | CPI-17 | Protease-activated receptor | Rho kinase | SK channels | MYPT1
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