But, of equal importance is, research out of the Baylor College of Medicine that has determined some of these drugs —
like calcium channel blockers (CCBs)-- can raise the risk of pancreatic cancer in menopausal women.
Not exact matches
Toshihiro Sassa and Takashi Murayama, the first and second authors of the paper, respectively, say, «we would
like to identify the other genes involved in downstream signaling from this
calcium channel to understand how the signal leads to aversion to high pH.» Sensing alkaline environments is only the first step; the worm must then quickly react to the stimulus by moving away.
His laboratory already has shown that by inhibiting
calcium channels in T - cells, they were able to prevent T - cell activation in animal models of autoimmune diseases
like multiple sclerosis and colitis.
«
Like in all immune modulatory therapies,» Feske adds, «the benefits of incomplete
calcium channel inhibition need to be balanced against the dysregulation of the immune response that results when these
channels are blocked completely,»
«It looked
like this «resemblance element» might be a molecular time capsule derived from a primeval ion
channel thought to have birthed distinct sodium and
calcium channels a billion years ago,» Yue says.
Further research determined that certain components of the cone snail venom, called conotoxins, targeted voltage-gated
calcium channels, which,
like sodium
channels, handle communication between pain - sensing neurons and the brain.
Researchers have discovered that a specific type of
calcium channel — a pore -
like protein that nestles in the cell membrane and controls the flow of
calcium into the cell — regulates the relaxation of...
Calcium channel blockers
like Procardia, Adalat, Plendil, and Cardene widen and relax the blood vessels by affecting the muscle cells found in the arterial walls, which is exactly what magnesium does — splendidly, we might add.
Some drugs that have that ability are beta blockers
like Atenolol (Tenormin) and propranolol (Inderal),
calcium channel blockers
like diltiazem (Cardizem), digoxin (Lanoxin, Cardoxin), pimobendan (Vetmedin), various narcotics as well as insecticide poisoning (organophosphate type)