Sentences with phrase «like calcium channel»

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.

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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)
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