Sentences with phrase «modulate calcium channel»

In addition, research has shown that this beneficial compound helps to combat the arterial stiffness that contributes to high blood pressure — while improving endothelial function and helping to modulate calcium channel flow.

His lab is also working on compounds that modulate a calcium channel that is associated with Alzheimer's disease.

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CRAC channels control the entry of calcium into immune and other cell types, and calcium is an important intracellular signaling molecule that modulates cytokine production and the immune response.

The N - methyl d - aspartate (NMDA) receptor subtype of glutamate-gated ion channels possesses high calcium permeability and unique voltage - dependent sensitivity to magnesium and is modulated by glycine.

In this study, the team, which included Dr. Meerim Nurbaeva and Miriam Eckstein in Dr. Lacruz's lab, for the first time used freshly dissected enamel cells (ameloblasts) from rodent teeth to modulate physiological processes in order to understand the contribution of CRAC channels in enamel calcium signaling.

(2005) Pressure - Induced Production of Inflammatory Cytokines and Activation of NF B Is Modulated by Calcium Channels in Retinal Glia (Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 46: ARVO E-Abstract 3579).

Magnesium Sulfate reduces inflammation, relaxes muscles and blood vessels as well as modulates calcium ion channels within our cells, which trigger the release of neurotransmitters.