-transparent.png){kind=logo}
Ca2+ plays an important role in the regulation of smooth-muscle contraction. In this review, we will focus on the various Ca(2+)-transport processes that contribute to the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration. Mainly the functional aspects will be covered. The smooth-muscle inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor and ryanodine receptor will be extensively discussed. Smooth-muscle contraction also depends on extracellular Ca2+ and both voltage- and Ca(2+)-release-activated plasma-membrane Ca2+ channels will be reviewed. We will finally discuss some functional properties of the Ca2+ pumps that remove Ca2+ from the cytoplasm and of the Ca2+ regulation of the nucleus.
Related Publications
L Missiaen, and
H De Smedt, and
G Droogmans, and
B Himpens, and
R Casteels
January 1999,
Advances in experimental medicine and biology,
L Missiaen, and
H De Smedt, and
G Droogmans, and
B Himpens, and
R Casteels
February 1996,
New horizons (Baltimore, Md.),
L Missiaen, and
H De Smedt, and
G Droogmans, and
B Himpens, and
R Casteels
January 1991,
Advances in experimental medicine and biology,
L Missiaen, and
H De Smedt, and
G Droogmans, and
B Himpens, and
R Casteels
January 1999,
Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology,
L Missiaen, and
H De Smedt, and
G Droogmans, and
B Himpens, and
R Casteels
April 2014,
Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994),
L Missiaen, and
H De Smedt, and
G Droogmans, and
B Himpens, and
R Casteels
January 1977,
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine,
L Missiaen, and
H De Smedt, and
G Droogmans, and
B Himpens, and
R Casteels
June 2023,
Cell & bioscience,
L Missiaen, and
H De Smedt, and
G Droogmans, and
B Himpens, and
R Casteels
January 1992,
Japanese journal of pharmacology,
L Missiaen, and
H De Smedt, and
G Droogmans, and
B Himpens, and
R Casteels
January 1999,
Life sciences,
L Missiaen, and
H De Smedt, and
G Droogmans, and
B Himpens, and
R Casteels
September 1992,
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics,
