This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG3. Ion channels are integral membrane proteins that regulate the flow of ions (such as sodium, potassium, calcium, and chloride) across ...

Scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have identified the first mechanosensitive ion channel to be found in an intracellular vesicle system. It responds to concentration ...

Ion channels are attractive drug targets due to their importance in health and disease, but finding ways to target a specific ion channel selectively is a major challenge. Now, researchers have ...

A member of an important class of ion channel proteins can transiently rearrange itself into a larger structure with dramatically altered properties, according to a new study. The discovery is a ...

Our overarching research goals are to develop a molecular-level understanding of ion-transport phenomenon across cellular membranes that occurs under normal and pathophysiological conditions. Our ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – COPD for short – is one of the most common diseases of the lung. It affects almost 300 million people worldwide, of which about three million die every year. A ...

Scott Earley, professor of pharmacology in the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med), developed an interest in ion channels early on in graduate school. As he explains, everything in ...

For centuries, understanding the basis for how we detect, process and react to light, sound, temperature, pressure and other environmental signals has been a scientific focus. Science has advanced, ...

The science of cell signaling and ion channel receptors holds the key to understanding how our bodies’ systems connect and how we sense and interact with the world around us. This science is at the ...

Scientists have revealed the secret to the structural integrity of tiny particles that transport cargo from cell to cell through blood vessels and bodily fluids: special proteins that keep their ...

Ion channels are integral membrane proteins that regulate the flow of ions (such as sodium, potassium, calcium, and chloride) across cellular membranes. They play critical roles in numerous ...