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    Calcium signaling is the use of calcium ions (Ca2+) to communicate and drive intracellular processes often as a step in signal transduction. Ca2+ is important...
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    Calcium signaling in Arabidopsis is a calcium mediated signalling pathway that Arabidopsis plants use in order to respond to a stimuli. In this pathway...
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  • Calcium plays a crucial role in regulating the events of cellular division. Calcium acts both to modulate intracellular signaling as a secondary messenger...
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  • the shape of the cell. The noncanonical Wnt/calcium pathway regulates calcium inside the cell. Wnt signaling was first identified for its role in carcinogenesis...
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    (mitochondria-associated ER-membrane). This is important in the ER-mitochondria calcium signaling and is involved in the transfer of lipids between the ER and mitochondria...
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    Calcium ions (Ca2+) contribute to the physiology and biochemistry of organisms' cells. They play an important role in signal transduction pathways, where...
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    short-term and long-term memory, and the immune response. Calcium participates in an intracellular signaling system by acting as a diffusible second messenger...
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  • calcium signaling. During acute vasospasm, calcium influx into smooth muscle cells causes contraction. In chronic vasospasm, alterations in calcium-handling...
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  • membranes. Calcium channels can also be used to release calcium ions as second messengers within the cell, affecting downstream signaling pathways.  ...
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  • Calcium channel blockers (CCB), calcium channel antagonists or calcium antagonists are a group of medications that disrupt the movement of calcium (Ca2+...
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  • Calcium-binding proteins are proteins that participate in calcium cell signaling pathways by binding to Ca2+, the calcium ion that plays an important...
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  • Voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs), also known as voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCCs), are a group of voltage-gated ion channels found in the...
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  • intracellular signaling molecules released by the cell in response to exposure to extracellular signaling molecules—the first messengers. (Intercellular signals, a...
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  • Inositol trisphosphate (category Signal transduction)
    Today the IP3 signaling pathway is well mapped out, and is known to be important in regulating a variety of calcium-dependent cell signaling pathways. Increases...
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  • Tumor-associated calcium signal transducer (TACSTD) is the name of two human proteins and the genes that encode them: Tumor-associated calcium signal transducer...
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  • downstream pathways. By integrating with other signaling pathways, including ROS and hormonal signaling, calcium signals orchestrate a coordinated response to...
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    messenger system. cADPR is a cellular messenger for calcium signaling. It stimulates calcium-induced calcium release at lower cytosolic concentrations of Ca2+...
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    Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20. As an alkaline earth metal, calcium is a reactive metal that forms a dark oxide-nitride...
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    signal sensing) in a receptor give rise to a biochemical cascade, which is a chain of biochemical events known as a signaling pathway. When signaling...
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  • found in different tissues and participate in different signaling pathways involving calcium release from intracellular organelles. The RYR2 ryanodine...
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    Glutamate-Dependent Neuroglial Calcium Signaling Differs Between Young and Adult Brain | Science "Study: Model for Brain Signaling Flawed". URMC Newsroom. Retrieved...
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    Dysferlin is linked with plasma membrane repair., stabilization of calcium signaling and the development of the T-tubule system of the muscle A defect...
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  • Calcium imaging is a microscopy technique to optically measure the calcium (Ca2+) status of an isolated cell, tissue or medium. Calcium imaging takes...
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    molecule acts in calcium signaling by releasing calcium from intracellular stores. It does this by binding to and opening a class of calcium channels called...
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  • Calcium release-activated channels (CRAC) are specialized plasma membrane Ca2+ ion channels. When calcium ions (Ca2+) are depleted from the endoplasmic...
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    calcium homeostasis is essential for proper cell function and response to extracellular signals. In order to prepare the cell for a future signaling event...
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    GCaMP (category Calcium signaling)
    disrupts L-type calcium channel gating, the added calmodulin-binding motif prevents GCaMP-X from interfering with calcium-dependent signaling mechanisms....
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  • (μM). These microdomains take part in calcium signaling, which has a diverse range of potential outcomes. Calcium concentration microdomains can be visualised...
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    protein signaling cascade that is activated by low intracellular calcium levels and inhibited by high intracellular calcium levels. In response to calcium levels...
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  • contains stores of cellular calcium ions for calcium signaling. The presence of 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) triggers the release of calcium from these intracellular...
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