The epithelial sodium channel (ENaC), (also known as amiloride-sensitive sodium channel) is a membrane-bound ion channel that is selectively permeable...
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An epithelial sodium channel blocker is a sodium channel blocker that is selective for the epithelial sodium channel. An example is amiloride, which is...
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Sodium channels are integral membrane proteins that form ion channels, conducting sodium ions (Na+) through a cell's membrane. They belong to the superfamily...
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Sodium channel blockers are drugs which impair the conduction of sodium ions (Na+) through sodium channels. The following naturally-produced substances...
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protein subunits of the Epithelial sodium (Na+) channel (ENaC). These studies also helped establish that ENaC is the principal channel involved in blood volume...
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activate voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs), and solnatide (AP301), which activates the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC). Sodium channel blocker Shabbir W...
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Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs), also known as voltage-dependent sodium channels (VDSCs), are a group of voltage-gated ion channels found in the...
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(open) rectification. Sodium channels Voltage-gated sodium channels (NaVs) Epithelial sodium channels (ENaCs) Calcium channels (CaVs) Phosphate chanels:...
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Amiloride (category Sodium channel blockers)
problems, diabetes, and those who are older. Amiloride blocks the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) in the late distal tubule, connecting tubule, and collecting...
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of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) due to a genetic mutation at the 16p13-p12 locus. These channels are found on the surface of epithelial cells found...
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Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (category Chloride channels)
(Epithelial sodium channel) is located along the entire length of the cilia. In sweat glands, defective CFTR results in reduced transport of sodium chloride...
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subunits of the epithelial sodium channel, ENaC, which is located in the collecting duct of the nephron, and is responsible for sodium reabsorption and...
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cells, preventing sodium reabsorption. Similar agents are eplerenone and potassium canreonate.[citation needed] Epithelial sodium channel blockers: amiloride...
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SCNN1B (category Sodium channels)
The SCNN1B gene encodes for the β subunit of the epithelial sodium channel ENaC in vertebrates. ENaC is assembled as a heterotrimer composed of three...
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SCNN1A (category Sodium channels)
The SCNN1A gene encodes for the α subunit of the epithelial sodium channel ENaC in vertebrates. ENaC is assembled as a heterotrimer composed of three...
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for greater absorption and secretion. It has been shown that epithelial sodium channel ENaC that allows the flow of Na+ ions into the cell is localized...
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Spermatogenesis Sharma S, Hanukoglu A, Hanukoglu I (2018). "Localization of epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) and CFTR in the germinal epithelium of the testis, Sertoli...
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Sharma S, Kleyman T, Hanukoglu A (January 2017). "Expression of epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) and CFTR in the human epidermis and epidermal appendages"...
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SCNN1D (category Sodium channels)
The SCNN1D gene encodes for the δ (delta) subunit of the epithelial sodium channel ENaC in vertebrates. ENaC is assembled as a heterotrimer composed of...
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from the four channel subunits [1]. It may seem counterintuitive that a channel should allow potassium ions but not the smaller sodium ions through. However...
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to the calcium ion Ca2+. These channels are slightly permeable to sodium ions, so they are also called Ca2+–Na+ channels, but their permeability to calcium...
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ISBN 978-0-7637-3905-8. Hanukoglu I, Hanukoglu A (April 2016). "Epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) family: Phylogeny, structure-function, tissue distribution...
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selectively (excluding, most notably, sodium despite the sub-angstrom difference in ionic radius). Biologically, these channels act to set or reset the resting...
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of NEDD4-2 include the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC), the Na+-Cl- co-transporter (NCC), and the voltage gated sodium channels (Navs), although additional...
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either channels or carriers (a.k.a. transporters, or permeases). Examples of channel/carrier proteins include the GLUT 1 uniporter, sodium channels, and...
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are re-absorbed into tissue by epithelial sodium channels (ENaC) that are located on the apical membrane of epithelial cells that form the duct (see Fig...
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SCNN1G (category Sodium channels)
The SCNN1G gene encodes for the γ subunit of the epithelial sodium channel ENaC in vertebrates. ENaC is assembled as a heterotrimer composed of three...
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voltage-gated ion channels directionally propagate electrical signals. Voltage-gated ion-channels are usually ion-specific, and channels specific to sodium (Na+)...
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blocks the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) on the lumen side of the kidney collecting tubule.: 127 Other diuretics cause a decrease in the sodium concentration...
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on the roles of conserved charged residues on the surface of epithelial sodium channel (ENaC), alanine scanning was used to reveal the importance of...
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