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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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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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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(open) rectification. Sodium channels Voltage-gated sodium channels (NaVs) Epithelial sodium channels (ENaCs) Calcium channels (CaVs) Phosphate chanels:...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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cells, preventing sodium reabsorption. Similar agents are eplerenone and potassium canreonate.[citation needed] Epithelial sodium channel blockers: amiloride...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 9 (also Nav1.7) is a sodium ion channel that, in humans, is encoded by the SCN9A gene. It is usually expressed...
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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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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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propelling the sperm forward. This is also known as peristalsis. The epithelial sodium channel ENaC is strongly expressed in smooth muscle cells of the vas deferens...
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