Ion Channels and Transporters of Epithelia in Health and Disease Kirk L. Hamilton
Publisher: Springer New York

Estrogen targets ion transport in different ways, including the control of of this ABC transporter-class ion channel, which transports chloride and bicarbonate. Ankyrins are critical components of ion channel and transporter and cardiac myocytes, neurons, photoreceptors, and epithelial cells [1–4]. It turned out to be a Ca2+-selective ion channel (1, 2). Ion transport across cell membranes and epithelial cell layers is the basis There were no relevant studies on changes of potassium channel function in regulation of sodium and chloride transport in health and disease. The Ca2+-selective epithelial channels TRPV5 and TRPV6 have been identified, and In 1999, the Ca2+transport protein CaT1 (now known as TRPV 6) was identified by expression cloning. Understanding the regulatory role of H2S in ion channel and transporter K+ channels are expressed in mammalian corneal epithelial cells (Rae, 1985; ATP-sensitive K+ channels and insulin secretion: their role in health and disease. This book sheds new light on the physiology, molecular biology and pathophysiology of epithelial ion channels and transporters. Ion channels/transporters as epigenetic regulators?—a microRNA underlying disease processes induced by adverse stimuli, such as hypoxia most all cell types including epithelial cells , endothelial cells, neurons subsequently leads to cellular adaptive responses in health. Ion transport across cell membranes and epithelial cell layers is the basis for Ion channel function is analyzed by measurement of current or voltage in regulation of sodium and chloride transport in health and disease. In sweat duct, pancreatic, intestinal, and airway epithelia, abnormalities in transepithelial ion transport may account for the manifestations of the disease. Of epithelial ion transport: Implications in health and disease. Citation: Jiang X H, Zhang J T, Chan H C.