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Perturbed atrial calcium handling in an ovine model of heart failure : potential roles for reductions in the L-type calcium current (2014)
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Clarke, J., Caldwell, J., Horn, M., Bode, E., Richards, M., Hall, M., …Trafford, A. (2015). Perturbed atrial calcium handling in an ovine model of heart failure : potential roles for reductions in the L-type calcium current. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 79, 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2014.11.017

Heart failure (HF) is commonly associated with reduced cardiac output and an increased risk of atrial arrhythmias particularly during β-adrenergic stimulation. The aim of the present study was to determine how HF alters systolic Ca(2+) and the respon... Read More about Perturbed atrial calcium handling in an ovine model of heart failure : potential roles for reductions in the L-type calcium current.

Longstanding complex regional pain syndrome is associated with activating autoantibodies against alpha-1a adrenoceptors (2014)
Journal Article
Dubuis, E., Thompson, V., Leite, M., Blaes, F., Maihöfner, C., Greensmith, D., …Goebel, A. (2014). Longstanding complex regional pain syndrome is associated with activating autoantibodies against alpha-1a adrenoceptors. PAIN, 155(11), 2408-2417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2014.09.022

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a limb-confined posttraumatic pain syndrome with sympathetic features. The cause is unknown, but the results of a randomized crossover trial on low-dose intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) treatment point to a... Read More about Longstanding complex regional pain syndrome is associated with activating autoantibodies against alpha-1a adrenoceptors.

The effects of 2',5'-di(tert-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone (TBQ) on calcium handling in rat ventricular myocytes (2014)
Journal Article
Greensmith, D., Miller, L., & Eisner, D. (2014). The effects of 2',5'-di(tert-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone (TBQ) on calcium handling in rat ventricular myocytes. Proceedings of the Physiological Society (Online), 31, PCA042

2',5'-di(tert-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone (TBQ) is a reversible inhibitor of SERCA, potentially making it a useful tool to study the effects of SERCA inhibition. It has been used in a variety of cell types including ventricular myocytes (1). However... Read More about The effects of 2',5'-di(tert-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone (TBQ) on calcium handling in rat ventricular myocytes.

Direct measurements of SR free Ca reveal the mechanism underlying the transient effects of RyR potentiation under physiological conditions (2014)
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Greensmith, D., Galli, G., Trafford, A., & Eisner, D. (2014). Direct measurements of SR free Ca reveal the mechanism underlying the transient effects of RyR potentiation under physiological conditions. Cardiovascular Research, 103(4), 554-563. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvu158

AIMS: Most of the calcium that activates contraction is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) through the ryanodine receptor (RyR). It is controversial whether activators of the RyR produce a maintained increase in the amplitude of the systol... Read More about Direct measurements of SR free Ca reveal the mechanism underlying the transient effects of RyR potentiation under physiological conditions.