Landsberg Judd W, Yuan Jason X-J
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California 92103, USA.
News Physiol Sci. 2004 Apr;19:44-50. doi: 10.1152/nips.01457.2003.
Ca(2+) is a major trigger for pulmonary vasoconstriction and a stimulus for pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation. The transient receptor potential cation channels participate in regulating intracellular Ca(2+) and thus vascular contractility and cell proliferation. Upregulation of genes encoding these channels is involved in the development of pulmonary hypertension.
钙离子(Ca²⁺)是肺血管收缩的主要触发因素,也是肺血管平滑肌细胞增殖的刺激因素。瞬时受体电位阳离子通道参与调节细胞内钙离子(Ca²⁺),进而影响血管收缩性和细胞增殖。编码这些通道的基因上调与肺动脉高压的发生发展有关。