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Role of KATP channels in sepsis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16963005     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Sepsis is an infection-induced inflammatory syndrome responsible for approximately 10% of all deaths worldwide. While pathophysiological mechanisms remain to be fully unravelled, new insights and discoveries are yielding significant improvements in outcome, particularly in the high mortality conditions of shock and multi-organ failure. One potential target is the ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel, an ion channel critical to the cardiovascular stress response. Excessive activation of the vascular channel is now recognised as a major cause of hypotension and vascular hyporesponsiveness to catecholamines in septic shock. Some researchers advocate therapeutic blockade of these channels; however, outside the vasculature, channel opening may actually represent a protective mechanism against cellular damage. In this review we critically examine the role of the K(ATP) channel in sepsis.
Authors:
James F Buckley; Mervyn Singer; Lucie H Clapp
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review     Date:  2006-07-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cardiovascular research     Volume:  72     ISSN:  0008-6363     ISO Abbreviation:  Cardiovasc. Res.     Publication Date:  2006 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-10-18     Completed Date:  2007-02-09     Revised Date:  2013-04-29    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0077427     Medline TA:  Cardiovasc Res     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  220-30     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
British Heart Foundation Laboratories and Bloomsbury Institute for Intensive Care Medicine, UK.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism*
Humans
Ischemic Preconditioning
Multiple Organ Failure / metabolism*
Potassium Channels / metabolism*
Sepsis / metabolism*
Vasodilation
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
FS/02/068/14402//British Heart Foundation; G117/440//Medical Research Council; G117/440(77598)//Medical Research Council; //Wellcome Trust
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Potassium Channels; 56-65-5/Adenosine Triphosphate
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