[Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling mediated by Ca2+].
Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling is the process which links electrical excitation of the cardiac myocytes with heart contraction. Of the ions involved in cardiac excitation-contraction coupling, calcium is considered to be the essential and crucial factor. In this short communication, we will briefly illustrate how calcium is involved in excitation-contraction coupling in order to better understand the heart function.
Ji
Yong Hua
YH
Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Physiology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 200031.
Sun
Hai Ying
HY
D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000502:physiology; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000378:metabolism*; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / Q000378:metabolism; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000502:physiology
D015220:Calcium Channels; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D002118:Calcium