title: [Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling mediated by Ca2+].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Institute of Physiology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 200031.
authors.forename: Yong Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Hai Ying
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D002118:Calcium