"KCNQ2 Potassium Channel" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A very slow opening and closing voltage-gated potassium channel that is expressed in NEURONS and is commonly mutated in BENIGN FAMILIAL NEONATAL CONVULSIONS.
| Descriptor ID |
D051658
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.530.400.600.900.124.249.750 D12.776.543.550.450.750.900.124.249.750 D12.776.543.585.400.750.900.124.249.750
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| Concept/Terms |
KCNQ2 Potassium Channel- KCNQ2 Potassium Channel
- Potassium Channel, KCNQ2
- Kv7.2 Potassium Channel
- Potassium Channel, Kv7.2
- Voltage-Gated K+ Channel KCNQ2
- Voltage Gated K+ Channel KCNQ2
- KCNQ2 Protein
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "KCNQ2 Potassium Channel" by people in Profiles.
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KCNQ potassium channels modulate Wnt activity in gastro-oesophageal adenocarcinomas. Life Sci Alliance. 2023 12; 6(12).
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Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies African-Specific Susceptibility Loci in African Americans With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Gastroenterology. 2017 01; 152(1):206-217.e2.
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Retigabine holds KV7 channels open and stabilizes the resting potential. J Gen Physiol. 2016 Mar; 147(3):229-41.
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Gating currents from Kv7 channels carrying neuronal hyperexcitability mutations in the voltage-sensing domain. Biophys J. 2012 Mar 21; 102(6):1372-82.