Calcium signalling: dynamics, homeostasis and remodelling
Author(s) -
Michael J. Berridge,
Martin D. Bootman,
H. Llewelyn Roderick
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nature reviews molecular cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 37.461
H-Index - 431
eISSN - 1471-0080
pISSN - 1471-0072
DOI - 10.1038/nrm1155
Subject(s) - signalling , calcium signaling , intracellular , microbiology and biotechnology , homeostasis , dynamics (music) , biology , calcium , neuroscience , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , acoustics
Ca2+ is a highly versatile intracellular signal that operates over a wide temporal range to regulate many different cellular processes. An extensive Ca2+-signalling toolkit is used to assemble signalling systems with very different spatial and temporal dynamics. Rapid highly localized Ca2+ spikes regulate fast responses, whereas slower responses are controlled by repetitive global Ca2+ transients or intracellular Ca2+ waves. Ca2+ has a direct role in controlling the expression patterns of its signalling systems that are constantly being remodelled in both health and disease.
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