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Nesfatin-1 Suppresses Cardiac L-type Ca2+ Channels Through Melanocortin Type 4 Receptor and the Novel Protein Kinase C Theta Isoform Pathway
Author(s) -
Jiaoqian Ying,
Yuan Zhang,
Shan Shan Gong,
Zhigang Chang,
Xiaofeng Zhou,
Hua Li,
Jin Tao,
Guoqiang Zhang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000430120
Subject(s) - protein kinase c , medicine , endocrinology , bapta , pertussis toxin , gene isoform , receptor , protein kinase a , g protein , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , intracellular , signal transduction , kinase , biochemistry , gene
Nesfatin-1 (NF-1), an anorexic nucleobindin-2 (NUCB2)-derived hypothalamic peptide, acts as a peripheral cardiac modulator and it can induce negative inotropic effects. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects in cardiomyocytes remain unclear.

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