Chloride channels and antiport mechanisms are pivotal for maintaining cellular ion homeostasis and regulating physiological processes such as muscle contraction, epithelial fluid transport and ...

Maintenance of cardiac rhythm and pain sensation require the flow of ions across the membranes of all cells. Ion channels, which facilitate this movement, are protein assemblies that penetrate the ...

A new study by University of Iowa researchers finds that rare lung cells known as pulmonary ionocytes facilitate the absorption of water and salt from the airway surface. This function is exactly the ...