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Published on: February 18, 2020
Calcium oscillations
Geneviève Dupont1, Laurent Combettes, Gary S Bird
1Unité de Chronobiologie Théorique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.
Abstract:
Calcium signaling results from a complex interplay between activation and inactivation of intracellular and extracellular calcium permeable channels. This complexity is obvious from the pattern of calcium signals observed with modest, physiological concentrations of calcium-mobilizing agonists, which typically present as sequential regenerative discharges of stored calcium, a process referred to as calcium oscillations. In this review, we discuss recent advances in understanding the underlying mechanism of calcium oscillations through the power of mathematical modeling. We also summarize recent findings on the role of calcium entry through store-operated channels in sustaining calcium oscillations and in the mechanism by which calcium oscillations couple to downstream effectors.
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