Statins May Cause Muscle Damage in Some Patients
...y help doctors learn why some people develop statin-related side effects while others don't. In the study, the researchers noted that expression of ryanodine receptor 3 was heightened in those with structural muscle damage, offering a clue to the genetic underpinnings for those who suffer statin-related sid...Cordex Pharma to Collaborate with BG Medicine in a Clinical Study of Heart Failure Biomarkers
...t inhibits the production of excessive reactive oxygen radicals and restores nitric oxide to physiologic levels. The primary therapeutic target is the ryanodine receptor, the main ion channel in the heart that supplies the calcium necessary for the heart to contract. CDP-1050 is expected to enter a Phase 2 cli...Researchers identify toehold for HIV's assault on brain
...lbard's team discovered that Tat works through the ryanodine receptor to sicken neurons in two ways. Scientists...d's team discovered that it's Tat's effects on the ryanodine receptor that cause an "unfolded protein response"...ice by using the drug dantrolene, which blocks the ryanodine receptor. While the work offers a new target in th...Genetic Disorder May Hold Key to Heat Stroke Cure
...een the mutation, located in a gene that codes for ryanodine receptor proteins, and heat stroke. ryanodine receptors are channels for calcium to be released ...ted increased calcium ion leakage from the mutated ryanodine receptors during heat stress. The leak contributed...Defect In Cardiac Cells Lead To Heart Failures
...The findings, by researchers at The Ohio State University Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, // show that specialized proteins called ryanodine receptors (RyRs) malfunction in the failing heart. The RyRs form channels that become leaky, leading to calcium imbalances that prevent the heart from...Duska Therapeutics Licenses Portfolio of Heart Failure Drugs From Duke and Johns Hopkins
... provides the calcium necessary for the heart to beat. The investigational drugs are believed to improve calcium cycling in the heart by acting on the ryanodine receptor to significantly improve the efficiency of heart contractility. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), there ar...Targeted drug therapy prevents exercise-induced arrhythmias
...o genes that encode calcium-handling proteins, the ryanodine receptor and calsequestrin, cause the disorder. ... In isolated heart cells, flecainide blocked the ryanodine receptor and the calcium "leak" (the underlying mo...n the mouse model; the woman has a mutation in the ryanodine receptor, which is more common among CPVT patients...Biophysical Society announces 2008 International Travel Awards
... Shi-Qiang, Wang, Peking University, Beijing, China, B-adrenergic Modulation of the Intermolecular Signaling Between a Single L-type Ca2+ Channel and ryanodine Receptors in Rat Heart Cells. Xu-Long Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, Intracellular Calcium Dynamics Mediated by NMDA Receptors in ...Researchers link two more genes to sudden infant death syndrome
...cientific Sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society in Boston. In the two recent separate studies, researchers examined caveolin-3 (CAV3) and the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) and found molecular and functional evidence in both to implicate them as SIDS-susceptibility genes. Researchers examined the tissue of...Novel compounds show promise as safer, more potent insecticides
... to activate a novel insecticide target called the ryanodine receptor, may also help tackle the growing problem...erway to find safer replacements. Targeting the ryanodine receptor may offer a promising alternative, resear...riety of organisms, including insects and mammals. ryanodine receptors regulate muscle and nerve activities by ...Cordex Pharma Forms Heart Failure Medical Advisory Board
... inhibits the production of excessive reactive oxygen radicals and restores nitric oxide to physiologic levels. The primary therapeutic target is the ryanodine receptor, the main ion channel in the heart that supplies the calcium necessary for the heart to contract. CDP-1050 is expected to enter a Phase 2 cl...Duska Therapeutics Provides Program Update and Reports Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
...ts the creation of excessive reactive oxygen radicals, and it restores physiologic levels of NO. The principal therapeutic target is the ryanodine receptor, the main ion channel in the heart that supplies the calcium necessary for the heart to contract. CDP-1050 is expected to enter...Leading Heart Specialist Joins Duska Therapeutics as Scientific Consultant
... to inhibit the creation of excessive reactive oxygen radicals and restore nitric oxide to physiologic levels. The principal therapeutic target is the ryanodine receptor, the main ion channel in the heart that supplies the calcium necessary for the heart to contract. CDP-1050 is expected to enter a Phase 2 cli...