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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2010

Cytosolic Ca2+ buffers.

Beat Schwaller

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 214 papers.

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214 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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1 author.

Beat SchwallerUnit of Anatomy, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Route Albert-Gockel 1, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. beat.schwaller@unifr.ch

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

"Ca(2+) buffers," a class of cytosolic Ca(2+)-binding proteins, act as modulators of short-lived intracellular Ca(2+) signals; they affect both the temporal and spatial aspects of these transient increases in [Ca(2+)](i). Examples of Ca(2+) buffers include parvalbumins (α and β isoforms), calbindin-D9k, calbindin-D28k, and calretinin. Besides their proven Ca(2+) buffer function, some might additionally have Ca(2+) sensor functions. Ca(2+) buffers have to be viewed as one of the components implicated in the precise regulation of Ca(2+) signaling and Ca(2+) homeostasis. Each cell is equipped with proteins, including Ca(2+) channels, transporters, and pumps that, together with the Ca(2+) buffers, shape the intracellular Ca(2+) signals. All of these molecules are not only functionally coupled, but their expression is likely to be regulated in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner to maintain normal Ca(2+) signaling, even in the absence or malfunctioning of one of the components.

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Calcium SignalingAnimalsBuffersCalbindin 1Calbindin 2CalbindinsCalciumCations, DivalentCytosolHomeostasisHumansParvalbuminsS100 Calcium Binding Protein GBuffersCALB1 protein, humanCALB2 protein, humanCalbindin 1Calbindin 2CalbindinsCalciumCations, DivalentParvalbuminsS100 Calcium Binding Protein GS100G protein, human

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PMID20943758
PMCPMC2964180

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