by Melissa Rohman, Northwestern University Image showing microglia in the lumbar spinal cord labeled with the microglial marker IBA1 (in red). The blue stain shows nuclei of cells labeled with a nuclear marker. Credit: Prakirya laboratory Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that specific calcium channels help regulate sex differences in the functioning of immune cells...
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Calcium channels play a key role in the development of diabetes
by Karolinska Institutet Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have deciphered the diabetogenic role of a certain type of calcium channel in insulin-secreting beta cells. The researchers believe that blockade of these channels could be a potential new treatment strategy for diabetes. The study is published in the scientific journal PNAS. CaV3.1 channels have a marginal...