CellWell record HH-79006
Role of Potassium Ion Channels in Vascular Tone Regulation and Hypertension
Tharindika Madiwila Gamarachchige; Shivshankar Thanigaimani; Kristen S Barratt; Jonathan Golledge
2026
In plain language
A review reports that genome-wide association studies link potassium channel gene variants to hypertension risk, and that rodent hypertension models show upregulated BK channels with downregulated voltage-dependent and ATP-sensitive channels.
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