"TRPC6 Cation Channel" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A non-selective, calcium permeant TRPC cation channel that contains four ANKYRIN REPEATS and is activated by DIACYLGLYCEROL independently of PROTEIN KINASE C. It is expressed in placenta, lung, spleen, ovary and the small intestine, as well as by PODOCYTES in the kidney glomerulus. Mutations in the TRPC6 gene are associated with FOCAL SEGMENTAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS type 2.
| Descriptor ID |
D000074287
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.530.400.150.850 D12.776.157.530.400.901.500.500 D12.776.543.550.450.150.900 D12.776.543.585.400.150.850 D12.776.543.585.400.901.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
TRPC6 Cation Channel- TRPC6 Cation Channel
- Cation Channel, TRPC6
- Channel, TRPC6 Cation
- Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channel Subfamily C, Member 6
- TRPC6
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