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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Molecular Mechanisms of L-Type Calcium Channel Dysregulation in Heart Failure.

Arbab Khalid, Abu-Bakr Ahmed, Randeep Gill, Taha Shaikh, Joshua Khorsandi, Ali Kia

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors.

Arbab KhalidDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.
Abu-Bakr AhmedKirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-0844-9357
Randeep GillDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.
Taha ShaikhDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.
Joshua KhorsandiKirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-6426-5915
Ali KiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The L-type calcium channels (LTCCs) function as the main entry points that convert myocyte membrane depolarization into calcium transients, which drive every heartbeat. There is increasing evidence to show that maladaptive remodeling of these channels is the cause of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Recent experimental, translational, and clinical studies have improved our understanding of the roles LTCC expression, micro-domain trafficking, and post-translational control have in disrupting excitation-contraction coupling, provoking arrhythmias, and shaping phenotype specific hemodynamic compromise. We performed a systematic search of the PubMed and Google Scholar databases (2015-2025, English) and critically evaluated 17 eligible publications in an effort to organize the expanding body of work. This review combines existing data about LTCC density and T-tubule architecture with β-adrenergic and Ca

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Calcium Channels, L-TypeHeart FailureAnimalsCalciumCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Calcium SignalingHumansMyocytes, CardiacCalciumCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2Calcium Channels, L-TypeCa2⁺/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII)calcium handlingexcitation–contraction couplingheart failureL-type calcium channel (LTCC)T-tubule remodeling

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PMCPMC12193342

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