Mechanism of rectification in inward-rectifier K+ channels

Z Lu - Annu. Rev. Physiol., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Inward rectifiers are a class of K + channels that can conduct much larger inward
currents at membrane voltages negative to the K + equilibrium potential than outward …

Electrostatic tuning of Mg2+ affinity in an inward-rectifier K+channel

Z Lu, R MacKinnon - Nature, 1994 - nature.com
INWARD-RECTIFIER potassium channels conduct K + across the cell membrane more
efficiently in the inward than outward direction. This unusual conduction property is directly …

Construction of Fe Nanoclusters/Nanoparticles to Engineer FeN4 Sites on Multichannel Porous Carbon Fibers for Boosting Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Z Wang, Z Lu, Q Ye, Z Yang, R Xu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fe–N–C catalysts are emerging as promising alternatives to Pt‐based catalysts for the oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR), while they still suffer from sluggish reaction kinetics due to the …

Ion conduction pore is conserved among potassium channels

Z Lu, AM Klem, Y Ramu - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
Potassium channels, a group of specialized membrane proteins, enable K + ions to flow
selectively across cell membranes. Transmembrane K + currents underlie electrical signalling in …

Claudins in intestines: Distribution and functional significance in health and diseases

Z Lu, L Ding, Q Lu, YH Chen - Tissue barriers, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Intestines are organs that not only digest food and absorb nutrients, but also provide a
defense barrier against pathogens and noxious agents ingested. Tight junctions (TJs) are the …

Vat photopolymerization based digital light processing 3D printing hydrogels in biomedical fields: Key parameters and perspective

Z Lu, W Gao, F Liu, J Cui, S Feng, C Liang, Y Guo… - Additive …, 2024 - Elsevier
Vat photopolymerization (VP) based digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing technology
gains prominence in biomedical fields, particularly for creating complex tissue structures and …

Coupling between Voltage Sensors and Activation Gate in Voltage-gated K+ Channels

Z Lu, AM Klem, Y Ramu - The Journal of general physiology, 2002 - rupress.org
Current through voltage-gated K + channels underlies the action potential encoding the
electrical signal in excitable cells. The four subunits of a voltage-gated K + channel each have …

A Novel High-Affinity Inhibitor for Inward-Rectifier K+ Channels

W Jin, Z Lu - Biochemistry, 1998 - ACS Publications
Inward-rectifier K + channels are a group of highly specialized K + channels that accomplish
a variety of important biological tasks. Inward-rectifier K + channels differ from voltage-…

Enzymatic activation of voltage-gated potassium channels

Y Ramu, Y Xu, Z Lu - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Voltage-gated ion channels in excitable nerve, muscle, and endocrine cells generate
electric signals in the form of action potentials 1 . However, they are also present in non-excitable …

DEA-Net: Single image dehazing based on detail-enhanced convolution and content-guided attention

Z Chen, Z He, ZM Lu - IEEE transactions on image processing, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Single image dehazing is a challenging ill-posed problem which estimates latent haze-free
images from observed hazy images. Some existing deep learning based methods are …