Items Tagged ‘ATP-Sensitive potassium channels’
January 6, 2010
Mayo Clinic researchers and investigators at the University of Iowa, University of Connecticut and New York University said that the energy-saving mechanism is controlled by ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channels. ATP, or adenosine triphosphate, is the “energy currency” utilized by cells in the body… “While mechanisms that preserve energy are naturally protective – in times […]