What Are Ion Channels?

Ion channels are those channels on cells that are specifically designed to help ions get in and out of cells.

Human cell ion channels

Biovalley Report: Researchers from the University of Leeds' Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, the School of Medicine, and Chapel Allerton Hospital have published a study on how atoms pass through human cell membranes. The results of groundbreaking research in this way will help develop new methods for treating inflammatory diseases similar to rheumatoid arthritis. The research results were published in the latest issue (January 3, 2008) in the journal Nature.

Leading the study was Professor Beech of the University of Leeds, with the first authors Shang-Zhong Xu and Piruthivi Sukumar1.

Professor Beech and other colleagues have revealed a previously unknown natural mechanism for opening ion channels-proteins on the cell surface can serve as gates for entering and exiting the cell-through naturally occurring thioredoxin (bioredoxin, biological valley Note).

The channels on the cell that are specifically used to help ions in and out of the cell are called ion channels. By controlling the opening and closing of the corresponding channel, the cell can adjust the speed of the corresponding substance in and out of the cell to achieve the needs of the cell and complete the corresponding function . For humans, the management of the entry and exit of several inorganic ions (Na +, K +, Ca2 +, H +, etc.) by the cell even involves the foundation of life and the mechanism of certain diseases, such as the generation of nerve impulses, the rhythmic beating of the heart, Contraction of muscle cells, generation of energy (ATP), etc. Scientists Erwin Neher and Bert Sakman were granted the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1991 for discovering ion channels on cell membranes.

German scientists Dr. Erwin Neher and Dr. Bert Sakmann, winners of the 999 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology, have shown that only small molecules of water can pass through the 2 nanometer human cell ion channel, enter the nucleus and DNA, and activate cell enzyme tissue , Stimulate the vitality of life, and other tap water, pure water can not enter the cell through the ion channel. Therefore, Bama small molecule water is called the world's rare healthy water and water of life.