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Study identifies potential new treatment target for sleep apnea: A recent mouse study shows the target is an ion channel already proven to affect blood pressure in obese mice

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Sleep-disordered breathing is characterized by breathing that stops and starts throughout sleep and is estimated to affect up to 45% of obese Americans. Untreated, the condition can worsen heart disease progression and diabetes, cause significant fatigue, as well as death from poor oxygenation. The protein, a cation channel known as TRPM7, is found in carotid bodies, tiny sensory organs in the neck.

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Study identifies potential new treatment target for sleep apnea

In a new study with obese mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have added to evidence that specialized channel proteins are possible therapeutic targets for sleep apnea and similar abnormally slow breathing disorders in obese people.

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Study identifies potential new treatment target for sleep apnea: A recent mouse study shows the target is an ion channel already proven to affect blood pressure in obese mice

In a new study with obese mice, researchers say they have added to evidence that specialized channel proteins are possible therapeutic targets for sleep apnea and similar abnormally slow breathing disorders in obese people.

1 year ago·United States

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