Ryanodine receptor and its significance on forensic medicine / 中国法医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Ryanodine receptor is a Ca2+ release channel in cadiocyte.It is reported recently to the obvious change of its function and quantity in such pathological process as the myocardial ischemia and cardiac hypertrophy.These changes will affect the ability of cadiocytes processing intracellular calcium or lead to the calcium overload in the myocardial cells and then induces fatal ventricular arrhythmia,even sudden cardiac death.