Table 1.

Expression of voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels in pancreatic islets and expression of modulatory/silent Kv subunits in islets

Gene	Alias	Expression	Detection	Reference
KCNA1	Kv1.1	None	PCR, IB	[59]
KCNA2	Kv1.2	None	PCR, IB	[59]
KCNA3	Kv1.3	None	PCR, IB	[59]
KCNA4	Kv1.4	β cell	PCR, IB	[59]
KCNA5	Kv1.5	β cell	PCR	[56,70]
KCNA6	Kv1.6	β cell	PCR, IB	[59]
KCNA7	Kv1.7	Islet	PCR	[48]
KCNA10	Kv1.10	ND
KCNB1	Kv2.1	β cell	PCR, IB, IHC	[48,59,62]
KCNB2	Kv2.2	Delta cell	PCR, IHC	[48]
KCNC1	Kv3.1	Alpha cell	PCR, ISH	[48]
KCNC2	Kv3.2	β cell	PCR, ISH, IHC	[48,58]
KCNC3	Kv3.3	None	PCR	[48]
KCNC4	Kv3.4	Delta cell	PCR, IHC	[48,71]
KCND1	Kv4.1	Pancreas	PCR	[48]
KCND2	Kv4.2	Islet	PCR, IB	[64]
KCND3	Kv4.3	Alpha cell	PCR, IHC	[71]
KCNH1	Kv10.1	Islet	PCR	[48]
KCNH2	Kv11.1	Islet	PCR	[48]
KCNF1	Kv5.1	None	PCR	[48]
KCNG1	Kv6.1	Alpha cell	PCR, ISH	[48]
KCNG2	Kv6.2	β cell	PCR, ISH	[48]
KCNG3	Kv6.3	None	PCR	[48]
KCNG4	Kv6.4	ND
KCNS1	Kv9.1	ND
KCNS2	Kv9.2	Islet	PCR, ISH	[48]
KCNS3	Kv9.3	β cell	PCR, ISH	[48]

IB, immunoblot; IHC, immunohistochemistry; ISH, in situ hybridization; ND, not determined.