Ion channels in the human red blood cell
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Lars Kaestner; Ingolf Bernhardt
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Using the patch-clamp technique, two different ion channels have been characterized further in the human red blood cell (RBC) membrane. We demonstrate that the non-selective cation channel (NSC) is permeable to Ca 2 + and can be activated by prostaglandin E 2 (PGE 2 ). Therefore, the physiological r