Interaction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and guinea pig ventricular myocytes: Pharmacological modulation by blocking K+ currents in cytotoxic T lymphocytes

Circulation Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-261

  Felzen, Bella ^a   Lavy, Revital ^a   Garcia, Maria ^b   Berke, Gideon ^c   Gardner, Phyllis ^d   Binah, Ofer ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cytotoxic T lymphocytes; heart transplant rejection; peritoneal exudate cytotoxic C lymphocytes; ventricular myocytes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; COBALT CHLORIDE; MARGATOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GRAFT REJECTION; GUINEA PIG; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030061745     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.78.2.253     Document Type: Article

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