Electrophysiological characterization of cultured hepatic stellate cells in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 35-4, 1997, Pages

  Kashiwagi, Satoshi ^a   Suematsu, Makoto ^a   Wakabayashi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kawada, Norifumi ^a   Tachibana, Masaaki ^a   Koizumi, Amane ^b   Inoue, Masayasu ^b   Ishimura, Yuzuru ^a   Kaneko, Akimichi ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

calcium ion channel; gap junction; microvascular tone; patch clamp; pericytes; potassium ion channel

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MALE; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PERICYTE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0030977380     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.272.4.g742     Document Type: Article

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