18-β-Glycyrrhetinic Acid (BGA) as an electrical uncoupler for intracellular recordings in confluent monolayer cultures

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 442, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 688-692

  Bohmer C ^a,b   Kirschner, U ^a   Wehner, F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell volume regulation; Cl conductance; Gap junctions; Glycyrrhetinic acid; Hepatocytes; Na+ conductance; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VOLUME; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; LIVER CELL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLORIDES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HEPATOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SODIUM;

EID: 0034864768     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240100588     Document Type: Article

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