Effect of urinary trypsin inhibitor on potassium currents: Fetus modulates membrane excitability by production of UTI

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-11

  Takeuchi, Kinya ^a,b   Fukuda, Atsuo ^a   Kanayama, Naohiro ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Ca2+ dependent K+; Channels; Patch clamp technique; Ulinaststin; Urinary trypsin inhibitor

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRYLAMMONIUM; ULINASTATIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIMULATION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; FIBROBLASTS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PREGNANCY; SKIN;

EID: 1642430683     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2004.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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