Swelling-activated Ca2+ channels trigger Ca2+ signals in Merkel Cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Haeberle, Henry ^a,b   Bryan, Leigh A ^b   Vadakkan, Tegy J ^b   Dickinson, Mary E ^b   Lumpkin, Ellen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; HYPOTONIC SOLUTION; ION CHANNEL; POLYCYSTIN 1; POLYCYSTIN 2; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 1; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM; FURA 2;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MERKEL CELL; MOUSE; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYTOPLASM; FURA-2; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MERKEL CELLS; MICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 45849120250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001750     Document Type: Article

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