The hydrogel nature of mammalian cytoplasm contributes to osmosensing and extracellular pH sensing

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4276-4285

  Fels, Johannes ^a,c   Orlov, Sergei N ^a,b   Grygorczyk, Ryszard ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEL; MAMMAL CELL; PH MEASUREMENT; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; WATER ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; CELL SIZE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PERMEABILITY; PH; TUMOR CELL LINE;

MAMMALIA;

MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CYTOPLASM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 68049127999     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.02.038     Document Type: Article

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