In vitro effect of adenosine on the mRNA expression of Kir 2.1 and Kir 4.1 channels in rat retinal Müller cells at elevated hydrostatic pressure

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 617-620

  Yu, Jun ^a   Chen, Chongda ^b   Wang, Jun ^a   Cheng, Yu ^a   Wu, Qirong ^a   Zhong, Yisheng ^a   Shen, Xi ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Cixi Hospital Affiliated with Wenzhou Medical University   (China)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Kir 2.1 channels; Kir 4.1 channels; M ller cells; Pressure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR4.1; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84863040903     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2012.457     Document Type: Article

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