Different subtypes of GABA-A receptors are expressed in human, mouse and rat T lymphocytes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Mendu, Suresh K ^a   Bhandage, Amol ^a   Jin, Zhe ^a   Birnir, Bryndis ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA3; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA4; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA6; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BETA3; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR EPSILON; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR GAMMA2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR PI; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR RHO1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR RHO2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR RHO3; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR THETA; BENZODIAZEPINE; BICUCULLINE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; PICROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MALE; MICE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865190371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042959     Document Type: Article

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