Potassium channels in articular chondrocytes

Channels

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 416-425

  Mobasheri, Ali ^a   Lewis, Rebecca ^b   Ferreira Mendes, Alexandrina ^c   Rufino, Ana ^c   Dart, Caroline ^b   Barrett Jolley, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Chondrocyte; Mechanotransduction; Membrane potential; Potassium channel

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TANDEM PORE POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHONDROGENESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; REPOLARIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84871438042     PISSN: 19336950     EISSN: 19336969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/chan.22340     Document Type: Review

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