Effects of cyclic equibiaxial mechanical stretch on α-BK and TRPV4 expression in equine chondrocytes

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-3

  Hdud, Ismail M ^a   Mobasheri, Ali ^a,b   Loughna, Paul T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BK channel; Chondrocyte; Mechanical stretch; Mechanotransduction; TRPV4

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897760308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-59     Document Type: Article

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