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Abstract
Voltage-dependent Na+ current (INa) was identified in cultured endothelial cells derived from rat interlobar artery (RIAE cells) and human umbilical vein (HUVE cells). Tetrodotoxin (TTX) reduced INa in a dose-dependent manner with the apparent dissociation constant (Kd) of 1.4 microM. Low sensitivity of INa to TTX as well as its kinetics and voltage-dependent properties indicates that voltage-gated Na channels expressed in vascular endothelial cells belong to the so-called TTX-resistant type.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7971164 DOI: 10.1007/BF00374756
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pflugers Arch ISSN: 0031-6768 Impact factor: 3.657