- Sodium channel Na
Sodium channel Na
Scientific reports (2017-11-17)
Peter R Strege, Kaitlyn Knutson, Samuel J Eggers, Joyce H Li, Fan Wang, David Linden, Joseph H Szurszewski, Lorin Milescu, Andrew B Leiter, Gianrico Farrugia, Arthur Beyder
PMID29142310
ABSTRACT
In the gastrointestinal (GI) epithelium, enterochromaffin (EC) cells are enteroendocrine cells responsible for producing >90% of the body's serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT). However, the molecular mechanisms of EC cell function are poorly understood. Here, we found that EC cells in mouse primary cultures fired spontaneous bursts of action potentials. We examined the repertoire of voltage-gated sodium channels (Na
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Collagenase from Clostridium histolyticum, powder, Suitable for the digestion and isolation of physiologically active pancreatic islet cells, suitable for cell culture
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Dulbecco′s Modified Eagle′s Medium - high glucose, With 4500 mg/L glucose, sodium pyruvate, and sodium bicarbonate, without L-glutamine, liquid, sterile-filtered, suitable for cell culture