Potassium Channels in the Peripheral Microcirculation
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Potassium channels in the peripheral microcirculation.
Vascular smooth muscle (VSM) cells, endothelial cells (EC), and pericytes that form the walls of vessels in the microcirculation express a diverse array of ion channels that play an important role in the function of these cells and the microcirculation in both health and disease. This brief review focuses on the K+ channels expressed in smooth muscle and endothelial cells in arterioles. Microva...
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عنوان ژورنال: Microcirculation
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1073-9688,1549-8719
DOI: 10.1080/10739680590896072