Transgenic UCP1 in white adipocytes modulates mitochondrial membrane potential
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Etiology of the membrane potential of rat white fat adipocytes.
The plasma membrane potential (Vm) is key to many physiological processes; however, its ionic etiology in white fat adipocytes is poorly characterized. To address this question, we employed the perforated patch current clamp and cell-attached patch clamp methods in isolated primary white fat adipocytes and their cellular model 3T3-L1. The resting Vm of primary and 3T3-L1 adipocytes were -32.1 ±...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: FEBS Letters
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0014-5793
DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00053-8