Functional KCa3.1 K+ channels are required for human lung mast cell migration
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Functional KCa3.1 K+ channels are required for human lung mast cell migration.
BACKGROUND Mast cell recruitment and activation are critical for the initiation and progression of inflammation and fibrosis. Mast cells infiltrate specific structures in many diseased tissues such as the airway smooth muscle (ASM) in asthma. This microlocalisation of mast cells is likely to be key to disease pathogenesis. Human lung mast cells (HLMC) express the Ca2+ activated K+ channel K(Ca)...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.060319