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ATP/UTP activate cation-permeable channels with TRPC3/7 properties in rat cardiomyocytes

Description : Extracellular purines and pyrimidines have major effects on cardiac rhythm and contraction. ATP/UTP are released during various physiopathological conditions, such as ischemia, and despite degradation by ectonucleotidases, their interstitial concentrations can markedly increase, a fact that is clear...
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Subject(s) : Adenosine Triphosphate/ metabolism , Animals , Arrhythmias, Cardiac/etiology/metabolism , Cell Membrane Permeability , Disease Models, Animal , Dogs , Estrenes/pharmacology , Humans , Male , Membrane Potentials , Mice , Mice, Knockout , Myocardial Infarction/complications/metabolism , Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects/enzymology/ metabolism , Patch-Clamp Techniques , Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors/pharmacology , Phospholipase C beta/antagonists and inhibitors/metabolism , Pyrrolidinones/pharmacology , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Receptors, Purinergic P2/genetics/ metabolism , Signal Transduction/drug effects , TRPC Cation Channels/ metabolism , Uridine Triphosphate/ metabolism
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Contributor(s) : INSERM U-637, Physiopathologie cardiovasculaire, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, F-34295 Montpellier, France , Élettani Intézet -- 10 , ÁOK -- OEC , Debreceni Egyetem
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Publication Date(s) : 2010-03-25