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POTASSIUM CONCENTRATION IS REDUCED IN CULTURED RABBIT TRACHEAL SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS AFTER WITHDRAWAL OF SERUM
Author(s) -
Warley Alice
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
cell biology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1095-8355
pISSN - 1065-6995
DOI - 10.1006/cbir.2000.0711
Subject(s) - potassium , magnesium , chemistry , sodium , smooth muscle , chlorine , phosphorus , medicine , endocrinology , anatomy , biology , organic chemistry
Comparison of elemental concentrations in growth‐arrested airway smooth muscle cells with those in their proliferating counterpart showed that potassium (K + ) was significantly reduced, whereas concentrations of other elements sodium (Na + ), magnesium (Mg 2+ ), phosphorus (P), and chlorine (Cl − ) remained unchanged. Reduced K + concentration was associated with a change in the cells from a spindle shape to a flattened form.