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A Model of Piezo1-Based Regulation of Red Blood Cell Volume

A red blood cell (RBC) performs its function of adequately carrying respiratory gases in blood by its volume being ∼60% of that of a sphere with the same membrane area. For this purpose, human and most other vertebrate RBCs regulate their content of potassium (K(+)) and sodium (Na(+)) ions. The focu...

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Published in:Biophys J
Main Authors: Svetina, Saša, Švelc Kebe, Tjaša, Božič, Bojan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Biophysical Society 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6342734/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30580922
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2018.11.3130
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