The hydrogel nature of mammalian cytoplasm contributes to osmosensing and extracellular pH sensing

J Fels, SN Orlov, R Grygorczyk - Biophysical Journal, 2009 - cell.com
Cytoplasm is thought to have many hydrogel-like characteristics, including the ability to
absorb large amounts of water and change volume in response to alterations in external …

Death of ouabain-treated renal epithelial cells: evidence for p38 MAPK-mediated Na i + /K i + -independent …

OA Akimova, OD Lopina, AM Rubtsov, M Gekle… - Apoptosis, 2009 - Springer
Recent studies demonstrate that cytotoxic actions of ouabain and other cardiotonic steroids
(CTS) on renal epithelial cells (REC) are triggered by their interaction with the Na+, K+ …

mCD14 expression in human monocytes is downregulated by ouabain via transactivation of epithelial growth factor receptor and activation of p38 mitogen-activated …

RC Valente, CR Nascimento, EG Araujo… - …, 2009 - karger.com
Abstract Background and Aims: The steroid ouabain is found in plasma and in many
mammalian tissues, and is now considered as a hormone. In the immune system, ouabain …