CellWell record HH-22279
Potassium softens vascular endothelium and increases nitric oxide release
Oberleithner H; Callies C; Kusche-Vihrog K; Schillers H; Shahin V; Riethmüller C; Macgregor GA; de Wardener HE
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2009
In plain language
In cultured endothelial cells, potassium softened the cell cortex and increased nitric oxide release while sodium stiffened it, the cortical actin cytoskeleton switching state with ambient sodium and potassium.
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