2008
NaV1.7 Gain-of-Function Mutations as a Continuum: A1632E Displays Physiological Changes Associated with Erythromelalgia and Paroxysmal Extreme Pain Disorder Mutations and Produces Symptoms of Both Disorders
Estacion M, Dib-Hajj SD, Benke PJ, Morsche R, Eastman EM, Macala LJ, Drenth JP, Waxman SG. NaV1.7 Gain-of-Function Mutations as a Continuum: A1632E Displays Physiological Changes Associated with Erythromelalgia and Paroxysmal Extreme Pain Disorder Mutations and Produces Symptoms of Both Disorders. Journal Of Neuroscience 2008, 28: 11079-11088. PMID: 18945915, PMCID: PMC6671384, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3443-08.2008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlanineAnimalsAnimals, NewbornCells, CulturedChildDose-Response Relationship, RadiationElectric StimulationErythromelalgiaGanglia, SpinalGlutamic AcidHumansMaleMembrane PotentialsModels, MolecularMutationNAV1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelNeuronsPatch-Clamp TechniquesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySodium ChannelsSomatoform DisordersTime FactorsTransfectionConceptsParoxysmal extreme pain disorderDorsal root gangliaTrigeminal ganglion neuronsClinical phenotypeGanglion neuronsMixed clinical phenotypePersistent inward currentsFunction mutationsPatch-clamp analysisPEPD mutationsPain disordersFast inactivationRoot gangliaInward currentsDistinct disordersCurrent clampErythromelalgiaDisordersPainChannel functionVoltage dependencePhysiological changesNeuronsIEMPhenotype
1991
Characterization of ion channels seen in subconfluent human dermal fibroblasts.
Estacion M. Characterization of ion channels seen in subconfluent human dermal fibroblasts. The Journal Of Physiology 1991, 436: 579-601. PMID: 1712040, PMCID: PMC1181523, DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1991.sp018568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIon channelsHuman dermal fibroblastsBradykinin-stimulated cellsDermal fibroblastsDifferent ion channelsSurprising diversityIon channel modulationChannel phenotypeInward rectifierGap junctionsUnstimulated cellsUnexcitable cellsChannel modulationActivation kineticsGuanosine 5'FibroblastsCellsPhenotypePipette solutionCl- currentFast inactivationExpressionAdditional subtypesPatch-clamp techniqueLow number