2009
Inward rectifier channel, ROMK, is localized to the apical tips of glial‐like cells in mouse taste buds
Dvoryanchikov G, Sinclair M, Perea‐Martinez I, Wang T, Chaudhari N. Inward rectifier channel, ROMK, is localized to the apical tips of glial‐like cells in mouse taste buds. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 2009, 517: 1-14. PMID: 19708028, PMCID: PMC3104395, DOI: 10.1002/cne.22152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGap JunctionsGlutamate DecarboxylaseGreen Fluorescent ProteinsImmunohistochemistryKidneyMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicNeurogliaPhospholipase C betaPotassium Channels, Inwardly RectifyingProtein IsoformsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerTaste BudsTight JunctionsConceptsTaste budsTaste cellsTight junctionsHyperpolarized resting membrane potentialInwardly rectifying K channelsMouse taste budsRT-PCRApical tight junctionsMouse taste cellsInward rectifier channelsFungiform taste budsReverse-transcription polymerase chain reactionGlial cell markersQuantitative (q)RT-PCRGlial-like cellsROMK mRNAApical tipExtracellular K(+Rectifier channelsCell markersPolymerase chain reactionK channelsTransgenic miceAction potentialsBuds
2008
Shear-induced reorganization of renal proximal tubule cell actin cytoskeleton and apical junctional complexes
Duan Y, Gotoh N, Yan Q, Du Z, Weinstein A, Wang T, Weinbaum S. Shear-induced reorganization of renal proximal tubule cell actin cytoskeleton and apical junctional complexes. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 11418-11423. PMID: 18685100, PMCID: PMC2516248, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804954105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProximal tubule cellsAdherens junctionsTight junctionsEndothelial cellsEpithelial cellsMouse proximal tubule cellsCell actin cytoskeletonDistribution of filamentous actinActin cytoskeletal reorganizationStress fiber disruptionActin-disrupting drugsApical junctional complexRenal epithelial cellsPeripheral actin bandsCuboidal epithelial cellsVascular endothelial cellsActin cytoskeletonFilamentous actinCytoskeletal reorganizationCytoskeletal responsesF-actinTubule cellsRenal epitheliumCytochalasin D.Water reabsorption