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A study of P2X<sub>1</sub> receptor function in murine megakaryocytes and human platelets reveals synergy with P2Y receptors
1 Jan 2002
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We have examined the role of ATP-dependent P2X(1) receptors in megakaryocytes (MKs) and platelets using receptor-deficient mice and selective agonists. Alpha,beta-meATP- and ATP- evoked ionotropic inward currents were absent in whole-cell recordings from MKs of P2X(1)(-/-) mice, demonstrating that the P2X receptor phenotype in MKs, and by inference, platelets, is due to expression of homomeric P2X(1) receptors....
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