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A Novel Fluorescent Toxin to Detect and Investigate Kv1.3 Channel Up-regulation in Chronically Activated T Lymphocytes
1 Mar 2003
Abstract excerpt
T lymphocytes with unusually high expression of the voltage-gated Kv1.3 channel (Kv1.3(high) cells) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, an animal model for multiple sclerosis. We have developed a fluoresceinated analog of ShK (ShK-F6CA), the most potent known inhibitor of Kv1.3, for detection of Kv1.3(high) cells by flow cytometry. ShK-F6CA blocked Kv1.3 at...
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