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Bestrophin-2 mediates bicarbonate transport by goblet cells in mouse colon.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 May 2010
Yu Kuai, Lujan Rafael, Marmorstein Alan, Gabriel Sherif, Hartzell H Criss
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Anion transport by the colonic mucosa maintains the hydration and pH of the colonic lumen, and its disruption causes a variety of diarrheal diseases. Cholinergic agonists raise cytosolic Ca2+ levels and stimulate anion secretion, but the mechanisms underlying this effect remain unclear. Cholinergic stimulation of anion secretion may occur via activation of Ca2+-activated Cl- channels (CaCCs) or an increase in the...
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