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. 2007 Oct:22:335-41.
doi: 10.1152/physiol.00016.2007.

No potassium, no acid: K+ channels and gastric acid secretion

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No potassium, no acid: K+ channels and gastric acid secretion

Dirk Heitzmann et al. Physiology (Bethesda). 2007 Oct.
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Abstract

The gastric H+-K+-ATPase pumps H+ into the lumen and takes up K+ in parallel. In the acid-producing parietal cells, luminal KCNE2/KCNQ1 K+ channels play a pivotal role in replenishing K+ in the luminal fluid. Inactivation of KCNE2/KCNQ1 channels abrogates gastric acid secretion and dramatically modifies the architecture of gastric mucosa.

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