Cardiotonic Steroids as Modulators of Neuroinflammation

Cardiotonic steroids (CTS) are a class of specific ligands of the Na+,K+- ATPase (NKA). NKA is a P-type ATPase that is ubiquitously expressed and although well known to be responsible for the maintenance of the cell electrochemical gradient through active transport, NKA can also act as a signal tran...

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Main Authors: Ana Maria Marques Orellana, Paula Fernanda Kinoshita, Jacqueline Alves Leite, Elisa Mitiko Kawamoto, Cristoforo eScavone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2016.00010/full