Ca2+-Dependent and Ca2+-Independent ATP Release in Astrocytes

Ca²⁺-Dependent and Ca²⁺-Independent ATP Release in Astrocytes

Front Mol Neurosci. 2018 Jul 2:11:224. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00224. eCollection 2018.

Yingfei Xiong^{1

2}, Suhua Sun¹, Sasa Teng¹, Mu Jin^{1

3}, Zhuan Zhou¹

¹ State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences and PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of The Air Force Institute of Aeromedicine, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

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Keywords: ATP; P2X7; astrocyte; calcium; exocytosis; glial transmitter; mechanical stimulation.