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SUBMITTER: Zhu H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4551754 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhu Hongyi H Cheng Xiangguo X Niu Xin X Zhang Yuelei Y Guan Junjie J Liu Xiaolin X Tao Shicong S Wang Yang Y Zhang Changqing C
International journal of biological sciences 20150808 10
The pHs of extracellular fluids (ECFs) in humans are consistently maintained at 7.35 to 7.45 in physiological conditions. Pathological changes, including infarction, tumourigenesis and inflammation, commonly result in decreases in the ECF pH in the affected tissues. In this study, we report that proliferation is promoted and apoptosis is inhibited by decreases in extracellular pH. Furthermore, we demonstrated that proton-sensing G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are required for the pH-depende ...[more]