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The effect of taurine on the Na+, K+, Cl− concentration and distribution in epithelial and compact layers of the human amniotic membrane had been investigated using the Bordeaux nuclear microprobe. Particle induced X-ray emission and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry techniques had been used to provice quantitative measurements. In physiological medium, the monovalent ions concentrations were identical in epithelial and compact layers. The addition of taurine in Hanks' physiological fluid had no effect on Na+ concentration, but decreased K+ and Cl− concentration in both layers. The quantitative results were related to electrophysiological observations on the effect of taurine on ionic exchanges through channels and paracellular pathways.
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Guiet-Bara, A., Bara, M., Moretto, P. et al. Nuclear microanalysis of the monovalent ions distribution in the human amnion. Amino Acids 9, 353–362 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00807272
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