Gadolinium, commonly used to inhibit stretch-activated channels, also inhibits the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger current, which should be accounted for in experimental designs.
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Gd3+ off-target NCX inhibition requires controls in stretch-activated channel experiments; leaves open selectivity in native cardiac models.
Zhang et al. (2000) studied this question.
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