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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Hematol. 2010 May;17(3):191–197. doi: 10.1097/MOH.0b013e32833800d0

Table 1.

Principal Ion Transport Pathways of the Human Erythrocyte

  • Gradient-driven, passive transporters

    • Sodium-potassium-chloride cotransport

    • Potassium-chloride cotransport

    • Anion exchanger 1 (band 3, SLC4A1)

    • Sodium-hydrogen exchanger

  • Active transporters

    • Sodium-potassium-ATPase (sodium pump)

    • Calcium ATPase

  • Channels

    • Aquaporin 1 water channel (AQP1)

    • Gardos channel (KCNN4, KCa 3.1)