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. 2022 Jul 7;84(8):84. doi: 10.1007/s11538-022-01041-3

Table 7.

The ion channel and transporter density coefficients listed for the ID and the SD. All parameters (except LA and LB) are scaled up by 40, so that the final saliva reaches spatial steady states at the duct end

Notation Intercalated Striated Unit Description
GENaC 0.01 0.8 S m-2 Apical ENaC channel
GCaCC 1 0 S m-2 Apical CaCC channel
GCFTR 0 15 S m-2 Apical CFTR channel
GBK 0.1 1 S m-2 Apical Maxi-K channel
GKB 0.1 4 S m-2 Basolateral K+ channel
αNKAB 0.1E - 8 0.8E-8 mol m-2 Basolateral NaK ATPase
αAE2A 0.002 0.002 Apical anion exchanger
αAE2B 0.005 0.005 Basolateral anion exchanger
αNHEA 0.0002 0.0002 Apical Na+/H+ exchanger
αNHEB 0.0005 0.0005 Basolateral Na+/H+ exchanger
αNBCA 0 1500 Apical Na+/HCO3- cotransporter
αNBCB 2253 2253 Basolateral Na+/HCO3- cotransporter
GNaP 0.3 0.15 S m-2 Paracellular Na+ conductance
GKP 0.3 0.3 S m-2 Paracellular K+ conductance
GClP 0.5 0.35 S m-2 Paracellular Cl- conductance
LA 0.6 0 µm/s Apical water permeability
LB 0.6 0.6 µm/s Basolateral water permeability