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Figure 1: Airway smooth muscle responses to the TAS2R agonist chloroquine are sensitive to the BKCa antagonist IbTx.

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    Steven S An

  2. Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Kathryn S Robinett, Deepak A Deshpande, Wayne C H Wang & Stephen B Liggett

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    Stephen B Liggett

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An, S., Robinett, K., Deshpande, D. et al. Reply to: Activation of BK channels may not be required for bitter tastant–induced bronchodilation. Nat Med 18, 650–651 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.2734

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