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At temperatures from 15–25° C perfused rat livers take up potassium from the perfusion medium or release small amounts of the cation. Both increasing or decreasing temperature enhance the K+-release in the absence as well as in the presence of red cells. Two possible explanations of this phenomenon, hypoxia and phase-transition of the plasma membrane, are discussed.
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Frimmer, M., Kreh, W. Unexpected temperature dependence of potassium release from the isolated perfused rat liver. Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Arch. Pharmak. 270, 313–315 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00997030
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