“…Strontium ions were found to be transported across the cell membrane of human erythrocytes by means of an ATP-dependent calcium pump (de la Sierra et al 1990;Olson 1979;Olson and Cazort 1969;Porzig 1973). In washed platelets from human and rabbit, strontium stimulated the secretion of 5-hydroxytryptamine (Best et al 1981;Bone et al 1980;Togna et al 1989).…”