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Atypical SMCs fired spontaneous inward currents that were either selective for Cl<jats:sup>\u2010<\/jats:sup> and blocked by NFA, or cation\u2010selective and blocked by La<jats:sup>3+<\/jats:sup>. \u03b1\u2010SMA<jats:sup>\u2010<\/jats:sup> interstitial cells (ICs) were distinguished by the presence of a Xe991\u2010sensitive K<jats:sub>V<\/jats:sub>7 current, BK channel STOCs and Cl<jats:sup>\u2010<\/jats:sup> selective, NFA\u2010sensitive spontaneous transient inward currents (STICs). Intense ANO1\/ TMEM16A and K<jats:sub>V<\/jats:sub>7.5 immunostaining was present in Kit<jats:sup>\u2010<\/jats:sup>\u03b1\u2010SMA<jats:sup>\u2010<\/jats:sup> ICs in the suburothelial and adventitial regions of the renal pelvis.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS<\/jats:bold> We conclude that K<jats:sub>V<\/jats:sub>4.3<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\u03b1\u2010SMA<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> SMCs are typical SMCs that facilitate muscle wall contraction, that ANO1\/ TMEM16A and K<jats:sub>V<\/jats:sub>7.5 immunoreactivity may be selective markers of Kit<jats:sup>\u2010<\/jats:sup> ICs and that atypical SMCs which discharge spontaneous inward currents are the pelviureteric 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