Role of cadherins and plakoglobin in interendothelial adhesion under resting conditions and shear stress

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 5 42-5, 1997, Pages

  Schnittler, Hans Joachim ^a,b   Püschel, Bernd ^a   Drenckhahn, Detlev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecules; Antisense oligonucleotides; Catenins; Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1; Vascular endothelial cadherin

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CALCIUM ION; CD31 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; PLAKOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL ADHESION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SWINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030723417     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.5.h2396     Document Type: Article

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