Connexin43 gap junction levels during development of the thoracic aorta are temporally correlated with elastic laminae deposition and increased blood pressure

Cell Biology International

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-97

  Blackburn, J P ^a   Connat, J L ^b   Severs, N J ^a   Green, C R ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aorta; Development; Gap junction; Intercellular communication; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030970848     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.1996.0122     Document Type: Article

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