Hypertension increases connexin43 in a tissue-specific manner

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1007-1014

  Haefliger, Jacques Antoine ^a   Castillo, Einar ^a   Waeber, Gérard ^a   Bergonzelli, Gabriela E ^a   Aubert, Jean François ^a   Sutter, Esther ^b   Nicod, Pascal ^a   Waeber, Bernard ^a   Meda, Paolo ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aorta; blood pressure; heart; hypertension; vasculature

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031041685     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.4.1007     Document Type: Article

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