Regulation of vascular connexin43 gene expression by mechanical loads

Circulation Research

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 786-793

  Cowan, Douglas B ^b   Lye, Stephen J ^b   Langille, B Lowell ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cell stretch; Gap junction; Shear stress; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GAP JUNCTION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SHEAR STRESS; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0032550290     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.82.7.786     Document Type: Article

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