Downregulation of connexin 43 gene expression in rat heart during inflammation. The role of tumour necrosis factor

Cytokine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 216-224

  Fernandez Cobo, Mariana ^a,c   Gingalewski, Cynthia ^a   Drujan, Doreen ^a   De Maio, Antonio ^a,b  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cellular communication; Connexin; Cytokine; Endotoxin; Gap junctions; Gene expression; Inflammation; Myoblast; Promoter; Sepsis; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CONNEXIN 43; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAP JUNCTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SEPSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033103427     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.1998.0422     Document Type: Article

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