Multiple connexin expression in regenerating arterial endothelial gap junctions

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1753-1762

  Yeh, Hung I ^a   Lai, Yu Jun ^a   Chang, Hao Min ^a   Ko, Yu Shien ^a,b   Severs, Nicholas J ^b   Tsai, Cheng Ho ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Connexin; Endothelial cells; Gap junctions; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL GROWTH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 0033942746     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.20.7.1753     Document Type: Article

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