Pulsatile stretch remodels cell-to-cell communication in cultured myocytes

Circulation Research

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 316-322

  Zhuang, J ^a   Yamada, K A ^a   Saffitz, J E ^a   Kleber, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Connexin43; Remodeling; Stretch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034682933     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.87.4.316     Document Type: Article

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