Connexin 43 expression in rat aortic smooth muscle after ovariectomy and hormonal replacement

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-112

  Hortoványi, Eszter ^a,c   Várbíro, Szabolcs ^b   Tökés, Anna Mária ^a   Illyés, György ^a   Székács, Béla ^c   Paku, Sándor ^c   Kerényi, Tibor ^a   Kádár, Anna ^a  

^a 2nd Department of Pathology   (Hungary)

^b National Institute of Oncology   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aorta; Arterial smooth muscle cell; Connexin 43; Estrogen; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; ESTRADIOL PROPIONATE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THORACIC AORTA; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0035119503     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00018     Document Type: Article

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