Altered gap junction activity in cardiovascular tissues of diabetes

Medical Electron Microscopy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 86-91

  Inoguchi, T ^a   Yu, Hai Yan ^a   Imamura, Minako ^a   Kakimoto, Maiko ^a   Kuroki, Tatsuya ^a   Maruyama, Toru ^a   Nawata, Hajime ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Gap junction; Protein kinase C; Vascular cells

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GAP JUNCTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLUCOSE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS;

EID: 0035204077     PISSN: 09184287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007950170002     Document Type: Review

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