Remodeling of gap junctions in mouse hearts hypertrophied by forced retinoic acid signaling

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1411-1423

  Van Veen, Toon A B ^a   Van Rijen, Harold V M ^a   Wiegerinck, Rob F ^b   Opthof, Tobias ^a   Colbert, Melissa C ^c   Clement, Sophie ^d   De Bakker, Jacques M T ^a,e   Jongsma, Habo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conduction; Connexin; Gap junction; Hypertrophy; Mouse heart; Remodeling; Retinoic acid receptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADHERIN; CATNB PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DILATATION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART WEIGHT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMEGALY; CELL JUNCTION; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY WEIGHT; CADHERINS; CARDIOMEGALY; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0036772413     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2828(02)92102-4     Document Type: Article

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