Autocrine regulation of myocyte Cx43 expression by VEGF

Circulation Research

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 671-677

  Pimentel, Rhea C ^a   Yamada, Kathryn A ^a   Kléber, André G ^b   Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Gap junctions; Pulsatile stretch; Transforming growth factor ; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CONNEXIN 43; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART CELL CULTURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; HEART; LYMPHOKINES; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0037023644     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000014823.75393.4D     Document Type: Article

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