Lack of vascular connexin 40 is associated with hypertension and irregular arteriolar vasomotion

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2003, Pages 169-177

  De Wit, Cor ^a   Roos, Frederik ^a   Bolz, Steffen Sebastian ^a   Pohl, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell communication; Endothelium dependent dilation; Gap junctions; Nitric oxide; Signal transmission

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CANDESARTAN; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENOTYPE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION; WILD TYPE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CONNEXINS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROCIRCULATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORGAN SIZE; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; TETRAZOLES; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0141590655     PISSN: 15312267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00169.2002     Document Type: Article

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