Hypoxia and stretch regulate intercellular communication in vascular smooth muscle cells through reactive oxygen species formation

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1754-1760

  Cowan, Douglas B ^a   Jones, Mara ^a   Garcia, Lina M ^a   Noria, Sabrena ^b   Del Nido, Pedro J ^a   McGowan Jr , Francis X ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gap junction; Hypoxia; Reactive oxygen species; Smooth muscle cell; Stretch

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; EBSELEN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; PYRROLIDINE DITHIOCARBAMATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ROTENONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GAP JUNCTION; HYPOXIA; HYPOXIC CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0141885333     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000093546.10162.B2     Document Type: Article

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