High Glucose Alters Connexin 43 Expression and Gap Junction Intercellular Communication Activity in Retinal Pericytes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5376-5382

  Li, An Fei ^a,b   Sato, Tsuyoshi ^a,c   Haimovici, Robert ^a   Okamoto, Tamami ^a   Roy, Sayon ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Eye Research Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; LUCIFER YELLOW; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; PERICYTES; RETINAL VESSELS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0345714595     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0360     Document Type: Article

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