Requirement of Rac activity for maintenance of capillary endothelial barrier properties

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 1 55-1, 2004, Pages

  Waschke, J ^a   Baumgartner, W ^a   Adamson, R H ^c   Zeng, M ^c   Aktories, K ^b   Barth, H ^b   Wilde, C ^b   Curry, F E ^c   Drenckhahn, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Adherens junction; Permeability; Rho proteins; Vascular endothelial cadherin

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; CYTOCHALASIN D; F ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; JASPAMIDE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELL JUNCTION; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAP JUNCTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VENULE;

EID: 0345737070     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00221.2003     Document Type: Article

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