Connexin-mimetic peptides dissociate electrotonic EDHF-type signalling via myoendothelial and smooth muscle gap junctions in the rabbit iliac artery

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 108-114

  Chaytor, Andrew T ^a   Bakker, Linda M ^a   Edwards, David H ^a   Griffith, Tudor M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin; EDHF; Gap junctions; Hyperpolarization

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PROTEIN CX37; PROTEIN CX40; PROTEIN CX43; PROTEIN GAP 26; PROTEIN GAP 27; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GAP JUNCTION; ILIAC ARTERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CONNEXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; ILIAC ARTERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDOLES; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; RABBITS;

EID: 13244274954     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706046     Document Type: Article

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