Contribution of connexins to the function of the vascular wall

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 345-356

  Haefliger, Jacques Antoine ^a   Nicod, Pascal ^a   Meda, Paolo ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aorta; Blood pressure; Cell cell communication; Connexins; Endothelium; Gap junctions; Hypertension; Smooth muscle cells; Vasculature; Vessels

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BRADYKININ; CANDESARTAN; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MINERALOCORTICOID; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; RENIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRADYCARDIA; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; GENE DELETION; HEART CONDUCTION; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYNCYTIUM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUNICA MEDIA; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ION CHANNELS; KIDNEY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; URINARY BLADDER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1942470625     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2003.11.015     Document Type: Review

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