Remodeling of gap junctions and slow conduction in a mouse model of desmin-related cardiomyopathy

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 539-547

  Gard, Joseph J ^a,e   Yamada, Kiyomi ^a   Green, Karen G ^a   Eloff, Benjamin C ^b   Rosenbaum, David S ^b   Wang, Xuejun ^c   Robbins, Jeffrey ^d   Schuessler, Richard B ^a   Yamada, Kathryn A ^a   Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Cell communication; Cytoskeleton; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CONNEXIN 43; DESMIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SIZE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DESMOSOME; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FASCIA; GAP JUNCTION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DESMIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

EID: 22544475951     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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