Downregulated myocardial connexin 43 and suppressed contractility in rabbits subjected to a cholesterol-enriched diet

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1224-1237

  Lin, Lung Chun ^a   Wu, Chau Chung ^a   Yeh, Hung I ^b   Lu, Long Sheng ^c   Liu, Yen Bin ^a   Lin, Shien Fong ^d   Lee, Yuan Teh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin; Contractility; Echocardiography; Gap junction; Hypercholesterolemia

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEEDING; GAP JUNCTION; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MITRAL VALVE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLE;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CONNEXIN 43; DOWN-REGULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; HYDROXYPROLINE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; RABBITS;

EID: 25144436058     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700324     Document Type: Article

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