Expression of Connexin 43 in the hearts of rat embryos exposed to nitrofen and effects of vitamin A on it

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-65

  Gonzalez Reyes, Salome ^a   Fernandez Dumont, Virginia ^a   Calonge, Wenceslao M ^a   Martinez, Leopoldo ^a   Tovar, Juan A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Connexin 43; Heart; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

AUXINA MASIVA; CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; NITROFEN; OLIVE OIL; RETINOL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART DISEASE; HEART HYPOPLASIA; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; NEURAL CREST; PHENYL ETHERS; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITAMIN A;

EID: 30144438499     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-005-1583-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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