Sex differences in connexin-43 expression in left ventricles of aging rats

Physiological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 705-708

  Tribulova N ^a   Dupont, E ^b   Soukup, T ^c   Okruhlicova L ^a   Severs, N J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Male and female specificity; Rat cardiomyocytes; Steroid and thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; LEVOTHYROXINE;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 31544458939     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: 08628408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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