Electrotonic modulation of cardiac impulse conduction by myofibroblasts

Circulation Research

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 801-810

  Miragoli, Michele ^a   Gaudesius, Giedrius ^a   Rohr, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac myofibroblasts; Electrophysiology; Fibrosis; Gap junctions; Slow conduction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CONNEXIN 43; CX46 PROTEIN, RAT; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; GAP JUNCTION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; FIBROBLASTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 33645743440     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000214537.44195.a3     Document Type: Article

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