Oxidized phospholipids alter vascular connexin expression, phosphorylation, and heterocellular communication

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2216-2221

  Isakson, Brant E ^a   Kronke, Gerhard ^a   Kadl, Alexandra ^a   Leitinger, Norbert ^a   Duling, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Connexins; Gap junctions; Phospholipids; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; LYSINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 33749068711     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000237608.19055.53     Document Type: Article

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