Spatial separation of endothelial small- and intermediate-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels (KCa) and connexins: Possible relationship to vasodilator function?

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 689-698

  Sandow, Shaun L ^a,b   Neylon, Craig B ^c   Chen, Mao X ^d   Garland, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell coupling; Endothelium; Gap junction; Potassium channels; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RATS; VASODILATION;

EID: 33750344249     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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