Heavy ion radiation up-regulates Cx43 and ameliorates arrhythmogenic substrates in hearts after myocardial infarction

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 412-421

  Amino, Mari ^a,f   Yoshioka, Koichiro ^a   Tanabe, Teruhisa ^a   Tanaka, Etsuro ^b   Mori, Hidezo ^c   Furusawa, Yoshiya ^d   Zareba, Wojciech ^e   Yamazaki, Masatoshi ^f   Nakagawa, Harumichi ^f   Honjo, Haruo ^f   Yasui, Kenji ^f   Kamiya, Kaichiro ^f   Kodama, Itsuo ^f  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia (mechanisms); Connexin43; Epicardial mapping; Gap junctions; Heavy ion radiaton; Myocardial infarction; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTRODE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; ION THERAPY; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNEXIN 43; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART VENTRICLES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; RABBITS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33750506689     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardiores.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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