Internalization and dephosphorylation of Connexin43 in hypertrophied right ventricles of rats with pulmonary hypertension

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 382-389

  Sasano, Chieko ^a   Honjo, Haruo ^a   Takagishi, Yoshiko ^a   Uzzaman, Mahmud ^a   Emdad, Luni ^a   Shimizu, Atsuya ^a   Murata, Yoshiharu ^a   Kamiya, Kaichiro ^a   Kodama, Itsuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Gap junction; Hypertrophy; Phosphorylation dephosphorylation; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; MONOCROTALINE; PROTEIN ZO1; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCYTOSIS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33947135772     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.382     Document Type: Article

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