New insights in endothelial and smooth muscle cell communication

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 173-179

  Conejo, Víctor Arana ^a   De Haro, Roberto ^b   Sosa Melgarejo, Jorge ^a   Méndez, José D ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Endothelium; Gap junctions; Myoendothelial contacts; Vascular smooth muscle cell; Vascular wall

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CELL COMMUNICATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34247110724     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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