Relationship of connexin43 expression to phenotypic modulation in cultured human aortic smooth muscle cells

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 617-628

  Matsushita, Tsutomu ^a   Rama, Aisha ^a   Charolidi, Nicoletta ^a   Dupont, Emmanuel ^a   Severs, Nicholas J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell to cell communication; Connexins; Gap junctions; Phenotypic transition; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; THROMBIN;

AORTA; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS INHIBITION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UPREGULATION;

EID: 34548649154     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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