Aconitine alters connexin43 phosphorylation status and [Ca2+] oscillation patterns in cultured ventricular myocytes of neonatal rats

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1476-1485

  Zhang, Shi Wei ^a,b   Liu, Yan ^a   Huang, Guang Zhao ^a   Liu, Liang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Zhongshan Hospital of Hubei Province   (China)

Author keywords

Aconitine; Calcium (cellular); Connexins; Myocardium; Protein phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ACONITINE; ALKALOID; CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 43; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LASER MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACONITINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASE C-ALPHA; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 36048983179     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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