Decreased intercellular coupling improves the function of cardiac pacemakers derived from mouse embryonic stem cells

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 642-649

  Fahrenbach, John P ^a   Ai, Xun ^b   Banach, Kathrin ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac myocyte; Cx43; Gap junction; Multielectrode array; Pacemaker; Stem cell derived cardiomyocyte

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SIZE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINUS NODE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONNEXIN 43; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 55649113931     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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