Decreased connexin43 expression in the mouse heart potentiates pacing-induced remodeling of repolarizing currents

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Kontogeorgis, Andrianos ^a,d   Li, Xiaodong ^a,c   Kang, Eunice Y ^a   Feig, Jonathan E ^a   Ponzio, Marc ^a   Kang, Guoxin ^a   Kaba, Riyaz A ^b,d   Wit, Andrew L ^b   Fisher, Edward A ^a   Morley, Gregory E ^a   Peters, Nicholas S ^b,d   Coetzee, William A ^a   Gutstein, David E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gap junction; Ventricular myocytes

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GAP JUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PACING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CONNEXIN 43; DOWN-REGULATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57049113751     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.590.2008     Document Type: Article

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