Role of the calpain system in pulmonary vein connexin remodeling in dogs with atrial fibrillation

Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-30

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Ma, Xiao ^a   Zhong, Ming ^a   Zheng, Zhaotong ^a   Li, Li ^a   Wang, Zhihao ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Calpain; Canine; Connexin

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CALPAIN 1; CALPAIN 2; CALPASTATIN; COLLAGEN; CONNEXIN 40; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PULMONARY VEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALPAIN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART ATRIA; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PULMONARY VEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 57149085267     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000137694     Document Type: Article

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