High glucose-induced downregulation of connexin 43 expression promotes apoptosis in microvascular endothelial cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1400-1407

  Li, An Fei ^a,b   Roy, Sayon ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CONNEXIN 43; GLUCOSE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RATS; RETINAL VESSELS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 62649162866     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1519     Document Type: Article

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