Gap junctional intercellular communication in the juxtaglomerular apparatus

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Yao, Jian ^a   Oite, Takashi ^b   Kitamura, Masanori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gap junction; Intercellular calcium signal; Renal autoregulation

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; ION EXCHANGE; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MACULA DENSA; MESANGIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN RELEASE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 66049127141     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.90612.2008     Document Type: Review

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