Cardiac cell-cell junctions in health and disease: Electrical versus mechanical coupling

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-31

  Noorman, Maartje ^a   van der Heyden, Marcel A G ^a   van Veen, Toon A B ^a   Cox, Moniek G P J ^a   Hauer, Richard N W ^a   de Bakker, Jacques M T ^a   van Rijen, Harold V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adherens junction; Arrhythmia; ARVD C; Cx43; Desmosome; Gap junction; Heart; Intercalated disc; Plakophilin

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; DESMOPLAKIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PLAKOGLOBIN; PLAKOPHILIN; PROTEIN ZO1;

CELL JUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GAP JUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DESMOSOMES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67349247486     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2009.03.016     Document Type: Review

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