Carvedilol ameliorates the decreases in connexin 43 and ventricular fibrillation threshold in rats with myocardial infarction

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-127

  Wen, Huazhi ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a   Lu, Zhibing ^a   He, Bo ^a   Hu, Xiaorung ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Zhao, Dongdong ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Connexin43; Gap junctions; Myocardial infarction; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PROPANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GAP JUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEMODYNAMICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBAZOLES; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERMEABILITY; PROPANOLAMINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 68549092902     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.218.121     Document Type: Article

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