The signal transduction cascade regulating the expression of the gap junction protein connexin43 by β-adrenoceptors

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 198-208

  Salameh, A ^a   Krautblatter, S ^b   Karl, S ^a   Blanke, K ^a   Gomez, D Rojas ^a   Dhein, S ^a   Pfeiffer, D ^a   Janousek, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta adrenoceptor; Cardiomyocytes; Congestive heart failure; Cx43; Human cardiac biopsy; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Isoprenaline; MAPK

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; ISOPRENALINE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROPRANOLOL; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 69249230889     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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