Reduced expression of Cx43 attenuates ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction via impaired TGF-β signaling

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Wang, Hongtao ^a   Kovacs, Attila ^a   Kanter, Evelyn M ^a   Yamada, Kathryn A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Infarct remodeling; Myofibroblasts; Smads; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBROBLAST; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CICATRIX; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBROBLASTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VENTRICULAR REMODELING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 74949129439     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00806.2009     Document Type: Article

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