Mechanotransduction by GEF-H1 as a novel mechanism of ventilator-induced vascular endothelial permeability

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Birukova, Anna A ^a   Fu, Panfeng ^a   Xing, Junjie ^a   Yakubov, Bakhtiyor ^a   Cokic, Ivan ^a   Birukov, Konstantin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cyclic stretch; Endothelium; GEF; Mechanical forces; Microtubules; Rho

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR H1; NOCODAZOLE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; THROMBIN RECEPTOR ACTIVATING PEPTIDE 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG VENTILATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIDAL VOLUME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VENTILATOR INDUCED LUNG INJURY;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICROTUBULES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PACLITAXEL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VENTILATOR-INDUCED LUNG INJURY;

EID: 77952761852     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00263.2009     Document Type: Article

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