Cyclic stretch downregulates arterial vascular connexin43 protein expression: An ex vivo study

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-211

  He, Yong ^a   Shroff, Sanjeev G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap junction; Mechanotransduction; Pulsatile perfusion; Src kinase; Steady stretch

Indexed keywords

APOCYNIN; CULTURE CONDITIONS; CYCLIC STRESS; CYCLIC STRETCH; DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION; EX-VIVO; GAP JUNCTIONS; MECHANO-TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; PROTEIN LEVEL; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SRC-KINASE; STEADY PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR CELLS; WESTERN BLOTS;

CELL CULTURE; OXYGEN; PULSATILE FLOW;

PROTEINS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

CONNEXIN 43; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; RABBIT; SHEAR STRENGTH; THORACIC AORTA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONNEXIN 43; DOWN-REGULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PERIODICITY; PULSATILE FLOW; RABBITS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77953539782     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-009-0171-4     Document Type: Article

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