Connexin 43 expression is associated with vascular activation in human radial artery

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 270-272

  Arishiro, Kumiko ^a   Hoshiga, Masaaki ^a   Ishihara, Tadashi ^a   Kondo, Keiichiro ^a   Hanafusa, Toshiaki ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Gap junction; Nuclear factor kappa B

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELASTIC FIBER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; JAPANESE; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIAL ARTERY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UPREGULATION;

EID: 78650001119     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.09.479     Document Type: Article

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