Cx40 is required for, and Cx37 limits, postischemic hindlimb perfusion, survival and recovery

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-12

  Fang, Jennifer S ^a   Angelov, Stoyan N ^a   Simon, Alexander M ^a   Burt, Janis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cx37; Cx40; Gap junction; Ischemia

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HINDLIMB; INFLAMMATION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB PERFUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HINDLIMB; ISCHEMIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 80053514751     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: 14230135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329616     Document Type: Article

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