Regulation of endothelial connexin40 expression by shear stress

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Vorderwülbecke, Bernd J ^a   Maroski, Julian ^a   Fiedorowicz, Katarzyna ^a   da Silva Azevedo, Luis ^a   Marki, Alex ^a   Pries, Axel R ^a,b   Zakrzewicz, Andreas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conducted signals; Cone and plate system; Human umbilical vein endothelial cells; Mi crovascular network modeling; Phosphoinositide 3 kinase

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEAR STRESS; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

EID: 84255171050     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00634.2011     Document Type: Article

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