Cell-to-cell coupling in engineered pairs of rat ventricular cardiomyocytes: relation between Cx43 immunofluorescence and intercellular electrical conductance

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  McCain, Megan L ^b   Desplantez, Thomas ^a   Geisse, Nicholas A ^b   Rothen Rutishauser, Barbara ^a   Oberer, Helene ^a   Parker, Kevin Kit ^b   Kleber, Andre G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell engineering; Dual voltage clamp; Electrical cell to cell coupling; Microcontact printing

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; FIBRONECTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENGINEERING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS;

EID: 84855335569     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01218.2010     Document Type: Article

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