Prenatal retinoic acid upregulates connexin 43 (Cx43) gene expression in pulmonary hypoplasia in the nitrofen-induced congenital diaphragmatic hernia rat model

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 336-340

  Ruttenstock, Elke Maria ^a,b   Doi, Takashi ^a,c   Dingemann, Jens ^a   Puri, Prem ^a,c  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Connexin 43; Nitrofen; Pulmonary hypoplasia; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA; NITROFEN; OLIVE OIL; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FETAL THERAPIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LUNG; PHENYL ETHERS; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRETINOIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84856812422     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.11.026     Document Type: Article

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