Knock-down of endothelial connexins impairs angiogenesis

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-357

  Gärtner, Christiane ^a   Ziegelhöffer, Barbara ^a   Kostelka, Martin ^a   Stepan, Holger ^b   Mohr, Friedrich Wilhelm ^a   Dhein, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Connexin; Endothelium; Intercellular communication; Knock down; Nicotine; Palmitoleic acid

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MATRIGEL; NICOTINE; PALMITOLEIC ACID; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NICOTINE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84857045312     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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