The nanostructure of myoendothelial junctions contributes to signal rectification between endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Brasen, Jens Christian ^a   Jacobsen, Jens Christian Brings ^a   Holstein Rathlou, Niels Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; MYOENDOTHELIAL JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PROCESS MODEL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL COMMUNICATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS;

EID: 84859844215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033632     Document Type: Article

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