The adhering junctions of valvular interstitial cells: Molecular composition in fetal and adult hearts and the comings and goings of plakophilin-2 in situ, in cell culture and upon re-association with scaffolds

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 348, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-307

  Barth, Mareike ^a,b   Rickelt, Steffen ^a,c   Noffz, Edeltraut ^a   Winter Simanowski, Stefanie ^a   Niemann, Heiner ^d   Akhyari, Payam ^e   Lichtenberg, Artur ^e   Franke, Werner Wilhelm ^a,c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b Pharmacology / Department of Cardiovascular   (Germany)

^c Progen Biotechnik   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adherens junctions; Heart valves; Plakophilin 2; Puncta adhaerentia; Valvular interstitial cells

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PLAKOPHILIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CYTOPLASM; DESMOSOME; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FETUS; FETUS HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MYXOMA; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MESENCHYME CELL; MESENCHYME TUMOR; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR; VALVULAR INTERSTITIAL CELL;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ADULT; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLAKOPHILINS; SWINE;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; OVIS; SUS;

EID: 84862768711     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-011-1315-2     Document Type: Article

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