Single intravenous low-dose injections of connexin 43 mimetic peptides protect ischemic heart in vivo against myocardial infarction

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 559-566

  Hawat, Ghayda ^a,b   Hélie, Pierre ^b   Baroudi, Ghayath ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Hemichannels; Myocardial infarction; Peptides; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 43 HEMICHANNEL; GAP26 PEPTIDE; GAP27 PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; IN VIVO STUDY; JUGULAR VEIN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84865568181     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: 10958584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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