Effects of mechanical forces and stretch on intercellular gap junction coupling

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1828, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 147-156

  Salameh, Aida ^a   Dhein, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junction; Heart; Shear stress; Stretch; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; JANUS KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; STAT PROTEIN;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLAST; GAP JUNCTION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSATILE FLOW; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; CORONARY VESSELS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84870064056     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.12.030     Document Type: Review

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