Connexins in atherosclerosis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1828, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 157-166

  Pfenniger, Anna ^a   Chanson, Marc ^a   Kwak, Brenda R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Connexin; Gap junction; Hemichannel

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; CHEMOKINE; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CYTOKINE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANGIOGENESIS; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHANNEL GATING; DENDRITIC CELL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPID STORAGE; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MAST CELL; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THROMBOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CONNEXINS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MAST CELLS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84870067245     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.05.011     Document Type: Review

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