Defective Cx40 maintains Cx37 expression but intact Cx40 is crucial for conducted dilations irrespective of hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1422-1429

  Jobs, Alexander ^a   Schmidt, Kjestine ^a   Schmidt, Volker J ^a   Lübkemeier, Indra ^b   Van Veen, Toon A B ^c   Kurtz, Armin ^d   Willecke, Klaus ^b   De Wit, Cor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

conducted response; connexin; gap junction; hypertension; microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; BRADYKININ; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; POTASSIUM; RENIN;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CREMASTER MUSCLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONNEXINS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; VASODILATION;

EID: 84870244754     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.201194     Document Type: Article

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