High flow conditions increase connexin43 expression in a rat arteriovenous and angioinductive loop model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Schmidt, Volker J ^a,b   Hilgert, Johannes G ^a   Covi, Jennifer M ^a   Weis, Christian ^c   Wietbrock, Johanna O ^b   De Wit, Cor ^d   Horch, Raymund E ^a   Kneser, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CONNEXIN 43; FEMORAL VEIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR GRAFTING;

EID: 84893548434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078782     Document Type: Article

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