Relationship between connexin expression and gap-junction resistivity in human atrial myocardium

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 321-329

  Dhillon, Paramdeep S ^a   Chowdhury, Rasheda A ^a   Patel, Pravina M ^a   Jabr, Rita ^b   Momin, Aziz U ^c   Vecht, Joshua ^c   Gray, Rosaire ^d   Shipolini, Alex ^c   Fry, Christopher H ^b   Peters, Nicholas S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial remodeling; Connexins; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ATRIAL REMODELING; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 84900443414     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000606     Document Type: Article

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