High-throughput measurement of gap junctional intercellular communication

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Jun ^a   Siragam, Vinayakumar ^b   Chen, Jun ^a   Fridman, Michael D ^b   Hamilton, Robert M ^b   Sun, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automation; Dye transfer; Gap junctional intercellular communication; Robotic microinjection

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADHERENT CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AUTOMATION; DYE TRANSFER; GAP JUNCTIONAL INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION; ROBOTIC MICROINJECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HEK293 CELLS; HELA CELLS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902664349     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00110.2014     Document Type: Article

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