Lentivirus-mediated RNAi knockdown of the gap junction protein, Cx43, attenuates the development of vascular restenosis following balloon injury

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 885-892

  Han, Xiao Jian ^a   Chen, Min ^a,b   Hong, Tao ^a   Zhu, Ling Yu ^a   He, Dan ^a   Feng, Jiu Geng ^a   Jiang, Li Ping ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Balloon injury; Connexin 43; Gap junction; RNA interference; Vascular restenosis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NEOINTIMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RESTENOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESTENOSIS; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; INTIMA; LENTIVIRINAE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; LENTIVIRUS; MALE; RATS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 84923699161     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2015.2078     Document Type: Article

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