EPHB4 protein expression in vascular smooth muscle cells regulates their contractility, and EPHB4 deletion leads to hypotension in mice

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 14235-14244

  Wang, Yujia ^a   Thorin, Eric ^b   Luo, Hongyu ^a   Tremblay, Johanne ^a   Lavoie, Julie L ^a,c   Wu, Zenghui ^a   Peng, Junzheng ^a   Qi, Shijie ^a   Wu, Jiangping ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; CHAINS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMES; GENES; MAMMALS; MOLECULES; MUSCLE; PROTEINS; SIGNALING;

CELL SURFACE MOLECULES; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE; REVERSE SIGNALING; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS;

CELL SIGNALING;

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; EPHRIN; EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN B4; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B4; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 2; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM; EPHB4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LIGAND;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE SILENCING; HYPOTENSION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; WILD TYPE MOUSE; ANIMAL; ARTERY; BLOOD PRESSURE; C57BL MOUSE; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HYPOTENSION; LIGANDS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR, EPHB4; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84930686116     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.621615     Document Type: Article

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