Mitochondrial connexin40 regulates mitochondrial calcium uptake in coronary endothelial cells

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 312, Issue 4, 2017, Pages C398-C406

  Guo, Rui ^a   Si, Rui ^a   Scott, Brian T ^b   Makino, Ayako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Connexin; Endothelial cell; Mitochondria; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ATP SYNTHASE SUBUNIT 5 ALPHA; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CONNEXIN 40; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL LYSATE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ENDOTHELIAL CELL; CYTOSOL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CULTURE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEART MITOCHONDRION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXINS; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOCHONDRIA, HEART; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 85017301865     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00283.2016     Document Type: Article

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