Connexin43 Is Highly Localized to Sites of Disturbed Flow in Rat Aortic Endothelium but Connexin37 and Connexin40 Are More Uniformly Distributed
- 21 September 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation Research
- Vol. 83 (6) , 636-643
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.83.6.636
Abstract
—Vascular endothelial cells are linked by gap junctions, which facilitate the propagation of electrical and chemical signals along the vessel wall. The aim of this study was to determine th...Keywords
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