Targeting connexin 43 prevents platelet-derived growth factor-BB-induced phenotypic change in porcine coronary artery smooth muscle cells.

Chadjichristos, Christos E

Targeting connexin 43 prevents platelet-derived growth factor-BB-induced phenotypic change in porcine coronary artery smooth muscle cells. [electronic resource] - Circulation research Mar 2008 - 653-60 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1524-4571

10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.107.170472 doi


Actins--metabolism
Animals
Becaplermin
Cell Differentiation
Cell Movement
Cell Shape
Cells, Cultured
Connexin 43--antagonists & inhibitors
Connexins--metabolism
Coronary Stenosis--etiology
Coronary Vessels--metabolism
Disease Models, Animal
Female
Gap Junctions--drug effects
Glycyrrhetinic Acid--analogs & derivatives
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular--drug effects
Myocytes, Smooth Muscle--drug effects
Peptides--pharmacology
Phenotype
Platelet-Derived Growth Factor--metabolism
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis
RNA Interference
RNA, Small Interfering--metabolism
Recombinant Proteins--metabolism
S100 Proteins--metabolism
Signal Transduction--drug effects
Stents--adverse effects
Sus scrofa
Time Factors
Tunica Intima--metabolism
Gap Junction alpha-5 Protein