Connexin45 is expressed in the juxtaglomerular apparatus and is involved in the regulation of renin secretion and blood pressure.

Hanner, Fiona

Connexin45 is expressed in the juxtaglomerular apparatus and is involved in the regulation of renin secretion and blood pressure. [electronic resource] - American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology Aug 2008 - R371-80 p. digital

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

0363-6119

10.1152/ajpregu.00468.2007 doi


Animals
Arterioles--metabolism
Blood Pressure
Calcium Signaling
Cells, Cultured
Connexins--genetics
Gap Junctions--metabolism
Genes, Reporter
Green Fluorescent Proteins--genetics
Intermediate Filament Proteins--genetics
Juxtaglomerular Apparatus--blood supply
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Transgenic
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular--metabolism
Nerve Tissue Proteins--genetics
Nestin
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Purinergic P2 Receptor Antagonists
Renin--metabolism
Suramin--pharmacology
beta-Galactosidase--genetics