Perturbation of chemical coupling by an endothelial Cx40 mutant attenuates endothelium-dependent vasodilation by KCa channels and elevates blood pressure in mice

Atrial fibrillation-linked GJA5 /connexin40 mutants impaired gap junctions via different mechanisms

(2014) Donglin Bai   FEBS LETTERS

Regulation of Endothelial-Specific Transgene Expression by the LacI Repressor Protein In Vivo

(2014) Susan K. Morton et al.   PLoS One

Polymorphism in Endothelial Connexin40 Enhances Sensitivity to Intraluminal Pressure and Increases Arterial Stiffness

(2013) Daniel J. Chaston et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Chronic deficit in nitric oxide elicits oxidative stress and augments T-type calcium-channel contribution to vascular tone of rodent arteries and arterioles

(2013) Lauren Howitt et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Spreading vasodilatation in the murine microcirculation: attenuation by oxidative stress-induced change in electromechanical coupling

(2013) Lauren Howitt et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Endothelial Ca2+ wavelets and the induction of myoendothelial feedback

(2012) Cam Ha T. Tran et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

A Connexin40 Mutation Associated With a Malignant Variant of Progressive Familial Heart Block Type I

(2012) Naomasa Makita et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Defective Cx40 Maintains Cx37 Expression but Intact Cx40 Is Crucial for Conducted Dilations Irrespective of Hypertension

(2012) Alexander Jobs et al.   HYPERTENSION

Distinct Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factors Emerge In Vitro and In Vivo and Are Mediated in Part via Connexin 40–Dependent Myoendothelial Coupling

(2011) Markus Boettcher et al.   HYPERTENSION

Thermoregulatory Phenotype of the Trpv1 Knockout Mouse: Thermoeffector Dysbalance with Hyperkinesis

(2011) A. Garami et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Non-linear relationship between hyperpolarisation and relaxation enables long distance propagation of vasodilatation

(2011) Stephanie E. Wölfle et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Novel connexin40 missense mutations in patients with familial atrial fibrillation

(2010) Y.-Q. Yang et al.   EUROPACE

Selective deletion of Connexin 40 in renin-producing cells impairs renal baroreceptor function and is associated with arterial hypertension

(2010) Charlotte Wagner et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Genetic Deficit of SK3 and IK1 Channels Disrupts the Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor Vasodilator Pathway and Causes Hypertension

(2009) Sebastian Brähler et al.   CIRCULATION

Incidence of protein on actin bridges between endothelium and smooth muscle in arterioles demonstrates heterogeneous connexin expression and phosphorylation

(2008) Brant E. Isakson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Enhanced spontaneous Ca2+ events in endothelial cells reflect signalling through myoendothelial gap junctions in pressurized mesenteric arteries

(2008) Yasuo Kansui et al.   CELL CALCIUM

Naphtho[1,2-d]thiazol-2-ylamine (SKA-31), a New Activator of KCa2 and KCa3.1 Potassium Channels, Potentiates the Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor Response and Lowers Blood Pressure

(2008) A. Sankaranarayanan et al.   MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY