The FGF-2-triggered protection of cardiac subsarcolemmal mitochondria from calcium overload is mitochondrial connexin 43-dependent

Connexin 43 impacts on mitochondrial potassium uptake

(2013) Kerstin Boengler et al.   Frontiers in Pharmacology

Connexin mimetic peptides inhibit Cx43 hemichannel opening triggered by voltage and intracellular Ca2+ elevation

(2012) Nan Wang et al.   BASIC RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY

Adenosine-triphosphate-sensitive K+channel (Kir6.1): A novel phosphospecific interaction partner of connexin 43 (Cx43)

(2012) Ajaz Ahmad Waza et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

S262A mutation abolishes protective effects of connexin 43 against hypothermic preservation–induced injury in cardiomyocytes

(2012) He-jing Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Manipulating Connexin Communication Channels: Use of Peptidomimetics and the Translational Outputs

(2012) W. Howard Evans et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE BIOLOGY

Cardiac Subsarcolemmal and Interfibrillar Mitochondria Display Distinct Responsiveness to Protection by Diazoxide

(2012) Ekhson L. Holmuhamedov et al.   PLoS One

Subcellular preconditioning of stem cells: mito-Cx43 gene targeting is cytoprotective via shift of mitochondrial Bak and Bcl-xL balance

(2012) Gang Lu et al.   Regenerative Medicine

Connexin43 phosphorylation and cytoprotection in the heart

(2011) Maya M. Jeyaraman et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Pharmacological modulation of connexin-formed channels in cardiac pathophysiology

(2011) Elke De Vuyst et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

The mPTP and its regulatory proteins: final common targets of signalling pathways for protection against necrosis

(2011) T. Miura et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Mitochondrial connexin 43 impacts on respiratory complex I activity and mitochondrial oxygen consumption

(2011) Kerstin Boengler et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Calcium-induced permeability transition in rat brain mitochondria is promoted by carbenoxolone through targeting connexin43

(2010) Tamara Azarashvili et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Mitochondria-specific transgenic overexpression of connexin-43 simulates preconditioning-induced cytoprotection of stem cells

(2010) Gang Lu et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Mitochondrial import of PKCε is mediated by HSP90: a role in cardioprotection from ischaemia and reperfusion injury

(2010) Grant R. Budas et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

PKCε promotes cardiac mitochondrial and metabolic adaptation to chronic hypobaric hypoxia by GSK3β inhibition

(2010) Joy McCarthy et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Presence of connexin 43 in subsarcolemmal, but not in interfibrillar cardiomyocyte mitochondria

(2009) Kerstin Boengler et al.   BASIC RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY

The mitochondrial permeability transition pore and ischemia-reperfusion injury

(2009) Christopher P. Baines   BASIC RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY

Connexin43 phosphorylation: structural changes and biological effects

(2009) Joell L. Solan et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

High molecular weight FGF-2 promotes postconditioning-like cardioprotection linked to activation of the protein kinase C isoforms Akt and p70 S6 kinaseThis article is one of a selection of papers published in a special issue celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba.

(2009) Zhi-Sheng Jiang et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Connexin43 in cardiomyocyte mitochondria contributes to mitochondrial potassium uptake

(2009) Elisabet Miro-Casas et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Phosphorylation of connexin-43 at serine 262 promotes a cardiac injury-resistant state

(2009) Wattamon Srisakuldee et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

No impact of protein phosphatases on connexin 43 phosphorylation in ischemic preconditioning

(2008) Andreas Totzeck et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Intramitochondrial signaling: interactions among mitoKATP, PKCε, ROS, and MPT

(2008) Alexandre D. T. Costa et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY