Gap Junction Protein Connexin43 Exacerbates Lung Vascular Permeability
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Gap Junction Protein Connexin43 Exacerbates Lung Vascular Permeability
Increased vascular permeability causes pulmonary edema that impairs arterial oxygenation and thus contributes to morbidity and mortality associated with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and sepsis. Although components of intercellular adhesive and tight junctions are critical for maintaining the endothelial barrier, there has been limited study of the roles of gap junctions and their compone...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100931