… , ie, gap junctions connect endothelial with smooth muscle cells. This heterocellular
coupling was suggested to underly the endothelium-dependent dilation that is associated with …

… their role in controlling myoendothelial communication and signal … pathways between vascular
smooth muscle cells and … located in IEL holes affects heterocellular coupling, probably by …

… Background/Aims: Smooth muscle cells may dedifferentiate into the synthetic … the role of
myoendothelial gap junctions in phenotypic switching of human coronary artery smooth muscle …

… other endothelium-dependent dilator stimuli. In many cases the endothelial-dependent smooth
muscle … hyperpolarization in carotid arteries indicating that gap junctions play a role in the …

… smooth muscle cells in arterioles and to pericytes in capillaries via heterocellular gap
junctions … in the arteriolar wall that depend on endothelial ion channels are endothelium-dependent…

… Despite its heterogeneity, mechanisms underlying the vascular smooth muscle cell (…
role of eNOS-NO-cGMP and COX-PGI 2 in relation to MEGJ in mediating endothelium-dependent …

… been linked with altered heterocellular communication (eg, EC … of connexin43 gap junctions
between smooth muscle cells … Endotheliumdependent vasodilation in human mesenteric …

… functions. In this chapter, the architectural characteristics of the arteries, capillaries, and veins
will be discussed. Furthermore, the gap junctions … types of functional importance including …

… communicate with adjacent ECs, vascular smooth muscle … -mediated communication,
heterocellular GJ formation … are characterized by reduced endothelium-dependent NO-mediated …

… is then supplemented by endothelium-dependent, FID, which … of the media via homocellular
smooth muscle gap junctions. EC … Heterocellular communication via gap junctions in most …