… The expression of more than one gap-junction protein in the … smooth muscle cells via gap
junctions is thought to play a … gap junctions in the regulation of vasomotor tone and arterial …

… disrupts gap junction plaques at points of cell–cell contact (11–13). Because there is evidence
that elevations in cAMP levels may rapidly enhance gap junctional … in conduit arteries by …

… Although there is abundant immunohistochemical evidence that Cx43 is the predominant
Cx expressed in the media of large conduit arteries like the aorta, there is little evidence for the …

… The contribution of gap junctions to endothelium-dependent relaxation was investigated
in isolated rabbit conduit artery preparations pre-constricted by 10 μM phenylephrine (PhE). …

… Cx43 localization in conduit arteries, resistance arteries, and capillaries. Cx43 is present
in vSMC of conduit and resistance arteries. In conduit arteries at branch regions and areas of …

… arteries, we conclude that smooth muscle gap junctions … myogenic vasoconstriction of
mesenteric resistance arteries. … conduit and resistance arteries in the relative significance of …

… We conclude that the contribution of gap junctions to endothelium-dependent relaxation is
in… signaling via gap junctions also remains to be established. In some conduit arteries passive …

… arteries suggested that these peptides exerted an inhibitory action on gap junctions (ie, …
Indeed, a significant role of homocellular coupling of VSMCs in large conduit vessels was …

… potential [33], thus contrasting with isolated conduit arteries in which K ATP mediated
hyperpolarization is transmitted to the endothelium via gap junctions [131]. In hamster cheek pouch …

… First we will consider the role of gap junctions in larger elastic and conduit arteries, then
in resistance vessels, and finally in the specialized vascular tissue of the corpus cavernosum. …