Simplified method to quantify valve back‐leak uncovers severe mesenteric lymphatic valve dysfunction in mice deficient in connexins 43 and 37

JA Castorena‐Gonzalez, RS Srinivasan… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… ;Cx43 fx/fx ;Cx37 −/− mice, we tested our method on lymphatic valves displaying a wide range
… -leak or valve stiffness in the absence of pressure measurement/control. Without pressure …

Impaired SMAD1/5 mechanotransduction and Cx37 (Connexin37) expression enable pathological vessel enlargement and shunting

HM Peacock, A Tabibian, N Criem… - … , and vascular biology, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
… we examined EC polarization in the presence and absence of Cx37. Because we thought that
… The Cx37-null mouse lacks the aspect of abnormal mechanotransduction that is present in …

Connexin37 regulates cell cycle in the vasculature

JS Fang, JM Burt - Journal of Vascular Research, 2023 - karger.com
… , Cx37 is growth suppressive at cell densities where gap junction channels cannot form due
to lack of cell… Cardiac malformation in neonatal mice lacking connexin43. Science. 1995;267(…

Connexins: key players in the control of vascular plasticity and function

U Pohl - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Cx37 is not changed, suggesting posttranslational effects. It was speculated that the lack of
… , thus leading exclusively to formation of Cx37 that may be less stable than heteromers (436)…

[HTML][HTML] Mutations in EPHB4 cause human venous valve aplasia

O Lyons, J Walker, C Seet, M Ikram, A Kuchta… - JCI insight, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
connexin37 and connexin43 (both required for normal valve development) around reorientating
valve-forming cells and produced deficient valve… because of a lack of specific antibodies, …

Abnormal lymphatic phenotype in a CRISPR mouse model of the human lymphedema-causing Connexin47 R260C point mutation.

DJ Mustacich, RI Kylat, MJ Bernas, RJ Myles… - …, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
… to venous valves (17). Genetic ablation of Cx37 and Cx43 leads to lymphatic valve malforma…
either knockout or wildtype mice, thus a lack of regional protein expression may explain the …

Biochemical and mechanical signals in the lymphatic vasculature

X Geng, YC Ho, RS Srinivasan - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2021 - Springer
… Traditional lymphatic vessels are absent from the medulla of kidneys. However, … , venous
valves and cardiac valves share significant molecular similarities with lymphatic valves [42,43,…

Atrial fibrillation: focus on myocardial connexins and gap junctions

YH Guo, YQ Yang - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
… Likewise, lacking Cx45 in mice predisposes to embryonic … linked Cx37 deficiency to both
venous and lymphatic valve … ’s father with lone AF, but absent in the unaffected family members …

RASA1-driven cellular export of collagen IV is required for the development of lymphovenous and venous valves in mice

D Chen, X Geng, PE Lapinski, MJ Davis… - …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
… We recently demonstrated that, in the absence of RASA1, EC are unable to export the …
developmental, neonatal and pathological angiogenic responses in the absence of RASA1. …

PROX1 inhibits PDGF-B expression to prevent myxomatous degeneration of heart valves

YC Ho, X Geng, A O'Donnell, J Ibarrola… - Circulation …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
valve development, we aimed to delete Prox1 specifically from VECs by using the Prox1 f/f
mice without … In contrast, PROX1 high lymphatic capillaries and lymphatic valves lack PDGF-B …