Population
End-to-end connected adult rat cardiomyocytes and isolated rat hearts submitted to simulated or nonflow…
Comparison
Gap junction blocker 18alpha-glycyrrhetinic acid vs Nonconnected cell pairs or connected cells…
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
Up to 2 hours of ischemia
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for gap junction-mediated injury spread in ischemia; should not yet influence clinical decisions.
Gap junction-mediated communication allows propagation of rigor in ischemic myocytes and persists after rigor development despite acidosis and increased intracellular calcium.
Ruiz‐Meana et al. (2001) studied this question.
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