title: Connexins: gaps in our knowledge of vascular function.
abstract: Gap junctions are common features in the vasculature, long thought to provide a pathway for cell-cell signaling. Emerging understanding of the gap-junctional proteins (connexins) and new tools for their investigation now offer the opportunity to explore the vital role that the gap junctions may play in cardiovascular homeostasis and pathophysiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.
authors.forename: Xavier F
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Figueroa
authors.forename: Brant E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Isakson
authors.forename: Brian R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Duling
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000502:physiology*; D017630:Connexins / Q000502:physiology*; D017629:Gap Junctions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D017630:Connexins