High Flow Conditions Increase Connexin43 Expression in a Rat Arteriovenous and Angioinductive Loop Model

Volker J. Schmidt; Johannes G. Hilgert; Jennifer M. Covi; Christian Weis; Johanna O. Wietbrock; Cor de Wit; Raymund E. Horch; Ulrich Kneser

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078782

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High Flow Conditions Increase Connexin43 Expression in a Rat Arteriovenous and Angioinductive Loop Model

Volker J. Schmidt ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Volker J. Schmidt, Johannes G. Hilgert

* E-mail: schmidtvolker@gmx.net

Affiliations Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, Department of Hand-, Plastic- and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Johannes G. Hilgert ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Volker J. Schmidt, Johannes G. Hilgert

Affiliation Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Jennifer M. Covi,

Affiliation Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Christian Weis,

Affiliation Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Johanna O. Wietbrock,

Affiliation Department of Hand-, Plastic- and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Cor de Wit,

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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Raymund E. Horch,

Affiliation Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Ulrich Kneser

Affiliations Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, Department of Hand-, Plastic- and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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High Flow Conditions Increase Connexin43 Expression in a Rat Arteriovenous and Angioinductive Loop Model

Volker J. Schmidt,
Johannes G. Hilgert,
Jennifer M. Covi,
Christian Weis,
Johanna O. Wietbrock,
Cor de Wit,
Raymund E. Horch,
Ulrich Kneser

Published: November 13, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078782

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