Blood Vessel Growth with and Without Connexin 43 (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Blood Vessel Growth with and Without Connexin 43

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Deleting the Cx43 gene in the uterus immediately after pregnancy in mice dramatically reduced blood vessel growth and in most cases prevented successful pregnancy. The image on the left shows normal blood vessel growth in the mouse uterus following pregnancy. On the right, a uterus lacking Cx43.

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Photo by Mary J. Laws

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