Identification and immunolocalisation of annexins V and VI, the major cardiac annexins, in rat heart

Abstract

Annexins V and VI are the major cardiac annexins. The localisation of these annexins to different components of cardiac myocytes will serve to direct the search for their functions in the heart. The striking immunoreactivity for annexins, particularly annexin V, in the coronary vessels indicates that the functions of cardiac annexins include a role in the coronary circulatory system.