A Human-Derived Monoclonal Antibody Targeting Extracellular Connexin Domain Selectively Modulates Hemichannel Function [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 Connexin hemichannels, which are plasma membrane hexameric channels (connexons) composed of connexin protein protomers, have been implicated in a host of physiological processes and pathological conditions. A number of single point pathological mutations
Gaia Ziraldo +18 more
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In vivo genetic manipulation of inner ear connexin expression by bovine adeno-associated viral vectors [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 We have previously shown that in vitro transduction with bovine adeno–associated viral (BAAV) vectors restores connexin expression and rescues gap junction coupling in cochlear organotypic cultures from connexin–deficient mice that are models DFNB1 ...
Giulia Crispino +7 more
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Connexin communication compartments and wound repair in epithelial tissue [PDF]
, 2018 Epithelial tissues line the lumen of tracts and ducts connecting to the external environment. They are critical in forming an interface between the internal and external environment and, following assault from environmental factors and pathogens, they ...
Chanson, Marc +4 more
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Connexin-dependent neuroglial networking as a new therapeutic target [PDF]
, 2017 Astrocytes and neurons dynamically interact during physiological processes, and it is now widely accepted that they are both organized in plastic and tightly regulated networks.
Christian C. Naus +5 more
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Cx43 channels and signaling via IP3/Ca2+, ATP, and ROS/NO propagate radiation-induced DNA damage to non-irradiated brain microvascular endothelial cells [PDF]
, 2020 Radiotherapeutic treatment consists of targeted application of radiation beams to a tumor but exposure of surrounding healthy tissue is inevitable.
Bultynck, Geert +10 more
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Connexins : substrates and regulators of autophagy [PDF]
, 2016 Connexins mediate intercellular communication by assembling into hexameric channel complexes that act as hemichannels and gap junction channels. Most connexins are characterized by a very rapid turn-over in a variety of cell systems.
Bultynck, Geert +4 more
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Connexin-43-dependent ATP release mediates macrophage activation during sepsis
eLife, 2019 Bacterial spillage into a sterile environment following intestinal hollow-organ perforation leads to peritonitis and fulminant sepsis. Outcome of sepsis critically depends on macrophage activation by extracellular ATP-release and associated autocrine ...
Michel Dosch +7 more
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Diet-dependent immunohistochemical evaluation of connexin 43 in the sheep rumen [PDF]
, 2016 The objective of this study was to characterize the immunohistochemical localization of plasma membrane connexin 43 in the rumen of sheep after changing the diet from hay (ad libitum) to a mixed hay/concentrate diet.
Ahmed, Rasha S. +2 more
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What's the Function of Connexin 32 in the Peripheral Nervous System? [PDF]
, 2018 Connexin 32 (Cx32) is a fundamental protein in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) as its mutations cause the X-linked form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT1X), the second most common form of hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy and a demyelinating
Bortolozzi, Mario
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Loss of Cx43 in Murine Sertoli Cells Leads to Altered Prepubertal Sertoli Cell Maturation and Impairment of the Mitosis-Meiosis Switch. [PDF]
, 2020 Male factor infertility is a problem in today's society but many underlying causes are still unknown. The generation of a conditional Sertoli cell (SC)-specific connexin 43 (Cx43) knockout mouse line (SCCx43KO) has provided a translational model ...
Behr, Rüdiger +10 more
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