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Connexin 43‐Enriched Vesicles Improve Synchronization in hiPSC‐Derived Cardiomyocytes

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Plasma membrane‐derived Connectosomes enriched in connexin‐43 are produced from donor hiPSCs and applied to hiPSC‐derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC‐CMs). Connexin‐43 channels on Connectosomes remain functional, strengthening intercellular electrochemical coupling and increasing network synchronization over time.
Nima Momtahan, Anna K. McClain, Andrea Trementozzi, Sogu Sohn, Lingxia Qiao, Chi Zhao, Padmini Rangamani, Jeanne C. Stachowiak, Janet Zoldan   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immunohistochemistry using an antibody to unphosphorylated connexin 43 to identify human myometrial interstitial cells

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2008
Background Myometrial smooth myocytes contract as a result of electrical signalling via a process called excitation-contraction coupling. This process is understood in great detail at the cellular level but the generation and coordination of electrical ...
Van Lommel Alfons, Roskams Tania, Deprest Jan, Gevaert Thomas, Hutchings Graham, Nilius Bernd, De Ridder Dirk   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Regulation of gap junction function; the role of nitric oxide. [PDF]

, 2013
Myocardial ischemia resulting from sudden occlusion of a coronary artery is one of the major causes in the appearance of severe, often life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias.
Gönczi, Márton, Kovács, Mária, Miskolczi, Gottfried, Végh, Ágnes   +3 more
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Metabolic and biochemical profiling reveals phenotypic heterogeneity in Zucker diabetic fatty rats

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Genetically uniform Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) rats spontaneously develop four distinct metabolic phenotypes despite identical housing and diet conditions. Each phenotype exhibits unique biomarker signatures encompassing glucose homeostasis, insulin secretion, polyol pathway activation, oxidative stress, inflammatory cytokines, and neurotrophic ...
Marek Lepáček, Pavol Boďo, Barbora Kaločayová, Marta Šoltésová Prnová   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An electrostatic mechanism for Ca(2+)-mediated regulation of gap junction channels. [PDF]

, 2016
Gap junction channels mediate intercellular signalling that is crucial in tissue development, homeostasis and pathologic states such as cardiac arrhythmias, cancer and trauma.
Abagyan, Ruben, Acharya, Chayan, Baker, Kent A, Bennett, Brad C, Harris, Andrew L, McIntire, William E, Purdy, Michael D, Stevens, Raymond C, Yeager, Mark, Zhang, Qinghai   +9 more
core   +3 more sources

Cx26 drives self-renewal in triple-negative breast cancer via interaction with NANOG and focal adhesion kinase

Nature Communications, 2018
Connexin proteins are usually considered as tumor suppressors. Here, the authors show that connexin 26 (Cx26) regulates the self-renewal of breast cancer stem cells via a ternary complex with FAK and NANOG.
Praveena S. Thiagarajan, Maksim Sinyuk, Soumya M. Turaga, Erin E. Mulkearns-Hubert, James S. Hale, Vinay Rao, Abeba Demelash, Caner Saygin, Arnab China, Tyler J. Alban, Masahiro Hitomi, Luke A. Torre-Healy, Alvaro G. Alvarado, Awad Jarrar, Andrew Wiechert, Valery Adorno-Cruz, Paul L. Fox, Benjamin C. Calhoun, Jun-Lin Guan, Huiping Liu, Ofer Reizes, Justin D. Lathia   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gap junction reduction in cardiomyocytes following transforming growth factor- beta treatment and Trypanosoma cruzi infection [PDF]

, 2009
Gap junction connexin-43 (Cx43) molecules are responsible for electrical impulse conduction in the heart and are affected by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta).
Becker, D, Burnstock, G, Coutinho-Silva, R, de Araujo-Jorge, TC, Feige, JJ, Higuchi, MD, Waghabi, MC   +6 more
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Cancer Connectors: Connexins, Gap Junctions, and Communication

Frontiers in Oncology, 2018
Despite concerted clinical and research efforts, cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy have remained the most common standard-of-care strategies against cancer for decades.
Maksim Sinyuk, Maksim Sinyuk, Erin E. Mulkearns-Hubert, Ofer Reizes, Ofer Reizes, Ofer Reizes, Ofer Reizes, Justin Lathia, Justin Lathia, Justin Lathia, Justin Lathia, Justin Lathia   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Connexin 40 promoter-based enrichment of embryonic stem cell-derived cardiovascular progenitor cells [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Pluripotent embryonic stem (ES) cells that can differentiate into functional cardiomyocytes as well as vascular cells in cell culture may open the door to cardiovascular cell transplantation.
David, R., Franz, Wolfgang-M., Theiss, H.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Role of soft tissue and bone interactions in the developmental integration and modularity of the skull in neural crest‐specific gap junction alpha‐1 knockout mice

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The vertebrate skull is composed of bones derived from neural crest cells and mesoderm. The evolutionary capacity of the skull has been linked, in part, to the emergence of neural crest cells; however, this increased capacity for evolutionary change requires that variation within neural crest‐ and mesoderm‐derived bones remains partly ...
Alyssa C. Moore, Madeline Tourigny, Diana Quinonez, Kevin Barr, Matthew W. Grol, Katherine E. Willmore   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source