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Molecular Configuration, Regulation and Function of Heterochannel Electrical Synapses

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Vats A   +7 more
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Connexins in the heart

Cell and Tissue Research, 2014
Connexins are essential in the propagation of electrical activity throughout the heart and are an important determinant of conduction velocity. Their dysfunction is an important factor in the genesis of abnormal cardiac rhythm and is relevant to the pathogenesis of a wide variety of cardiac pathologies. Here, we review the basic biology of connexins in
Andrew Tinker   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Connexins and secretion

Biology of the Cell, 2002
Summry— Connexin channels clustered at gap junctions are obligatory attributes of all macroscopic endocrine and exocrine glands investigated so far and also connect most types of cells which produce secretory products in other tissues. Increasing evidence indicates that connexins, and the cell‐to‐cell communications that these proteins permit ...
Serre Beinier, Véronique   +8 more
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Connexins are mechanosensitive

American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, 2004
Connexins form gap junction channels that provide a hydrophilic path between cell interiors. Some connexins, particularly the lens connexins, Cx46 and Cx50 and their orthologs, can form functional hemichannels in nonjunctional membranes. These hemichannels are a nonselective conduit to the extracellular medium and may jeopardize cell survival.
Li, Bao, Frederick, Sachs, Gerhard, Dahl
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Connexins and cancer

Biology of the Cell, 2002
Summry— The hypothesis, that gap junctional intercellular communication plays a key role in carcinogenesis and more generally in growth control was formulated nearly 40 years ago. From this time, data accumulated, showing that this type of communication is frequently decreased or absent in cells treated with tumor promoting agents, among transformed ...
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Connexins and their channels in inflammation [PDF]

open access: yesCritical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2016
Inflammation may be caused by a variety of factors and is a hallmark of a plethora of acute and chronic diseases. The purpose of inflammation is to eliminate the initial cell injury trigger, to clear out dead cells from damaged tissue and to initiate tissue regeneration.
Mathieu Vinken   +2 more
exaly   +6 more sources

Connexins and the heart

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, 1992
Gap junctions are specialized regions of adjoining cell membranes composed of numerous intercellular low-resistance channels. In the heart, these channels electrotonically couple adjacent myocytes and synchronize the cardiac action potential. Signaling through gap junction channels may also influence embryogenesis and development.
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Connexins in Atherosclerosis

2006
Remodeling of the vascular wall plays a central role in many physiological processes, but also in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and restenosis. Atherosclerosis represents the major cause of death and disability in adult populations of Western societies.
Chadjichristos, Christos   +2 more
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Connexins and Cardiac Arrhythmias

2006
During cardiac remodeling, impulse conduction in the heart is altered by changes in excitability, electrical coupling, and tissue architecture. The impairment of normal impulse conduction is one of the factors that increases the propensity for arrhythmias. This chapter focuses on the relationship between electrical coupling between ventricular myocytes
van Rijen, Harold V. M.   +4 more
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Heteromeric connexin 43/connexin 33 complex endocytosis: A connexin phosphorylation independent mechanism

Biochimie, 2010
The role of gap junctions in proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis has been recently highlighted. Nevertheless, the molecular mechanisms that control these physiological events by acting on gap junction channels are still unknown. We have recently demonstrated that heteromeric gap junction plaques composed by Cx43 and Cx33 are unstable at the ...
Diane, Carette   +3 more
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