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The connexin mimetic peptide Gap27 and Cx43-Knockdown reveal differential roles for Connexin43 in wound closure events in skin model systems [PDF]
, 2018 In the epidermis, remodelling of Connexin43 is a key event in wound closure. However, controversy between the role of connexin channel and non-channel functions exist.
Annette Graham +7 more
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Pathogenic connexin-31 forms constitutively active hemichannels to promote necrotic cell death. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Mutations in Connexin-31 (Cx31) are associated with multiple human diseases including erythrokeratodermia variabilis (EKV). The molecular action of Cx31 pathogenic mutants remains largely elusive.
Jingwei Chi +7 more
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Cells, 2023 In multiple sclerosis (MS), glial cells astrocytes interact with the autoreactive immune cells that attack the central nervous system (CNS), which causes and sustains neuroinflammation.
Katarina D. Milicevic +4 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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Adhesive properties of connexin hemichannels [PDF]
Glia, 2008 AbstractGap junctions are intercellular channels formed by hemichannels (or connexons) from two neighboring cells. Hemichannels, which are composed of proteins called connexins, can function as conduits of ATP and glutamate, and interact with adhesion molecules and other signaling elements.
M L, Cotrina, J H-C, Lin, M, Nedergaard
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Connexin hemichannels as candidate targets for cardioprotective and anti-arrhythmic treatments
The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2023 Connexins are crucial cardiac proteins that form hemichannels and gap junctions. Gap junctions are responsible for the propagation of electrical and chemical signals between myocardial cells and cells of the specialized conduction system in order to ...
Luc Leybaert +8 more
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023 Some mutations in gap junction protein Connexin 26 (Cx26) lead to syndromic deafness, where hearing impairment is associated with skin disease, like in Keratitis Ichthyosis Deafness (KID) syndrome.
Ana C. Abbott +17 more
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A Human-Derived Monoclonal Antibody Targeting Extracellular Connexin Domain Selectively Modulates Hemichannel Function [PDF]
, 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
Buratto, Damiano +12 more
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Hemichannel-mediated release of lactate [PDF]
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 2015 In the central nervous system lactate contributes to the extracellular pool of readily available energy substrates and may also function as a signaling molecule which mediates communication between glial cells and neurons. Monocarboxylate transporters are believed to provide the main pathway for lactate transport across the membranes.
Karagiannis, Anastassios +5 more
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Pharmaceuticals, 2020 Recent studies using the genetic partial epilepsy model have demonstrated that hyperfunction of astroglial hemichannels contributes to pathomechanism of epileptic seizure.
Kouji Fukuyama +2 more
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