… LPS activates c-jun terminal kinases 1 and 2, p38 and extracellular signal-regulated kinases
1 and 2, yet it also abrogates GJ coupling in endothelial cells isolated from wild-type, Cx37 −…

… extracellular spaces and intracellular vacuoles. A possible reason for this is that loss of the
… gap junction-mediated intercellular communication disturbs the osmotic balance in the lens. …

… These results clearly show that EPHA2 plays critical roles in lens transparency, although …
role in lens development and cataractogenesis 24, 25 , the functional role of PAX2 in the lens …

… markers of lens fiber cells. Although several types of physiologically relevant growth factors
can stimulate lens fiber cell differentiation in primary lens epithelial cells (eg, FGF, BMP, IGF1)…

… of MDCK with 10 nM ouabain increases the intercellular communication through Gap
Junctions (ICGJ). This response occurs within minutes and reaches a peak after 1 h (Fig. 1.5d, e). …

… a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (ie Nindetanib, targeting VEGF, FGF … to create gap junctional
intercellular communications (GJICs) … protein/extracellular-signal-regulated kinases (MAPK/ERK) …

… bone cell function via the gap junction-mediated sharing of second … of extracellular
signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and protein … testing, but they highlight a novel role of Cx43 as an …

… Stem cells in the lens equator also replenish lens fiber cells to … A novel role for FGF and
extracellular signal-regulated kinase in gap junction-mediated intercellular communication in the …

… nM ouabain increases cell-cell communication by up to 510 % in 1 h (unpublished results).
Therefore, ouabain should be listed among hormones that influence cell-cell communication, …

… in the lens cortex and, as the lens ages, its permeability to oxygen … the communication
between irradiated cells and unirradiated cells could be through direct intercellular communication …