Gap Junction-Mediated Intercellular Signalling in Health and Disease Chairman: Norton B.
Gilula 1999 The last few years have seen considerable progress in this field, and exciting …

The most significant finding of the past year in gap junction research has been the
association of connexin defects with human diseases. Connexin32 mutations cause X …

Gap junctional intercellular communication plays an important role in the maintenance of
cellular homeostasis. The flow of chemical messengers through gap junctions, gap …

An international symposium was held on gap junctions in health and disease in
Regensburg, Germany, gathering together a panel of international scientists who discussed …

These are challenging times for scientists characterizing signaling pathways of their special
interest, because the techniques employed to analyze molecular functions or interactions …

Connexin proteins make intercellular channels–gap junctions–which provide a direct
pathway for cell–cell signaling in vertebrates. Studies of mice lacking connexin genes have …

Gap junctions are essential to the function of multicellular animals, which require a high
degree of coordination between cells. In vertebrates, gap junctions comprise connexins and …

Since the first gap junction protein (connexin) was cloned over a decade ago, more than a
dozen connexin genes have been cloned. Consequently, a wealth of information on the …

▪ Abstract Gap junctions contain hydrophilic membrane channels that allow direct
communication between neighboring cells through the diffusion of ions, metabolites, and …

The complex and overlapping tissue distribution of different members of the gap junctional
connexin protein family is reviewed. Intermixing of different connexins in the building of …