Connecting different heart diseases through intercellular communication

T Martins-Marques - Biology Open, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
… Distinct intercellular communication mechanisms in the heart… cells can occur directly through
gap junctions (GJ) and tunneling … transduction, thus regulating intercellular communication. …

Lead-induced cardiomyocytes apoptosis by inhibiting gap junction intercellular communication via autophagy activation

C Li, L Shi, C Peng, G Yu, Y Zhang, Z Du - Chemico-biological interactions, 2021 - Elsevier
… To explore the mechanism of cardiovascular system injury induced by Pb exposure, we
hypothesized that gap junction intercellular communication and autophagy play an essential role …

PDGF-AA promotes gap junction intercellular communication in chondrocytes via the PI3K/Akt pathway

S Xu, Y Liu, D Zhang, H Huang, J Li, J Wei… - Connective Tissue …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
… at 1 h in gap junctional intercellular communication in smooth … enhances the gap junctional
intercellular communication in … physical, chemical and biological information Citation22 . Six …

Targeting gap junctional intercellular communication by hepatocarcinogenic compounds

K Leroy, A Pieters, A Tabernilla… - Journal of Toxicology …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… This review provides an overview of chemicals that compromise liver gap junctions, in
particular biological toxins, organic solvents, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, peroxides, metals and …

Gaps and barriers: Gap junctions as a channel of communication between the soma and the germline

D Landschaft - Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Gap junctions connect also the soma and the germline in many … of gap junctions in the
relay of information between the soma and the germline, and ask whether such communication

Downregulation of gap junctional intercellular communication and connexin 43 expression by bisphenol A in human granulosa cells

TC Lin, KH Wang, KH Chuang… - Biotechnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… be mediated by gap junctions [59]. Gap junctions are one type of junctional complex formed
by … GJIC is an important biological mechanism for the regulation of cellular proliferation, …

The atypical chemokine receptor 3 interacts with Connexin 43 inhibiting astrocytic gap junctional intercellular communication

A Fumagalli, J Heuninck, A Pizzoccaro… - … Communications, 2020 - nature.com
… that ACKR3 exerts its biological effects by interacting with … This interactomic screen
identified the gap junction protein … -mediated gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) …

Intercellular communication and aging

TM Ribeiro-Rodrigues, G Kelly, VI Korolchuk, H Girao - Aging, 2023 - Elsevier
… The biological relevance of EVs was already demonstrated in various cellular physiological
… This fact, together with their presence in biological fluids and consequent easy accessibility, …

Ouabain Promotes Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication in Cancer Cells

M Serrano-Rubi, L Jimenez… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
communication between neighboring cells. It has been shown that gap junctional intercellular
communication (… To prove that neighboring cells get stained through gap junctions, we …

Gap junction intercellular communication negatively regulates cadmium-induced autophagy and inhibition of autophagic flux in buffalo rat liver 3A cells

H Zou, J Yuan, Y Zhang, T Wang, Y Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… Stimulation of cells can lead to rapid changes in gap junction intercellular communication
(GJIC) and autophagy. Previous studies have shown that cadmium can inhibit GJIC and …