Homoeostasis depends on the close connection and intimate molecular exchange between
extracellular, intracellular and intercellular networks. Intercellular communication is largely …

The oral cavity and its appendices are exposed to considerable environmental and
mechanical stress. Cell junctions play a pivotal role in this context. Among those, gap …

The importance of intercellular communication to complex cellular processes such as
development, differentiation, growth, propagation of electrical impulses and diffusional …

The concept of gap junctions and their role in intercellular communication has been known
for around 50 years. Considerable progress has been made in understanding the …

Gap junctions permit the exchange of regulatory molecules between cells and play
important roles during organogenesis. The expression pattern of the gap junction proteins …

Gap junction (GJ) has been indicated to have an intimate correlation with adhesion junction.
However, the direct interaction between them partially remains elusive. In the current study …

Gap junctions contain cell–cell communicating channels that consist of multimeric proteins
called connexins and mediate the exchange of low-molecular-weight metabolites and ions …

Gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) mediated by connexins, in particular
connexin 43 (Cx43), plays important roles in regulating signal transmission among different …

Connexins, a family of transmembrane proteins, are components of both gap junction
channels and hemichannels, which mediate the exchange of ions and small molecules …

Gap junctions are intercellular channels that allow both chemical and electrical signaling
between two adjacent cells. Gap junction intercellular communication has been implicated …