Gap junctions

EC Beyer - International review of cytology, 1993 - books.google.com
… A large number of studies have also suggested a role for gap junctions in growth control, …
Although there is little mechanistic comprehension of controls of gap junction expression, …

Role of connexin (gap junction) genes in cell growth control and carcinogenesis

H Yamasaki, V Krutovskikh, M Mesnil, T Tanaka… - Comptes Rendus de l' …, 1999 - Elsevier
… a connexon in one cell, and a gap junction channel is formed when a connexon in one …
growth control, we have studied several mutant Cx26 and Cx43 genes for their effect on growth

Gap junctions in development—a perspective

A Warner - Seminars in cell biology, 1992 - Elsevier
… There is a substantial literature covering the possible role(s) of gap junctional communication
in growth control, establishment of the cancerous state and in maintaining normal cellular …

Gap junctions as targets for cancer chemoprevention and chemotherapy

JE Trosko, RJ Ruch - Current Drug Targets, 2002 - ingentaconnect.com
… function that confers growth control, terminal differentiation or … Gap junctional intercellular
communication (GJIC) has been … cells for the regulation of growth control, differentiation and …

[PDF][PDF] Gap junctions in the ovaries

AT Grazul-Bilska, LP Reynolds, DA Redmer - Biology of reproduction, 1997 - Citeseer
… between cell growth and gap junctional intercellular communication; ie, induction of … the
total surface area of gap junctions 5-fold above that of nontreated control rats in granulosa but …

[HTML][HTML] Gap junctions

MS Nielsen, LN Axelsen, PL Sorgen… - Comprehensive …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Given the diversity of gap junction physiology, regulation of gap junction activity is … in gap
junctional plaques. The number of connexins in cell-cell channels is regulated by controlling

Gap junctions: structure and function

WH Evans, PEM Martin - Molecular membrane biology, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
gap junctions is constantly ongoing in cell assemblies and is increasingly appreciated to be
a key process in development and growth control… the functioning of gap junction intercellular …

Regulation of gap junctions by phosphorylation of connexins

PD Lampe, AF Lau - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2000 - Elsevier
… , such as development, cellular metabolism, and cellular growth control. In vertebrates, …
In addition, any subtle role that phosphatases may play in the control of gap junctions in …

[PDF][PDF] Gap junctions and growth control in liver regeneration and in isolated rat hepatocytes

KE Fladmark, BT Gjertsen, A Molven, G Mellgren… - …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
… between growth and gap junctional expression in embryonic clic adenosine … in vitro)
delaying gap junctional down-regula- cytes treated with the mitogen hepatocyte growth factor …

Gap junctions and the regulation of cellular functions of stem cells during development and differentiation

JE Trosko, CC Chang, MR Wilson, B Upham… - Methods, 2000 - Elsevier
… by the modulation of the genes that code for connexins that regulate gap junction function. …
attribution of the importance of gap junctions to the control of cell growth and differentiation (6)…