… junction proteins called connexins (Cxs). We show that human chondrocytes in tissue express
… We also find that primary chondrocytes from adults retain the capacity to form functional …

… BCs and SCs, and to determine the extent of gap junction mediated coupling, we performed
experiments on cell pairs to record junctional currents by dual whole-cell voltage clamp. Fig. …

… methods.20 ,21 Primary human chondrocytes were placed on an inverted microscope for …
of a monolayer of primary chondrocytes obtained from human adults, as previously reported.…

… group have revealed that primary human chondrocytes in tissue and in … gap junction (GJ)
channels. These results challenge the existing thesis of cartilage physiology, that chondrocytes …

… gap junctions in chondrocytes isolated from mature cartilage. These gap junctions are
composed of Cx43, a gap junction-… , chondrocytes isolated from mature cartilage express a gap …

… Cx43 localizes to the margin of cells and is expressed in 80–100% of chondrocytes in
each zone; it forms gap junctions when a lacuna contains multiple chondrocytes 76 (Fig. 3). …

… in the mouse and human genomes [6,7]. Gap junctions consent intercellular transfer of small
… The importance of Cx43 for chondrocyte differentiation was underlined by results obtained …

… are required for the differentiation of chondrocytes, as inhibition of gap junctional communication
with 18α-glycyrrhetinic acid reduces production of proteoglycans and type II collagen. …

… chondrocytes. Donahue and colleagues reported the expression of Cx43 and the presence
of functional gap junction channels in chondrocytes … of Cx43, human chondrocytes express …

… in chondrocytes needs to be … and gap junctions in chondrocytes. To investigate the effect
of TGF-β1 on cell-cell communication, changes in cell migration and proliferation, gap junction …