… As a stimulus for our research into the role of stem cells in carcinogenesis, we needed to
isolate human stem cells to test the hypothesis that stem cells are the target cells for …

… events in many stem cells, including cell proliferation, differentiation … gap junctions in both
embryonic and somatic stem cells, as well as their potential role in growth control and cellular …

… cell differentiation, and cell apoptosis. This study aimed to determine the presence and
functionality of gap junctions in human embryonic stem cells … ES cells express two gap junction …

… cells of the inner cell mass and surrounding trophectoderm. Here we demonstrate … gap
junctional communication between human embryonic stem (ES) cells, the pluripotent cells …

… In this study we demonstrate that hMSC connexins, the building block proteins of gap
junctions, can form functional gap junctions with one another, with cell lines expressing cardiac …

… the “stem cell theory of carcinogenesis” and “the gap junctional … stem cells and the
demonstration that these adult stem cells … , the target cells for carcinogenesis are the adult stem …

… " cells will require different agents. A hypothesis will be proposed that … stem cells, which
lack gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC-) or their early progenitor daughter cells, …

… The number of neural stem cells (NSCs), for example, that differentiate into … cell–cell coupling
via gap junctions that modulate network activity. When we observed that such gap junction …

… in corneal stem cells. Accordingly, we investigated whether connexin 43, a gap junction protein
… human epidermis, can serve as a negative marker for keratinocyte stem cells. In humans, …

… cell-to-cell communication through gap junctions and that treatment with GFs might potentiate
gap junction-… Recent data support the hypothesis that gap junction might propagate cell …