Gap junctional intercellular communications (GJIC) are known as the channels for the direct
transfer of cytoplasmic molecules between neighboring cells and are lost during …

Objectives. Gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) is believed to play an
important role in the maintenance of cell homeostasis, and its disruption may be associated …

Modulation of gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) was studied in a multistep
model of human renal epithelial carcinogenesis. We report that the majority of primary …

Many reports have suggested that gap junctional intercellular communication or gap
junction proteins (connexins) could have tumor suppression characteristics. We investigated …

To evaluate the effects of renal carcinogens and tumor promoters on gap junctional
intercellular communication (IC) and colony formation, two rat kidney epithelial cell lines …

A rat liver gap junction (GJ) cDNA probe that detects mRNA encoding the 32 Kd GJ‐protein
(connexin 32) was employed to study GJ‐protein gene expression in rat liver tumors …

We previously demonstrated a clear tendency for actively communicating rat bladder
carcinoma cell lines with elevated expression of connexin 43 mRNA to possess strong …

The loss of homeostasis which characterizes tumor growth is probably the result of a
deregulated intercellular communication capacity of the cancer cells. The deregulation of …

The tumor‐suppressive property of the connexin gap‐junction proteins was postulated from
the fact that their function of cell coupling is impaired in most cancer cells. However, in …

Gap‐junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) is involved in cellular growth control and
is often reduced in neoplastic cells. In this study, four GJIC‐deficient rat liver epithelial cell …