Intercellular communication (IC) is mediated by gap junctions (GJs) and hemichannels,
which consist of proteins. This has been particularly well documented for the connexin (Cx) …

Interspersed between cardiac myocytes, cardiac fibroblasts serve mainly as a structural
support during ventricular wall thickening from embryogenesis until adulthood. Cardiac …

To define further the mechanisms of gap junction protein (connexin (Cx)) oligomerization
without pharmacologic disruption, we have examined the transport and assembly of …

Zinc released from a subpopulation of glutamatergic synapses, mainly localized in the
cerebral cortex and the hippocampus, facilitates or reduces glutamatergic transmission by …

Electrical synapses, known as gap junctions, are critical to neuronal synchronization and
signal transmission. Gap junctions are composed of two docked hemichannels, each …

To test the hypothesis that connexin 43 (α 1-Cx43) gap junctions play a significant role in
adrenocortical cell proliferation and adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) stimulated steroidogenesis …

Glial cells display propagated waves of cytoplasmic calcium (Ca 2+) mobilization that
spread outward from an initiating cell to involve hundreds to thousands of surrounding cells …