Gap junctional channels are a class of membrane channels composed of transmembrane
channel-forming integral membrane proteins termed connexins, innexins or pannexins that …

Although myocardial depression is the predominant cause of death in severe sepsis/septic
shock, it remains disputed whether the functional changes are a consequence of structural …

Gap junctions (GJs) are aggregates of channels that provide for direct cytoplasmic
connection between cells. Importantly, this connection is thought responsible for cell-to-cell …

Gap junctions are intercellular conduits for small molecules made up by protein subunits
called connexins. A large number of connexin genes were found in mouse and man, and …

Calmodulin (CaM) binding sites were recently identified on the cytoplasmic loop (CL) of at
least three α-subfamily connexins (Cx43, Cx44, Cx50), while Cx40 does not have this …

Prostate cancer is a prevalent disease that is characterized by a presumably long latency
period and a moderate propensity to metastasize. Although a range of mechanisms have …

Background. Hypertrophy of glomerular mesangial cells (GMC) is one of the earliest
pathological abnormalities in diabetic nephropathy, which correlates with eventual …

Electrical synapses formed by neuronal gap junctions composed of connexin36 (Cx36)
occur in most major structures in the mammalian central nervous system. These synapses …

Significant increases in skin wound healing rates occur by reducing connexin‐mediated
communication (CMC). Gap27, a connexin (Cx) mimetic peptide targeted to the second …

Human gingival fibroblasts (HGF) were recently found to be a source of mesenchymal stem
cells. Their behavior on a biomaterial has not been reported so far. The effect of culturing …