Are there functional gap junctions or junctional hemichannels in macrophages?

Blood

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 328-334

  Alves, Luiz A ^b   Coutinho Silva, Robson ^b   Persechini, Pedro Muanis ^b   Spray, David C ^b   Savino, Wilson ^b   Campos De Carvalho, Antônio C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BUCLADESINE; CALCIUM ION; CONNEXIN 43; GAMMA INTERFERON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LUCIFER YELLOW; OCTANOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0029902055     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v88.1.328.bloodjournal881328     Document Type: Article

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