Contraceptive gossypol blocks cell-to-cell communication in human and rat cells

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 313, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-255

  Hervé, Jean Claude ^a,b   Pluciennik, F ^a   Bastide, B ^a,c   Cronier, L ^a,d   Verrecchia, F ^a   Malassine A ^a   Joffre, M ^a   Deleze J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b URA CNRS No 1869   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Ca2+, intracellular; Cell to cell conductance; Dye diffusion; Gap junction; Patch clamp, dual; Trophoblast differentiation, human

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; GOSSYPOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENANTIOMER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0030591805     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00476-1     Document Type: Article

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