Dimethylsulfoxide maintains intercellular communication by preserving the gap junctional protein connexin32 in primary cultured hepatocyte doublets from rats

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 325-330

  Yoshizawa, Takashi ^a   Watanabe, Sumio ^a   Hirose, Miyoko ^a   Miyazaki, Akihisa ^a   Sato, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

connexin32; dimethylsulfoxide; gap junction; hepatocyte doublets; intercellular communication

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030957055     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1997.tb00429.x     Document Type: Article

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