Elevation of protein kinase C in thyrocytes isolated from a Lewis rat model of autoimmune thyroiditis prevents assembly of immunodetectable connexin43 gap junctions and reduces intercellular communication

Thyroid

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 913-921

  Green, L M ^a,b   Lazarus, J P ^b   Song, X ^c   Stagg, R B ^a   LaBue, M ^b   Hilliker, S ^b  

^a Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL INTERACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAP JUNCTION; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 0031434085     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1997.7.913     Document Type: Article

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