Downregulation of connexin32 protein and gap-junctional intercellular communication by cytokine-mediated acute-phase response in immortalized mouse hepatocytes

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 345-350

  Temme, Achim ^a   Traub, Otto ^a   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute phase genes; Connexin26; Connexin32; Hepatocytes; Interleukin 1; Interleukin 6; Mouse; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; FIBRINOGEN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LUCIFER YELLOW; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CONNEXINS; FIBRINOGEN; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031790424     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051184     Document Type: Article

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