The polarized hepatic human/rat hybrid WIF 12-1 and WIF-B cells communicate efficiently in vitro via connexin 32-constituted gap junctions

Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 164-172

  Chaumontet, Catherine ^a   Mazzoleni, Giovanna ^b   Decaens, Catherine ^c   Bex, Valérie ^a,d   Cassio, Doris ^c   Martel, Paule ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Lab d'Hyg de la Ville de Paris ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 32; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRID CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BILE CANALICULI; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL POLARITY; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; LIVER; RATS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031808406     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280122     Document Type: Article

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