Enhancement of gap junctional communication and connexin43 expression by thyroid hormones

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 475-479

  Stock, Anke ^a   Sies, Helmut ^a   Stahl, Wilhelm ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Epithelia; Intercellular communication; Thyroid hormones; Up regulation; WB F344

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CONNEXIN 43; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CONNEXIN 43; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; ISOQUINOLINES; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0032519858     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(97)00473-5     Document Type: Article

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