Inhibition of gap junction communication in alveolar epithelial cells by 18α-glycyrrhetinic acid

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 6 20-6, 1999, Pages

  Guo, Yihe ^a   Martinez Williams, Cara ^a   Gilbert, Kirk A ^a   Rannels, D Eugene ^a,b  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connexin 43; Gap junction plaque; Intercellular communication; Lung; Protein phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0033060335     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1999.276.6.l1018     Document Type: Article

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